Honorary Fellow of the ASPC Award
History of the Fellow Award:
The American Society for Preventive Cardiology is committed to advancing comprehensive cardiovascular disease prevention and honors those who share in this commitment. Each year, we will identify one individual who has made extraordinary contributions to the field of preventive cardiology through groundbreaking research, exemplary clinical care, and/or excellence in education. The ASPC recognizes this individual for his/her extensive contributions with the designation honorary Fellow of the American Society for Preventive Cardiology (FASPC). We will bestow an honorary FASPC on a select few practitioners who are deemed by the Board of Directors of ASPC to distinguish themselves in all aspects of Preventive Cardiology. This award is presented at the ASPC Congress on CVD Prevention that occurs every July.
2023 Honorary Fellow of ASPC Award Recipient
Emelia J. Benjamin, MD, ScM
Professor of Medicine
Boston University (BU) Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine
Dr. Benjamin is a Boston University (BU) Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Professor of Medicine, and Robert Dawson Evans Distinguished Professor of Medicine and School of Public Health Professor of Epidemiology. She is a Framingham Study investigator and a Boston Medical Center (urban safety net hospital) cardiologist. She is an international leader in the epidemiology atrial fibrillation and has been continuously NIH funded since 1998 on grants related to atrial fibrillation, vascular function, inflammation, mobile health, and chronic pain. She is a Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher with an H-index of 201 and over 800 publications.
Dr. Benjamin is Associate Provost for Faculty Development, BU Medical Campus. She has volunteered and had various leadership roles in the American Heart Association since the 1990s. She has won national awards for research, education, mentoring, and diversity, including the 2016 AHA Gold Heart Award, the 2022 AHA Distinguished Scientist Award, and the 2020 Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine Diversity and Inclusion Award.
Previous Winners of the Honorary Fellow of the ASPC Award
2022 Pam S. Douglas, MD, MACC, FASE, FAHA
2021 Clyde Yancy, MD, MSc, FASPC
2020 Nanette K. Wenger, MD, MACC, MACP, FAHA, FASPC
2019 Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD