David Faxon

Boston, MA

One of the foremost authorities in interventional cardiology, Dr. David Faxon has maintained intimate involvement with the nation’s leading professional organizations for more than three decades. Dr. Faxon joined the American Heart Association in 1976 and has served on dozens of committees, groups, and task forces in addition to being the President of both the Massachusetts and Los Angeles Affiliates, the national President in the early 2000s. He also holds distinction as a Fellow in the organization’s Council of Clinical Cardiology, as well as with the American College of Cardiology, and the Society for Cardiac Angiography and Intervention. As a longtime member of academia, Dr. David Faxon belongs to the Association of Professors of Cardiology and the Association of University Cardiologists. Committed to improving medical practices around the globe, he participates with the Clinton Global Initiative and the International Andreas Gruentzig Society. Dr. David Faxon has served on the staff at Brigham and Women’s Hospital for the last five years. After starting as the Vice Chair of Medicine for Integrated Clinical Services, Dr. Faxon transitioned in his current position as the Vice Chair of Medicine for Strategic Planning. During this time, he also served as the Chief of Cardiology at West Roxbury VA Hospital for two years and continues lectures at the nearby Harvard Medical School. Dr. David Faxon is quite familiar with the Boston area as he received his Doctor of Medicine at the Boston University School of Medicine. After travelling to Hanover, New Hampshire, for an internship and residency at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, he returned to his alma mater as a Cardiology Fellow in 1974. Dr. Faxon stayed at the institution until the early 1990s as a professor while simultaneously serving at Boston Medical Center. From 1993 to 2006, Dr. David Faxon shared his medical insight and expertise outside of New England. He first moved to Los Angeles, California, where he instructed students at the University of Southern California and contributed to numerous medical facilities throughout the region. In 2000, Dr. Faxon came to The University of Chicago and spent six years as the Chief of the Section of Cardiology and a Professor of Medicine.

  • Work
    • Inverventional Cardiology
  • Education
    • Boston University School of Medicine
    • Hamilton College