Gina Price Lundberg MD FACC is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Emory University and Clinical Director of the Emory Women’s Heart Center. She is a Preventive Cardiologist and has practiced at Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital of Atlanta since 1998. In honor of February Heart Health Month, we talk about the number one killer of Americans - heart disease - and the ways to prevent it. Dr. Lundberg covers lifestyle components such as exercise and diet, talks about popular tests and discusses the new cholesterol guidelines released by CDC. Tune in to learn more!
Gina Price Lundberg MD FACC is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Emory University and Clinical Director of the Emory Women’s Heart Center. She is a Preventive Cardiologist and has practiced at Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital of Atlanta since 1998. She was invited to join the Emory University faculty in 2012 and led the development of the Emory Women’s Heart program with six locations across the metro Atlanta area.
She attended the Medical College of Georgia and trained in Internal Medicine at Atlanta Medical Center (Georgia Baptist). Her cardiology fellowship was at Rush University in Chicago. She has been in practice in Atlanta since 1994. She is Board Certified in Internal Medicine in 1992 and 2002 and Cardiology in 1995, 2005 and 2014.
She has been interviewed on the subject of Heart Disease in Women on CNN, NPR and frequently in USA Today. She is a National American Heart Association (AHA) Spokesperson. Governor Sonny Perdue appointed Dr. Lundberg to the Advisory Board for the Department of Women’s Health for the State of Georgia in 2007 till 2011. She is a Castle Connelly Atlanta Magazine “Top Doc” for Atlanta and Marietta, Georgia. In 2005, Atlanta Woman Magazine awarded Dr. Lundberg the Top 10 Innovator Award for Medicine. In 2008 Atlanta Woman Magazine named her one of the Top 25 Professional Women to Watch and the only woman in the field of medicine.
Dr. Lundberg has been a Board Member of the American Heart Association for Atlanta from 2001 till 2007 and was on the Southeast Affiliate Board 2006-2007. She also served on the Southeast Affiliate Strategic Health Initiatives Committee to promote Go Red for Women. She has been involved in the Go Red for Women initiative for the metro Atlanta area since its development in 2003. Dr. Lundberg was the Honoree for North Fulton/ Gwinnett County Heart Ball for 2006. In 2009 she was awarded the Women with Heart Award at the Go Red Luncheon for outstanding dedication to the program. She is a Circle of Red founding member and Cor Vitae member for AHA. She served on the American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACCF) Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease Committee from 2006 till 2012. In 2017, she was awarded the Exceptional Women in Medicine Award from Castle Connolly.
Dr. Lundberg has two adult children. Dr. Lundberg has lived most of her life in the metro Atlanta area. She enjoys spending time in the north Georgia mountains, snow skiing, travel and reading. She is passionate about better health through Social Media.
She loves teaching medical students, PA and NP students. She also enjoys serving on short term medical mission trips with her church.
In honor of February Heart Health Month, we talk about the number one killer of Americans - heart disease - and the ways to prevent it. Dr. Lundberg covers lifestyle components such as exercise and diet, talks about popular tests and discusses the new cholesterol guidelines released by CDC. Tune in to learn more!