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Brooks S. Edwards, M.D.
By Mayo Clinic staff
Brooks S. Edwards, M.D.
Dr. Brooks Edwards has a passion for medicine and health information. He brought this passion to his role as founding medical editor-in-chief of MayoClinic.com.
A Rochester, Minn., native, Dr. Edwards is board certified in internal medicine and cardiology and has been on the Mayo staff since 1989. Currently, Dr. Edwards serves as the director of the William J. von Liebig Transplant Center at Mayo Clinic, Rochester. He is also a professor of medicine at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine. Dr. Edwards is the former medical director of Mayo Clinic Health Solutions, and he served as president of the staff at Mayo Clinic, Rochester.
As a cardiologist specializing in heart failure and transplantation, Dr. Edwards was the medical director of the cardiac transplant team at Mayo Clinic. This multidisciplinary team includes specialty physicians from cardiology, cardiac surgery, infectious diseases, psychiatry and psychology along with transplant nurse coordinators, social workers and intensive care unit nurses.
"The Internet opens doors," Dr. Edwards said. "For people around the world, MayoClinic.com allows access to some of the best medical professionals in the world. The site provides the tools to help stay healthy and information to make every user a better partner with their doctor."
Dr. Edwards, past president of the American Heart Association's Minnesota Affiliate, was founder and editor of the former Web site Mayo Clinic Health Oasis, has reviewed for "Mayo Clinic Health Letter," "Mayo Clinic Family Health Book" and "Mayo Clinic Heart Book" and edited the professional CD-ROM "Prime Practice Cardiology." He has published widely in the field of cardiology and transplantation.
His specialty interests include computer-based applications for consumer health information and disease management, along with clinical roles in congestive heart failure and transplantation.
