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Jewish Hospital Heart and Lung Institute Distinguished Chair in Cardiology
School of Medicine - Established December 1997
Jewish Hospital Foundation created this distinguished chair in
cardiology, which was matched by the state Research Challenge Trust
Fund, during the university's bicentennial campaign. The chair studies
new therapeutic strategies to reduce heart disease, an area of research
that already has brought national recognition to U of L's Division of
Cardiovascular Medicine.
Jewish Hospital Foundation was a principal contributor to the
bicentennial campaign, providing funds for the Donald E. Baxter
Biomedical Research Building and numerous clinical and research programs
in the School of Medicine.
Founded in 1905, Jewish Hospital has long been a partner with the School
of Medicine.
In 2001, U of L surgeons led a Jewish Hospital clinical
team that performed the world's first two implants of the AbioCor
self-contained artificial heart.
