Victor J. Dzau is the Chancellor for Health Affairs at Duke University

Duke University

Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...

 and President and CEO of the Duke University Medical Center. He was born in Shanghai

Shanghai

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 and raised in Hong Kong

Hong Kong

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. Dzau is the James B. Duke Professor

James B. Duke Professor

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 of Medicine

Medicine

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. Prior to his arrival at Duke, Dzau was the Hersey Professor of the Theory and Practice of Physic at Harvard Medical School

Harvard Medical School

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 and Chairman of the Dept of Medicine Brigham and Women's Hospital

Brigham and Women's Hospital

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. Before that, he was the Arthur Bloomfield Professor and Chairman of the Department of Medicine at Stanford University

Stanford University

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.

He is a member of the Institute of Medicine

Institute of Medicine

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 of the National Academy of Sciences

United States National Academy of Sciences

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 and the European Academy of Sciences and Arts

European Academy of Sciences and Arts

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. He was the previous Chairman of the National Institutes of Health

National Institutes of Health

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 (NIH) Cardiovascular Disease Advisory Committee, and he served on the Advisory Committee to the Director of NIH. Dr. Dzau has been named 2004 Distinguished Scientist of the American Heart Association

American Heart Association

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 and was the recipient of the 2004 Max Delbruck Medal, Berlin, Germany and the 2005 Ellis Island Medal of Honor

Ellis Island Medal of Honor

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. Dr. Dzau is also a director of Genzyme Corporation

Genzyme

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, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Medtronic, Inc.

Medtronic

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 Dr. Dzau was elected to PepsiCo

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's Board in 2005.

Dzau received his M.D.

Doctor of Medicine

Doctor of Medicine is a doctoral degree for physicians. The degree is granted by medical schools...

 from the medical school at McGill University

McGill University

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