Gary H. Gibbons

Gary H. Gibbons
Born	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Nationality	American
Education	Princeton University, Harvard Medical School
Occupation	Director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Medical career
Field	Cardiology
Specialism	Cardiovascular health of minorities

Gary H. Gibbons is an American cardiologist and the current director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.

Gibbons was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the youngest of three children born to schoolteacher parents. He grew up in the Philadelphia neighborhood of Germantown. He has credited his mother for inspiring him to be committed to public health. He received his undergraduate degree from Princeton University in 1978 and later graduated from Harvard Medical School. He then completed his residency and cardiology fellowship at Brigham and Women's Hospital.

Gibbons served on the faculty of Stanford University from 1990 to 1996, and on the faculty of Harvard Medical School from 1996 to 1999. In 1999, he joined the Morehouse School of Medicine, where he founded the Cardiovascular Research Institute, which is known for its research on the cardiovascular health of minorities. He then served as its director until August 13, 2012, when he became the director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.

In 2007, Gibbons was named a member of the Institute of Medicine.

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