In the past fifty years, the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at IU School of Medicine has gained an international reputation as a Center of Excellence. Its members have played prominent and leadership roles in national professional organizations including five presidents of the American College of Cardiology and presidencies of the Heart Rhythm Society, the American Society of Echocardiography, and the American Board of Internal Medicine. The Division of Cardiovascular Medicine has been editorial home of two professional society journals, and its members are editors and contributors of the major cardiovascular textbooks.