2025 Laennec Clinician/Educator Lecturer – Biykem Bozkurt, MD, PhD, FAHA

Biykem Bozkurt, MD, PhD, FAHA

Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas

Dr. Biykem Bozkurt is the Senior Dean of Faculty, the Mary and Gordon Cain Chair and Professor of Medicine; Director of the Winters Center of Heart Failure; and Associate Director of Cardiovascular Research Institute at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas.

Dr. Bozkurt is globally recognized for her work and leadership in heart failure. She served as President of the Heart Failure Society of America from 2019 to 2020, chaired the 2021 Universal Definition and Classification of Heart Failure, and served as Vice Chair of the 2022 AHA/ACC Heart Failure Guidelines. Dr. Bozkurt is actively engaged in clinical research, delivers heart failure care, presents at national and international scientific meetings, and is deeply committed to teaching and mentoring trainees and faculty. She is the current Editor-in-Chief of JACC: Heart Failure.

Throughout her career, Dr. Bozkurt has been recognized for excellence in clinical care, education and research. She was the recipient of the American College of Cardiology Proctor Harvey MD Young Teacher Award, American College of Cardiology Gifted Educator Award, Baylor College of Medicine presidential awards in Education, Lifetime Master Clinician, and Professionalism.

In 2024, she received the Distinguished Leadership Award of the Heart Failure Society of America and the American College of Cardiology 2024 Bahr Award of Excellence. In 2025, she was awarded the American College of Cardiology Distinguished Fellow Award. She has been listed in Clarivate World’s Highly Cited Researchers (top 1% Web of Science) in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023 and 2024.