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Dr. Mikhail Kosiborod is a cardiologist and a clinical scholar at St. Luke's Mid America Heart Institute, and associate professor of medicine at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

Dr. Kosiborod received training in clinical epidemiology, health services research and health policy through the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, as well as clinical training in cardiovascular medicine at Yale University School of Medicine.

Dr. Kosiborod's main research interests include diabetes and glucose control in patients with acute coronary syndromes. He has authored and co-authored many peer-reviewed publications and abstracts on this topic, including several scientific statements/position documents on in-hospital and long-term glucose control. Dr. Kosiborod is a recipient of the American Heart Association Career Development Award in Implementation Research, which is focused on addressing knowledge gaps in our current understanding of the relationship between glucose control and outcomes in patients with acute myocardial infraction, and subsequently on improving the quality of care in this patient group. Dr. Kosiborod is actively involved in the work of many committees for the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association.