Biography

Dr. Jones is an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine, Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention at the Baylor College of Medicine. He also serves as Co-director of the Lipid Metabolism and Atherosclerosis Clinic, and as the Medical Director for the Weight Management Center in the Houston Methodist Diabetes and Metabolism Institute. Dr. Jones completed his MD at the Baylor College of Medicine, as the Michael E. DeBakey Scholar, and completed his internal medicine residency at Baylor. He was a board member of the National Lipid Association (NLA) from 2006 -2010, served as the Secretary (2003-2004) and as President (2005-2006) of that organization, and was a board member of the American Board of Clinical Lipidology (2006-2011). Dr. Jones was appointed as the first-ever Chief Science Officer for the National Lipid Association in 2013. He has served in a number of academic, scientific, and community committees and has published more than 190 clinical abstracts, articles, and chapters in textbooks. He is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Clinical Lipidology.

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