Mitchell S.V. Elkind
General / Preventive / Lipids
American Heart Association
About
Mitchell S.V. Elkind works in General / Preventive / Lipids affiliated with American Heart Association.
Mitchell S.V. Elkind, MD, MS, is Chief Science Officer for Brain Health and Stroke at the American Heart Association. He is Professor Emeritus of Neurology and Epidemiology at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, where he previously served as Chief of the Division of Neurology Clinical Outcomes Research and Population Sciences. He was President of the American Heart Association from 2020-2021 and has authored or co-authored multiple editions of the AHA Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics reports.
Research focus
Stroke prevention and epidemiologyAtrial cardiopathy in cryptogenic strokeInflammatory biomarkers in stroke riskVascular causes of cognitive agingHeart Disease and Stroke Statistics reporting
Impact
1,057 pubs · 91,563 cites · h-index 110
Training
MD
Harvard Medical School
MS Epidemiology
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
Affiliations
Work Experience
Chief Science Officer, Brain Health and Stroke
American Heart Association
Professor of Neurology and Epidemiology
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
President
American Heart Association · 2020 - 2021