HHC Expert Bios

As part of our commitment, HHC brings together physicians from multiple disciplines of medicine. More and more, it is the responsibility of all doctors—not only cardiologists—to be aware of the heart disease risk factors, symptoms, and treatment strategies for women and heart disease.

The following experts have volunteered their time and expertise for Her Heart Community. To hear them speak, attend one of our HHC events.

• Dr. Stephen A. Brunton
• Dr. Len Fromer
• Dr. Martha Gulati
• Dr. Jennifer H. Mieres

 

Stephen A. Brunton, MD
Stephen Brunton, MD, earned his medical degree from Monash University Medical School in Melbourne, Australia, and subsequently completed his residency in family practice at Long Beach Memorial Medical Center in Long Beach, California. During the early 1980s, Dr. Brunton served as Director of Education for the American Academy of Family Physicians before returning to Long Beach as Director of the Family Medicine Residency Program until mid-1998.

Dr. Brunton is a former president of both the California Academy of Family Physicians and the Association of Family Practice Residency Directors. He is a board-certified family physician, with a certificate of added qualifications in geriatrics. Dr. Brunton has published numerous articles, medical textbook chapters, and monographs on clinical topics related to family medicine. He is Editor of Internal Medicine Alert and serves on the editorial boards of such journals as Primary Care Special Edition, Family Practice Recertification, and Journal of Clinical Hypertension.

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Len Fromer, MD, FAAFP
Len Fromer received his medical degree magna cum laude from the State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center. He completed his residency in Family Medicine at the University of California at Irvine, Long Beach Memorial Medical Center. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians, and a diplomate of both the American Board of Family Practice and the National Board of Medical Examiners.

He has been in private practice in Santa Monica, California, with Prairie Medical Group, for 25 years. Dr. Fromer has served on the group's Board of Directors and has been its Managing Director as well as its Chief Financial Officer.

His practice includes a second field of concentration in allergy and asthma. Dr. Fromer sits on the California Department of Health Services IMAP Advisory Panel for Allergy and Asthma, and he is on the faculty of the Department of Family Medicine at the University of California at Los Angeles.

Dr. Fromer currently serves on the International Editorial Board of the International Primary Care Respiratory Journal. He is a past president of the California Academy of Family Physicians and has served over 10 years as a member and Chairman of the American Academy of Family Physicians Commission on Health Care Services. He currently sits on the AAFP Commission on Quality. He has also served on the Physicians Capital Source Project Steering Committee for the American Medical Association, the Advisory Board of Directors for the American Medical Informatics Association, and the Advisory Board for the World Foundation for Studies of Female Health. Dr. Fromer has lectured extensively on health system reform and has been featured on CBS News, ABC News, and in the Wall Street Journal.

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Martha Gulati, MD
Martha Gulati, MD, is a nationally recognized leader in women's cardiovascular health. She is originally from Ontario, Canada, where she completed her undergraduate work at McMaster University in Hamilton, the University of Western Ontario in London, and the University of Toronto. She did her graduate work at the University of Chicago, where she also completed her internship and residency in 1995-1998 and a Cardiology Fellowship in 1998-2001.

In addition to her assistant professorship, Dr. Gulati is Associate Medical Director of the Center for Women's Cardiovascular Health at the Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute of Northwestern Memorial Hospital. She is also a diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine in both internal medicine (1999) and cardiology (2004), a member of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and a fellow of the American College of Cardiology.

Dr. Gulati is an active and dedicated researcher in the area of women's cardiovascular health. She is a principle investigator in the St. James Women Take Heart Project and a co-investigator in the landmark Women Ischemic Syndrome Evaluation (WISE) study and the Women Take Heart-WISE Collaboration study. She is also the Clinical Events Committee Chair for the WOMEN (What Is the Optimal Method for Ischemia Evaluation in Women?) study. Dr. Gulati has authored or coauthored many peer-reviewed papers and book chapters in the medical literature and has been invited to speak at numerous professional events.

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Jennifer H. Mieres, MD, FACP, FACC, FAHA
Jennifer H. Mieres is a native of Trinidad, West Indies, is Associate Professor and the Director of Nuclear Cardiology at New York University School of Medicine. She is a nationally recognized expert in cardiovascular diseases in women and is routinely called upon by the media to comment on heart health. She has appeared in national and local media outlets, including 2 recent documentaries for PBS.

A graduate of Bennington College and Boston University School of Medicine, she is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, the American College of Cardiology, and the American Heart Association, and she is board certified in cardiovascular diseases and nuclear cardiology. Her society memberships include the American Heart Association, the Society of Nuclear Medicine, and the Association of Black Cardiologists. She is a founding member of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC).

As a member and Past President of the Board of Directors of the Long Island region of the American Heart Association, Dr. Mieres is actively involved in community service and has been a guest speaker at several community functions. She is actively involved in the American Heart Association's national women and heart disease campaign, "Go Red For Women." She is a recipient of the 2002 New York State Governor's award for excellence and a recipient of the "Women Achievers Against the Odds" 2002 award from the Long Island Fund for Women and Girls. Dr. Mieres is a national spokesperson for the American Heart Association and is the chair of the Committee on Cardiac Imaging of the Council on Clinical Cardiology. She also serves on the Scientific Advisory Board for WomenHeart. Dr. Mieres was a producer of the PBS documentary A Woman's Heart, which was nominated for an Emmy for best documentary in the health science category at the 46th Annual New York Emmy Awards held in March 2003. In August of 2003, Dr. Mieres was featured as an "Everyday Hero" in Newsday.

In April 2004, Dr. Mieres was awarded the WomenHeart Wenger Award for Healthcare, and in May 2004, Dr. Mieres received the award for service in medicine from the Long Island Center for Business and Professional Women.

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