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Medical Imaging: Transforming Cardiovascular Care
(Comtex Business Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) Nov 29, 2006 (U.S. Newswire via COMTEX) --News Advisory:
In 1982, Dr. William DeVries performed the first successful permanent artificial heart transplantation on Seattle dentist Barney Clark. Today, innovations in cardiovascular care can point to medical imaging as an essential component of that care.
This briefing will highlight new advances in imaging and showcase how patients benefit from sustained investments in research on medical imaging through the continued development of less invasive, more precise and cost-effective diagnostics and treatments.
A new report, Changing the Landscape: How Medical Imaging Has Transformed Health Care in the US will be unveiled at the briefing.
Speakers:
William DeVries, M.D., Colonel, US Army Reserve, Professor & Chair, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Clinical Professor of Surgery, GW University
Richard Robb, Ph.D., Director, Mayo Biomedical Imaging Resource, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine & Scheller Professor in Medical Research
Allen Taylor, M.D., Chief, Cardiology Service & Director, Cardiovascular Research, Walter Reed Army Medical Center on behalf of the American College of Cardiology
Paul Berger, President, Strokesurvivor.com
Andrew Whitman, Vice President, Medical Imaging Division, National Electrical Manufacturers Association
Morton Kondracke, Executive Editor, Roll Call (moderator)
WHEN: Wednesday, Dec. 13 - 9-10:30 a.m., (Continental Breakfast at 8:30 a.m.)
WHERE: National Press Club - Washington, D.C. First Amendment Lounge, 529 14th Street, NW, (1.5 blocks from Metro Center Metro Station)
To RSVP: Contact Raquel Ortiz at raquelortiz(At)polidais.com or Melissa Haynes at melissahaynes(At)polidais.com, or call 202- 263-2913
This educational briefing is sponsored by the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA), in collaboration with the American College of Cardiology (ACC), the Academy of Radiology Research, and the Coalition for Imaging and Bioengineering Research (CIBR). To learn more about the value of medical imaging, visit http://www.medicalimaging.org.
http://www.usnewswire.com
Melissa Haynes, melissahaynes@polidais.com or
202-263-2913, for the National Electrical Manufacturers
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