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Distinguished
Cardiologists and
Scientists Honored with
2007 International
Academy of Cardiology
Awards
A world-renowned panel
of 140 cardiologists and
scientists, members of
the Faculty of the
International Academy of
Cardiology announced the
2007 International
Academy of Cardiology
Awards during the 13th
World Congress on Heart
Disease held in
Vancouver, B.C., Canada.
Recipients include:
Professor Clive
Rosendorff, M.D., Ph.D;
Professor Thomas Force,
M.D.; Professor Gerald
S. Berenson, M.D.;
Professor Lewis C.
Becker, M.D.; and
Professor George W.
Vetrovec, M.D. Three
faculty, Professor James
H. Chesebro, M.D.;
Professor Uri Elkayam,
M.D.; and Professor
Francis G. Spinale,
M.D., were also honored
with the Distinguished
Fellowship Award.
Professor Asher Kimchi,,
M.D., Founder and
Chairman of the IAC,
said, "In the past 18
years the IAC has grown
from a prestigious
academy to one of the
world's preeminent forum
for top Cardiologists
and Scientists. These
Professors are the best
of the best. We are
proud to honor them with
these well-deserved
awards."
Vancouver, B.C., Canada
(PRWEB)
August 6, 2007 -- Dr.
Asher Kimchi, Founder
and Chairman of the
International Academy of
Cardiology
announced the winners of
the 2007 IAC Awards at
the
13th
World Congress on Heart
Disease held
in Vancouver. Dr. Kimchi,
together with
Co-Chairmen Dr. Jeffrey
S. Borer and Dr. John A.
Elefteriades, headed a
committee of over 140 of
the world's top
cardiologists and
scientists that reviewed
nominees from nearly
every country in the
world. In addition to
the IAC awards, the
committee also named
three faculty to
received the
Distinguished Faculty
Award.
T he
International Academy of
Cardiology has
established five awards
to honor the memory of
distinguished colleagues
who made a major
contribution to Medicine
and Cardiology and who
were members of the
faculty for previous
International Academy of
Cardiology meetings. As
in previous years, a
very prestigious Awards
Committee comprised of
over 140 faculty members
selected the recipients.
The following awards for
2007 were presented at
the 13th World Congress
on Heart Disease:
-
The WALTER BLEIFELD
MEMORIAL AWARD for
distinguished work
in the field of
Clinical Research to
Professor Clive
Rosendorff, M.D.,
PhD., currently
Professor of
Medicine & Associate
Chairman, Department
of Medicine, Mount
Sinai School of
Medicine, J.J.
Peters VA Medical
Center, Bronx N.Y.
-
The ALBRECHT
FLECKENSTEIN
MEMORIAL AWARD for
distinguished work
in the field of
Basic Research to
Professor Thomas
Force, M.D.,
Professor of
Medicine and
Clinical Director of
the Center for
Translational
Medicine at Thomas
Jefferson
University,
Philadelphia
-
The JAN J.
KELLERMANN MEMORIAL
AWARD for
distinguished work
in the field of
Cardiovascular
Disease Prevention
to Professor Gerald
S. Berenson, M.D.,
of the Tulane School
of Public Health &
Tropical Medicine,
Department of
Epidemiology.
-
The HANS-PETER
KRAYENBUEHL MEMORIAL
AWARD for
distinguished work
in the field of
Research in Cardiac
Function to
Professor Lewis C.
Becker, M.D.,
currently the Robert
L. Levy Professor of
Cardiology, Johns
Hopkins University
School of Medicine,
Baltimore, MD.
-
The MELVIN L. MARCUS
MEMORIAL AWARD for
distinguished
contribution as a
Gifted Teacher to
Professor George W.
Vetrovec, M.D.,
Chairman of the
Division of
Cardiology, Director
of the Adult Cardiac
Catheterization
Laboratory, and the
Department of
internal medicine's
Associate Chairman
of Medicine for
Clinical Affairs at
Virginia
Commonwealth
University.
-
The DISTINGUISHED
FELLOWSHIP AWARD,
newly established by
the International
Academy of
Cardiology to honor
colleagues who have
made profound
contributions to
Cardiovascular
Medicine and
provided important
service to the
Academy, was
presented to three
Faculty of the 13th
World Congress on
Heart Disease:
Professor James H.
Chesebro,
M.D.,(University of
Massachusetts
Medical School and
Memorial Medical
Center in Worcester,
MA), Professor Uri
Elkayam, M.D.
(Director of the
Heart Failure
Program and a
Professor of
Medicine at the
University of
Southern California
in Los Angeles) and
Professor Francis G.
Spinale, M.D. (is
Professor of
Surgery, Physiology
and Pediatrics at
the Medical
University of South
Carolina).
The Chairman of the 13th
World Congress on Heart
Disease, Dr. Asher
Kimchi, is a native of
Tel Aviv, Israel and is
an attending
cardiologist at
Cedars-Sinai Medical
Center; Clinical
Professor of Medicine at
David Geffen School of
Medicine at UCLA, Los
Angeles; Dr. Kimchi who
is an Internationally
renowned Cardiologist is
the Founder and Chairman
of the International
Academy of Cardiology
and an immediate
Past-President of the
American Heart
Association, Los Angeles
County.
According to Dr. Kimchi,
"Heart disease continues
to be the leading cause
of death and disability
for men and women in the
industrialized countries
and throughout much of
the world. Over the past
two decades, we have
witnessed impressive
strides and explosive
growth in the field of
Cardiology. Thousands of
scientists and
clinicians around the
globe are committed to
the fight against heart
disease and these award
recipients are being
honored today as the
heroes in that fight."
"We are proud of them
and pleased to be able
to recognize them for
their uncompromising
approach to their work.
It gives me great
pleasure to stand in the
company of these
pioneers," Dr. Kimchi
continued.
The International
Academy of Cardiology is
dedicated to the
advancement of global
research in
cardiovascular medicine
through the support of
scientific meetings and
publications. The World
Congress is attended by
physicians and
scientists worldwide,
and provides a forum for
innovative and
comprehensive overview
of the latest research
developments in
cardiovascular medicine,
primarily in the areas
of molecular biology,
coronary artery disease,
heart failure, cardiac
arrhythmias and cardiac
surgery.
Many distinguished
cardiologists and
scientists joined the
faculty and took part in
this year's Congress.
Papers were presented in
the form of plenary
sessions, symposia and
posters and included
superb scientific
material that was
carefully selected by
the Scientific Abstract
Review committee from
over 900 abstracts
submitted for
presentation at the
meeting. These 650
studies, originating
from laboratories in 56
countries, assured that
the meeting was a major
scientific event.
The 13th World Congress
on Heart Disease is
presented by the
International Academy of
Cardiology. For further
information, please
visit
www.cardiologyonline.com
or email Cirina Catania,
(pr @ catania.us).
In Photo from Left to
Right: John A.
Elefteriades, M.D.,
Thomas Force, M.D.,
Francis G. Spinale,
M.D., Ph.D., Uri Elkayam,
M.D., Jeffrey S. Borer,
M.D., Asher Kimchi,
M.D., Clive Rosendorff,
M.D., Ph.D., George W.
Vetrovec, M.D.,James D.
Chesebro, M.D., Gerald
S. Berenson, M.D., Lewis
C. Becker, M.D.
Photo credit: Orly
Halevy and Diana Ezra
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