Lessons Learned Learning Medicine

I am Jean-Bernard Durand, MD, FACC, FACP, FCCP, FAHA, FHFSA, FHRS, FHFA, FRCP, a tenured professor at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, an adjunct professor at Texas A&M University, and a voluntary staff cardiologist at Baylor College of Medicine.I have held clinical appointments at Texas Heart Institute/Baylor St. Luke's, the University of Texas Hermann Memorial Hospital, and The Methodist Hospital. I am a certified executive and life coach. I immigrated to the United States from the Caribbean and have lived in New York City, San Diego, Wisconsin, Palo Alto, Chicago, and Houston, Texas.I completed training in both the clinical and basic sciences. During my internal medicine residency at Loyola University School of Medicine in Chicago, I pursued advanced research training. I completed an American Heart Association/Bugher Foundation Fellowship in molecular biology, investigating hypertrophic and dilated cardiomyopathy. Under the mentorship of Dr. Robert Roberts, known as the father of molecular cardiology, I was awarded a Robert Wood Johnson Fellowship in molecular genetics at Baylor College of Medicine. This work led to the localization of a gene on chromosome 1q32 and the identification of troponin as one of the first genes associated with familial dilated cardiomyopathy. Following my cardiology fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine, I completed additional clinical training in immunology, advanced heart failure, circulatory support, and cardiac transplantation. I served as Assistant Medical Director of the Heart Transplant Service at Baylor.