Jan N. Basile, MD, FACP, FASH, FAHA
Professor of Medicine
Division of Cardiology
Medical University of South Carolina
Ralph H Johnson VA Medical Center
Previous Vice-Chair of Clinical Programs AHA Council of Hypertension
US National Leader SURPASS-CVOT
Charleston, SC

Dr. Jan N. Basile earned his medical degree in 1978 from the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond. He then completed his internship and residency at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) in Charleston, where he was also Chief Resident. He is board certified in internal medicine and is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians (FACP), the American Society of Hypertension (FASH), and the American Heart Association (FAHA). For many years he served on the American Society of Hypertension (ASH) Board of Directors and has served within the AHA as Vice-Chair of Clinical Programs on the Council of Hypertension.

His honors and awards include the MUSC School of Medicine Excellence in Teaching award, the Golden Apple award, and, in 2014, he was the first recipient of the SC Department of Health and Environmental Control Hypertension Physician of the Year award. In 2019, he received the Marvin Moser Clinical Hypertension Award from the American Heart Association Council on Hypertension. He was President of the Southern Medical Association from 2008-2009.

Currently, he is Professor of Medicine at MUSC in the Division of Cardiology. He spent 31 years at the Ralph H Johnson VA Medical Center while faculty at MUSC having retired from federal service as Chief of Primary Care in 2009. He remains a volunteer at the VA, this his 43rd year at that hospital. He continues to teach all 3rd year medical students on hypertension during their 3rd year core medicine rotation and sees clinical patients in research trials on renal denervation.

Dr. Basile’s research interests include outcome-based studies involving hypertension, lipid disorders, and diabetes. He has been involved in many large hypertension trials including the ALLHAT, ACCORD, VALUE, ONTARGET, ACCOMPLISH, ACCORD and SPRINT and SPRINT-MIND trials most under the auspices of the NHLBI. Most recently he has been involved in diabetes outcome trials with GLP1RA's including REWIND and most recently the SURPASS-CV Outcome trial. He was a contributing reviewer of the Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (JNC 7) and the 2017 ACC-AHA Guideline for the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Management of High Blood Pressure in Adults. Dr. Basile has published more than 400 original papers, abstracts, and book chapters, as well as a textbook, Hot Topics: Hypertension. He is a contributing author for the hypertension section of "Up To Date".

Steven L. Cohn, MD, MACP, SFHM
Professor Emeritus
Department of Medicine
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Miami, FL

Dr. Steven L. Cohn is currently Professor Emeritus in the Department of Medicine at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. He is the former Director of the Medical Consultation Service at Jackson Memorial Hospital and Medical Director of the UHealth Preoperative Assessment Center (UPAC) and Medical Consultation Service at the University of Miami Hospital, having relocated to Miami after 30 years at the State University of New York - Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn where he is also Clinical Professor of Medicine Emeritus. He was the former Chief of the Division of General Internal Medicine and Associate Medical Director for Performance Improvement at Downstate and the Director of the Preoperative Medical Consultation Clinic and Medical Consultation Service at Kings County Hospital Center, responsible for education and supervision of senior medical residents in both in-patient and ambulatory care settings and has evaluated over 30,000 patients preoperatively. After receiving his medical degree from the University of Monterrey, Dr. Cohn completed his residency in internal medicine at SUNY-Downstate Medical Center. He is a Master of the American College of Physicians (ACP), a senior fellow of the Society for Hospital Medicine (SHM), and a board member of the Society for Perioperative Assessment and Quality Improvement (SPAQI).

Dr. Cohn is a nationally recognized expert in perioperative medicine and a frequently requested speaker. He has given over 400 CME lectures ranging from grand rounds to presentations of research findings and coordination of educational workshops at numerous national meetings (ACP, SHM, SGIM, IARS). In 2017, he received the SHM Award for Excellence in Teaching.

Dr. Cohn is the author/editor of several books – Decision-making in Perioperative Medicine: Clinical Pearls (McGraw Hill and ACP, 2021), Perioperative Medicine (Springer, 2011), and Perioperative Medicine - Just the Facts (McGraw Hill, 2006), and section editor for medical consultation in Comprehensive Hospital Medicine (Elsevier, 2007). He wrote the chapter on Preoperative Evaluation for the past three editions of Goldman/Cecil's Textbook of Medicine, the section on Perioperative Medicine in MKSAP XV, and co-authored multiple topics in UpToDate. He has also written numerous book chapters and articles that have appeared in peer-reviewed journals including the Annals of Internal Medicine, Journal of Hospital Medicine, Journal of General Internal Medicine, Heart, and Anesthesiology. Dr. Cohn has been named in Castle Connolly’s Top Doctors in the New York Metro Area annually from 1997-2011 and was also listed in New York Magazine's Best Doctors 2010 and 2011.

Francis L. Counselman, MD, CPE, FACEP
Chidester Endowed Chair of Emergency Medicine
Chairman, Department of Emergency Medicine
Eastern Virginia Medical School
Norfolk, VA

Dr. Francis L Counselman is a Professor and the Chidester Endowed Chair of Emergency Medicine at Eastern Virginia Medical School. Dr Counselman is past-President of the American Board of Emergency Medicine (2014-2015) and the Association of Academic Chairs of Emergency Medicine (2002-2003). He is the recipient of the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) "Award for Outstanding Contribution in Education" (2017), the Parker J Palmer "Courage to Teach" Award from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (2005), the 2003 Residency Director of the Year Award from the Emergency Medicine Residents' Association and is a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society.

Martha Gulati, MD, MS, FACC, FAHA
Division Chief, Cardiology
UA College of Medicine
Physician Director
Banner - University Medicine Heart Institute
Phoenix, AZ

Dr. Martha Gulati is a Professor of Medicine and the Chief of Cardiology at the University of Arizona. She held the Sarah Ross Soter Chair in Women’s Cardiovascular Health and was the Section Director for Women’s Cardiovascular Health and Preventive Cardiology at The Ohio State University until 2015. She is the author of the best-seller, Saving Women’s Hearts. She is the Editor-in-Chief of the American College of Cardiology (ACC)'s CardioSmart, the patient education and empowerment initiative. She serves as the chair of the national chest pain guidelines.

Her exceptional commitment to the study of women and cardiac diseases has won her numerous awards and distinctions, including being named by Crain’s Chicago Business as one of Chicago’s Top 40 under 40. In 2011, she received the first CREDO (Coalition to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Cardiovascular Outcomes) Award from the ACC that was given to honor her contributions to improve cardiovascular healthcare of women patients. In 2012, she was awarded the National Red Dress Award for her efforts in raising awareness of heart disease in women and advancing research in this field. In 2019, she was chosen as the most influential woman in Arizona and received the 2019 ACC’s Bernadine Healy Award for her leadership and accomplishment in the field of cardiovascular disease in women.

Dr. Gulati is passionate about the study of women and heart disease and prevention of heart disease. She is the principal investigator of the St. James Women Take Heart Project, a study examining cardiac risk factors in women, which set standards for women’s fitness levels and heart rate response to exercise in women. She also is a co-investigator on the Women Ischemic Syndrome Evaluation (WISE) and previously served as a co-investigator on the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI).

She is a member of numerous advisory boards and societies, including the American Heart Association, the ACC and the American Society of Preventive Cardiology (ASPC). She serves on the board of the ASPC and is now the president-elect. She has published articles in peer-reviewed publications, including The New England Journal of Medicine, Circulation, and Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). Her research has been featured in hundreds of newspapers across the world, including The New York Times and USA Today. She has also been featured on Oprah, NBC Nightly News, CBS National News, The Today Show, Canada AM, in addition to many others. She recently was listed on the Marquis 2020 Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in the World, and Who’s Who in American Women.

Dr. Gulati is Canadian and completed medical school at the University of Toronto, Canada. She went on to complete her internship, residency and cardiology fellowship at the University of Chicago. She received a Master in Science at the University of Chicago and is a fellow of the ACC and the American Heart Association. She is board certified in cardiovascular disease.

Michelle L. Look, MD, FAAFP
Medical Director of Clinical Research
San Diego Sports Medicine and Family Health Center
Primary Care Specialist
Diplomate, American Board of Obesity Medicine
San Diego, CA

Dr. Michelle L. Look is a family practice-sports medicine physician who practices obesity medicine and serves as medical director of Clinical Research at San Diego Sports Medicine and Family Health Center. Over the years, she has served as principal investigator of numerous clinical trials assessing pharmacotherapies for obesity, osteoarthritis, muscle spasms, hypertension, type 2 diabetes, hypercholesterolemia, and gout, among others.

Her affiliations span a number of interests and organizations to include: diplomate, American Board of Obesity Medicine; board member, American Heart Association, San Diego Chapter; former national medical director, Susan G. Komen 3-Day for the Cure®; and national team physician, USA Men’s and Women’s Rugby Sevens and Fifteens teams. In 2008 and 2010, she dedicated her time and talent as the team physician for the United States Summer Olympics, Beijing, China, and Winter Olympics, Vancouver, Canada, respectively.

Dr. Look’s excellence in medical practice, as well as her service to her local and global community, was recognized by San Diego Magazine and the San Diego County Medical Society when she was lauded as one of the city’s “Top Doctors” in family and sports medicine in 2006, and 2008-2016.

Dr. Look received her medical degree from Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, and is board certified in family medicine, sports medicine, and obesity medicine. She joined San Diego Sports Medicine in 2001 after completing the San Diego Sports Medicine and Family Health Center’s Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship Program and a family practice residency at Sharp HealthCare in San Diego.

Stephanie J. Nahas, MD, MSEd, FAHS, FAAN
Associate Professor of Neurology
Director, Headache Medicine Followship Program
Assistant Director, Neurology Residency Program
Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals
Philadelphia, PA

Dr. Stephanie J. Nahas achieved her undergraduate degree in biology (cum laude) at Harvard in 1995. She then went to Rush Medical College where, after a brief detour to obtain a Masters degree in instructional technology from the University of Southern California in 1998, she earned her MD in 2001. She completed internship at Rush followed by neurology residency then fellowship in headache medicine at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. In January 2007, after 1.5 years of fellowship training, she joined faculty and became the Fellowship Program Director at the Headache Center of Thomas Jefferson University. She is a dedicated advocate for the field, having attended all but one Headache on the Hill events with the Alliance for Headache Disorders Advocacy (AHDA) in Washington, DC since 2007, and has served on the AHDA Board of Directors since 2018 (Vice President February 2018 – November 2019, Interim President November 2019 – February 2020, Member at Large February 2020 – present). Dr. Nahas serves as Section Editor for Current Pain and Headache Reports, is former Co-Chair of and current Senior Advisor to the “First Contact: Headache Education in Primary Care” Committee of the American Headache Society, and also serves on the Education Committee and Scottsdale Program Committee for the American Headache Society.

Brian Pearlman, MD FACP FAASLD AAHIVS
Medical Director, Center for Hepatitis C, Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center
Professor of Medicine, Medical College of Georgia
Professor of Medicine, Emory School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA

Dr. Brian Pearlman is the Medical Director for Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center's Center for Hepatitis C in Atlanta, Georgia, and is Professor of Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia and Professor of Medicine at Emory School of Medicine. He completed his medical degree at the University of Miami and post-graduate training at both the University of Texas, Southwestern and Baylor University Medical Center.

Dr. Pearlman is Fellow for the American College of Physicians, and Fellow for the American Association for the Study of Liver Disease as well as certified by the American Academy of HIV Medicine. He is also a member of the American Gastroenterological Association. He had sat on the Board of Directors for The American Liver Foundation, Southeast Chapter.

Dr. Pearlman is widely published in leading journals such as The Lancet, Gastroenterology, Hepatology, The Lancet Infectious Disease, Clinical Infectious Diseases, and the American Journal of Medicine. He is active in both patient care and in teaching physicians. He has been the recipient of numerous teaching awards and is an active investigator in multiple liver-related clinical trials, some of which were in collaboration with the CDC's Division of Viral Hepatitis.

John H. Post III, MD
Orthopedic Surgeon
Martha Jefferson Hospital
Charlottesville, VA

Dr. John H. Post is an Orthopedic Surgeon from Charlottesville, Virginia with expertise in Sports Medicine, arthroscopy of the knee and shoulder, and knee replacement surgery. He is the Medical Advisor of a major triathlon training company. He is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, served as a U.S. Marine helicopter pilot and subsequent helicopter instructor for the U.S. Navy. He received his MD from the University of Miami School of Medicine. He is a Fellow in the Arthroscopy Association of North America and the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons. His wife is the Director of Internal Medicine at the University of Virginia Northridge Clinic. He has completed the Ironman World Championship in Kona, Hawaii, the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim and the English Channel Swim. They have three children, a new baby granddaughter, and two labs.

C. Wayne Weart, PharmD, FASHP, FAPhA
Professor, Clinical Pharmacy and Outcome Sciences
Professor of Family Medicine
Medical University of South Carolina College of Pharmacy
Charleston, SC

Dr. C. Wayne Weart received his Bachelor of Science degree in Pharmacy in 1971 from the University of Georgia. He served his residency in Hospital Pharmacy at the Medical University Hospital in Charleston, SC in 1972. He received his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science in 1974. Dr. Weart is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Outcome Sciences in the South Carolina College of Pharmacy, Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), as well as Professor of Family Medicine in the College of Medicine, MUSC. Prior to his teaching at the Medical University, Dr. Weart instructed at West Virginia University in pharmacy and family medicine.

Dr. Weart has more than 100 publications and he has given scores of lectures to numerous professional groups and societies. He has received outstanding teacher awards at both West Virginia University and MUSC, and has been named Hospital Pharmacist of the Year in both South Carolina and West Virginia.

In 1991, Dr. Weart was among the first pharmacists to become a Board-Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist. In 1992, he was honored for his excellence in pharmacy practice and designated a Fellow of the American Society of Health Systems Pharmacists. Dr. Weart was named a Primary Care Policy Fellow for 1999 by the U.S. Public Health Service and he was honored by the Alumni Association of the MUSC College of Pharmacy as a Distinguished Alumnus in 2002. He also received the Bowl of Hygeia Award from the SC Pharmacy Association in 2003 for outstanding service to the community and the profession of pharmacy and the George D. Schwerin Mentor Award, from the South Carolina Society of Health System Pharmacists in 2004. In 2005, 2006, 2008 and 2009 he was recognized by the MUSC College of Pharmacy student body for his excellence in education by the Golden Mortar and Pestle Award. In 2008 the MUSC Board of Trustees named Dr. Weart as a Master Teacher. In 2012 he received the Proctor and Gamble National Leadership Award from the Phi Lambda Sigma Pharmacy Leadership Society. In 2014 he was awarded the Ralph M. Wilkie Distinguished Lifetime Service Award by the SC Pharmacy Association Board of Directors. In 2015 he received the Kenneth Flinchum Distinguished Service Award from the SC Society of Health System Pharmacists. Dr. Weart served on the Board of Directors of the SC Pharmacists Association and as President and Chairman of the Board for 2010-2011. He served on the Board of Directors for the American Institute of the History of Pharmacy from 2009-2013 and was the President of the Waring Library Society for 2014-2015.

He is one of many Hot Dog Ministry volunteers involved with serving the homeless of Charleston.