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Mr. Peter McCullough

Chief Academic and Scientific Officer
St. John Providence Health System
47601 Grand River B125
 

Brief Biography:


After receiving a bachelor’s degree from Baylor University, Dr. McCullough completed his medical degree as an Alpha Omega Alpha graduate of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas.  He went on to complete his internal medicine residency at the University of Washington in Seattle, cardiology fellowship at William Beaumont Hospital, and master’s degree in public health at the University of Michigan.

Over the past 14 years, Dr. McCullough served as the Program Director in Cardiovascular Diseases at Henry Ford Health System, Chief of Cardiology at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, and Chief of Nutrition and Preventive Medicine at William Beaumont Hospital.  Within the seven-hospital St. John Providence Health System, Dr. McCullough oversees graduate medical education and research.  In addition, Dr. McCullough leads a clinical and research team fostering innovative approaches to cardiorenal syndromes.  He is an internationally recognized authority on the role of chronic kidney disease as a cardiovascular risk state with over 800 published, scientific communications.  He is the author of the “Interface between Renal Disease and Cardiovascular Illness” in Braunwald’s Heart Disease Textbook.  Dr. McCullough is the current Chair of the National Kidney Foundation’s Kidney Early Evaluation Program, the largest community screening effort for chronic diseases in the U.S.  He is the co-editor of Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine and serves on the editorial boards of multiple specialty journals.  He has led numerous clinical trial steering, data safety monitoring, and events committees and has testified before the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Congressional Oversight Panel. 

 

Academic positions:


St. John Providence Health System, Providence Park Heart Institute,  Department of Medicine, Cardiology Section, 47601 Grand River Avenue, Suite B-125, Novi, MI  48374, September 1, 2010 to present.  Department of Medicine Chair, John O’Brien, MD: 248-849-3152, Cardiology Section Chief:  Shukri David, MD:  248-849-2842.

Positions Held:

1) Consultant Cardiologist, Chief Academic and Scientific Officer (2010 to present), Department of Medicine, Cardiology Section

2)  Medical Director, Clinical Lipidology (2010 to present)

William Beaumont Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Divisions of Nutrition and Preventive Medicine, Department of Cardiology, 3601 West Thirteen Mile Road, Royal Oak, MI  48073, October 1, 2002 to 2010.  Department of Medicine Chair:  Michael A. Maddens, M.D., 248-551-0622, Department of Cardiology Chair:  David E. Haines, M.D., 248-858-0404.

Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, 472 O'Dowd Hall

2200 N. Squirrel, Rochester, MI 48309, Robert Folberg, MD, Medical School Dean, Kenneth Hightower, PhD, Dean of Allied Health Sciences, 248-370-3562.  Clinical Professor of Health Sciences and Medicine (2007 to 2010)

Positions Held:

1) Consultant Cardiologist and Chief, Division of Nutrition and Preventive Medicine (2002 to 2010), Department of Internal Medicine

2)  Medical Director, Preventive Cardiology (2002 to 2010)

3)  Medical Director, Lipid Apheresis Program (2007 to 2010)

4)  Medical Director, Weight Control Center (2002-2005)

 University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Truman Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Cardiology Section, 2301 Holmes St., Kansas City, MO  64108.  August 18, 2000-September 30, 2002.  Department of Medicine Chair:  George R. Reisz, M.D, 816-556-3450.

Positions Held:

1) Associate Professor of Medicine (Tenure Track) and Cardiology Section Chief

Henry Ford Health System, Henry Ford Heart and Vascular Institute, 2799 W. Grand Blvd., K-14, Detroit, MI  48202, July 1, 1997 to August 16, 2000.  Cardiovascular Division Head:  W. Douglas Weaver, M.D, 800-653-6568.

Positions Held:

1) Assistant Professor of Medicine (Tenure Track), Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, and HFHVI Senior Staff Cardiologist Medical Director, Preventive Cardiology, 1999-2000

2) Program Director, Cardiovascular Diseases Fellowship Training Program,     1999-2000

3)   Director of Cardiovascular Informatics Section, 1997-2000

4)   Associate Director of the Center for Clinical Effectiveness, 1997-99

5) Associate Director of the Cardiovascular Diseases Fellowship Program, 1998-99

Emergency Physicians Medical Group, PC, 2000 Green Road, Suite 300, Ann Arbor, MI  48105, 800-466-3764.  Emergency medicine attending at Mission Health McPherson Hospital, Howell, 1991-1997;  Oakwood Beyer Hospital Center, Ypsilanti 1991-1997, and Mercy Hospital, Grayling 1991-1992.

Positions Held:

1) Associate Member

2) Washtenaw County Human Services Deputy Medical Examiner, 1995-1996

Mercy Internal Medicine Associates, 308 Michigan Avenue, Grayling, MI  49738, Mercy Hospital-Grayling, 1100 Michigan Avenue, Grayling, MI  49738, 517-348-5461.  Internal medicine attending at Mercy Hospital, Grayling, MI, 1991-1992.

Positions Held:

1) Coronary Care Unit Director

2) Physician Director of Cardiopulmonary Services.

 

Research interests:


Cardiorenal Medicine

 

Any other information:


Outside of professional life, Dr. McCullough is a dedicated athlete and has completed 50 marathons across North America and Europe and participated in over 100 running events sanctioned by the U.S. Track and Field Association. 

 

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Terrific