Symposiums – Health Across America
With the one and only Larry King as moderator, the nation’s leading thought leaders face off to answer questions about current topics surrounding cardiac health.
Asking questions is what he does best and Larry uses his talents to get the answers from the experts.
The LKCF Health Across America initiative has been launched into various communities with key opinion leader symposiums sponsored by the Larry King Cardiac Foundation in collaboration with the LKCF partner Cardiac Centers. Larry moderates panel discussions on the current state of cardiac care and the U.S. healthcare crisis, which includes the participation of top business, healthcare, prevention and advocacy representatives. Topics have included: State of Heart and Health Care in America, Metabolic syndrome, Sudden Cardiac Arrest and Child Obesity as well as other health related topics that are pertinent to cardiovascular disease. Our goal is to make significant advances in reducing health disparities in cardiovascular disease through promoting heart health at the community level by encouraging early diagnosis and taking steps to prevent and control factors that put people at greater risk. The LKCF intends to accomplish this goal with like-minded organizations. Health Across America is a community collaboration funded by the LKCF through grants, gifts in kind and partnerships. Examples of organizations that have partnered on this initiative include: National Institute of Health, National Heart Lung Blood Institute, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Cover the Uninsured, Sister to Sister: Everyone Has a Heart
State of Heart and Health Care in America symposiums have been conducted in collaboration with George Washington University Hospital, The Cleveland Clinic, LAC+USC Medical Center, Rush Medical Center, New York Presbyterian, LA County Hospital and many others.
Representatives from business, healthcare, prevention and advocacy were represented by industry voices. Examples of such distinguished representatives include:
- John Castellani, President of Business Roundtable
- David Merritt of The Gingrich Group’s Center for Health Transformation
- Dr. Steve Nissen, Chair of Cardiovascular Medicine at Cleveland Clinic and past president of American College of Cardiology
- Dr. Mark Carlson, Chief Medical Officer for St. Jude Medical
- Tony Zook, CEO AstraZeneca
- Irene Pollin, Founder of Sister to Sister.
- Robert M. Campbell, MD - CMO, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Sibley Heart Center
- Richard I. Fogel, MD - CEO, The Care Group
- Gina Price Lundberg, MD - Director, Heart Center for Women, Saint Joseph’s Hospital
- H. Robert Superko, MD – VP and Chief of Medical Affairs, Celera Corp.
- Clyde W. Yancy, MD - Medical Director, Baylor Heart and Vascular Institute
- Richard Kahn, PhD, Chief Scientific and Medical Officer, American Diabetes Association
- Larry Levitt, VP Communications, Kaiser Family Foundation
- James Mault, MD, FACS, Director, Microsoft Health Solutions Group
- Andreas Stuhr, MD, Medical Director, Roche Diabetes Care North America
- Bradley Bale, MD, Founder of the Heart Attack Prevention Clinic
- J James Rohack, Former President of the American Medical Association
- Annabelle Volgman, MD Medical Director, Heart Center for women at Rush University Medical Center
- Michel Goran, Ph.D. , founding director of the USC Childhood Obesity Research Center
- Dr. Melinda Jampolis, board certified internist and physician nutrition specialist (one of only 200 in the country)
- Prediman K. (PK) Shah, MD, FACC, FACP, FCCP
- Karol E. Watson, MD, PhD, FACC, Co-Director, UCLA Program In Preventative Cardiology
If your company or organization would like to sponsor or be involved in a future thought leader symposium, or for more information about this program, please contact Holly Lee at holly.lee@lkcf.org...
