Dr. Malissa Wood completed her undergraduate and medical degrees at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, followed by training at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School in Boston, where she served as chief medical resident. Wood joined the staff of Massachusetts General Hospital in 2000 and now holds the Cathy E. Minehan Chair of Cardiovascular Disease in Women and co-directs the Corrigan Women’s Heart Health Program. Wood helped design and implement the Corrigan Women’s Heart Health Program in 2007. Since that time, the program has helped improve the cardiovascular health of thousands of women and their families through its efforts. Wood has written two books: “Smart at Heart” and “Thinfluence.” She has served on the leadership council of the American College of Cardiology Women in Cardiology Committee, currently serves on the Cardiovascular Disease in Women Committee and is the first female governor-elect for the Massachusetts Chapter of the American College of Cardiology. She is a member of the American Society of Echocardiography’s Advocacy Committee and the American College of Cardiology Political Action Committee.