Dr. Roberts is the President and CEO of the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, one of Canada’s leading centers in cardiovascular medicine. Dr Roberts was formerly Chief of Cardiology, Don W. Chapman Professor of Medicine, and Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, one of the world’s leading centers for cardiovascular care, research, and education. Dr. Roberts is an active clinician and researcher recognized for his groundbreaking research on cardiac creatine kinase (CK-MB), a key diagnostic marker for cardiac injury, as well as for his original contributions to the molecular biology and genetics of heart disease. He and his research team are credited with uncovering the genetic basis for several inherited cardiac disorders. He is the author of more than 700 scientific publications and sits on several key editorial boards and is Editor of Current Opinion in Cardiology. He has been Associate Editor of Hurst’s The Heart since 1990. Dr. Roberts has received many honours and awards, including the prestigious American College of Cardiology’s 1998 Distinguished Scientist Award and the American Heart Association's Merit Award in 2001. In 2002, he was awarded a member of the most cited and influential Researcher in the world. In 2005, Dr. Robert Roberts founded The Ruddy Canadian Cardiovascular Genetics Centre, which recently identified the first common gene for coronary artery disease. In addition to his contributions to basic research, Dr. Roberts is also well recognized for his role as a principal investigator in several pivotal clinical trials related to the introduction of new therapies for heart disease.