Dr. Biykem Bozkurt has been named the next editor-in-chief of JACC: Heart Failure. Bozkurt, an advanced heart failure specialist, previously served as one of the heart failure section editors for the Journal of the American College of Cardiology and is a past chair of the American College of Cardiology’s Heart Failure and Transplant Member Section and Leadership Council.
Bozkurt serves as the Mary and Gordon Cain Chair and professor of medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. Additionally, she serves as director of the Winters Center for Heart Failure Research, associate director of the Cardiovascular Research Institute, associate provost of faculty affairs, senior associate dean for faculty development and vice-chair of medicine at Baylor. Bozkurt is a past president of the Heart Failure Society of America.
Launched in 2013, JACC: Heart Failure is a monthly subspecialty journal which publishes peer-reviewed articles on all aspects of heart failure, including original clinical studies, experimental investigations with clear clinical relevance and more.
Bozkurt will build upon the legacy of the previous editor, Christopher M. O’Connor, MD, MACC, who has served in his role since the journal’s inception. As editor-in-chief, O’Connor has overseen the successful publication of nine volumes and has grown the journal to be recognized as one of the top 11 English-language cardiovascular journals worldwide with an Impact Factor of 12. The first issue under Bozkurt’s editorship will publish in July 2022.
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