Seth J. Baum, MD, FACC, FACPM, FAHA, FNLA, FASPC
Dr. Seth J. Baum, a graduate of Columbia College and Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, completed training in Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Interventional Cardiology, and Electrophysiology. He has directed and founded multiple Cardiac Catheterization and Electrophysiology laboratories. Dr. Baum has worked extensively in Integrative Cardiology, directing the Boca Raton division of Harvard's Mind/Body Medicine Institute.
Dr. Baum is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association, the American College of Preventive Medicine, the National Lipid Association, and the American Society for Preventive Cardiology. He is a Founding Physician/Scientist Member of the Society for Cardiovascular CT and is board certified in Cardiovascular CT. Dr. Baum served as treasurer of the International Society for the Study of Fatty Acids and Lipids. He founded and directs the Women’s Preventive Cardiology program at Boca Raton Regional Hospital. He is past President of the American Society for Preventive Cardiology (ASPC). On multiple occasions, he has chaired the ASPC's Conference on CVD Prevention. Dr. Baum served as Secretary/Treasurer of the Board of Directors of the FH Foundation. He sits on the American Heart Association’s Council for Epidemiology and Prevention, the Interdisciplinary Council for Prevention, and the Prevention Science Committee. He has written numerous peer reviewed papers as well as two books, The Total Guide to a Healthy Heart, and Age Strong, Live Long; Lessons from my Patients. In 2013, he was awarded Cleveland Heart Lab's "Heart Award" for lifelong dedication to Preventive Medicine.
Affiliate Clinical Professor of Medicine at FAU Medical School, Dr. Baum has a private practice in Boca Raton, Florida that is devoted solely to Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Clinical Lipidology - board certified by the American Board of Clinical Lipidology. Dr. Baum also founded and directs the only Lipoprotein Apheresis program in southeast Florida. He lectures both nationally and internationally, emphasizing Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FH), ASCVD prevention, lipid disorders and evolving therapies, Fatty liver and the heart, integrative cardiology, sex distinctions in CVD, and omega-3 fatty acids.
Dr. Baum is founder and Chief Medical Officer of Excel Medical Clinical Trials, LLC, a consortium of clinicians dedicated to the safe and professional conduct of high-level scientific trials.