Eugene Braunwald

Who is this?

Eugene Braunwald (August 15, 1929 – April 22, 2026) was an Austrian-born American cardiologist. He was a “groundbreaking cardiologist whose research helped transform heart disease from a near-certain killer into a condition often manageable with medications, procedures and careful monitoring”. His career was described as one of “contributions [that] were conceptual and practical.” Eugene Braunwald was editor of the cardiology textbook Braunwald's Heart Disease, which is now in its 13th edition and was first published in 1980, a standard text for cardiologists. His long career included research reports in the last year of his life. He published extensively, 1,600 publications beginning with his first in 1954, and shared knowledge readily including as a teacher. The American Heart Association has called him the father of cardiology. He responded by saying: "I was in the right place at the right time, with the right collaborators, the right mentors and mentees."

Career

1. 1929
   Born
2. 1965
   Won John J. Abel Award
3. 1993
   Won Bristol-Myers Squibb Award for Distinguished Achievement in Cardiovascular Research
4. 2002
   Won King Faisal International Prize in Medicine
5. 2026
   Passed away
6. Member of National Academy of Sciences
7. Member of American Academy of Arts and Sciences
8. Member of Royal National Academy of Medicine
9. Won Decoration of Honour in Gold for Services to the State of Vienna
10. Won honorary doctor of the University of Vienna

Trivia

• •Place of birth: Vienna
• •Citizenship: United States
• •Known as: cardiologist, researcher
• •Spouse: Nina Starr Braunwald