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“The challenge for the Academy and its members is to adopt a mind-set, which continuously raises the question of how new and existing knowledge, can be translated into prevention, improved diagnosis and therapy of cardiovascular disease. This approach offers the hope of a continued reduction in morbidity and mortality due to cardiovascular diseases.” Howard Morgan, founding President
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Salim Yusuf will deliver 5th Harold Buchwald Heart Health Lecture on October 3, 2013. Please purchase your tickets online below.
Following the extraordinary talks by Drs. Eldon Smith, Jay Cohn, Sharon Mulvagh, and Piero Anversa, Dr. Yusuf will address the subject on which he is probably the world's leading cardiologist: "HEART DISEASE IS PREVENTABLE". CLICK for the recent announcement that Dr. Yusuf is President-Elect of the WORLD HEART FEDERATION |
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Barbra Streisand announced another major pledge to fight WOMEN'S HEART DISEASE. Dr. Noel Bairey Merz, Director of the Barbra Streisand Women's Heart Center in Los Angeles, also made a pledge to Ivan Berkowitz to support the IACS Global Network to Fight CVD Pledge to assist the "Developing Guidelines for Treating Cardiovascular Diseases in Indian Women” |
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You Can Avoid A Heart Attack Bill Clinton: Decide to live a healthier life |
| Photo taken by Ivan Berkowitz at President Clinton’s Health Matters Conference in Palm Springs CA on January 17, 2012 - click here for more details. | |
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Dr. Louis Ignarro Nobel Laureate, IACS Fellow and Medal of Merit Recipient spoke in Winnipeg about his personal path to "NO More Heart Attacks" |
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Salim Yusuf - Life and times of leading cardiologists with Rob Califf Click here to watch video. |
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Dr. Noel Bairey Merz In addition to the report on the interview by Dr Oz, Dr. Noel Bairey Merz made an extraordinary talk on TEDxWomen. Click here to learn from her and also an incredible introduction by Barbra Streisand |
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Transplant recipient speaks from the heart Kristin Millar tells CBC's Information Radio what it is like to get a chance for a future after getting a heart transplant. (CBC) Click here for interview. |
| The person in the front of the canoe in this photo is Kristin Millar. The remarkable thing about this scene is that Kristin was attached to an LVAD (a Left Ventricular Assistive Device) – a pump that does the work the heart does for most of us, without our thinking about it much. [photo by Kathy Stinson - click here to read her article about Kristin] | |
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HEART HEALTH - Supplement to the Winnipeg Free Press, Saturday, September 8, 2012 Heart stem cell pioneer to get IACS Medal of Merit. Click here for article |
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IACS President James Willerson recorded his vision to introduce the GLOBAL NETWORK TO FIGHT CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES.
Click here to view video |
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Academy Fellow Robert Lefkowitz Awarded 2012 Nobel Prize Dr. Lefkowitz is a Fellow of IACS. To enjoy the Nobelprize.org interview with him, please visit: http://www.nobelprize.org/mediaplayer/index.php?id=1844 In 2003, Dr. Lefkowitz was one of the early recipients of the IACS’ highest honour the Medal of Merit which has been presented to five Nobel Prize Winners among 27 outstanding cardiologists, surgeons and scientists for their outstanding achievements in cardiovascular education and research. |
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Rosie reveals her heart attack mistakes to Dr. Oz
Dr. Mehmet Oz chats with TODAY’s Savannah Guthrie about his interview with Rosie O’Donnell, in which the actress and comedian opened up about her heart attack this summer, and discusses the signs of heart attacks in women. Click here to see interview. |
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One guy LOVED his open heart surgery Click here to see interview |
 Dr. Parloop Bhatt |
Women's Heart Health in India For the Global Network to Fight CVD Steering Committee Meeting Mar . 26, 2012 in Chicago during the A C C Meetings, we were joined by Drs. James Willerson (IACS President); Parloop Bhatt; Chockalingam; Junbo Ge; Jay Cohn; Jay Mehta; Jennifer Hall; and Suzy Lanier; and via SKYPE – Naranjan Dhalla and Mohamed Boutdjir. Previously Dr. Bhatt and I had met with Dr. Sharon Mulvagh. Those discussions encouraged Drs. Mehta and Mulvagh and I to assist Dr. Bhatt in proceeding with the IACS-CIMS Women Welfare Proposal you can review by clicking here |
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SCIENTIFIC FORUM XXII Click for - A complete report from SCIENTIFIC FORUM XXII held in Belo Horizonte, Brazil on Dec 6 - 8, 2012 |
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Dr. Eric Topol interviewed by Dr. Nancy Snyderman on NBC Click here to watch interview. |
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3rd Symposium on The FUTURE of HEART HEALTH Click here to enjoy all the talks, especially a debate "Angioplasty and Stents are Better Revascularization Than Cardiac Surgery" |
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2nd Symposium on The FUTURE of HEART HEALTH In addition to celebrating the life of Dr Michael DeBakey (1908 - 2008), we developed a concept to share the wisdom around the world. Inspired by the unique TED.com. Click here for details. |
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"WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT" - INTERVIEW WITH SIR MAGDI YACOUB
When Sir Magdi Yacoub was in Winnipeg to celebrate toe 70th Birthday of Dr. Naranjan Dhalla, he was the Keynote Speaker at the 1st "SYMPOSIUM on the FUTURE of HEART HEALTH". Later, he was interviewed on CKY-TV with a young woman from Brandon whose life Dr Yacoub saved with revolutionary surgery when she was a baby. Click here to watch video. |
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IACS Fellows
Click here for complete Fellows list |
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ADVANCES IN HEART HEALTH Eugene Braunwald in conversation with Thomas Lüscher. |
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NEW SPRINGER BOOKS BY FELLOWS OF THE ACADEMY Genes and Cardiovascular Function |
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WORLD-CLASS HEALTH CARE FOR ALL
Dr. Ernest Madu on TED.com Click here to go to Dr. Madu's blog. |
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