Javed Butler, MD, MPH, MBA is a board-certified cardiologist and internationally recognized leader in heart failure and cardiovascular research. He is the President of the Baylor Scott and White Research Institute and Senior Vice President for the Baylor Scott and White Health in Dallas, Texas. He currently holds the Maxwell A. and Gayle H. Clampitt Endowed Chair for research. He is also the Distinguished Professor of Medicine at University of Mississippi in Jackson, Mississippi. He has also served as the director for heart failure research at Emory University and director of the heart and heart-lung transplant programs at Vanderbilt University.

His research interests focus on clinical trials in patients with heart failure. He serves on several national committees for the American College of Cardiology, American Heart Association, National Institutes of Health, and the Heart Failure Society of America. He has authored more than 1500 peer-reviewed publications and also serves on the editorial board of several peer reviewed cardiovascular journals.