Vallerie V. McLaughlin, MD, is the Kim A. Eagle, MD, Endowed Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, Director of the Pulmonary Hypertension Program, and Associate Chief of Cardiovascular Medicine at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology, the American College of Chest Physicians and the American Heart Association, and is a member of the American Thoracic Society. She has served as Chair of the American Heart Association “Women in Cardiology” Committee and as a member of the American College of Cardiology Scientific Sessions Program Committee. Professor McLaughlin is a Past-Chair of the Scientific Leadership Council of the PH Association, Past-Editor-in-Chief of Advances in Pulmonary Hypertension. and Past-Chair of the PH Association Board of Trustees. She was Chair of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Clinical Expert Consensus Document on PH. She was inaugurated as a charter member into the Clinical Excellence Society at the University of Michigan. Her research interests focus on PH.