Richard Kones is presently Director of the Cardio metabolic Research Institute in Houston, Texas. He trained was a NIH Cardiology Fellow in cardiology at Tulane University School of Medicine, the Charity Hospital and Veterans Administration Hospital in New Orleans. At New York Medical College he continued researching actions of inotropic agents, myocardial function, preservation of ischemic myocardium and cardiogenic shock, eventually relocating in Texas. An avid supporter of applications of biochemistry and physiology, he pursued teaching and publishing, emphasizing translational research. In addition to presentations, lectures, has mentored medical students and house staff at several medical schools and affiliated hospitals. His interests gradually turned to the role pathological signalling plays in the pathogenesis of atherothrombosis, especially the interaction of inflammatory mechanisms, endothelial dysfunction and mitochondrial involvement in disease, lipid metabolism, metabolic syndrome and related evidence-based interventions to improve clinical outcomes. Fundamental mechanisms and molecular and cellular cardiology have been central to his work, as well as the practical aspects of how simple lifestyle and dietary changes may be powerful tools to minimize risk factors. During the course of his academic career he has received several scholarships, awards and grants. His work includes publications in peer-reviewed medical journals, books, presentations, and lectures. He serves on a number of committees in various medical organizations, peer reviews for over eighty medical journals, and volunteers for the mentoring programs in the American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics and American Heart Association. He was appointed one of the founding editors of Medpedia online, a collaborative educational project among several medical schools and served as a Board Member of the Committees on Cardiovascular Disease, Internal Medicine and Nutrition of the Medpedia project. He is a Fellow of the American Heart Association, having been a member of several Councils and serves as a mentor and spokesperson and is a Fellow of the New York Cardiological Society, now merged with the New York Chapter of the American College of Cardiology, a Founding Fellow of the American Geriatrics Society and the European Society of Cardiology. He is a member of the American Public Health Association, European Society of Cardiology Council for Cardiology Practice, European Heart Rhythm Association, Acute Cardiovascular Care Association, Heart Rhythm Society and Heart Failure Association. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine and the Royal Society of Public Health and Royal Society of Biology. The American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, a Fellow of the American College of Pharmacology, and Fellow in both the American College of Angiology and International College of Angiology. His other affiliations include the Society for Critical Care Medicine, European Atherosclerosis Society, International Atherosclerosis Society, American Society for Hypertension, National Lipid Association, American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation, American Society for Preventive Cardiology, Society of Atherosclerosis Imaging and Prevention, International Society for Heart Research, Heart Failure Society of America, American Diabetes Association, Endocrine Society, American Thoracic Society, Inflammation Research Association, and the Metabolic Syndrome Institute (Fr). He has also been a long-standing active member of the French Society of Cardiology and other notable scientific organizations and working groups. He is a supporter of, and volunteers in, the American Heart Association’s Advocacy Program. Finally, he has been active in the nutrition community, having been member and serving on committees, councils, sections, and working groups in The Nutrition Society (London), American Society of Nutrition, American College of Nutrition (Fellow) and International College of Nutrition (Fellow). As a clinician, researcher, teacher and editor, he brings extensive and welcome broad-based expertise and experience as a member of the Board.