Affiliation: UCLA

Linda Demer, MD PhD, is a Medicine, Physiology, and Bioengineering Professor at UCLA. She received her MD, concurrently with a PhD in bioengineering, at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Her research has focused on vascular calcification and made paradigm-shifting discoveries showing that vascular cells transform into osteoblastic cells in cardiovascular calcification. Dr. Demer has served as Associate Editor and Editorial Board member for multiple cardiovascular journals and as President of the Association of Professors of Cardiology, the Western Society for Clinical Investigation, the Association of University Cardiologists, and the North American Vascular Biology Organization. She also serves as Co-Director for Physician-Scientist Career Development in the Dean’s Office for the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.