Elizabeth Ofili MD, MPH

Elizabeth Ofili MD, MPH is a Senior Fellow with the Center for Health Transformation. Dr. Ofili is Associate Dean for Clinical Research, Professor of Medicine, Chief of Cardiology and Director, Clinical Research Center at Morehouse School of Medicine. Dr Ofili has an active interest in the mechanism of myocardial dysfunction and heart failure, with particular emphasis on the role of ultrasound imaging modalities. Through the Community Physicians’ Network, Dr. Ofili and her colleagues at MSM have established large databases in hypertension, heart failure and diabetes which promote best practices by translating scientific discoveries to patient care.

Dr Ofili has received numerous scientific research and health policy awards, including The Dr. Daniel Savage Scientific Award and the Nannette K. Wenger Award for Health Policy. Dr. Ofili was recognized as one of American’s leading physicians by Black Enterprise Magazine; one of the nation’s top twenty-five female physicians by Heart and Soul Magazine, Who’s Who in Black Atlanta, and the National Library of Medicine “Changing the Face of Medicine: The Rise of America’s Women Physicians.”

Dr. Ofili is a Past-President of the National Association of Black Cardiologists, and serves/has served on the National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Medicine Committee on Global Research and Development in Cardiovascular Diseases; the American Heart Association’s Science Advisory Committee ,National Research Committee, and Go Red for Women Campaign; the National Institute of Health Clinical Research Advisory and NHLBI Women’s Health Advisory Committee. She is editor-in-chief of the Digest of Urban Cardiology, and is on the editorial boards for The American Heart Journal, Echocardiography and Heart and Soul Magazine.

Dr. Ofili has published over 130 scientific papers, book chapters and abstracts, and made over 600 scientific presentations on hypertension, dyslipidemia, heart failure and coronary artery disease. Her work has appeared in publications and journals including: The Journal of American Medical Association, The New England Journal of Medicine, Circulation, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, American Journal of Cardiology, American Heart Journal, Journal of the National Medical Association and Urban Cardiology.