François Abboud (born January 5, 1931) is an Egyptian-born American cardiologist, medical researcher, and academic administrator who is professor emeritus of internal and cardiovascular medicine at Carver College of Medicine at the University of Iowa.
[1] Abboud was born in Cairo and earned a bachelor's degree in medicine from Ain Shams University.
[4] In 1974, he established the University of Iowa Cardiovascular Research Center, which he directed until 2012.
[1] From 1971, Abboud served as the principal investigator of "Integrative Neurobiology of Cardiovascular Regulation", a National Institutes of Health Program Project Grant.
[1] He received the American Heart Association Distinguished Scientist Award in 2007.