The Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean, Weill Cornell Medical College Provost for Medical Affairs, Cornell University.

Dr. Gotto is the Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean of Weill Cornell Medical College, New York City, New York, where he is also a Professor of Medicine. In addition, he is the Provost for Medical Affairs for Cornell University. Previously, he spent over two decades at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, where he was the Bob and Vivian Smith Professor and Chairman of the Albert B. and Margaret M. Alkek Department of Medicine and the Chief of the Internal Medicine Service at The Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas. During that time, he also held the J. S. Abercrombie Professor Chair for Atherosclerosis and Lipoprotein Research and was the Scientific Director of the DeBakey Heart Center at Baylor.

Dr. Gotto and his associates were the first to achieve the complete synthesis of a plasma apolipoprotein (apo C-I), and they also determined the complete cDNA and amino acid sequence of apo B-100, one of the largest proteins ever sequenced and a key protein in atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease. Dr. Gotto’s research interests include the structure, metabolism, and function of the plasma lipoproteins and apolipoproteins and their relation to atherosclerosis; clinical disorders of lipid transport, including hyperlipoproteinemias and hypolipidemias; and the pathology of atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease.

Dr. Gotto received his B.A. magna cum laude (biochemistry) in 1957 from Vanderbilt University, his D.Phil (biochemistry) in 1961 from the University of Oxford, where he was a Rhodes Scholar, and his M.D. in 1965 from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. His residency training was at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.

Dr. Gotto has served as National President of the American Heart Association, as a member of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Advisory Council, and on the National Diabetes Advisory Board. He is a member of the Institute of Medicine and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He was the recipient of the 2000 Distinguished Alumnus award from Vanderbilt University and the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. He has received honorary doctoral degrees from the University of Bologna and Abilene Christian University and honorary professorships from the University of Buenos Aires and Francisco Marroquin University (Guatemala). He is a Past-President of the International Atherosclerosis Society and Co-Chairman of the US-Russian and US-Italian Cardiovascular Workgroups. He has received the Order of the Lion from the Republic of Finland. Dr. Gotto is coauthor of "The New Living Heart", and "The New Living Heart Diet", which explain the origin and dietary treatment of cardiovascular disease to the general public; he is author of "The Living Heart Cookbook." His original scholarly articles number well over 400.