Distinguished Cardiologists and Scientists Honored with 2014 International Academy of Cardiology Awards at the 19th …

Boston, MA (PRWEB) July 31, 2014

Dr. Asher Kimchi, Founder and Chairman of the International Academy of Cardiology (IAC) today announced the winning recipients of the 2014 IAC Awards at the 19th World Congress on Heart Disease held in Boston, MA, USA. In addition to the IAC awards, the committee also named four faculty to receive the Distinguished Fellowship Award.

Dr. Asher Kimchi, together with Co-Chairmen Dr. Jeffrey S. Borer and Dr. John A. Elefteriades, headed a committee comprised of 225 of the world's leading cardiologists and scientists that reviewed a prestigious list of nominees and voted for their top choice.

The following awards for 2014 were presented at the Opening Ceremony of the International Academy of Cardiology Annual Scientific Sessions 2014, 19th World Congress on Heart Disease, to honor the memory of distinguished colleagues, all former members of the faculty of previous International Academy of Cardiology meetings who made major contributions to Medicine and Cardiology:

The 2014 Distinguished Fellowship Awards were presented to four Faculty of the 19th World Congress on Heart Disease:

The Opening Ceremony and Awards Presentations were chaired by Dr. Jeffrey S. Borer, Professor of Medicine; Chief, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, SUNY, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn NY; Chairman, IAC Scientific Executive Committee and Dr. John A. Elefteriades, William W.L. Glenn Professor of Surgery, Director, Yale Center of Thoracic Aortic Disease at Yale University and Yale New-Haven Hospital; Member, IAC Scientific Executive Committee.

The following members of the Scientific Executive Committee of the IAC also took part in the Awards Ceremony:

Other members of dais included:

The Eighth H.J.C. Swan Memorial Lecture at the Opening Ceremony of the International Academy of Cardiology Annual Scientific Sessions 2014, 19th World Congress on Heart Disease, was delivered by Nanette K. Wenger, M.D., Professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA on the topic of Gender Disparity in Coronary Heart Disease: Bias, Biology, or Both?

Dr. Kimchi comments, The International Academy of Cardiology is dedicated to the advancement of global research in cardiovascular medicine through the support of scientific meetings and publications.

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