Paul J. Hauptman received his medical training at Cornell University Medical College and did his internal medicine residency at Brigham and Woman''s Hospital. He did his cardiology fellowship at Mount Sinai Hospital (NY) and at Harvard Medical School. He is Board certified in cardiovascular diseases. He is the Chairman of the Quality of Care Committee of the Heart Failure Society of America. Dr. Hauptman''s research interests include quality of life assessment and outcomes measurements in advanced heart failure.