Interview With Marvin Moser, MD

This month's Hypertension Icon is Dr. Marvin Moser, Editor in Chief of The Journal of Clinical Hypertension. It is not, however, for this reason that he is being honored. For more than 50 years Dr. Moser has been a distinguished leader in efforts to control hypertension and prevent cardiovascular disease. He was there at the beginning when the treatment of hypertension was primitive and when people still believed that treatment would not be beneficial. He has participated in research on almost every new antibypertensive agent as they became available. He was one of the first to recognize that lowering blood pressure would result in the reversal of left ventricular hypertrophy. In addition to being an outstanding clinician, researcher, and teacher, Dr. Moser has been one of the leaders in public education. In his role as Senior Medical Consultant to the National High Blood Pressure Education Program, as well as in many states and national societies, he has been an untiring advocate of more effective treatment of hypertensive vascular disease. Dr. Moser has written 11 books, including four for the general public on the topic of hypertension and cardiovascular disease. The seventh edition of Clinical Management of Hypertension has just been published. He was a co‐editor of the Yale University School of Medicine Heart Book. He is the author of more than 450 scientific papers and has lectured extensively in the United States and abroad. Dr. Moser is a worthy addition to the list of icons that have been featured in The Journal.