Title

Associate Chief of Staff for Research, Atlanta VA Medical Center

Specialty/Subspecialty

CriticalCare

Clinical Interest(s)

Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

Research Interest(s)

• vascular biology
• endothelial cell
• pulmonary hypertension
• NADPH oxidase
• PPAR gamma

Current / Former SSCI Roles

SSCI Councilor 2012 - present

About C. M. Hart, MD

Dr. Hart is currently Professor and Assistant Dean of VA Research at Emory University and serves as the Associate Chief of Staff for Research at the Atlanta VA Medical Center. He received a BS degree from Duke University, MD from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and residency training in Internal Medicine and fellowship training in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Florida.

Dr. Hart served as a faculty member in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Indiana University in Indianapolis for 10 years before moving to Emory University.

Current areas of investigative focus include studies examining the ability of the nuclear hormone receptor, PPARγ to serve as a therapeutic target that regulates vascular dysfunction. His laboratory which focuses on vascular biology has been funded for over 20 years.

Dr. Hart has been a member of the Southern Society for Clinical Investigation since 2012 and presently serves on Council. He is also a member of the Mentoring, Southern Regional Meeting Program and Membership Committees.