Neves frown the American Heart Association - Circulation Research

News from the American Heart Association
Circ Res. 1965;17:279-283
doi: 10.1161/01.RES.17.3.279
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Neves frown the
American Heart Association
44 East 23rd Street, New York, New York 10010
Telephone: Gramercy 7-9170
AHA Scientific Sessions
To Hear 235 Papers
A record total of 235 papers will be presented
at the American Heart Association's 1965
Scientific Sessions, selected from abstracts submitted
for consideration. The sessions will
be held from October 15-17 at the Hotel
Americana, Bal Harbour, Fla.
Advance programs will be sent to registrants
who hold confirmed hotel reservations by September
30. The program booklet, which contains
full details of each session, including the
titles of papers and lectures to be presented,
may also be obtained on request from local
Heart Associations.
Abstracts of the papers to be presented and
others selected by the Committee on Scientific
Sessions Program will be published in Circulation,
Supplement No. 2, October 1965. Included
in the same issue will be abstracts of
papers presented at the Arteriosclerosis Council
meeting.
Covering a wide range of subjects of interest
both to the clinician and the basic scientist, the
papers will be presented at the Clinical Sessions,
at concurrent sessions on various aspects
of cardiovascular medicine and research, and
at panels, lectures and symposia.
A special event in the 3-day program will
be the premiere screening of a new AHA
medical film: "Cardiac Failure in Infancy-
Manifestations and Management." The film, in
color and running 30 minutes, will be introduced
by Campbell Moses, M.D., Chairman
of the AHA Committee on Medical Education.
Mary Allen Engle, M.D., Chairman of the
Medical Advisory Committee, will lead a discussion
of the film, which will be shown at
noon Saturday, at the end of Clinical Session
III.
The opening session on Friday, October 15,
will include presentation of the AHA Research
Achievement Award and the Lewis A. Conner
Memorial Lecture, "Major Functions of the
Pulmonary Circulation," by Julius H. Comroe,
M.D., Professor of Physiology and Director of
the Cardiovascular Research Institute, University
of California Medical Center, San Francisco.
Friday's Clinical Sessions will include a
symposium on "Surgical Treatment of Coronary
Artery Disease." Simultaneous scientific
programs include a symposium on "Practical
Problems in Management of Hyperlipidemic
Patients" and another on "Excitation—Contraction
Coupling."
Saturday will be devoted to an all-day session
on Cerebral Circulation and Stroke, keynoted
by the George E. Brown Memorial Lecture
on "Inter-Arterial Shunts in the Cerebral
Circulation." This will be given by James F.
Toole, M.D., Chairman of the Department of
Neurology at Bowman-Gray School of Medicine,
Wake Forest College, Winston-Salem,
N. C. Included in Saturday's Clinical Sessions
are lectures on "Modern Diuretics," "Cardiomyopathies,"
and "Modern Concepts of
Thrombus Formation."
Twenty-one Cardiovascular Conferences are
scheduled for Saturday evening to give small
groups of physicians an opportunity to discuss
timely jjroblems. Among those planned are
conferences on: "Treatment of Cardiac Arrhythmias:
What Would You Do?," "Management
of Heart Block in Acute Myocardial
Infarction," "Intensive Care Units in Acute
Myocardial Infarction," "Angiotensin Assays in
the Treatment of Hypertension," "Paired Pulse
Pacemaking," "Exercise, Physical Fitness and
Heart Disease," and "Extracranial Vascular
Occlusion."
Sunday's clinical program will include a
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symposium on "The Arterial Pulse: Palpation,
Auscultation, Pressure Curves, and the Sphygmogram,"
and a panel on "Recognition of
Arrhythmias." An all-day program of cardiovascular
films is scheduled as part of the simultaneous
sessions.
Scientific Exhibits selected for display include
a number of self-testing units.
The Association's Annual Dinner will be
held on Sunday evening.
Registration forms, including applications
for hotel reservations, may be obtained from
local Heart Associations or the AHA National
Office.
Five Council Seminars
To Precede AHA Meeting
Five special all-day postgraduate seminars,
originated by the AHA's Scientific Councils,
have been scheduled for Thursday, October
14, to precede the Association's 38th Scientific
Sessions at Bal Harbour, Fla.
Designed for Council members, the seminars
will, however, be of interest to many other
physicians and scientists attending the Scientific
Sessions. Attendance will be by advance
registration only; applications will be honored
as received until vacancies are filled. (The fee
for Council members and for Residents or Research
Fellows sponsored by Council members
is $10; it is $25 for non-members.)
The following seminars are scheduled:
Council on Cardiovascular Surgery: "Postoperative
Management of the Open Heart Surgical
Patient" (Carillon Hotel).
Council on Circulation: "The Venous System
and its Control—Physiology and Clinical
Implications" (Deauville Hotel). Thanks to a
special grant, there will be no registration fee
for this seminar, but advance application must
be made for seats.
Council for High Blood Pressure Research:
"Current Concepts of Renal Arterial Hypertension"
(Deauville Hotel).
Council on Rheumatic Fever and Congenital
Heart Disease: Two courses: "Radiography in
Congenital Heart Disease," and "Techniques
of Laboratory Investigation in Immunologic
Diseases" (Carillon Hotel).
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION
Council for High Blood Pressure Research:
"Treatment of Hypertension." (This panel discussion
is scheduled for Thursday evening;
attendance will not be limited, and no fee will
be charged.)
Additional information and reservations may
be obtained from Alfred M. Bennett, M.D.,
Director, Department of Councils, American
Heart Association, 44 East 23rd Street, New
York, N. Y. 10010.
Arteriosclerosis Council Meeting
The Council on Arteriosclerosis will hold its
two-day Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions
October 13 and 14 at the Hotel Deauville,
Bal Harbour, Fla., immediately preceding the
AHA Scientific Sessions. Approximately 40
papers will be presented. The Council sessions
are open to all interested individuals.
Annual Assembly Meeting:
Panel Sessions Set
The Annual Meeting of the AHA Assembly,national
delegate and advisory body of the
Association, will be held at the Americana
Hotel, Bal Harbour, Fla., October 17-19.
Four of the five Assembly Panels, scheduled
for Monday morning, will discuss aspects of
the report of the President's Commission on
Heart Disease, Cancer and Stroke which could
affect AHA programs. The fifth Panel will deal
with fund-raising policy.
The Assembly will go into session at 2:30
P.M. Sunday. The meeting will conclude at
noon Tuesday after acting on Panel recommendations
and electing AHA officers and
Board members.
AHA Seeks Candidates for
Career Teaching Scholarships
The Association is seeking candidates for
two newly established five-year teaching scholarships
in cardiology, to go into effect early in
1966.
In specifying that candidates must "show
promise of excellent future development or
have proven ability as medical teachers," the
AHA further stipulated that:
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• Candidates must be proposed by the dean
or chairman of an appropriate department;
• The proposal must come from a medical
school which has a well-defined program of
cardiovascular education and research;
• The application must be endorsed by the
responsible official of the medical university
or college, and by a medical teacher who is not
a member of the candidate's department or
section;
• Candidates must submit statements explaining
why they wish to pursue a teaching
career.
Each scholarship will carry a base stipend
of $11,000 for the first year, with annual increments
of $1,000 up to a maximum of $15,000.
An additional grant of $1,000 per year will be
made to the teacher's institution, to cover expenses
for travel, minor items of equipment, or
items for use in teaching.
The Teaching Scholar will work primarily
at the undergraduate level of education in the
cardiovascular field, devoting the major part of
his efforts to teaching. He will be a full-time
faculty member, and will not be permitted to
derive income from private practice.
Candidates should have completed their residency
or fellowship training, but may not
be over 40; they must be physicians or medical
scientists, and citizens of the United States
or Canada.
Additional information and application
forms may be obtained from the Director of
Medical Education, American Heart Association,
44 East 23rd Street, New York, N. Y.
10010.
Medical Education Research
Applications being Accepted
Candidates for the Association's Fellowship
in Medical Education for 1966-67 have until
January 1,1966, to file applications.
Applicants must hold either an M.D., Ph.D.,
or Sc.D. degree, or its equivalent, and be
citizens of the U. S. or Canada, or show evidence
of intention of taking out such citizenship.
The successful candidate will be trained to
analyze learning processes and modern teach-
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ing methods in preclinical and clinical fields.
The award also offers qualified physicians an
opportunity to become acquainted with behavioral
psychology.
The Fellow receives training in a medical
school's Department of Research in Medical
Education, and participates in pilot projects in
continuing education conducted by the American
Heart Association. With this training, he
is prepared for a career in the field of research
in medical education and is able to design and
evaluate projects in undergraduate and postgraduate
medical education.
To meet the needs of candidates with varying
backgrounds and experience, the stipend
will be determined by the applicant's qualifications.
It will, however, be at least on the
senior postdoctoral level.
Requests for information and application
forms should be sent to the Director of Medical
Education, American Heart Association, 44
East 23rd Street, New York, N. Y. 10010.
Grant-in-Aid Applications
Deadline is November 1
Applications for American Heart Association
Grants-in-Aid, to be awarded for the fiscal
year beginning July 1,1966, must be submitted
by November 1, 1965. The deadline for applications
for Established Investigatorships and
Advanced Research Fellowships is September
15.
Grants-in-Aid are made to non-profit institutions
in direct support of a particular investigator
for a specific program of research under
his direction. Awards are in support of research
in the cardiovascular field or basic
sciences for periods up to five years.
Application forms for Grants-in-Aid may be
obtained from the Director of Research, American
Heart Association, 44 East 23rd Street,
New York, N. Y. 10010.
AHA Co-sponsors Sessions
At Public Health Meeting
The American Heart Association will cosponsor
two half-day scientific sessions at the
1965 Annual Meeting of the American Public
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Health Association, October 20 and 21, in
Chicago.
AHA speakers will participate in a session
on "Smoking and Health" Wednesday afternoon,
October 20; and Benjamin Burrows,
M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine at the
University of Chicago, will speak on behalf of
the Association at a session on the "Epidemiology
of Chronic Bronchitis, Pulmonary Emphysema
and Cor Pulmonale" Thursday morning,
October 21.
Other co-sponsoring organizations are the
American Cancer Society, National Tuberculosis
Association, the Public Health Cancer Association,
and the Sections on Epidemiology,
Occupational Health and Health Officers of
the APHA.
AHA Endorses
Animal Care Bill
The American Heart Association is prepared
to endorse legislation providing for a
program to advance the humane care, comfort
and welfare of laboratory animals. AHA President-Elect
Helen B. Taussig, M.D., is scheduled
to testify on behalf of the measure, HR
5191, when hearings are held.
At the same time, the Association is vigorously
opposing four antivivisection bills currently
before Congress. The newest of these,
HR 7312, is the most restrictive and punitive
of the series.
Thoracic Society Offers
Research, Teaching Fellowships
Fellowships for graduate education of investigators
and teachers in the field of respiratory
diseases and tuberculosis are being offered
by the American Thoracic Society, the medical
section of the National Tuberculosis Association.
Postdoctoral research fellowships are available
to candidates with the degree of M.D.,
Ph.D. or Sc.D. Predoctoral research fellowships
are available to graduate students with
a bachelor's or master's degree for work toward
an advanced degree other than M.D.
Physicians entering their second or third
year of residency in Internal Medicine, Pedi-
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION
atrics, Thoracic Surgery or other specialty at a
medical center, are offered teaching fellowships
for training toward a career of medical
school teaching in pulmonary disease. Physicians
who have completed their hospital residency
are eligible for the Edward Livingston
Trudeau Fellowship, provided they have a
teaching or research faculty appointment.
All applications must be submitted by November
1. Further information and application
forms may be obtained from the Director of
Medical Education, American Thoracic Society,
1790 Broadway, New York, N. Y. 10019.
AHA Issues New Statement
On Diet and Heart Disease
An eight-point program of dietary control
was recommended to the American people by
the American Heart Association as a possible
means of lowering the risk of heart attacks.
The Association emphasized that these dietary
principles should be applied early in life,
and that sound food habits should be made
"a family affair." The AHA urged Americans to
adhere consistently to these dietary patterns,
and to seek professional advice in order to
avoid nutritional deficiency when changing
their diets.
The revised statement, authorized by the
AHA Board of Directors, differs from an older
statement in calling for "substitution wherever
possible" rather than "reasonable substitution"
of polyunsaturated for saturated fats, and in
recommending—for the first time—reduced intake
of cholesterol-rich foods.
The recommendations of the previous statement,
moreover, were held to apply principally
to groups with a particularly high risk of heart
attacks and strokes. The new statement extends
these recommendations to the general public
on the basis of scientific evidence that appropriate
dietary control, beginning in childhood,
"may contribute to the retardation of
coronary heart disease."
Copies of the complete statement may be
obtained from local Heart Associations.
Meetings Calendar
September 15-17: 3 Days of Cardiology (Func-
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tional Pathology of Valvular and Pericardial
Disease: Congenital and Acquired Types),
St. Paul. Dr. F. J. Lewy, American Heart
Association, 44 East 23rd Street, New York
10010.
September 16-18: International Cardiovascular
Society (7th International Congress), Philadelphia.
Dr. R. A. Deterling Jr., 171 Harrison
Avenue, Boston 02111.
September 28-October 1: American Roentgen Ray
Society, Washington, D. C. Dr. C. Allen Good,
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
September 29-October 1: American Association of
Medical Clinics, Washington, D. C. Dr. R. S.
Condie, 300 Homer Ave., Palo Alto, Cal.
October 7-9: American College of Physicians,
Miami Beach. Dr. Edward C. Rosenow, Jr.,
4200 Pine St., Philadelphia, 4, Pa.
October 10: .American College of Nutrition (Annual
Scientific Meeting), New York. Dr. Robert
A. Peterman, 3 Craig Court, Totowa
Borough, New Jersey 07512.
October 13-14: Congress on Occupational Health,
Indianapolis. AMA, 535 N. Dearborn, Chicago
60610.
October 13-14: AHA Council on Arteriosclerosis
(Annual Meeting), Bal Harbour, Fla. AHA,
44 East 23rd Street, New York 10010.
October 14-16: American Academy of Neurological
Surgery, Cincinnati. Dr. Edward W. Davis,
806, S.W. Broadway, Portland, Oregon.
October 15-19: American Heart Association, Scientific
Sessions (Oct. 15-17), Annual Meeting
(Oct. 18-19), Bal Harbour, Florida. H.
Douglas Chisholm, AHA, 44 East 23rd Street,
New York 10010.
October 18-22: American Public Health Association
(Annual Meeting), Chicago. Dr. Berwyn
F. Mattison, 1790 Broadway, NewYorkT0019.
October 18-22: American College of Surgeons,
Atlantic City. Dr. John F. North, 55 E. Erie,
Chicago, 60611.
October 28-November 3: Association of American
Medical Colleges, Philadelphia. Dr. R. H.
Young, 303 E. Chicago, Chicago 60611.
November 1-5: American Dietetic Association
(Annual Meeting), Cleveland. Mrs. Thelma
Pollen, 620 North Michigan, Chicago 60611.
November 3-4: American College of Clinical
Pharmacology and Chemotherapy, Chicago.
Dr. Duncan E. Hutcheon, 7 E. 82nd St., New
York 10028.
November 10-12: Conference on Engineering in
Medicine and Biology, Philadelphia. Peter D.
Edmonds, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
19104.
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November 12-14: Association of Clinical Scientists,
Washington, D. C. Dr. R. P. MacFate,
300 N. State, No. 5322, Chicago 60610.
November 17-20: Canadian Cardiovascular Society—Canadian
Heart Foundation (joint meeting),
Winnipeg, Manitoba. Dr. John B. Armstrong,
1130 Bay St., Toronto 5, Ontario.
November 27-28: American College of Chest
Physicians (Interim Meeting), Philadelphia.
Murray Kornfeld, 112 E. Chestnut, Chicago
60611.
November 28-December 1: American Medical Association
(Clinical Convention), Philadelphia.
Dr. F. J. L. Blasingame, 535 N. Dearborn,
Chicago 60610.
December 5-7: American Society of Hematology,
Philadelphia. Dr. Wayne Rundles, Duke University
Medical Center, Durham, N. C.
December 8-10: 3 Days of Cardiology (Bedside
Cardiology) New Orleans. Medical Education
Dept., American Heart Association, 44 E.
23rd St., New York 10010.
December 26-30: American Association for the
Advancement of Science, Berkeley, Cal. R. L.
Taylor, Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington
5, D.C.
1966
January 13-15: American College of Surgeons
(Sectional Meeting), Bal Harbour, Fla. Dr.
S. P. Harbison, 55 E. Erie, Chicago 60611.
February 2-6: American College of Cardiology,
Chicago. Dr. Phillip Reichert, 350 Fifth Ave.,
New York, N. Y. 10001.
March 18-20: American Psychosomatic Society
(23rd Annual Meeting), Chicago. Dr. Robert
A. Cleghorn, 265 Nassau Road, Roosevelt,
New York 11575.
September 25-30: International Congress of Nephrology
(3rd) Washington, D. C. Dr. George
E. Schreiner, 9650 Wisconsin Ave., Washington,
D. C. 20014.
Abroad
December 5-11: International Congress on Rheumatic
Diseases, Buenos Aires. Dr. A. Caruso,
Juncal 1875, Planta Baja, Buenos Aires.
1966
June 26-July 2: International Congress of Gerontology,
(7th), Vienna. Dr. W. Doberaner,
Vienna University, Vienna, Austria.
October 30-November 5: World Congress of
Cardiology (5th) New Delhi, India. Dr. S.
Padmavati, 118 Bagla Sahib Marg., New
Delhi, India.
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