全球心血管健康倡导者简介
克劳登·路易斯,医学博士
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Dr. 凯瑟琳一个. Taubert is a consummate professional and prominent cardiovascular researcher and 领袖. She is a national authority on rheumatic heart disease (RHD) having assisted in establishing international guidelines and strategic planning for reducing its global disease burden. She is the current Vice President of International Science and Health Strategies for the American Heart Association residing in Basel Switzerland where she assists in establishing international collaborations with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations (UN). As the previous Chief Science Officer for the World Heart Federation, Dr. Taubert has been tasked with effecting change in limited-resource areas. Dr. Taubert serves as a professor at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School. 作为一名训练有素的科学家, her thorough understanding of disease and passion for teaching has been pivotal in advancing the clinical knowledge in the training of physicians. Dr. Taubert has served to further advance international efforts by promoting quality improvement programs such as “Get with The Guidelines”. This effort serves to promote evidence-based practice and adherence to the latest scientific treatment guidelines.
She has influenced change in pediatric emergency care by her involvement with international emergency response system protocols and standardization of transport, 对减少资源有限地区的死亡率至关重要. With her involvement in “Go Red for Women” now in greater than 50 countries, she has served to raise awareness and education regarding cardiovascular disease in women as well as empowering them to seek prevention and treatment. Dr. 陶贝尔是心血管健康的全球冠军和倡导者.
你最自豪的成就是什么?
Being able to help move the needle on progress in the field of eradication of rheumatic fever and RHD. I am also very proud of having been able to mentor some of the AHA volunteers as they were beginning their careers as a volunteer – helping them to see the opportunities AHA could give them to make a difference.
正如谚语所说,“事后诸葛亮”.” What would you do differently if given a chance for a “do-over” within your career?
我很久以前就学会了不要去想“如果……会怎么样”?” Everything I have done has led me to where I am today, so I would not do anything over.
谁是你生命中帮助你实现愿景的导师?
我的成功很大程度上要归功于我的导师. William Shapiro, who at that time was Chief of Cardiology at a VA hospital. I got to see firsthand the bridge between research and clinical application. 这真的让我的职业生涯更加坚定了. 在我的整个职业生涯中,还有另一个人是我所敬仰的——dr. 纳内特温格. 在我们的领域里真是个了不起的领导者!
What advice do you have for those who are early career professionals, and particularly women?
我会提醒他们,一切皆有可能! 找到你的激情并追随它. I would also tell them, just as my mentor told me, to get involved in your local heart association.
作为一个女人, 领袖, and researcher within the cardiovascular profession what lessons learned would you be willing to share about your experience? 你必须克服的任何挑战?
我希望我所面临的大部分挑战都消失了, 但我怀疑有些人还在那里. 这一领域存在着无形的配额. I was asked in an interview why that institution should invest in educating me because, 毕竟, 我就不会结婚了, 生孩子, 退出劳动力市场? But I have to say that I was very lucky because none of my (mostly male) colleagues back then treated me differently.
随着美国心脏协会继续向全球扩张, 你认为国际上最大的挑战是什么?
我们与世界各地的许多姐妹社团有着良好的关系. 我们不仅有机会和他们一起工作, but we have the opportunity to learn from them even as they learn from us. The challenges include concrete things like being able to secure funding for the international programs and projects we do or want to do. 线上电子游戏飞禽走兽也是一个挑战. There are so many things I want us to do—in parallel rather than in series!
Within cardiovascular sciences and healthcare what are your inspirations and worries?
科学的发展总是越来越迅速. I am inspired by new discoveries in prevention, treatment, e-technology, etc. 但我知道我们没有实现全民健康公平, 在医疗保健方面也存在差异, “富人”和“穷人”之间的差距可能会越来越大.“我去过没有电的地区, or where no normal saline or other IV fluids were available in the whole hospital. I am glad that AHA adopted a new mission statement: “To be a relentless force for a world of longer, 更健康的生活.看到“世界”这个词对我来说意义重大.
What principles or pithy words of wisdom can your offer as inspiration to others?
我办公室里有两个牌子. 一个说,“永远跟随你的心.另一个说, “One of the deep secrets of life is that all that is really worth doing is what we do for others.“我一直努力按照这些原则生活.
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作者,克劳登·路易斯,医学博士
Clauden Louis is a resident physician specializing in Cardiothoracic Surgery at the University of Rochester Medical Center in Rochester New York. He volunteers extensively for the AHA and Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young.