MEDICINE FOR THE PUBLIC
Time: 1:17:25
Recorded May 25, 2010

"Roadmap to a Healthy Heart: Why Your Genes May Not Be Your Destiny."

Dr. Keith Horvath, director of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the NIH Heart Center at Suburban Hospital; director of the Cardiothoracic Surgery Research Program at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, and adjunct associate professor, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Dr. Dina N. Paltoo, chair of the NHLBI Data Access Committee and program director in the Advanced Technologies and Surgery Branch, in the Division of Cardiovascular Diseases at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.

SCHMALFELDT: From the Clinical Center at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, this is the 2010 "Medicine for the Public" presentation.

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For more than 30 years, the Clinical Center's "Medicine for the Public" series has been a valuable link between the Clinical Center and the community. This year, we extend even further into the community by holding the lecture at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, Maryland. For this year's presentation, Dr. Keith Horvath, director of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the NIH Heart Center at Suburban Hospital; director of the Cardiothoracic Surgery Research Program at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, and adjunct associate professor, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine will be joined by Dr. Dina N. Paltoo, chair of the NHLBI Data Access Committee and program director in the Advanced Technologies and Surgery Branch, in the Division of Cardiovascular Diseases at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Their topic? "Roadmap to a Healthy Heart: Why Your Genes May Not Be Your Destiny." This presentation was recorded May 25, 2010. For a closed caption videocast of this lecture, log on to http://videocast.nih.gov and search the "Past Events" link. We now take you to Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, Maryland where Monique Sanfuentes, director of Community Health and Wellness at Suburban Hospital, introduces Dr. John I. Gallin, director of the NIH Clinical Center.

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SCHMALFELDT: You've just heard the 2010 Medicine for the Public lecture, presented on May 25, 2010 at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, Maryland. Our speakers were Dr. Keith Horvath, director of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the NIH Heart Center at Suburban Hospital; director of the Cardiothoracic Surgery Research Program at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, and adjunct associate professor, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Dr. Dina N. Paltoo, chair of the NHLBI Data Access Committee and program director in the Advanced Technologies and Surgery Branch, in the Division of Cardiovascular Diseases at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Their topic was "Roadmap to a Healthy Heart: Why Your Genes May Not Be Your Destiny." Medicine for the Public is a presentation of the NIH Clinical Center, Office of Communications and Patient Recruitment and Public Liaison. For more information about Medicine for the public, or information about the medical research being done every day at the NIH Clinical Center, log on to http://clinicalcenter.nih.gov. From America's Clinical Research Hospital, this has been the 2010 Presentation of Medicine for the Public. In Bethesda, Maryland, I'm Bill Schmalfeldt at the National Institute of Health, an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services.

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