Dr. Cheitlin has organized the Spring Fromm 8-week Medical Series for the last 21 years. He is Emeritus Professor of Medicine, UCSF and former Chief of Cardiology at ZSFGH. Prior to joining UCSF he spent 20 years in the Army Medical Corps and was Chief of Cardiology at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

Dr Cheitlin is a Master of the American College of Cardiology, a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, a Fellow of the American Heart Association and has been the Chair of the Subspecialty Board on Cardiovascular Disease of the American Board of Internal Medicine. He has been Chairman of the FDA Circulatory Devices Panel.