Hallym University Hangang Sacred Heart Hospital

Hallym University Medical Center (HUMC) is going to hold the 7th Hallym-Columbia-Weill Cornell-NYP Symposium at the Crystal Ballroom, COEX (Convention & Exhibition Center), Seoul, on June 9, 2009. Under the theme of "How to cope with global pandemic of cardiovascular disease," four prominent experts from Columbia University and some cardiologists from Hallym University will attend as speakers.

Preliminary topics of four Columbia speakers are as follows:

Session I - Life Style and Risk Factors
* Dyslipidemia by Ira J. Goldberg

Special Lecture
* Percutaneous AV Replacement by Allan Schwartz, Program Director

Session II – AMI
* Update on Reperfusion Therapy in AMI by Gregg Stone

Session III - Heart Failure
* Update in CHF Management: Drugs and Devices by Ulrich Jorde

Meanwhile, Dr. Antonio M. Gotto, Dean of Weill Cornell Medical College, plans to join the meeting in Seoul. A renowned educator and internationally recognized authority in cardiovascular diseases, Dr. Gotto was first named Dean of Weill Cornell in 1997. Dr. Gotto speaks nationally and internationally on cardiovascular diseases, and has a contributed more than 500 scholarly articles and books to the medical literature. In addition, he is a co-author of The New Living Heart and The New Living Heart Diet, which explain the origins and a dietary treatment of cardiovascular diseases to the general public.

Since Hallym entered into an international affiliation agreement with Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Weill Cornell Medical College, and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital(NYP), in 2004, the institutions have addressed a variety of medical issues.
Hallym will distribute the brochure aiming at cardiologists at home and abroad and the symposium homepage will be open soon.

Invited Faculty Listing

Ira J. Goldberg, MD
Dickinson Richards Professor of Medicine
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Chief, Division of Preventive Medicine and Nutrition
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
New York, NY

Ulrich Jorde, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Medical Director, Cardiac Assist Device Program
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
New York, NY

Allan Schwartz, MD
Seymour Milstein Professor of Clinical Cardiology in the Department of Medicine
Harold Ames Hatch Professor of Clinical Medicine
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Chief, Division of Cardiology
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
New York, NY

Gregg Stone, MD
Professor of Medicine
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Director of Cardiovascular Research and Education, Center for Interventional Vascular Therapy
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
Chairman, The Cardiovascular Research Foundation
New York, NY

Contact Information
Program Coordinator
Younghee Han
Assistant Manager of Int'l Operations Team
Hallym University Medical Center
Email: symposium@hallym.or.kr Tel: +82-2-2629-1272