Evans Center Hypertension Symposium Honoring Haralambos Gavras, MD, April 16
The Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research is honoring Dr. Haralambos (Harry) Gavras on Friday, April 16, with a mini-symposium on hypertension.
The symposium is in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the field of hypertension. Dr. Gavras serves as professor of Medicine at BUSM and Chief of the Hypertension and Atherosclerosis Section. He has been the Director of an NIH-supported Specialized Center of Research in the Molecular Genetics of Hypertension and a member of various NIH Study Sections and Advisory Committees.
A pioneer in the research of the renin-angiotensin system, he was the first to introduce ACE inhibition and angiotensin II blockade for the treatment of patients with hypertension, congestive heart failure, or both. Dr. Gavras has received the Novartis Award from the Council of High Blood Pressure Research of the American Heart Association in 2000 and the Franz Volhard Award of the International Society of Hypertension in 2004, as well as numerous other awards and Honorary Doctorates. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, (Glasgow), past President of the American Society of Hypertension and the Inter-American Society of Hypertension and past Chairman of the Hypertension Council of the American Heart Association. He has been on the faculty of Boston University since 1975 and is the author of more than 650 publications.
Details on this symposium will be available late February. For more information please contact Robin MacDonald, remac@bu.edu.
To suggest topics and awardees for future mini-symposiums, please visit http://www.bumc.bu.edu/evanscenteribr/mini-symposia-and-seminars/how-to-apply/