Dr. Pope has been involved in utilization and peer review initiatives at numerous hospitals and health plans. He is a former president of the HeartCare Institute of Tampa and president and medical director of Florida Cardiac Network, Inc.

He has served on the clinical faculty at Wake Forrest’s Bowman Gray School of Medicine and as a consulting associate to the Department of Medicine at Duke University.

Dr. Pope earned his bachelor’s degree from Washington and Lee University and his medical degree from Eastern Virginia Medical School. He is board certified in internal medicine and cardiovascular diseases.