Aram Chobanian
 President Emeritus of the University, Boston University; University Professor; Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology, John I. Sandson Distinguished Professor of Health Sciences, Boston University School of Medicine
A.B., Brown University;
M.D., Harvard Medical School
Appointed President ad interim of Boston University in October 2003 and President in June 2005, Aram V. Chobanian had served as Dean of the School of Medicine since 1988 and Provost of the Boston University Medical Campus since 1996. Dr. Chobanian has dedicated his career to basic and clinical research on hypertension and vascular disease, patient care, and the education of students and trainees. He founded the Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute at the Boston University School of Medicine in 1973, and oversaw its rapid development into a center for pioneering research into the biological and clinical aspects of cardiovascular disease.
As Dean and Provost of the Medical Campus, Dr. Chobanian played a leading role in the merger of Boston City Hospital with Boston University Medical Center Hospital to create Boston Medical Center. His leadership was also instrumental to the development of the BioSquare Research Park, with construction of two major research facilities completed in the last ten years and groundbreaking scheduled in 2005 for two more. In addition, Boston University Medical Center was recently awarded $128 million federal grant to build a national biocontainment laboratory.
Dr. Chobanian has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the first Lifetime Achievement Award in Hypertension of the American Heart Association, the Modern Medicine Award, the Award of Merit of the American Heart Association, the Abbott Award of the American Society of Hypertension, and the Freis Award of the National High Blood Pressure Education Program. He currently chairs the Seventh Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation and Treatment of High Blood Pressure of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute.
Office Hours: By Appointment Only - Contact: achob@bu.edu
Telephone: 617-353-2200
Email: achob@bu.edu
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