Clyde W. Yancy, MD, MSc is a cardiologist and chief of the division of cardiology at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, and a past president of the American Heart Association. Dr. Yancy has received recognition for clinical and research expertise in the field of heart failure and has additional interests in cardiomyopathy, heart valve diseases, hypertension and prevention. He is also associate director of Northwestern Medicine Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute, and is the Magerstadt Professor of Medicine, professor of medical social sciences, and vice-dean of diversity and inclusion at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.