William R. Hiatt

William R. Hiatt (June 1, 1950 – December 8, 2020) was an American cardiologist.

William H. Hiatt was born in Albion, Indiana, on 19 December 1919, educated at Manchester College and the Loyola University School of Dentistry, and moved to Colorado to pursue a career in endodontics and periodontics. He died of cancer on 31 May 1993. Hiatt married Luana Read, with whom he had three children, including William R. Hiatt, After completing his undergraduate degree in 1972, and was later named Novartis Foundation Endowed Chair in Cardiovascular Research. Hiatt was associated with the EUCLID and VOYAGER clinical trials up to his death on 8 December 2020.

Hiatt's hobbies included mountain climbing, and he had climbed all 54 Colorado summits above 14,000 feet in elevation, as well as Mount Fuji, Mount Kilimanjaro, and Aconcagua.