Stephen Cook MD, FACC is the Director of the Indiana University Health Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program and Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine at the Indiana University School of Medicine (IUSM). He is board certified in pediatric cardiology, adult cardiovascular medicine, and adult congenital heart disease (ACHD). Dr. Cook earned his medical degree from Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA. He completed a combined internal medicine and pediatric residency at Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA followed by combined pediatric and adult cardiology fellowships at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. Dr. Cook was a founding member of the Alliance for Adult Research in Congenital Cardiology and previously served as the Co-Chair of the Adult Congenital Heart Association Research Committee. His clinical research interests include assessment of quality metrics and patient-reported outcomes in ACHD, and multi-center studies to assess residents and fellows knowledge of ACHD medicine with over 80 publications in peer-reviewed medical journals. Dr. Cook also served on the CEO Task Force on ACHD Health Disparities and Diversity. This goal of this Task Force was to re-examine the mission and priorities of the Adult Congenital Heart Association (ACHA) to advocate for every patient with CHD. Dr. Cook has been selected by the American College of Cardiology to serve as a Member of the Diversity and Inclusion Committee. The vision of this committee is to harness the power of diversity to advance patient care and improve health equity among unique patient populations.