The American Heart Association has announced new officers to serve on the Southeast Board of Directors for the 2024-2025 fiscal year, and Andre McShan, MD has been selected to serve as the board’s president-elect.

McShan is an assistant professor in the UAB Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, medical director at The Workplace at UAB Highlands, and co-medical director of UAB Employee Health. He has held multiple leadership roles with the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.

He has served at the local, regional and national levels of the American Heart Association in various leadership roles. A past member of the national Workplace Health Steering Committee, he was also the president of the Birmingham Metro Board. He was an early volunteer in the Association’s Scholars Program at Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCUs) and served on the Southeast region’s HBCU Task Force.

A graduate of Morehouse College, McShan received his medical degree from Meharry Medical College in Nashville.