New Drugs and Innovative Technologies to Prevent & Treat Cardiovascular Disease

Dr. Mark A. Creager is a Professor of Medicine and Surgery at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, and Director of the Heart and Vascular Center at Dartmouth- Hitchcock.

July 27, 2016
9:00 am - 11:30 am
Location
Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center for the Arts
Sponsored by
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Dartmouth
Audience
Public
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(603) 646-0154

Osher at Dartmouth's Summer Lecture Series: The New Medical Frontier

The rate of progress in our ability to prevent, diagnose, and treat cardiovascular diseases has never been greater. Advances in technology are leading to novel approaches to imaging the heart and blood vessels to better identify individuals at risk for heart attack and stroke. Innovative bioengineering has led to the application of a new generation of heart valves that can be inserted via catheter to repair or replace damaged valves; and stents that are bioresorbable are on the horizon to treat critical blockages of the coronary arteries. Discoveries in vascular biology and the application of genomics and proteomics to drug development are leading to more effective therapies to lower cholesterol and treat blood clots, and delivery of pluripotent stem cells holds the promise of restoring function to damaged hearts. These are important strides in the fight to reduce death and disability from cardiovascular disease.

Mark A. Creager, M.D., FAHA, FACCDartmouth College - Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Dr. Mark A. Creager is a Professor of Medicine and Surgery at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, and Director of the Heart and Vascular Center at Dartmouth- Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH. Dr. Creager earned his medical degree at Temple University in Philadelphia. He completed his internship, medical residency, and fellowships in Vascular Medicine and Cardiology at University Hospital in Boston. Dr. Creager is President of the American Heart Association and serves on its National Board of Directors. He is an editor of the textbook Vascular Medicine, and the editor emeritus of the journal Vascular Medicine. He is the author of more than 350 published contributions to medical literature, including research papers on vascular function, book chapters, and monographs on vascular disease.

FREE with Dartmouth College ID. $25 at the door.

For more information, vist: http://osher.dartmouth.edu/summer_series/

Location
Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center for the Arts
Sponsored by
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Dartmouth
Audience
Public
More information
Osher at Dartmouth
(603) 646-0154