Coming Together to Benefit All

I recently traveled to Israel for the 60th Anniversary Conference of the Israel Heart Society (IHS) in Jerusalem. The two-day conference gathered about 1,300 cardiologists from around the globe, including world-renowned leaders like Douglas Zipes, MD, MACC, and Eugene Braunwald, MD, MACC. While there, I co-chaired the ACC/IHS Joint Session with Chaim Lotan, MD, FACC, president of IHS, and Basil Lewis, MD, FACC, governor of the ACC Israel Chapter. Updates were given on the management of aortic dissection, pulmonary embolism, clinical trials in PCI vs. CABG, mitral regurgitation, and the role of the autonomic nervous system in arrhythmogenesis presented by stellar ACC faculty from the U.S.: Kim Eagle, MD, MACC; Samuel Goldhaber, MD, FACC; Craig Smith, MD, FACC; Robert A. Levine, MD, FACC; and Douglas Zipes, MD, MACC. I also had the unique honor of meeting with Shimon Peres, president of Israel and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. We had a discussion on democracy following a visit from U.S Secretary of Dense, Chuck Hagel who our group was able to acknowledge. The growth of cardiac services in Israel is nothing short of extraordinary. In an interview with The Jerusalem Post, I noted that Israeli cardiologists have had great bench-to-bedside developments, and that Israel is one of the safest parts of the world to have a heart attack. The country has also always had a knack for cardiovascular innovation and at the conference they commemorated three postage stamps featuri...
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