Clyde Warren Yancy (born January 2, 1958) is an American cardiologist and the Magerstadt Professor at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.[1][2][3] He has previously served as the Past President of the American Heart Association. His research considers heart failure, heart transplantation and ways to prevent heart failure. He is Vice Dean of Diversity and Inclusion.
In 1989 Yancy joined the faculty at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, where he eventually became the Carl H. Westcott Distinguished Chair in Medical Research.[4] Yancy first became aware of health disparities during the mid-nineties, when he realised that African American patients presented with more advanced disease at younger ages.[4] Yancy has extensively studied disparities in cardiovascular disease.[7][8] In 2006 Yancy moved to the Baylor University Medical Center, where he was made the medical director of the Baylor Heart and Vascular Institute.[9] Yancy was appointed Magerstadt Professor at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in 2011.[10]
During the COVID-19 pandemic Yancy investigated the reasons that Black and African-American people were more likely to suffer from severe forms of coronavirus disease.[11] He believes that the pandemic should drive society to address healthcare disparities.[11][12] In an event with the American College of Cardiology, Yancy remarked, “My greatest risk of death is no longer COVID-19. It is the color of my skin”. He does not believe that health disparities in the United States will be entirely solved by the creation of new policies, but by asking the question, “How can we interject compassion, civility and concern for all communities and not allow some communities to remain marginalized?”.[13] He worked with Robert Bonow to better understand the impact of coronavirus disease on people with cardiovascular conditions.[14] He is particularly concerned that people who have recovered from coronavirus disease appear to suffer from heart abnormalities.[15][16][17]
Academic service
Yancy works to improve the representation of Black people working in medicine.[18]
