Lown Cardiovascular Research Foundation

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Dr. Charles Blatt was nominated for the 2010 Harvard Medical School Charles McCabe Faculty Prize for Excellence in Teaching (Years III & IV). The prize is one of the School’s most important commendations for outstanding teaching accomplishments.

The Bernard Lown Award for Excellence in Teaching at Brigham and Women’s Hospital was established in January 2010 to celebrate physicians who are outstanding clinical teachers. The award will be given anually at the Harvard Medical School Teaching Awards Celebration. Awardees are selected based on nominations from their students and colleagues.

Lown Foundation Board member, Dr. Barbara Roberts, presented “Gender Specific Aspects of Heart Disease: What All Women Need to Know” at the University of Rhode Island on March 18, 2010.

Dr. Bernard Lown hosted the first in a series of lectures via Skype on January 28, 2010. The “Ariel Conversation” took place with young International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) activists in Agra, India.

Dr. Fred Mamuya co-authored "Direct comparison of rest and adenosine stress myocardial perfusion CT with rest and stress SPECT," published in the Journal of Nuclear Cardiology (2010; 17:27-37).

After five years as ProCor's Editor in Chief, Catherine Coleman has left the Lown Foundation to lead the Health Communication Core at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. We are pleased that she will continue as Editor of the Lown Forum and thank her for her many contributions to ProCor's global CVD prevention efforts.

The Lown Foundation welcomed Benn Grover as ProCor's new Editor in February 2010. Benn is a communications professional whose career has consistently focused on creating tailored health education and prevention campaigns that promote behavior change at the individual and community levels. He has worked with diverse populations throughout the United States and globally. Benn received a Masters Degree in Health Communication in 2007 at Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts. Most recently he worked at the Boston Public Health Commission. Please join us in welcoming Benn, and feel free to contact him at bgrover@partners.org.

Dr. Charles Blatt presented "Anxiety is a Major Clinical Predictor of Long-term All-cause Mortality in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease," on March 3rd at the American Heart Association's Epidemiology and Prevention Scientific Sessions 2010 in San Francisco, California.

Dr. Vikas Saini delivered a free health lecture at the Watertown Mall on February 5, 2010. During the past several months he has also addressed the Brookline Rotary Club, Newton Senior Center, and Evans Park at Newton Corner, discussing topics such as nutrition and second opinions in cardiovascular care.

Dr. Tom Graboys’ book, Life in the Balance, which was released in April 2008, has sold more than 30,000 hardcover copies and in September 2009 was rereleased in paperback form. He continues to give talks about his experience as a patient with Parkinson's disease and Lewy Body Dementia. Dr. Graboys recently welcomed a new assistant, Brooke Casey, who previously served as personal assistant to Hollywood film composer/conductor Lalo Schifrin. Dr. Graboys remains an active member of the Lown Center community.