Dr. Javed Butler

Dr. Javed Butler is a non-invasive cardiologist and heart failure specialist, serving as President of the Baylor Scott & White Research Institute at Baylor Scott & White Health. He earned his MBBS from Aga Khan University in Karachi and completed postgraduate training including medicine residency and a chief resident year at Yale University, cardiovascular disease fellowship at Vanderbilt University, an advanced heart failure and transplant fellowship at Vanderbilt, and a cardiac imaging fellowship at the Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard University. Has has also completed his MPH from Harvard and MBA from Emory University His research centers on clinical trials in heart failure, outcomes, quality of care, and innovative therapies. He has authored over 1400 peer-reviewed publications, contributed to expanding the definition of worsening heart failure, led pivotal trials in heart failure management. He serves on editorial boards of leading cardiovascular journals and is widely recognized for shaping contemporary cardiology research and practice.