2011 ASH Program Book - American Society of Hypertension

ASH Exposition Guide
Hilton New York • Americas Hall I • Third Floor
Hours:
Saturday, May 21, 4:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Sunday, May 22, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM, 3:30 PM – 6:30 PM
Monday, May 23, 10:00 AM – 1:30 PM, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
ASH Hypertension Resource Pavilion
America’s Hall I – Third Floor
American Society of
Hypertension Community
Outreach
Booth Number: 1600
Controlling your blood pressure is a
check away!
Get your blood pressure checked
today at our Outreach Booth!!
In 2011, we are proud to continue
with our Fourth Annual Hypertension
Community Outreach Program in the
Greater New York City area, Northern
New Jersey, and Long Island, NY.
View videos and photos of all of our
past Outreach Programs from New
Orleans (2008), San Francisco (2009),
and New York (2010). Our recently
released educational videos will also
be on view. The ASH published “Blood
Pressure and Your Health” patient
information pamphlets are available
here as well.
Check it out!!—go to Times Square—
42nd Street between 7th and 8th Avenues
and look up at the CBS “Super
Screen” and you will see the new ASH
Public Service Announcement shown
18 times a day.
A & D Medical
Booth Number: 1010
A&D Medical / LifeSource manufacturers
blood pressure monitors and
other home health care products for
home and professional use. Models include
automatic, manual, ambulatory,
kiosk style and accessories including
stethoscopes.
A&D Medical is a division of A&D
Engineering, and is ISO 13485:2003
certified. Since 1977, A&D Medical
has manufactured and distributed a
full line of advanced electronic blood
pressure monitoring equipment and
health care products for home and
professional use. The company has
established itself as a leader in home
health monitoring technology through
the development and introduction
of a variety of unique products.
A&D’s LifeSource® blood pressure
monitor line has garnered numerous
industry awards. Recent product
introductions include: the LifeSource®
digital thermometers, personal scales,
stethoscopes, and Ambulatory Blood
Pressure Monitors.
Ajinomoto USA, Inc.
Booth Number: 1104
Since 1909, Ajinomoto Co., a leader
in the development of pharmaceutical
quality amino acids and distributor
of products that offer a holistic,
side-effect free solution to today’s top
health concerns of weight management,
sleep quality improvement and
healthy blood pressure management.
These products are Capsiate Natura®,
a patented, side effect-free dietary
supplement with natural capsinoids
shown to boost the body’s metabolism;
Glysom, a safe, effective and
scientifically-proven amino acid-based
solution for deeper, sounder and
more satisfying sleep, and Natura
Guard BP, a milk protein-derived
nutraceutical to help maintain healthy
blood pressure levels already within
the normal range.
For more information, visit
www.capsiatenatura.com,
www.glysom.com and
www.naturaguardbp.com
AtCor Medical, Inc. (USA)
Booth Number: 1106
AtCor Medical developed and markets
SphygmoCor® systems, the global gold
standard in noninvasive assessment
of central blood pressure and arterial
stiffness. Featured in over 600 published
studies, SphygmoCor systems
are used worldwide in leading medical
centers, physicians’ offices, in research
and in pharmaceutical clinical trials.
Daiichi Sankyo, Inc.
Booth Number: 1200
Daiichi Sankyo, Inc. (DSI), headquartered
in Parsippany, NJ, is the
U. S. subsidiary of Daiichi Sankyo
Co., Ltd., a global pharmaceutical
company. DSI was formed in 2006
from the integration of two leading
pharmaceutical companies, Sankyo
Pharma, Inc. and Daiichi Pharmaceutical
Corporation. Its team of nearly
3,000 U.S. employees is dedicated to
the creation and supply of innovative
pharmaceutical products to address
the diversified, unmet medical needs
of patients. DSI concentrates in the
therapy areas of hypertension, thrombosis,
dyslipidemia, diabetes and
acute coronary syndrome. Clinical
development and regulatory activities
are headquartered at Daiichi Sankyo
Pharma Development in Edison, NJ.
Visit www.dsi.com.
David Lerner Associates
Booth Number: 1102
Financial Investments at David Lerner
Associates
We believe gambling and investing are
not the same.
We believe the stock market should make
for interesting dinner conversation but
should not be a matter of financial life
or death.
We believe we have an obligation to
guide our investors in directions we feel
will help them achieve their financial
objectives.
We believe investors should not be chasing
financial rainbows.
We do not run with the herd. We pursue
these fundamental investment principles
regardless of market conditions.
While offering a full range of investments,
we feature those that we believe
are based on real value and regularly pay
dividends or interest.
Elsevier
Booth Number: 1204
ELSEVIER, a premier worldwide health
science publishing company, is proud
to publish Journal of the AMERICAN
SOCIETY OF HYPERTENSION, the
official journal of the American Society of
Hypertension. Please stop by our booth
to view the latest issue of the journal.
Forest Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Booth Number: 1006
Forest Pharmaceuticals, Inc welcomes
you to New York! We invite you to visit
our exhibit. Please visit our website at
www.forestpharm.com
Community Partner of the ASH
Hypertension Community Outreach
Program
HoMedics
Booth Number: 1107
Since HoMedics was founded in 1987,
they have become the #1 name in health
and wellness with an extensive line of
products that allow you to take a proactive
role in managing your health.
HoMedics blood pressure monitors are
clinically proven accurate and offer a
wide range of innovative features and
technologies that make monitoring your
blood pressure at home easier than ever.
Select arm and wrist models offer Voice
Assist® Talking Function, Supersize
Digits®, Risk Category Index, Easy One
Button Operation, Dual User Memory
and 2 cuffs to fit most arm sizes.
Community Partner of the ASH
Hypertension Community Outreach
Program
International Society on
Hypertension in Blacks, Inc. (ISHIB)
Booth Number: 1103
Founded in 1986, ISHIB is a non-profit
organization of healthcare professions
and leaders in cardiovascular disease
and related disorders. Our mission is to
improve the health and life expectancy of
ethnic minorities and eliminate racial and
ethnic health disparities in cardiovascular
disease through professional and public
education, targeted clinical research, and
facilitation of the delivery of higher quality
cardiovascular health care. We host
an annual conference, membership and
other programs.
Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, a
Wolters Kluwer Health Company
Booth Number: 1008
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Wolters
Kluwer Health Company, is the proud
publisher of Hypertension, Journal of
the American Heart Association, and
the Journal of Hypertension, Official
Journal of the International Society of
Hypertension and the European Society
of Hypertension. We offer a full range
of specialized books, journals, and electronic
media. Visit us today!
Mortara Instrument
Booth Number: 1105
Mortara Instrument is proud to offer its
Ambulo 2400 ambulatory blood pressure
(ABPM) technology at the American
Society of Hypertension’s 2011 Annual
Scientific Meeting and Exposition. Designed
and made in the USA, the Ambulo
2400 system allows clinicians, researchers
and other health professionals to better
assess a patient’s blood pressure fluctuations
throughout the 24-hour circadian
rhythm.
For over 25 years, Mortara Instrument
has distinguished itself in the field of
non-invasive cardiology by providing
ECG, Holter and stress systems to customers
worldwide. We are excited to be
adding thorough blood pressure assessment
tools to our portfolio of products.
National Kidney Foundation
Booth Number: 1206
NKF offers the nephrology community
the latest science through clinical
practice guidelines, free kidney screening
programs held around the world, and
educational materials for patients and
professionals. Learn more about the
soon-to-be published guidelines, including:
KDIGO’s Acute Kidney Injury and
the Update on CKD and Diabetes by
KDOQI. Please visit the booth to signup
to review KDIGO’s Clinical Practice
Guideline on Blood Pressure in CKD.
Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Corporation
Booth Number: 1100, 1004
Novartis Pharmaceuticals is dedicated to
discovering, developing, manufacturing
and marketing prescription drugs that
help meet our customers’ medical needs
and improve their quality of life. Please
visit the Novartis exhibit where our sales
representatives will be available to discuss
our products.
Community Partner of the ASH
Hypertension Community Outreach
Program
Omron Healthcare
Booth Number: 1000
Omron Healthcare, Inc., is the leading
manufacturer and distributor of blood
pressure monitors for home use. Omron
Healthcare markets clinically proven
products that provide accurate health
information to consumers and physicians
and support position lifestyle changes and
health improvement.
Community Partner of the ASH
Hypertension Community Outreach
Program
SunTech Medical, Inc.
Booth Number: 1014
For over twenty years, SunTech Medical
has been the preeminent supplier of
clinical grade blood pressure monitoring
products and technologies. SunTech is the
world’s foremost manufacturer of ambulatory
blood pressure monitors, including
the Oscar 2 ABPM system, now available
with Pediatric ABPM Interpretation
function, which automatically generates
guidelines specific to analyzing the
24-hour blood pressure data of pediatric
patients. Additionally, SunTech offers solutions
for in-office BP measurement with
the SunTech 247, the first clinical grade
automated blood pressure device to offer
a manual back-up mode, as well as a complete
line of blood pressure cuffs. Please
visit our booth for more information.
Takeda Pharmaceuticals North
America, Inc.
Booth Number: 1400
Based in Deerfield, IL. Takeda Pharmaceuticals
North America, Inc. and Takeda
Global Research & Development Center,
Inc. market oral diabetes, insomnia, rheumatology
and gastroenterology treatments
and seek to bring innovative products to
patients through a pipeline that includes
compounds in development for diabetes,
cardiovascular disease, gastroenterology
and neurology. www.tpna.com.
Wiley-Blackwell
Booth Number: 1202
Wiley-Blackwell is the international
scientific, technical, medical and scholarly
publishing business of John Wiley & Sons,
with strengths in every major academic
and professional field and partnerships
with many of the world’s leading societies.
Wiley-Blackwell publishes over 1,400
peer-reviewed journals as well as 1,500+
new books annually in print and online,
as well as databases, major reference
works and laboratory protocols. For more
information, please visit
www.wileyblackwell.com or
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/
WomenHeart
Booth Number: 1110
WomenHeart was founded by three
women who had heart attacks while in
their 40s. In addition to being faced with
many obstacles, including misdiagnosis
and social isolation, they were each
amazed how little information about
or services for women with heart
disease were available and how the issue
seemed invisible within the women’s
health community. But in March 1999
everything changed.
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