Clinical Professor of Medicine
UCSF School of Medicine
San Francisco, California, United States
Ralph G. Brindis, MD, MPH, MACC, FSCAI, FAHA
Dr. Brindis is Clinical Professor of Medicine at the Philip Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies at UCSF. In his role as previous Chair and present CMO of the ACC’s National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR) he helped launch and expand the NCDR to a portfolio of 10 CV registries (including the STS/ACC TVT Registry) utilized by over 2500 US hospitals. He served as founding Chair of ACC’s Appropriate Use Criteria Task Force. Dr. Brindis served as President of the American College of Cardiology from 2010-2011. During his career at Kaiser Permanente in Northern California he participated in planning the delivery of cardiovascular services for four million covered lives. Dr. Brindis presently serves on the FDA CV Device Panel and is the Chair of the California OSHPD Cardiac Advisory Panel for CABG public reporting.
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