C. Michael Gibson

Biography

Dr. Gibson is an interventional cardiologist, cardiovascular researcher, and educator who invented several of the measures of coronary blood flow that are widely used today.  He pioneered the “open artery hypothesis” as well our understanding of the importance of restoring flow downstream in the capillary bed in the “open microvasculature hypothesis” in heart attack patients.   Dr. Gibson is currently a full-time interventional cardiologist and Chief of Clinical Research in the Cardiovascular Division at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School. Previously he was Director of the TIMI Data Coordinating Center at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital; Associate Chief of Cardiology and Director of Academic Affairs in the Cardiovascular Division at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; and prior to that held a variety of leadership roles at the Harvard Clinical Research Institute (HCRI), the University of California San Francisco (UCSF), Allegheny General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. 

Research Interest

cardiovascular studies