Jagat Narula, MD, PhD: A conversation with the editor

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Figure 2. Born 16 July 1956, in Ajmer, India, day 1. Dr. Narula was born in Ajmer, India, on July 16, 1956. He graduated from Sawai Mansingh (SMS) Medical College in Jaipur, India, in 1978, where he also completed his training in internal medicine in 1983. He completed a fellowship in cardiology at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Delhi, India, graduating in 1986. He went on to pursue a PhD in cardiovascular immunology defending his thesis in 1994. In 1989, he came to Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, where he pursued fellowships in cardiology, Heart Failure and Transplantation, as well as imaging. Subsequently, he took a position as a Clinical Assistant in the Cardiac Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital. In 1997, he moved to Philadelphia as Director of Cardiovascular Research at the Hahnemann University Hospital, where he then became the Director of the Heart Failure and Transplantation Program, Thomas J. Vischer Professor of Medicine, Chief of the Division of Cardiology, and Vice-Chairman of the Department of Medicine for Research. In 2003, he moved to the University of CaliforniaIrvine School of Medicine, Irvine, California, as Chief of Cardiology, Professor of Medicine and the Associate Dean for Research. In 2011, he moved to New York City as the Phillip J. and Harriet L. Goodhart Chair of Cardiology and Professor of Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Dr. Narula also serves as the Associate Dean of the Arnhold Institute of Global Health at Mount Sinai, Director of the Cardiovascular Imaging Program at the Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute & Marie-Josee and Henry R. Kravis Center for Cardiovascular Health, and Director of Operations for the Mount Sinai Heart Network. Dr. Narula has had a spectacular career. His investigations have led to over 1000 publications, including peer-reviewed papers, chapters, and abstracts. He has edited more than 30 books or journal supplements. In 2007, he became editor-in-chief of the Journal of American College of Cardiology e Cardiovascular Imaging and then the editor-in-chief of the Global Heart (the official Journal of the World Heart Federation). He has recently also assumed the role of Executive Editor of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. He was the founding editor of the Heart Failure Clinics of North America. Dr. Narula is a nice guy and is the proud father of two children, both of whom appear to be following in his and his wife’s tracks. His wife is a cardio-pulmonary pathologist at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City. It was a pleasure speakingwith thismost impressiveman, an excellent student, physician, researcher, teacher, administrator, sportsman, husband, father, and a friend. WILLIAM C. ROBERTS, MD (hereafter ROBERTS): Dr. Narula, I appreciate the opportunity to talk to you. We are in my home in Dallas, Texas on November 17, 2013, at the time of the Annual Scientific Sessions of the American Heart Association. Dr. Narula, may we start by my asking