Dr. John L. Petersen, MD, MHS is an Interventional Cardiologist currently practicing at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, Washington. He serves as the Medical Director for Cardiovascular Research for the Swedish Heart and Vascular Institute. In addition he is the Chief Medical Officer of the Seattle Science Foundation a non-profit organization dedicated to facilitating medical education and high speed electronic communication.

Dr. Petersen attended Dartmouth College and graduated in 1991 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy. He received his medical degree from the University Of Washington School Of Medicine in 1995 and was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society. He subsequently completed his trained in Internal Medicine at Duke University Medical Center in 1998 and served as Chief Medical Resident at the Durham VA Medical Center between 1999 and 2000. Dr. Petersen received his General Cardiology and Interventional Cardiology fellowship training at Duke University Medical Center and was awarded the Gloria and Warren Newman Interventional Cardiology award in 2002. He was a research fellow at the Duke Clinical Research Institute between 2002 and 2004 and completed a Masters in Health Science degree in clinical research. Subsequently he was on faculty at Duke University Medical Center as an Assistant Professor of Medicine between 2004 and 2008. Currently he is on the Adjunct Faculty of the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at Duke University Medical Center.

Dr. Petersen’s research interests include clinical cardiovascular research involving clinical trials and observational outcomes research for both pharmaceutical and device therapies. He has participated in the research operations of over 20 clinical trials. Currently, he is participating in research with novel anticoagulant and lipid lowering therapies, as well as with novel percutaneous valve and vascular imaging techniques.