David A.

Dichek

MD

FAHA

CONTACTS

Mailing Address:
University of Washington Medical Center,
1959 NE Pacific Street,
Box 356422,
Seattle, WA 98195-6422

Non-Clinical Administrative Support:
UW Cardiology

Clinical Contacts:
For appointments or other clinical matters, please contact the Heart Institute.

About

Dr. Dichek is a UW professor of medicine in the Division of Cardiology and is the division's associate director of research. He holds the John L. Locke Jr. Family Endowed Chair in Cardiovascular Research and Treatment and also has an adjunct appointment in the Department of Pathology.

He has a clinical practice in general cardiology and a research program that includes gene transfer and gene therapy for cardiovascular disease and work on factors that cause blood vessel disease.
He earned his bachelor's degree in Romance languages and literatures from Princeton University and his medical degree from the University of California, Los Angeles. He was an internal medicine resident at Massachusetts General Hospital and a clinical fellow in cardiology at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.

He is board certified in internal medicine and cardiovascular disease and is a fellow of the American Heart Association. Dr. Dichek's personal interests include bicycle touring, reading Shakespeare, French and other classic cinema.

Education & Training 

Clinical Fellowship in Cardiology

Johns Hopkins Hospital & National Institutes of Health

Baltimore, MD

Residency in Internal Medicine

Massachusetts General Hospital

Boston, MA

1987

MD

University of California- Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA

1984

BA, Romance Languages and Literatures

Princeton University

Princeton, NJ

1976

Honors

Seattle's Top Docs, Castle Connolly and Seattle Magazine

2016-2017

Seattle's Top Docs, Castle Connolly and Seattle Magazine

2010-2012

Atherosclerosis and Inflammation in the Cardiovascular System Study Section, CSR, NIH

2014-NOW

Irvine Page Young Investigator Award Selection Committee, AHA

2014-NOW

John Locke Jr., Family Endowed Chair in Cardiovascular Research and Treatment

2001-NOW

Fellow of the American Heart Association

2001-NOW

Editorial Board, Circulation

1996-2008

Editorial Board, Circulation Research

1996-2008

Editorial Board, Human Gene Therapy

1998-2009

Editorial Board, Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

2001-NOW

Special Recognition Award, ATVB Council of the American Heart Association

2008

Leadership Committee, Council of Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, AHA

2006-2008

Pathology A Study Section, NIH

1999-2001

Ad hoc reviewer, Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee, NIH

2000

Established Investigator, AHA

1997-2000

Vascular Biology Study Section, National AHA

199501999

Vascular Biology Study Section, National AHA

2011-2014

Stafford Warren Medal, UCLA Medical School, given to the graduating student with the highest academic ranking

1984

Phi Beta Kappa, Princeton University

1976

Magna Cum Laude, Princeton University

1976

Research Interests 

• Vascular biology with a focus on the contributions of the plasminogen-plasminogen activator system and transforming growth factor-beta to vascular disease
• Gene transfer to blood vessels 
• Gene therapy for cardiovascular disease
• Mechanisms of atherosclerosis and aneurysm formation

Clinical Interests 

• Coronary Artery Disease
• Valvular Heart Disease
• Preventative Cardiology

Publications