2024 Distinguished Scientist Robert O. Bonow

Robert O. Bonow, MD, MS, FAHA
Northwestern University
Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, Illinois

Robert O. Bonow, MD, MS, FAHA is the Goldberg Distinguished Professor of Cardiology at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. He served as Senior Investigator and Deputy Chief of the Cardiology Branch of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute at the NIH from 1980 to 1992, and was Chief of the Division of Cardiology at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine from 1992 to 2011. His research focuses on the application of cardiovascular imaging to investigate the natural history and clinical outcomes of patients with valvular heart disease, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, and ischemic left ventricular dysfunction. He has authored or co-authored over 650 papers of medical literature and 120 book chapters. He is Editor-in-Chief of JAMA Cardiology and an editor of Braunwald’s Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine.

Dr. Bonow has served on the Board of Scientific Counselors and Board of Extramural Advisors of the NHLBI and the Subspecialty Board on Cardiovascular Disease of the American Board of Internal Medicine. He is a past president of the American Heart Association, a Master of the American College of Cardiology and a Master of the American College of Physicians.

Among his honors are the NIH Director’s Award and the U.S. Public Health Service Commendation Medal and Outstanding Service Medal. He is the recipient of the Distinguished Leadership Award, Distinguished Achievement Award, Gold Heart Award, and James B. Herrick Award of the American Heart Association; the Distinguished Fellowship Award, Distinguished Service Award, and Distinguished Scientist Award of the American College of Cardiology; and the John Phillips Memorial Award of the American College of Physicians.