Javed Butler

Javed Butler, MD, MPH, MBA, is the President of the Baylor Scott and White Research Institute and Senior Vice President for Baylor Scott and White Health in Dallas, Texas, the largest non-profit healthcare system in Texas. Dr. Butler currently holds the Maxwell A. and Gayle H. Clampitt Endowed Chair for research. He received his medical degree from the Aga Khan University in Karachi, Pakistan, and completed residency training at Yale University, a cardiology fellowship and advanced heart failure and transplant fellowships at Vanderbilt University, and a cardiac imaging fellowship at the Massachusetts General Hospital at Harvard Medical School. He has completed a Master of Public Health degree from Harvard University and Master of Business Administration from Emory University. Dr. Butler is board certified in cardiovascular medicine and advanced heart failure and transplant medicine. His research interests focus on clinical trials in patients with heart failure. He serves on several national committees, for the American College of Cardiology, American Heart Association, and the Heart Failure Society of America. He is the recipient of the Simon Dack Award by the American College of Cardiology as well as the Time, Feeling, and Focus Award by the American Heart Association.