Michael J Koren

Michael Koren is a practising cardiologist and Chief Executive Officer at Jacksonville Center for Clinical Research, overseeing clinical trials across eight sites in Florida. He earned his medical degree cum laude from Harvard Medical School and completed his residency in internal medicine and fellowship in cardiology at NewYork Hospital/Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center/Cornell Medical Center.

A fellow of the American College of Cardiology, Dr Koren also serves as president of the Academy of Physicians in Clinical Research and leads the regional chapter of the American Heart Association. As principal investigator, he has conducted over 500 clinical trials in hypercholesterolaemia, cardiovascular disease and heart failure.

His research has been published in The Lancet, New England Journal of Medicine, Circulation and Journal of the American College of Cardiology. He sits on the editorial board of Clinical Cardiology and lectures globally on lipid-lowering therapies and preventive cardiology.