February 15, 2022 — The leaders of three of the nation’s leading cardiology groups – American Heart Association President Donald M. Lloyd-Jones, M.D., Sc.M., FAHA; American College of Cardiology President Dipti Itchhaporia, MD, FACC and Association of Black Cardiologists Michelle A. Albert, MD, MPH – issued the following statement expressing support for the nomination of Robert M. Califf, M.D. as commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and urging a timely Senate confirmation vote: