Dr. Darren K. McGuire graduated from Hendrix summa cum laude and earned honors and distinction in chemistry, before earning a medical degree from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is Associate Professor of Medicine at UT-Southwestern, Associate of the Donald W. Reynolds Cardiovascular Research Center, Associate Director of the UT-Southwestern Internal Medicine Residency training program, and Lead Physician of the Parkland Hospital and Health System Outpatient Cardiology clinics. His main clinical and research interests are in the long-term prevention of and risk-modification for cardiovascular disease, especially among the population of patients with diabetes.