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NHLBI Director
David C. Goff, M.D., Ph.D.
Acting Director, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
NHLBI Leadership
Richard Childs, M.D.
Division of Intramural Research (DIR)
Scientific Director
Lenora Johnson, DrPH, M.P.H.
Office of Science Policy, Engagement, Education and Communications (OSPEEC)
Director
George A. Mensah, M.D., FACC
Charisee Lamar, Ph.D., M.P.H., R.R.T.
Julie Panepinto, M.D., MSPH
Ariel Herman
Office of Management/Executive Office (OM/EO)
Acting Executive Officer
Vandana Sachdev, M.D.
Division of Cardiovascular Sciences (DCVS)
Acting Director
Gina S. Wei, M.D., M.P.H.
Immediate Office of the Director (IOD)
Acting Deputy Director for Clinical Research and Strategic Initiatives
Previous Directors
| Name | In Office from | To |
|---|---|---|
| Cassius James Van Slyke | August 1, 1948 | November 30, 1952 |
| James Watt | December 1, 1952 | September 10, 1961 |
| Ralph E. Knutti | September 11, 1961 | July 31, 1965 |
| William H. Stewart | August 1, 1965 | September 24, 1965 |
| Robert P. Grant | March 8, 1966 | August 15, 1966 |
| Donald S. Frederickson | November 6, 1966 | March 1968 |
| Theodore Cooper | March 15, 1968 | April 19, 1974 |
| Robert I. Levy | September 16, 1975 | June 1981 |
| Claude Lenfant | July 1, 1982 | September 2, 2003 |
| Barbara Alving (Acting) | September 3, 2003 | January 31, 2005 |
| Elizabeth G. Nabel | February 1, 2005 | November 30, 2009 |
| Susan B. Shurin (Acting) | December 1, 2009 | August 10, 2012 |
| Gary H. Gibbons | August 13, 2012 | January 31, 2026 |