Chief Medical Officer, American Heart Association
Board of Directors, ADA Forsyth Institute
Dr. Eduardo Sanchez serves as Chief Medical Officer (CMO) for Prevention for the American Heart Association (AHA). He was Principal Investigator (PI), from 2020-2024, of the National Hypertension Control Initiative (NHCI), an agreement with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Minority Health (OMH) and the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). He is the AHA clinical lead for Target:BPTM, a joint blood pressure control initiative with the American Medical Association. Before joining AHA, he served as Vice President and CMO for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas. Dr. Sanchez was Commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services from 2004 to 2006. He serves and has served on numerous local, state, and national health-related boards of directors and advisory committees.
