January 8th, 2014
Women in Cardiology: The Challenge to Have Both Career and Family
Monika Sanghavi, MD
Monika Sanghavi shares why she’s tackling the important topic of the under-representation of women in cardiology and the reasons behind it, particularly the challenge of balancing a demanding career with family.
November 13th, 2011
Not Just Pomp and Circumstance
David Martin, M.D.
The AHA Opening Session is something I usually avoid, maybe because I feel a bit uncomfortable in large, dark rooms with flashing lights and very loud music (a setup that seems to favor the visually gifted but audiologically impaired). Admittedly, when the recipients of the Distinguished Scientist awards were paraded across the stage to a […]
August 25th, 2010
Is There a Generation Gap in Cardiology?
Larry Husten, PHD, Harlan M. Krumholz, MD, SM, L. David Hillis, MD and Andrew M. Kates, MD
A brief posting in the Wall Street Journal Health Blog on the clash of generations in the medical workplace recently caught our attention. The Blog summarizes a commentary by Sharon Phelan in Obstetrics & Gynecology, which posits that “different attitudes about work and life held by members of different generations can create tensions and clashes in the […]
NEJM Journal Watch — Recent Cardiology Articles- Sex-Based Disparity in CABG Outcomes: Are We Moving Toward Parity?
- Can Genetic and Social Risk Scores Improve Cardiac Risk Prediction?
- Extensive Ablation vs. Pulmonary Vein Isolation in Persistent Atrial Fibrillation
- Can a Novel Stent Design Improve Long-Term Outcomes of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention?
- Are Angiographically-Derived Coronary Physiology Measurements Ready for Use in the Cath Lab?