PARTNERS Spring Luncheon
PARTNERS is proud to announce
Denton A. Cooley, M.D. - Honoree
S. Ward
Casscells, M.D. - Keynote speaker
2008 PARTNERS Spring Luncheon - March 26,
2008
Denton A. Cooley, M.D.
President, Texas Heart Institute
- Founder, president and surgeon-in-chief of the Texas Heart Institute
- Chief of Cardiovascular Surgery at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital
- Performed the first successful human heart transplant in the U.S. and the first
implantation of total artificial heart in man
- Awarded the National Medal of Freedom and the National Medal of Technology
The Honorable S. Ward Casscells, M.D.
Assistant Secretary of Defense
for Health Affairs
- Appointed in April 2007 as Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs
- Leader in disaster medicine and pandemic preparedness and research in heart attack
and stroke prevention
- Proponent of patient-driven health care
- Awarded the Army Achievement Medal for guiding the Army’s response to Hurricanes
Katrina and Rita
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