Kenneth L. Baughman, MD, 1946-2009

Abstract

The idea for this special issue of Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases, entitled “Unusual Cardiomyopathies,” arose from a symposium at the November 2008 American Heart Association Annual Scientific Sessions held in New Orleans, LA, at which several of the contributors to this issue had the privilege of speaking. The symposium was co-chaired by Dr Kenneth Baughman, professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and director of the Advanced Heart Disease Program at the Brigham andWomen's Hospital in Boston, MA. Ken, who was both a basic scientist and master clinician, was