BETHESDA CONFERENCE REPORT
34th Bethesda Conference:"can atherosclerosis imaging techniques improve the detection of patients at risk for ischemic heart disease?"*
Allen J. Taylor, MD, FACC, Conference Co-Chair,
C. Noel Bairey Merz, MD, FACC, Conference Co-Chair and
James E. Udelson, MD, FACC, Conference Co-Chair
This Conference, sponsored by the American College of Cardiology Foundation, was held at Heart House, Bethesda, Maryland, October 7, 2002.
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Participants
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- JONATHAN ABRAMS, MD, FACC
- Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)
- Univ. of New Mexico School of Medicine
- Div. of Cardiology, Ambulatory Care Ctr.
- 2211 Lomas Blvd., NE, 5th Floor
- Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
- C. NOEL BAIREY MERZ, MD, FACC
- Director
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
- Preventive & Rehabilitative Cardiac Ctr.
- 444 S. San Vicente Blvd., Suite 901
- Los Angeles, CA 90048-4174
- ROGER S. BLUMENTHAL, MD, FACC
- Director, Preventive Cardiology
- Associate Professor of Medicine
- Johns Hopkins Hospital
- Carnegie 538 - Cardiology
- 600 N. Wolfe Street
- Baltimore, MD 21287
- THOMAS J. BRADY, MD
- Director, Cardiac Imaging
- Department of Radiology, MGH
- Vice Chairman, Radiology Research
- L.L. Robbins Professor of Radiology
- Harvard Medical School
- CIMIT
- 100 Charles River Plaza, Suite 400
- Boston, MA 02114
- B. GREG BROWN, MD
- Professor of Medicine/Cardiology
- University of Washington
- Health Science Building, Room A-509
- 1959 NE Pacific Street
- Seattle, WA 98195-0001
- ALLEN P. BURKE, MD, FACC
- Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
- Department of Cardiovascular Pathology
- Building 54, Room 2005
- 14th Street and Alaska Avenue, NW
- Washington, DC 20306-0001
- GREG BURKE, MD
- Professor and Chair
- Department of Public Health Sciences
- Wake Forest Univ. School of Medicine
- Medical Center Blvd.
- Winston Salem, NC 27157-1063
- MICHAEL H. CRIQUI, MD, MPH
- Professor and Vice Chair
- Department of Family & Preventive Medicine
- University of California, San Diego
- 9500 Gilman Drive, Mail Code 0607
- La Jolla, CA 92093-0607
- ROBERT DETRANO, MD, PhD, FACC
- Professor of Medicine
- Harbor-UCLA Research & Education Institute
- 1124 W. Carson Street, Bldg. E 5
- Torrance, CA 90502-2006
- ZAHI FAYAD, PhD
- Associate Professor of Radiology and Medicine (Cardiology)
- Mt. Sinai School of Medicine
- Box 1234
- New York, NY 10029
- ZORINA GALIS, PhD
- Associate Professor of Medicine
- Biomedical Engineering and Biology
- Emory University School of Medicine
- Division of Cardiology
- 1639 Pierce Drive, WMB 319
- Atlanta, GA 30322
- PHILIP GREENLAND, MD, FACC
- Harry W. Dingman Professor and Chair
- Department of Preventive Medicine
- Northwestern University Medical School
- 680 N. Lake Shore Drive, Suite 1102
- Chicago, IL 60611-4407
- CHRISTIAN C. HAUDENSCHILD, MD, FESC
- Head, Department of Experimental Pathology
- Jerome H. Holland Laboratory
- American Red Cross
- 15601 Crabbs Branch Way
- Rockville, MD 20855
- PAUL A. HEIDENREICH, MD, FACC
- VA Palo Alto Health Care System
- 111 C Cardiology
- 3801 Miranda Avenue
- Palo Alto, CA 94304-1207
- DAVID M. HERRINGTON, MD, MHS, FACC
- Department of Internal Medicine/Cardiology
- Wake Forest University School of Medicine
- Medical Center Blvd.
- Winston Salem, NC 27157-1045
- NANCY HOUSTON-MILLER, RN, BSN
- Associate Director
- Stanford Cardiac Rehabilitation Program
- 780 Welch Road, Suite 106
- Palo Alto, CA 94340-1516
- DONALD B. HUNNINGHAKE, MD
- Director of Heart Disease Prevention
- University of Minnesota Health, Box 192
- 401 East River Road
- Minneapolis, MN 55455-0368
- MICHAEL S. LAUER, MD, FACC
- Director of Clinical Research
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
- Cleveland Clinic Foundation
- 9500 Euclid Avenue, F-25
- Cleveland, OH 44195-0001
- JOAO A. C. LIMA, MD, FACC
- Associate Professor of Medicine
- Cardiology Division, Blalock 569
- Johns Hopkins Hospital
- 600 North Wolfe Street
- Baltimore, MD 21287
- DANIEL B. MARK, MD, MPH, FACC
- Professor of Medicine
- Duke Clinical Research Institute
- P.O. Box 17969
- Durham, NC 27115
- IRA S. OCKENE, MD, FACC
- Director, Preventive Cardiology Program
- Associate Director, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
- Department of Medicine
- Univ. of Massachusetts Medical School
- University Campus, 55 Lake Avenue North
- Worcester, MA 01655-0002
- CHRISTOPHER J. O’DONNELL, MD, FACC
- Associate Director
- Framingham Heart Study
- 73 Mount Wayte Avenue, #2
- Framingham, MA 01702
- PATRICK G. O’MALLEY, MD, MPH
- Chief, Division of General Internal Medicine
- Walter Reed Army Medical Center
- 6900 Georgia Avenue, NW
- Washington, DC 20307-5001
- RICHARD C. PASTERNAK, MD, FACC
- Director
- Preventive Cardiology & Cardiac Rehabilitation
- Massachusettes General Hospital
- 55 Fruit Street
- Boston, MA 02114-2620
- THOMAS A. PEARSON, MD, PhD, FACC
- Albert D. Kaiser Professor and Chair
- Dept. of Community & Preventive Medicine
- University of Rochester Medical Center
- 601 Elmwood Avenue, Box 644
- Rochester, NY 14642-0001
- RODERIC I. PETTIGREW, MD, PhD, FACC
- Director, National Institute of Biomedical
- Imaging and Bioengineering
- National Institutes of Health
- 31 Center Drive, MSC 2077, Rm. 1B-37
- Bethesda, MD 20892
- WENDY S. POST, MD, FACC
- Assistant Professor of Medicine
- Cardiology Division, Carnegie 568
- Johns Hopkins University Hospital
- 600 N. Wolfe Street
- Baltimore, MD 21287-0001
- PAOLO RAGGI, MD, FACC
- Professor of Medicine
- Tulane University Medical Center
- 1430 Tulane Avenue, SL 48
- New Orleans, LA 70112-2699
- RITA F. REDBERG, MD, FACC
- Associate Professor of Medicine
- Research Director
- UCSF National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health
- School of Medicine, Div. of Cardiology
- 505 Parnassus Avenue, M1180
- San Francisco, CA 94143-0124
- MARY J. ROMAN, MD, FACC
- Professor of Medicine
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University
- 525 East 68th Street
- New York, NY 10021
- LESLEE J. SHAW, PhD
- Associate Professor of Medicine
- Director, Outcomes Research
- Atlanta Cardiovascular Research Institute
- 5665 Peachtree Dunwoody Road, Suite 225
- Atlanta, GA 30342
- LYNN A. SMAHA, MD, PhD, FACC
- Senior Vice President, Academic Affairs
- Guthrie Health
- 1 Guthrie Square
- Sayre, PA 18840-1625
- SIDNEY C. SMITH, Jr., MD, FACC
- Professor of Medicine; Director
- Center for Cardiovascular Science and Medicine
- University of North Carolina School of Medicine
- CB&7075, Burnett-Womack Building
- Chapel Hill, NC 27514-6560
- JAMES H. STEIN, MD, FACC
- Associate Professor of Medicine
- University of Wisconsin Medical School
- Section of Cardiology
- H6/315 Clinical Science Center
- 600 Highland Avenue
- Madison, WI 53792-0001
- ALLEN J. TAYLOR, MD, FACC
- Director, Cardiovascular Research
- United States Army Cardiology Service
- Walter Reed Army Medical Center
- WRAMC Building 2, Room 4A
- 6900 Georgia Avenue, NW
- Washington, DC 20307-5001
- JAMES E. UDELSON, MD, FACC
- Associate Professor of Medicine
- Tufts-New England Medical Center
- 750 Washington Street, Box 70
- Boston, MA 02111-1526
- RENU VIRMANI, MD, FACC
- Chairperson
- Cardiovascular Pathology
- Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
- 14th Street and Alaska Avenue, NW
- Washington, DC 20306-0001
- ROBERT A. VOGEL, MD, FACC
- Professor of Medicine
- Director, Clinical Vascular Biology
- University of Maryland Hospital
- 22 S. Greene Street, Room S3B06
- Baltimore, MD 21201-1544
- PETER W. F. WILSON, MD
- Boston University School of Medicine
- 715 Albany Street, Evans E204
- Boston, MA 02118
- NATHAN D. WONG, PHD, FACC
- Associate Professor & Director
- Heart Disease Prevention Program
- University of California at Irvine
- C240 Medical Sciences 1
- Irvine, CA 92697-0001
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Conference Steering Committee
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ALLEN J. TAYLOR, MD, FACC, CONFERENCE CO-CHAIR
C. NOEL BAIREY MERZ, MD, FACC, CONFERENCE CO-CHAIR
JAMES E. UDELSON, MD, FACC, CONFERENCE CO-CHAIR
JONATHAN ABRAMS, MD, FACC
RICHARD C. PASTERNAK, MD, FACC
ALLEN P. BURKE, MD, FACC
RENU VIRMANI, MD, FACC
RITA F. REDBERG, MD, FACC
ROBERT A. VOGEL, MD, FACC
SIDNEY C. SMITH, JR, MD, FACC
PETER W.F. WILSON, MD
DANIEL B. MARK, MD, MPH, FACC
LESLEE J. SHAW, PhD
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Staff
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American College of Cardiology.
CHRISTINE W. MCENTEE, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
EVA GRACE, PROJECT COORDINATOR
SYLVIA POLK-BURRISS, PROJECT COORDINATOR
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Footnotes
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* The recommendations set forth in this report are those of the Conference participants and do not necessarily reflect the official position of the American College of Cardiology. When citing this document the American College of Cardiology would appreciate the following citation format: Can Atherosclerosis Imaging Techniques Improve the Detection of Patients at Risk for Ischemic Heart Disease. Presented at the 34th Bethesda Conference, Bethesda, Maryland, October 7, 2002. J Am Coll Cardiol 2003;41:1855–917. This document is available on the American College of Cardiology Web site at htttp://www.acc.org. Single copies of this document are available for $5.00 each by calling 800-253-3636 (U.S. only) or by writing the Resource Center, American College of Cardiology, 9111 Old Georgetown Road, Bethesda, Maryland 20815. 
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