James Lock

President

He is a resident of Little Compton, where he led the initiative to install solar panels on town owned buildings.

Jim was a director of Nitinol Medical Corporation (NASDAQ), the Finance Board and Governing Body of Boston Children’s Hospital, and Chair of Boston Children’s Heart Foundation.

Jim retired from interventional cardiology after 46 years of practicing medicine. During his years of practice, Jim held multiple leadership positions including:

• Chair, Department of Cardiology, Boston Children’s Hospital, 1993-2016

• Physician-in-Chief, Boston Children’s Hospital, 2001-2007

He was also a member of a teaching faculty in the following roles:

• Assistant/Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Univ. of Minnesota, 1979-1983

• Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, 1983-1993

• Nadas Endowed Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, 1993-2019

His work resulted in 275 peer reviewed research papers; 15 editorials, 6 book chapters, and 3 textbooks.

Jim holds twelve patents for medical devices, including the first device approved by FDA to close holes inside human heart without surgery and the first transcatheter helical occlusion coil.

Jim graduated from Case Western Reserve University (A.B.) and Stanford Medical School, (MD).