Getting heart healthy: The missing ingredient | James Beckerman | TEDxPeachtree 

Cardiologist James Beckerman has dedicated his career to heart health and shares the As cardiologist and medical director of the Providence Heart Institute’s Basecamp Cardiac Prevention + Wellness initiative
in Portland, Oregon, James Beckerman collaborates with the community to create free programs such as Play Smart Youth
Heart Screenings and Heart to Start, a multi-state exercise program.
He is the team cardiologist for the Portland Timbers Major League Soccer franchise and is a member of the American
College of Cardiology’s Leadership Council on Sports and Exercise, WebMD’s Clinical Advisory Board, and the Ironheart
Foundation’s Board of Directors.
James holds degrees from Harvard University and Harvard Medical School and completed his internal medicine and cardiology training at Massachusetts General Hospital and Stanford University. As cardiologist and medical director of the Providence Heart Institute’s Basecamp
Cardiac Prevention + Wellness initiative
in Portland, Oregon, James Beckerman
collaborates with the community to create
free programs such as Play Smart Youth
Heart Screenings and Heart to Start, a
multi-state exercise program.
He is the team cardiologist for the
Portland Timbers Major League Soccer
franchise and is a member of the American
College of Cardiology’s Leadership
Council on Sports and Exercise, WebMD’s
Clinical Advisory Board, and the Ironheart
Foundation’s Board of Directors.
James holds degrees from Harvard
University and Harvard Medical School
and completed his internal medicine and
cardiology training at Massachusetts
General Hospital and Stanford University
As cardiologist and medical director of the Providence Heart Institute’s Basecamp
Cardiac Prevention + Wellness initiative
in Portland, Oregon, James Beckerman
collaborates with the community to create
free programs such as Play Smart Youth
Heart Screenings and Heart to Start, a
multi-state exercise program.
He is the team cardiologist for the
Portland Timbers Major League Soccer
franchise and is a member of the American
College of Cardiology’s Leadership
Council on Sports and Exercise, WebMD’s
Clinical Advisory Board, and the Ironheart
Foundation’s Board of Directors.
James holds degrees from Harvard
University and Harvard Medical School
and completed his internal medicine and
cardiology training at Massachusetts
General Hospital and Stanford University This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx