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Roundtable
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Speake Biograph
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Clyde Yancy M.D., MSc FACC, FAHA, MACP
c,
F
Dr. Y
Yancy, a past president of the America Heart Asso
f
an
ociation (AH the
HA),
Magerstadt Profe
essor of Medi
icine and Ch of the Div
hief
vision of Card
diology at
the N
cago, IL.
Northwestern University, Feinberg Sc
n
chool of Med
dicine, of Chic
diovascular
Addi
itionally, Dr. Yancy is the Associate Director of the Bluhm Card
e
D
e
Insti
itute at North
hwestern Me
emorial Hosp
pital.
Befor his move to Chicago, Dr. Yancy was the Medica Director of the Baylor
re
t
D
al
f
Hear and Vascul Institute and Former Chief of Card
rt
lar
C
diothoracic
Tran
nsplantation at Baylor Un
niversity Med
dical Center.
Born and raised in Baton Rou LA, Yanc earned his medical degr from
n
uge,
cy
ree
Tula Universit School of Medicine and completed an internship and
ane
ty
M
d
a
p
resid
dency in inter medicine at Parkland Memorial Hospital in D
rnal
d
H
Dallas, TX.
He completed a fellowship in cardiology at the Univer
f
n
a
rsity of Texas Southweste Medical C
s
ern
Center, whic had been
ch
his p
professional home since 19 At South
h
989.
hwestern, Ya
ancy was a Pr
rofessor of M
Medicine, Ass
sociate Dean of Clinical
Affai and direct the heart
irs
ted
t-transplant and heart-fai
a
ilure program
ms.
In ad
ddition to ser
rving as a pas president of the AHA, he was name the AHA P
st
o
h
ed
Physician of the Year in 2003. He has
f
s
said previously th his time with the AHA "permanen imprinte on him th importance of populati health.
hat
w
A
ntly
ed"
he
e
ion
Yanc is also a fel
cy
llow of the American Co
A
ollege of Card
diology (AC and a ma
CC)
aster of the A
American College of
Phys
sicians. He currently chai the ACC/
irs
/AHA guideli writing c
ine
committee for chronic hea failure an is a
art
nd
mem
mber of the Pa
atient Center Outcome Research Institute as m
red
es
member of the Methodolo Committ
ogy
tee.
Addi
itionally he chairs the FD Cardiovas
c
DA
scular Device Panel and se
e
erves on seve ad hoc an oversight NIH
eral
nd
comm
mittees. He remains an ac
r
ctive heart fa
ailure investig
gator and sit s on the Data Safety and Monitoring B
a
Board for
sever major ong
ral
going clinical investigatio
l
ons.
Nancy M. Alber PhD, CC
y
rt
CNS, CHF CCRN NE-BC, FAHA,
FN,
N,
FCCM
M
Clinical Dr. Alber is a clinical nurse speci
lly,
rt
l
ialist (CNS) i a disease m
in
management
clinic fo patients with advanced heart failur She is a cli
or
w
d
re.
inical educat and
tor
consult
tant to Maste Doctorat of Nursing Practice and Ph.D. students and
er’s,
te
g
hospita and ambula
al
atory nurses regarding he failure, c
eart
cardiac or int
tensive care
topics. She is widely published i medical an nursing jo
y
in
nd
ournals and h presented
has
d
ally,
ly
nationally. Dr Albert is act
r
tively involve on
ed
regiona nationall and intern
steering committees work group and task f
g
s,
ps
forces of man healthcare related
ny
e
organiz
zations that are focused o improving quality of ca and clinic outcomes
a
on
g
are
cal
of patie
ents. She is pa chair of th Complex Cardiovascu Patient a Family
ast
he
ular
and
Care Co
ommittee of the American Heart Asso
n
ociation (spo
onsored by th
he

2. Cardiovascular Nursing Council), and member of the Heart Failure Society of America’s Guidelines/Clinical
Positions Committee, the American College of Cardiology’s Task Force on Practice Guidelines and the American
Heart Association’s Guideline Advantage Steering Committee. Nancy is also a current member of the research committee
of the Society of Critical Care Medicine.
As Associate Chief Nursing Officer in the Office of Research and Innovation, Nancy leads the office throughout the
Cleveland Clinic Health System, has her own program of research and mentors nurses in research and evidencebased practice. Her programs of research currently focus on two themes: (1) understanding bio-behavioral issues
that impact self-care adherence and clinical outcomes of patients with heart failure and (2) improving conformity to
recommended heart failure care advocated in national guidelines. Dr. Albert is also an external consultant and
educator to nurses to facilitate nursing research that promotes evidence-based nursing practices.
In September 2000, Dr. Albert was awarded “Nurse of the Year” for the Greater Cleveland Center for Health Affairs.
In October 2006, she received the “Partners in Research” award from the Center for Hospice, Palliative Care & End
of Life Studies from the University of South Florida. In March 2007, she received the 1st annual “Researcher of the
Year” award from the National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists. In September 2007, Dr Albert was one of 5
recipients of the Nurse Investigator Award from the Heart Failure Society of America. In November 2009, Nancy
was designated an Inaugural Fellow of the American Heart Association affiliated with the Council on Quality of
Care and Outcomes Research and in 2013, she was the Distinguished Research Lecturer at the annual meeting of the
American Association of Critical-care Nurses.