Stanley Hazen, MD, PhD - Chief Scientific Officer

Staff Physician, Cleveland Clinic
Department of Cell Biology
Robert and Suzanne Tomsich Department of Cardiovascular Medicine

Head of the Section for Preventive Cardiology and Rehabilitation, Cleveland Clinic
Director, Center for Cardiovascular Diagnostics and Prevention, Cleveland Clinic
Director, Cleveland Clinic Mass Spectrometry Core Facilities

Dr. Hazen is board-certified as a Diplomat of the American Board of Internal Medicine. He has also completed subspecialty training in endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism. He sees patients within the Preventive Cardiology Clinic, specializing in preventive cardiovascular medicine care of patients including treatment of hyperlipidemia, diabetes, hypertension, obesity. He also sees patients within the Cardiovascular Rehabilitation program. His research interests include understanding the role of inflammation and oxidant stress in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis and other inflammatory diseases. He is an expert in mechanisms of atherosclerosis, HDL structure and metabolism, the biochemistry of leukocyte peroxidases, free radicals and reactive oxygen species and mechanisms of oxidative damage.