Dr. Donald S. Baim, M.D.

Overview

Donald S. Baim, M.D. joined Boston Scientific in July 2006 and is the Executive Vice President, Chief Medical and Scientific Officer. Prior to joining Boston Scientific, Dr. Baim was a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Senior Physician at the Brigham and Women's Hospital. He has served as a member of the Interventional Cardiology Test Committee of the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM). In 1981, Dr. Baim was recruited to establish an Interventional Cardiology program at Boston's Beth Israel Hospital to establish an interventional cardiology program. In 2000, he joined the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, where in addition to his clinical responsibilities, he directed the hospital's participation in the Center for the Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technology (CIMIT). Since 2005, Dr. Baim has also served as Chief Academic Officer of the Harvard Clinical Research Institute (HCRI), a not-for-profit organization that designs, conducts, and analyzes pilot and pivotal trials of new medical devices to support their approval by the FDA. Dr. Baim completed his undergraduate training in Physics at the University of Chicago, and then received a M.D. from Yale University School of Medicine.