Haralambos Gavras is a professor of medicine and the Chief of the Hypertension Section at Boston University School of Medicine in the United States. He is nationally and internationally recognized for his work on the renin-angiotensin system.

He was born and raised in Zatouna, a mountain village in Peloponnese. Dr. Gavras received his medical degree from University of Athens, Greece and he did his residency at Hippocration Hospital

Dr. Gavras was the first to introduce angiotensin receptor blockade and angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibition in the treatment of patients with hypertension and/or heart failure.

He has received numerous distinctions and awards, including his election as Chairman of the Council of High Blood Pressure Research of the American Heart Association 1996-1998, President of the American Society of Hypertension 2002-2004 and the 2004 “Franz Volhard Award” of the World Heart Federation.

He is also on the editorial boards of several medical journals, including Hypertension and the Journal of Hypertension. Dr. Gavras is also the Council Chairman at the University of Patras in Peloponnese.