Boston, MA -
AHA's Vascular Discovery 2019 - Awardees during Paul Dudley White International
Scholars. at the American Heart Association's Vascular Discovery Conference at
the Copley Marriott here today, Tuesday May 14, 2019.
Dr. Han
Naung and his Interventional Cardiologist group were honoured in Boston at
American Heart Association Vascular Discovery Scientific Sessions 2019. The
award was presented to Dr Han Naung Tun and Dr Haseeb for the highest ranked scientific abstract
that Han Naung presented on behalf of the research of the group: Computed
Tomography Coronary Angiography (CTCA) : Trust-able Noninvasive Diagnostic Tool
to Detect Myocardial Bridging in Coronary Artery Disease .
The Paul Dudley White Award
The prestigious Paul Dudley White Award is named in honour of one of the Boston’s most famous cardiologists, Dr Paul Dudley White, of the Wolff–Parkinson–White arrhythmia fame.
Paul Dudley White, 6 June 1886–31 October 1973, graduated from Harvard College and Harvard Medical School, eventually rising to the position of Chief of the Cardiac Services at the Massachusetts General Hospital. He is widely regarded as the founder of preventive cardiology. White strongly believed and was a firm advocate that lifestyle affected coronary artery disease and consequently was a vigorous walker and bicycle rider. He was appointed as President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s cardiologist following the President’s heart attack in 1955 and played an important role in his recovery and his subsequent running for a second presidential term of office.
White was chief consultant to the National Heart Institute from 1948 to 1955 and played a major role in the establishment of the Framingham Heart Study. He was also influential with the American Red Cross and in establishing the National Institutes of Health.
White was recognized as a superb teacher and compassionate bedside physician. He published 12 books and more than 700 scientific articles. His most noted textbook, Heart Disease, was first published in 1931 and became a classic. His interest in electrophysiology of the heart would eventually bring him together with Drs Louis Wolff and John Parkinson, who together described the Wolff–Parkinson–White Syndrome.
On 14 September 1964, President Johnson presented Dr White with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. In his later years, White continued to travel and to speak about heart disease. Dr White is appropriately remembered by the Paul Dudley White Bicycle Paths that line the Charles River in Boston, where people walk, cycle, jog, and play; and in doing so, celebrate his legacy of building healthier lives free of cardiovascular disease and stroke.
