Heart Failure Leader Killed After Being Struck by Car While Jogging
Director of Advanced Heart Disease at Brigham and Women’s Hospital Was Attending American Heart Association Scientific Sessions in Orlando
TUCSON, Ariz.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– On Nov. 16, the heart failure community suffered a tragic loss when Dr. Kenneth Baughman, a prominent cardiologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, died after being struck by a car while out for a morning jog. Dr. Baughman, 63, was in Orlando, Fla., attending the American Heart Association (AHA) 2009 Scientific Sessions.
“Dr. Baughman was my mentor when I was a fellow at Johns Hopkins,” said Dr. Marvin Slepian, interventional cardiologist and Chairman of SynCardia Systems, manufacturer of the SynCardia temporary CardioWest™ Total Artificial Heart. “Over the years, he encouraged my research, including work with the Total Artificial Heart. The heart failure community is greatly saddened by this tragic loss of a pivotal leader.”
As an associate editor of the New England Journal of Medicine, Dr. Baughman reviewed the professional paper presenting the results of the pivotal clinical study of the Total Artificial Heart, published on Aug. 26, 2004. He also served as the editor of a textbook chapter on the SynCardia Total Artificial Heart, published in Treatment of Advanced Heart Disease in 2006.
Dr. Baughman had served as the director of the advanced heart disease section of the cardiovascular division at Brigham and Women’s Hospital since 2002. Prior to this position, he had served as the director of the cardiology division at Johns Hopkins Medical Center since 1992 and had been on faculty at Hopkins since 1979.
Dr. Baughman leaves behind his wife, Cheryl, two sons, Matthew and Christopher, their wives, Michelle and Holly, and four grandchildren.
