Biography
Dr. Wenger is Professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology at the Emory University School of Medicine and a consultant to the Emory Heart and Vascular Center.Coronary heart disease in women is one of Dr. Wenger’s major clinical and research interests. She chaired the U.S. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Conference on Cardiovascular Health and Disease in Women. Dr. Wenger has expertise in cardiac rehabilitation. She chaired the World Health Organization Expert Committee on Rehabilitation after Cardiovascular Disease, and co-chaired the Guideline Panel on Cardiac Rehabilitation for the U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Dr. Wenger has had a longstanding interest in geriatric cardiology, is a Past President of the Society of Geriatric Cardiology and was Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Geriatric Cardiology for more than 15 years.
Research Interest
Coronary heart disease in women is one of Dr. Wenger’s major clinical and research interests. Dr. Wenger has participated as an author of several American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Clinical Practice Guidelines. She is past Chair, Board of Directors, Society for Women’s Health Research.
Biography
H. Biemann Othersen has completed his College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, 1950, B.S.M. Medical College of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, 1953, M.D. Over the past 50 years, H. Biemann Othersen Jr., MD has emerged as one of the most respected and loved physicians in South Carolina. A native of Charleston, Dr. Othersen earned his medical degree from the Medical College of South Carolina in 1953 and spent the next 12 years pursuing his post-graduate surgical training at Philadelphia General Hospital, the University of Pennsylvania
Research Interest
Pediatrics, Surgery
Biography
Dr. Eyal Porat is a Professor within the Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery of the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. He serves as the department’s Division Director at St. Joseph Medical Center, Houston, Texas. Prior to his recent arrival to Houston, Porat served for 6 years as the Chairman of the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel. He also headed the Division of Aortic Surgery within that Department. From 2000 until 2006 Dr. Porat served as Director of Minimally Invasive Surgery and Director of the Robotics Program, which he established at the Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery of the University of Texas at Houston. He also founded “The Memorial Hermann Institute for Cardiovascular Research and Robotics Technology” where he served as Medical Director. Porat was born in Haifa, Israel. He attended medical school at Ben Gurion University in Be’er Sheva, Israel. He completed his residency in cardiothoracic surgery Suma Cum Laude at Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel. During his residency, Dr. Porat was involved in clinical research at University Hospital “Vrije Universiteit” in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Porat conducted academic teaching and research within the Tel Aviv University – Sackler School of Medicine and continues this activity at the University of Texas. His research and clinical interests include aortic surgery, robotic surgery as well as minimally invasive and beating heart coronary artery surgery. He is a member of many professional organizations and medical societies and serves on the editorial boards of prestigious professional journals. Porat is married and father of 3 children, the oldest serving as an air-force intelligence officer.
Research Interest
His research and clinical interests include aortic surgery, robotic surgery as well as minimally invasive and beating heart coronary artery surgery.