Deepak Voora, MD, is AssociateProfessor of Medicine at the Center for Applied Genomics & Precision Medicine at Duke University School of Medicineand a staff cardiologist at theDurham Veterans Affairs Medical Center. His research focusses on the discovery and translation of pharmacogenomic biomarkers to address the hypothesisthat tailoringdrug therapy on the basis of genomic information can improve health outcomes.He has chosen some of the most commonly used medications used worldwide –antiplatelet and statin medications –for his researchprogram. As Director of the VA Pharmacogenomics testing for Veterans (PHASER)program, he is leading the VA’s national implementation of pre-emptive, panel-based, pharmacogenetic testing to up to 250,000 Veterans.