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  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in United States Leader Award
  • 2005 - Distinguished Scientist Award, American Heart Association
  • 1995 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Scott M. Grundy was affiliated with The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in the United States. Their research primarily focused on medicine, with significant contributions to surgery, economics and econometrics, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, as well as radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging.

The scientist's work covered a range of topics in the broader landscape of cardiovascular health and associated metabolic conditions. Main topics included:

  • Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health
  • Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
  • Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy
  • Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism
  • Acute Myocardial Infarction Research

Grundy contributed to multiple research papers, with notable recent publications including:

  • "Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990-2019" (2020) published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • "Managing Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Risk in Young Adults" (2022) in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • "Secondary Prevention for Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease" (2020) in Circulation
  • "The 2018 AHA/ACC/AACVPR/AAPA/ABC/ACPM/ADA/AGS/APhA/ASPC/NLA/PCNA Guidelines on the Management of Blood Cholesterol in Diabetes" (2020) in Diabetes Care
  • "Comparing Primary Prevention Recommendations" (2020) in Circulation

Throughout their career, Grundy frequently collaborated with other researchers. The most common co-authors included:

  • Neil J. Stone
  • Gloria Lena Vega
  • Jijia Wang
  • Donald M. Lloyd-Jones
  • Sidney C. Smith

The scientist often published in specialized academic venues such as:

  • Journal of clinical lipidology
  • Circulation
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases
  • The American Journal of Medicine

Grundy was recognized by the scientific and medical communities through several honors. These included the Distinguished Scientist Award from the American Heart Association in 2005, membership in the National Academy of Medicine starting in 1995, and membership in the Association of American Physicians.

Best Publications

  • Executive Summary of the Third Report of the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults (Adult Treatment Panel III)

    Scott M. Grundy;David Bilheimer;Alan Chait;Luther T. Clark

  • Harmonizing the Metabolic Syndrome A Joint Interim Statement of the International Diabetes Federation Task Force on Epidemiology and Prevention; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; American Heart Association; World Heart Federation; International Atherosclerosis Society; and International Association for the Study of Obesity

    K. G M M Alberti;Robert H. Eckel;Scott M Grundy;Paul Z. Zimmet

  • Detection, evaluation, and treatment of high blood cholesterol in adults (Adult Treatment Panel III)

    Scott M. Grundy;Diane Becker;Luther T. Clark;Richard S. Cooper

  • Diagnosis and management of the metabolic syndrome: an American Heart Association/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute scientific statement.

    Scott M Grundy;James I. Cleeman;Stephen R. Daniels;Karen A. Donato

  • Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019: Update From the GBD 2019 Study

    Gregory A. Roth;George A. Mensah;Catherine O. Johnson;Giovanni Addolorato

  • Implications of Recent Clinical Trials for the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III Guidelines

    Scott M. Grundy;James I. Cleeman;C. Noel Bairey Merz;H. Bryan Brewer

  • The metabolic syndrome

    Robert H. Eckel;Kgmm G M M Alberti;Scott M. Grundy;Paul Z. Zimmet

  • Definition of Metabolic Syndrome Report of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/American Heart Association Conference on Scientific Issues Related to Definition

    Scott M. Grundy;H. Bryan Brewer;James I. Cleeman;Sidney C. Smith

  • 2018 AHA/ACC/AACVPR/AAPA/ABC/ACPM/ADA/AGS/APhA/ASPC/NLA/PCNA Guideline on the Management of Blood Cholesterol: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines

    Scott M. Grundy;Neil J. Stone;Alison L. Bailey;Craig Beam

  • Intensive lipid lowering with atorvastatin in patients with stable coronary disease.

    John C. LaRosa;Scott M Grundy;David D. Waters;Charles Shear

  • From vulnerable plaque to vulnerable patient: a call for new definitions and risk assessment strategies: Part II.

    Morteza Naghavi;Peter Libby;Erling Falk;S. Ward Casscells;S. Ward Casscells

  • Prevalence of hepatic steatosis in an urban population in the United States: Impact of ethnicity

    Jeffrey D. Browning;Lidia S. Szczepaniak;Robert Dobbins;Pamela Nuremberg

  • Clinical guidelines on the identification, evaluation, and treatment of overweight and obesity in adults: Executive summary

    F. X. Pi-Sunyer;D. M. Becker;C. Bouchard;R. A. Carleton

  • Effects of Torcetrapib in Patients at High Risk for Coronary Events

    Philip J. Barter;Mark Caulfield;Mats Eriksson;Scott M Grundy

  • Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases in People With Diabetes Mellitus A scientific statement from the American Heart Association and the American Diabetes Association

    John B. Buse;Henry N. Ginsberg;George L. Bakris;Nathaniel G. Clark

  • AHA/ACC Guidelines for Secondary Prevention for Patients With Coronary and Other Atherosclerotic Vascular Disease: 2006 Update Endorsed by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

    Sidney C. Smith Jr.;Jerilyn Allen;Steven N. Blair;Robert O. Bonow

  • Diabetes and cardiovascular disease : A statement for healthcare professionals from the American heart association

    Scott M. Grundy;Ivor J. Benjamin;Gregory L. Burke;Alan Chait

  • Gastrointestinal surgery for severe obesity

    Scott M Grundy;J. A. Barondess;N. J. Bellegie;H. Fromm

  • National Cholesterol Education Program Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults (Adult Treatment Panel III)

    Scott M. Grundy;Diane Becker;Luther T. Clark;Richard S. Cooper

  • Intensive Lipid Lowering With Atorvastatin in Patients With Stable Coronary Disease

    J.C. LaRosa;S.M. Grundy;D.D. Waters

Frequent Co-Authors

Sidney C. Smith
Sidney C. Smith University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Philip J. Barter
Philip J. Barter University of New South Wales
Darren K. McGuire
Darren K. McGuire The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
James A. de Lemos
James A. de Lemos The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Thomas A. Pearson
Thomas A. Pearson University of Florida
Amit Khera
Amit Khera Harvard University
Robert W. Mahley
Robert W. Mahley University of California, San Francisco
Philip Greenland
Philip Greenland Northwestern University
Jonathan Cohen
Jonathan Cohen The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Ishwarlal Jialal
Ishwarlal Jialal Veterans Health Administration

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