Dr Brindis is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco and serves on the affiliate faculty of the Philip R. Lee Institute of Health Policy Studies at UCSF. He presently is the Senior Medical Officer, External Affairs, for the ACC National Cardiovascular Registry (ACC-NCDR). Dr. Brindis was the President of the American College of Cardiology (ACC) from 2010 to 2011 and the Senior Advisor for Cardiovascular Disease for the Northern California Kaiser Permanente Medical Group from 2003 to 2012.
Dr Brindis has served previously as the ACC Governor of Northern California and as Past President of the California Chapter of the ACC. Dr. Brindis is past Chair of the ACC-NCDR Management Board now overseeing seven cardiovascular national registries assessing cardiac catheterization and angioplasty, implantable defibrillators, carotid stenting, percutaneous valve implantation, acute coronary syndromes, ambulatory cardiovascular medical management and congenital heart disease.
Dr Brindis is past Chair of the ACC Appropriateness Use Criteria Task Force developing appropriateness criteria for non-invasive testing and coronary revascularization procedures in cardiovascular disease. He has also served as Chair of the ACC Quality Strategic Directions Committee.
Presently he serves on the ACC/AHA Task Force for Clinical Practice Guidelines and the ACC Clinical Quality Committee. Dr. Brindis was the 2007 recipient of the national ACC Distinguished Fellow Award and granted the Master’s designation of the ACC in 2011.
