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Dr. Jonathan Stamler Earns AHA Distinguished Scientist Award J ONATHAN STAMLER, MD, Director of the Harrington Discovery Institute at University Hospitals (UH) Case Medical Center, recently received the 2013 American Heart Association Distinguished Scientist Award at the association's annual conference in Dallas, Texas. This prestigious honor, the highest bestowed by the American Heart Association, recognizes individuals whose work has significantly advanced the understanding of cardiovascular disease and stroke. An internationally renowned physician-scientist, Dr. Stamler is recognized for the discovery of a universal mechanism by which the gas nitric oxide affects cellular function in biology. Dr. Stamler is the Robert S. and Sylvia K. Reitman Family Foundation Distinguished Chair in Cardiovascular Innovation at UH Case Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. He also is Director of the Institute for Transformative Molecular Medicine, and Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry at the School of Medicine. Dr. Stamler has published more than 250 original articles and two books, has co-founded five companies, and serves on multiple editorial and scientific advisory boards. He is the author of more than 125 patents. He received his MD from Mount Sinai School of Medicine and completed his residency and fellowships in both cardiology and pulmonary medicine at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital. Dr. Stamler joined the faculty at Harvard University before spending 16 years at Duke University. He joined Case Western Reserve and the UH Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute at UH Case Medical Center in 2010. Dr. Stamler is currently conducting multiple National Institutes of Healthand Department of Defense-funded studies to develop new drugs for treatment of heart, lung and blood disorders and complications of blood transfusion. He has also been recognized by several other prizes and awards, including being named among the "Top Innovators in America" by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. ■ We've worked with physicians for so long, we'll give you a sandwich if you have borborygmus. For more than 30 years, Weidrick Livesay & Company has been serving the business and accounting needs of physicians, from wealth management and retirement planning to prescribing corned beef on rye for those pesky stomach rumblings. 2150 N. Cleveland-Massillon Rd. • Akron, OH 44333 330.659.5985 www.wlcpa .co m 2014 JANUARY/FEBRUARY ■ MDNEWS.COM ■ MD NEWS Cleveland/Akron/Canton | 13