Andrew G. Wallace, M.D.

Andy Wallace was born in Columbus, Ohio and attended Bexley from kindergarten through the 12th grade. He was Bexley’s first state champion in swimming and credits faculty member John Schacht with teaching him that “learning was fun”. In the 1970s Wallace was a Bexley High School commencement speaker. He received the B.S. and M.D. degrees from Duke University and later served as an investigator at the National Heart Institute in Bethesda, Maryland. In 1965, together with others, Wallace reported the first successful case of heart valve replacement for active infectious endocarditis. His early research was focused principally on mechanisms of disturbed heart rhythm. In 1967, with others, he reported the first successful surgical cure of the Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome. He led the Duke Myocardial Infarction Research Unit, which established the world’s largest computerized data bank on patients with coronary heart disease. From 1970 -1981 he was Chief of Cardiology where he oversaw the training of 160 future cardiologists, including many who subsequently became division heads or department chairs, and several presidents of the American and British Heart Associations. As Chief of Cardiology he also launched the Duke Preventive Approach to Cardiology and helped design and raise funds for its current campus (The Center for Living). Duke honored Dr. Wallace by naming the clinic building at the Center after him. He was listed as one of the country's leading cardiologist in "The Best Doctors in the U.S." He later became Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs and CEO of Duke Hospital. He was a Markle Scholar, a Master Teacher of the American College of Cardiology, and a recipient of a Distinguished Teaching Award from the Duke Medical Alumni. In 1990, he became Dean of the Medical School at Dartmouth. When he retired, Dartmouth College created the Andrew G. Wallace Endowed-Professorship in his honor. Also, the Association of American Medical Colleges named Wallace a Distinguished Service Member and in 2005 he was named a Distinguished Alumnus of Duke Medical School. Dr. Wallace is an elected member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences. He was the editor or co-editor of four major textbooks, author of approximately 200 peer-reviewed scientific papers, and approximately 40 essays. He retired from Dartmouth and now resides in Hillsborough, NC with his wife Barrie. They have three children and three grandchildren. Sailing is their hobby of greatest interest.


 

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