Congratulations
@virani_md
! on his appointment as technical advisor to the
@WorldHealthOrgn
Technical Advisory Group on NCD-related research and innovation, which promotes international and national research and to support and facilitate NCD-related research and its translation
Congratulations to our fellows
@BCMHeart
130 publications,7 book chapters, 9 online publications and 10 media interviews all in one academic year!! Wow! Details here including their national leadership roles
Congratulations to Dr. Virani on receiving the 3-yr grant of ~$1.2 million on "Optimizing Renin Angiotensin System Blocker Use among Veterans with Kidney Disease" along with Dr. Navaneethan. Outstanding achievement!!
@virani_md
@BCMDeptMedicine
@bcm_im
@bcmhouston
@NephBCM
Congratulations to
@virani_md
. As chair of
@AHA_Research
CV Stats Cmte. Recently published Annual Statistics Update, is one of the most cited CV publications, for the 1st time, update covers stats on adverse pregnancy outcomes & CV disease.
@CBallantyneMD
@Umair2017
@BaylorCardio
Congratulations to
@BCMHeart
chief fellow,
@mahrifai
, who is appointed as the FIT member to the ACC Session Planning Committee for 2023. Very well deserved Mahmoud! 👏
Congratulations to Dr. Ballantyne on being co-awarded the R01 grant on project titled "Elucidating the Role of Adipokines in Mediating and Predicting HF Associated with Obesity" for 5 years!!
@CBallantyneMD
@BCMDeptMedicine
@bcmhouston
@ahahouston
Congrats to
@AlizaHussainMD
@skianoush
and
@ashleypatel92
for their national appointments for the ACC R&P Committee forNCDR PINNNACLE/Diabetes Registry & ACC FIT Leaership council. with the great tradition of fellows leaders
@BCMHeart
!!
Congratulations to Dr. Christie Ballantyne on receiving the R01 grant on the project titled "Clonal hematopoiesis in humans: determinants of development and progression" for 4 years!!
@CBallantyneMD
@BCMDeptMedicine
@bcmhouston
Many congrats to
@BiykemB
for her election to University of Academic Cardiologists. An organization limited to an active membership of 135 leaders and investigators who shape the course of research & training in CV disease.
@BCMHouston_News
@bcmhouston
@BCMDeptMedicine
“Correlation is not causation “. Common risk factors such as smoking, diabetes, obesity, physical inactivity main explain this association. Useful article to keep in mind the association.
Congratulations to Dr. Nasser Lakkis for being selected for induction into the Baylor College of Medicine Chapter of Alpha Omega Alpha.
@bcmhouston
@BCMDeptMedicine
@bcm_im
Proud of Dr. Virani for attending the ACC Middle East Conference 2019 held Oct. 2-5 in Dubai, UAE. He gave three presentations, co-chaired a session and served as faculty for a workshop!
@virani_md
@BCMDeptMedicine
@ACCinTouch
@nationallipid
Prevention of CVD in
#diabetes
is crucial.
@CBallantyneMD
recently spoke about “Contemporary Lipid Management Recommendations in the Prevention of CVD” at 4th Heart in Diabetes live-interactive-online conference session: Practice Recommendations in Diabetes & ASCVD – An Update
@virani_md
presented at CV Prevention Symposium at Methodist Hospital last week on “Comprehensive ABCDE Approach to Primary CVD Prevention: Top 10 Take Home Messages from ACC/AHA CVD Prevention Guidelines". Very resourceful presentation!!
Check out the ABCDE 👇
💡USPSTF released recs for statin therapy for primary prevention last week
💡They require at least 1 ♥️risk factor AND 10-yr ASCVD risk >=10%
💡We examine the impact on the US population vs. 2018 AHA/ ACC/Multi Society Guidelines (1/4)
Congratulations to
@virani_md
for his expert role in Policy roundtable by Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Review on “Bempedoic Acid & Inclisiran for pts with Heterozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia & Secondary Prevention of ASCVD: Effectiveness & Value."
@vijay_nambi
Many congratulations to
@docHJ
on receiving 2021 "Gifted Educator Award" from American College of Cardiology in recognition of his innovative, outstanding teaching characteristics and numerous contributions to the field.
@BCMHouston_News
@BCM_InternalMed
Incredibly honored to have received this at
#MedPeds
graduation. My time at BCM has been marked by the incredible people I interact with daily at
@BCM_InternalMed
\
@BCM_Pediatrics
. I can't wait to continue working with them over the next 3 years.
Dr. Hamid Afshar and Dr. Irakli Giorgberidze pioneer leadless pacemakers at Houston VA, transforming Veteran care with incision-free, life-changing technology. 🥼👏
#BCMDoM
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