Dr. Lloyd received his BS from Auburn University and his MD (1997) and Ph.D. (Physics, 1996) from Emory University. He completed a residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and a Fellowship in Cardiovascular Disease, with emphasis on Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, in 2004. After completing fellowship, Dr. Lloyd joined the faculty at UAB as an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiovascular Disease. He is currently Professor of Medicine and Radiology and Associate Division Director for Education and Training, and serves as the Program Director of the Cardiovascular Disease Residency Program and as Head of the Section for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. Dr. Lloyd coordinates the clinical and research activities of the UAB Cardiovascular MRI Center, where he guided the facility to accreditation by the Intersocietal Commission for Accreditation of Magnetic Resonance Laboratories (ICAMRL) in 2007—making it the first Cardiovascular MR Center fully reviewed and accredited by ICAMRL. It has been continuously accredited since that time. He is a Past President of the Alabama Chapter of the American College of Cardiology (2011 – 2015) and has served as a member of the Board of Governors of the American College of Cardiology, the ACC Education Quality Review Board, the ACC Young Investigators Awards Committee, and the ACC Publications Committee.
Faculty Appointment
Professor
Research Interests
Cardiac Magnetic Resonance / MRI Cardiac physiology Myocardial metabolism Ischemia and infarction Nutrition and cardiovascular disease