Michael J. Wolk, MD, is currently in private practice in New York City, a Board-certified cardiovascular specialist since 1973. He is an attending physician at New York-Presbyterian Hospital and chairs the Fund for Medicine within the Department of Medicine. He also presides over the eponymous Michael Wolk Heart Foundation, which to date has raised more than $3.5 million, primarily from his patients, to provide research prizes and seed money for promising young cardiologists starting investigative careers. Recently, the foundation donated $1 million to establish a Clinical Scholar Endowment to enable exceptional junior faculty to excel in clinical care, teaching, and research. Dr. Wolk is a member of the American College of Physicians, the American Medical Association (AMA), the American Heart Association-Clinical Council, the Medical Society of the State of New York, and the Board of Directors of the New York Cardiac Center. He also was a member of the American Medical Accreditation Program Committee of the Task Force on Clinical Expert Consensus Documents, the AMA Relative Value Scale Update Committee (AMA RUC), and the Practicing Physician Advisory Council of the National Committee for Quality Assurance. He serves on the Task Force on Property and on the National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR) Planning and Management Task Force, as well as on the Subcommittee for NCDR Publication and Development. A trustee emeritus of Colgate University, Dr. Wolk was inducted into its Athletic Hall of Honor in 1980 and received its Outstanding Alumni Award in June 2000. In May 2004, he was awarded a Doctor of Science(Hon) from Colgate University.

Michael J. Wolk是现任ACC主席，著名心脏病专家，是纽约Presbyterian医院医学基金会主席。他创建了与他同名的Michael Wolk心脏基金会，主要由其患者捐助，现已募集资金350完万美元，主要为有潜力的青年心脏病医生开展研究提供资助，并出资100万美元建立临床奖学金，资助临床医疗、教学和研究中的低年资医生。Wolk是多个学会会员。他入选了Colgate大学体育名人堂，2000年获得该校杰出校友奖，2004年被该校授予名誉科学博士。作为ACC项目主席，将进行高血压最新治疗策略和指南的精彩演讲。