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Professional Background
Dr. David E. Montgomery is senior fellow in the Division of Cardiology at Northwestern Memorial
Hospital where he uses the latest advances in medical therapy and state-of-the-art technology to treat
heart disease of all kinds, including coronary artery disease and heart attacks, heart failure, hypertension,
cholesterol abnormalities and heart valve disease. He also treats military veterans with heart disease at
the Jesse Brown Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Board certified in internal medicine, he serves on staff
as a medical intensive care physician at hospitals in the Resurrection Healthcare System. Montgomery
has a PhD in physiology from the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine. He received his
doctorate of medicine from Northwestern’s Feinberg School of Medicine, where he now teaches
advanced medical practice to interns, residents and medical students. Dr. Montgomery’s patient care and
clinical work have won him induction into the prestigious Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society.
He holds memberships in a number of organizations including the American Heart Association and the
American College of Cardiology.
Research
Montgomery, also a researcher in the world-class Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute, has published in a
range of medical and scientific journals. He is studying how scar formation after heart attacks may lead
to fatal heart rhythms. He is also a lead investigator on a study of a genetic heart condition, called
hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a common cause of sudden death in young athletes. Montgomery’s
biomedical research has been awarded grants from the National Institutes of Health. He has received
several awards and national recognition for his research, including election into the esteemed Sigma Xi
Scientific Research Society.
A few of Dr. Montgomery’s specific media and public speaking topics are listed below:
• 5 Principles of the Empowered Patient
• Obesity, Diabetes, Hypertension, High Cholesterol and Heart Disease
• What Every Woman/Man Should Know about her/his Heart; Heart health
• Men’s and Women’s Health Topics
• How Healthy People Think
• A Laypersons Guide to Healthcare Reform
• ‘How to Spot Disease Early’ and ‘Preventing Heart Attacks, Strokes and Cholesterol Conditions’
• Psychological Impact of Disease/Impact of Personal Health on Relationships
• The Do’s and Don’ts of Heart-healthy Living