Robert A. Harrington

Robert A. Harrington is an American cardiologist who is the dean of Weill Cornell Medicine and the Provost for Medical Affairs at Cornell University. He was previously the Arthur L. Bloomfield Professor at Stanford University, where he served as chair of the department of medicine, and Director of the Duke Clinical Research Institute at Duke University.

From 2019 to 2020, Harrington was the 84th president of the American Heart Association.

Early life and education

Harrington was born and raised in Somerville, Massachusetts, around Winter Hill. He was the first member of his family to attend college. He was educated at the College of the Holy Cross, where he graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in English, then studied medicine at the Geisel School of Medicine of Dartmouth College from 1982 to 1984. In 1986, he received a Doctor of Medicine (MD) from the Tufts University School of Medicine. After graduating from medical school, Harrington was the chief resident in internal medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center at Worcester.

Career

In July 1990, Harrington became a professor at the Duke Clinical Research Institute, where he eventually became the institute's director. He moved in June 2012 to become the Arthur L. Bloomfield Professor of Medicine at Stanford University and remained there until February 2024. In September 2023, he was named the dean of Weill Cornell Medicine.