Rick Nishimura

Rick Nishimura
Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation
Rochester, MN, USA

Dr. Nishimura is currently a consultant in cardiovascular diseases at Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minnesota. He is the Judd and Mary Morris Leighton Professor of Cardiovascular Diseases and Professor of Medicine at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine. Dr. Nishimura's research areas have involved the field of cardiovascular hemodynamics. His major work has been in the use of simultaneous Doppler and high fidelity catheterization correlations to assess intracardiac pressures and diastolic function of the heart. He practices clinical cardiology with a particular interest in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and valvular heart disease. He has received the Henry Plummer Award for Outstanding Clinician in the Department of Medicine and the Distinguished Clinician Award for the Mayo Foundation.

Dr Nishimura has been active in the national cardiology societies. He was the chair of education for the American College of Cardiology for 10 years and now is on the Board of Trustees for the ACC. He currently serves as chair of the ACC/AHA valvular heart disease guideline committee and is also on the ACC/AHA parent guideline committee. He now chair the ACC Life Long Learning Committee.

From the education standpoint, Dr. Nishimura has always been involved with teaching at the fellowship, residency and medical school levels. He has won the Mayo Graduate School Teacher of the Year Award seven times and was inducted into the "Hall of Fame". He has been awarded the Cardiovascular Teacher of the Year Award for the past 22 consecutive years and was the recipient of the "Golden Apple" teaching award for the Mayo Medical School. He has directed several ACC programs, runs the Continuous Professional Development Programs for the ACC and is the co-director of the Mayo Clinic Cardiovascular Board Review Program. He has received the ACC Master Teacher Award, the American Heart Association Laennec Award, as well as the Mayo Clinic Distinguished Educator Award. Dr. Nishimura is currently vice-chair of education for the Mayo Clinic Enterprise.