Ochsner Medical Center
Ochsner Clinical School – The University of Queensland School of Medicine
Dr. Lavie graduated from Louisiana State University Medical School in 1983 and completed his internal medicine residency at Ochsner and a fellowship in cardiovascular diseases at Mayo, where he joined the faculty in 1989. He is currently Professor of Medicine and Medical Director of Cardiac Rehabilitation and Preventive Cardiology; Director, Exercise Testing Laboratory; and Staff Cardiologist at the John Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute, Ochsner Clinical School – The University of Queensland School of Medicine in New Orleans and he previously served for 10 years as Associate Director of the Internal Medicine Training program. He served as a Consultant in the Department of Preventive Medicine at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana from January 2012 - October 2014. Dr. Lavie’s research interests include cardiac rehabilitation and prevention, lipids, hypertension, obesity, and exercise, as well as noninvasive testing, encompassing echocardiography, exercise testing, and nuclear cardiology. He is the author of over 1800 medical publications including two cardiology textbooks, nearly 60 book chapters, and 1,295 listed currently on Pub Med as of 9/16/25 with an h-index of 161. He served on the Editorial Boards of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, JACC HF, and currently HEART, and is Associate Editor and Cardiovascular Section Editor of the Mayo Clinic Proceedings. In 2003 and 2004 he served as Chairman of Vascular, Hypertension and Prevention for the American College of Cardiology and has been an elite reviewer for JACC for 7 years, also receiving the Simon Dack Award as a lifetime, Hall of Fame reviewer. He was also Editor-in Chief of Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases for 12 years and is the author of the book The Obesity Paradox, released April 2014. In 2019, he won the first John Ochsner Award and was named Ochsner Alumnus of the Year.
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146 - CJC SYMPOSIUM - THE EXPANDING EPIDEMIC OF OBESITY: NEW INSIGHTS AND APPROACHES
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