Dr. David L. Mattson, an established hypertension investigator and academic leader at the Medical College of Wisconsin, is chair of the Department of Physiology at the Medical College of Georgia at 91ΒιΆΉ.
Mattson, joined the MCG leadership team July 1, and was named Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Hypertension.
"Dr. Mattson is a passionate investigator and educator who leads by his enthusiastic example and by making the success of those around him a priority,β says MCG Dean Dr. David Hess. βHe is a natural fit for the great strengths we have in cardiovascular disease in the Vascular Biology Center, Georgia Prevention Institute and the Department of Physiology, and for MCGβs commitment to addressing the number one killer in our state and nation from every angle."