Robert Roberts

Background

About Robert Roberts

Dr. Roberts is currently Chief Executive Officer of RDS Inc, Executive Director of The Heart and Vascular Institute and Director of Cardiovascular Genetics and Genomics at Dignity Health at St Joseph’s Hospital & Medical Center, Chair of the International Society of Cardiovascular Translational Research at the University of Arizona College of Medicine, and a Professor of Medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine. Dr. Roberts’ accomplished career as a geneticist and cardiologist also includes leading the cardiology department at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston for 23 years, serving as the President and CEO of the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, UOHI and working with NASA as a cardiology consultant where he cleared astronaut, John Glenn, to take flight into space. During his extensive research, he discovered the first gene for heart attacks and pioneered the MBCK Test which has been used as the gold standard to diagnose heart attacks for the past three decades. Dr. Roberts has been a keynote speaker in over 35 countries including the Opening Plenary Address of the American College of Cardiology, the Japanese College of Cardiology and the Australian and New Zealand Heart Association.