NIH DIRECTOR TO DISCUSS TRANSLATIONAL TREATMENT AND CONTROL OF HYPERTENSION
Morehouse School of Medicine Welcomes Mensah for Annual Reed Lectureship
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ATLANTA – September 31, 2014 – Morehouse School of Medicine will host the fifth James Reed lectureship, featuring NIH Director Center for Translation Research and Implementation Science (CTRIS) at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) George A. Mensah, M.D., FACC. The lecture titled, “Hypertension Treatment and Control: Translational Science Insights and the Future of Implementation Research,” will cover the charge of today’s healthcare providers in management and treatment of hypertension.
Event Details:
Date: Wednesday, October 1, 2014
Time: Noon - 2 p.m.
Location: E. Ginger Sullivan Atrium, National Center for Primary Care, Building A Morehouse School of Medicine, 720 Westview Dr. SW, Atlanta, GA 30310
About Lecturer:
Dr. George A. Mensah is a clinician-scientist trained in internal medicine and the subspecialty of cardiovascular diseases. His professional experience includes 17 years of public service between the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). He has had management experience as a chief of cardiology; head of a clinical care department; and the Surgeon General’s nominee to the Board of Governors of the American College of Cardiology as governor for public health.
In addition to his public service at CDC, Dr. Mensah has 10 years of experience in direct patient care, teaching, and research at Vanderbilt University and the Medical College of Georgia (MCG). He was a professor with tenure at MCG, director of the medical specialties practice at the MCG Hospitals & Clinics, and department head of cardiovascular care at the VA Medical Center in Augusta, Georgia. He holds a merit of proficiency from the American Society of Echocardiography and has been designated a “hypertension specialist” by the American Society of Hypertension.
About Morehouse School of Medicine
Founded in 1975, Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) is among the nation's leading educators of primary care physicians and was recognized by Annals of Internal Medicine in 2011 as the top institution in the first study of U.S. medical schools for our social mission based on our production of primary care physicians, training of underrepresented minority doctors and placement of doctors practicing in underserved communities. MSM faculty and alumni are noted for excellence in teaching, research and public policy, as well as exceptional patient care.
Morehouse School of Medicine is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award doctorate and master's degrees. For more information, please visit www.msm.edu
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