Todd Christopher Villines, MD
Cardiology
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Bio & Overview
Todd C. Villines, MD, is a Professor of Medicine, a clinical cardiologist, and researcher. He has a particular focus in cardiovascular imaging and prevention.
Villines completed his undergraduate training at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. A distinguished graduate, he finished in the top 5% of his class with honors.
He attended medical school at the University of Oklahoma in Oklahoma City. He then completed his internal medicine residency and cardiology fellowship training at the Walter Reed Medical Centers in Washington, D.C. and Bethesda, Maryland.
Villines is board-certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular diseases, cardiac computed tomography (CT), and advanced adult echocardiography.
A member of the Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society, Villines has won numerous teaching awards and has been recognized as a Master Clinician at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. While there, he served as the Fellowship Program Director (2013-2019) and Director of Cardiovascular Research and Cardiac CT (2008-2019).
Villines has published more than 270 peer-reviewed manuscripts, four books, and numerous book chapters, primarily in the areas of cardiovascular imaging, outcomes and prevention. His many publications have appeared in high-impact journals such as The New England Journal of Medicine, Circulation, the European Heart Journal, and the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, among others.
He is the immediate-past editor-in-chief of the Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (JCCT), and is currently an editorial consultant and guest editor for the Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Cardiovascular Imaging. Villines also served as the editor-in-chief for the American College of Cardiology’s Cardiac CT Self-Assessment Program, 3rd Edition (CCT-SAP 3).
Villines has served many leadership roles, including:
- Past chair of the American College of Cardiology (ACC) Imaging Section and Leadership Council
- Past president (2017-2018) of the Society of Cardiovascular CT (SCCT)
- Past chair of the ACC Federal Cardiology Section and Leadership Council
- Past chair of the ACC Education Standards and Outcomes Committee.
- Former president of the board of directors for the American Heart Association of Greater Washington, D.C.
Villines retired from active-duty military service after achieving the rank of colonel in the U.S. Army Medical Corps. During his 20+ years of distinguished and decorated service, he deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, where he was awarded the Bronze Star. He also served in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan.
Villines is a graduate of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. As the Cardiology Consultant to the U.S. Army Surgeon General, he served as the leader of Army Cardiology from 2013-2017.
Academic Information
- Gender
- Male
- Languages
- English
- Age Groups Seen
- Adults (21-65)
Older Adults (65+)
- Primary Education
- University of Oklahoma College of Medicine
- Residency
- Walter Reed Army Medical Center
- Fellowships
- National Capital Consortium, Walter Reed NMMC
- Certification
- American Board of Internal Medicine (Cardiovascular Disease), American Board of Internal Medicine (Internal Medicine)
Highlights
Cardiologist Todd Villines, MD
My name is Todd Villines and I'm a clinical cardiologist here at UVA. I see patients with all forms of heart disease. Growing up I saw how impactful physicians were to me and my family. How important they were, how appreciative we were of their care. And it really sparked my interest in going down a path and trying to help people. I spent the first 20 years of my career at Walter Reed in a military health care system and so that gave me the opportunity to care for just an amazing group of patients and to provide cardiology care around the world. I am probably most known for my work, my clinical work and my research in the area of cardiovascular CT, or cardiac computed tomography. What I like about cardiac CT is it's not just a diagnostic test to see whether someone has coronary artery disease. It is also linked to prevention. And so I think one of the areas that I'm most excited about in cardiology is not just treating all forms of heart disease, but actually preventing heart disease. I think the key word in patient care today is shared decision making. And so that with every visit that a patient fully understands whether they have cardiac disease or not what the testing we may do to sort that out or figure out perhaps what is causing their symptoms and the next steps. And we want to keep them informed at every step of the way.
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