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Dr. Alfred Bove is the president of the American College of Cardiology (ACC) for the 2009-2010 term, and an emeritus professor of medicine at Temple University School of Medicine.

Dr. Bove served previously with the ACC as vice president, and is a fellow of the College as well. His research includes coronary endothelial function, myocardial function in valvular heart disease and heart failure, exercise physiology, diving and hyperbaric medicine, and medical informatics. Dr. Bove has published over 200 original research papers, and is the author of texts on coronary disease, exercise medicine and diving medicine. He has received numerous awards for his work in cardiovascular medicine and environmental medicine. His military training was devoted to diving and submarine medicine. He retired from the United States Naval Reserve in1998, after 33 years of service, including active duty at the Naval Medical Research Institute in 1971, and as a member of a mobile hospital staff in Operation Desert Storm in 1991. He also served as editor-in-chief of CardioSource, the ACC's education Web site. Dr. Bove practices clinical cardiology with particular expertise in heart failure and heart transplantation, undersea medicine and sports medicine. He is board-certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular diseases and undersea and hyperbaric medicine. His current research involves Internet-based medical information systems for management of chronic heart disease.

Dr. Bove received his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Drexel University in 1962, and received his medical degree and his doctoral degree in physiology from Temple University Medical School in 1966 and 1970. After a medical internship and residency at Temple Hospital, and a post-doctoral fellowship at Temple and the Mayo Clinic, he served two years in the U.S. Navy as an undersea medical officer, and then joined the cardiology staff at Temple in 1973. In 1981, he joined the staff of the Mayo Clinic in the division of cardiology, and returned to Temple as the section chief in cardiology in 1986. In 1998, he accepted the position of associate dean for practice plan affairs at Temple, and in 1999 resigned as the section chief in cardiology to assume full time efforts as an associate dean. In 2001, he became an emeritus professor, and returned as section chief at Temple in 2005.