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Hadley Wilson (he/him/his)

Immediate Past President
American College of Cardiology
Atrium Health

Dr. Wilson is an interventional cardiologist and executive vice chair at Sanger Heart and Vascular Institute, where he previously served as chief of cardiology for more than 13 years. He has published more than 75 articles with interests spanning STEMI systems of care, stent technologies and devices for coronary intervention, left main stenting, chronic total occlusions, anticoagulation and antiplatelet therapies, structural and valvular heart disease, appropriate public reporting of PCI outcomes and quality improvement projects for systems of care, and clinician well-being.
Wilson graduated with honors from Davidson College and subsequently Duke University School of Medicine. He then trained in internal medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where he served as chief resident before completing his cardiology fellowship under Gottlieb Friesinger, MD, FACC. Since 2006, he has been a clinical professor of medicine at UNC School of Medicine, as well as the chief liaison for cardiovascular training between UNC's hospital campuses. Wilson served as co-director of the annual Advanced Cardiovascular Interventions course in Hilton Head, SC, from 1992-2007 and as the chief interventional cardiologist for the ACC NC Chapter STEMI/RACE program to develop a statewide system of care from 2005-2015. From 2011-2020, he was the chair of the ACC/AHA National STEMI Accelerator I and II programs.

Since 2019, he has been a senior adviser to the steering committee for the ACC Global Heart Attack Treatment Initiative, enrolling more than 2,000 STEMI patients. Wilson has also led numerous cardiology medical missions to other countries, including Haiti, Panama, Nicaragua and Honduras. In the past, he served as governor for ACC's NC Chapter, as well as chair of the Board of Governors and secretary of the Board of Trustees. He also has held positions on the ACC Membership Committee and the NCDR Management Board and has served as chair-elect of the Governance Committee.

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