‘State of the Heart’: Israeli Medical Conference Highlights Cardiovascular Advancements
Haifa (TPS) – Hundreds of international researchers and healthcare
professionals gathered at the Rambam Hospital in Haifa this week for a
conference dubbed “State of the Heart.”
The conference addressed global challenges in cardiovascular treatment
and highlighted innovative changes in the field as a result of
cutting-edge technology. The Rambam Health Care Campus is a 1,000-bed
academic hospital serving over two million residents of northern
Israel.
The conference culminated with the Rambam Award ceremony, which
“recognizes remarkable individuals for their contributions to
medicine, science, and technology as well as their passion and special
generosity to the State of Israel.”
Awards and honorable recognition were given this year to Professor
Eric Topol of the Scripps Translational Science Institute, Sandor
Frankel of the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust, and to
Professor William Brody, the former president of the Salk Institute.
Brody was recognized for innovations in the treatment of
cardiovascular disease. He specializes as a physician and engineer in
imaging technologies—an aspect of cardiovascular treatment that has
come a long way with MRI and CT scan capabilities.
“You could think of the scanner as slicing up the body like a butcher
and then we could put these slices on a computer to create a
three-dimensional image,” Brody said in an interview with TPS. “When I
first saw that, my jaw dropped. It was like staring at a human body
with the skin removed. We were able to use this to create interesting
new ways of evaluating heart function. These images could then be
produced on home computers and today this probably can be done on your
iPad. This shows how far computing has gone.”
Professor Yuval Noah Harari, the bestselling author of the book
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, spoke at the conference about
what he described as the future of medicine—the changing focus from
healing the sick to “upgrading” the healthy.
“We see the annual summit as the apex of Rambam’s year-round
commitment to medical research and innovation. The best and latest of
cutting-edge medical technologies are presented at the conference as
well as the methods and practices that make up the digital medicine
frontier,” said Rambam Health Care Campus Chief Executive Officer and
Director General Rafi Beyar.
‘State of the Heart’: Israeli Medical Conference Highlights Cardiovascular Advancements
Comments are closed.
