Daniel Benjamin Mark

Daniel Benjamin Mark is a Duke cardiologist and a foundational figure in cardiovascular outcomes research. He is Professor of Medicine with tenure, Vice Chief for Academic Affairs in Duke Cardiology, and Director of Outcomes Research at the Duke Clinical Research Institute, where he is also a member. Mark has been on Duke’s full-time faculty since 1985, after cardiology fellowship at Duke and residency and internship at the University of Virginia Hospital. He earned an M.D. from Tufts University and a master’s degree from Harvard. His interests include medical economics, quality-of-life outcomes, outcomes research, and quality of medical care. He was elected to the American Society for Clinical Investigators in 1998 and the Association of American Physicians in 2002, and received the ACC Distinguished Scientist Award in 2009.