American College of Cardiology

PROCEEDINGS OF THE 30TH BETHESDA CONFERENCE. THE FUTURE OF ACADEMIC CARDIOLOGY. BETHESDA, MARYLAND, OCTOBER 26-27, 1998.
JACC Vol. 33, No. 5, April 1999:1091-1135

Kenneth Lee Baughman, MD, FACC, Conference Co-Chair
Michael H. Crawford, MD, FACC, Conference Co-Chair

This Conference, sponsored by the American College of Cardiology, was held at Heart House, Bethesda, Maryland, October 26-27, 1998.

Participants

JOSEPH S. ALPERT, MD, FACC

Robert S. and Irene P. Flinn
Professor of Medicine
Head, Department of Medicine
University of Arizona Health Sciences Center
1501 N. Campbell Avenue
Tucson, Arizona 85724-5035

KENNETH LEE BAUGHMAN, MD, FACC

The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
600 North Wolfe Street
Blalock 536
Baltimore, Maryland 21287
Conference Co-Chair

GEORGE A. BELLER, MD, FACC

Chief, Cardiovascular Division
Vice Chairman, Department of Medicine
University of Virginia Health Sciences Center
Box 158
Charlottesville, Virginia 22908

JEFFREY S. BORER, MD, FACC

Chief, Division of Cardiovascular Pathophysiology
New York Weill Cornell Center of NY Presbyterian Hospital
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
525 East 68th Street
New York, New York 10021

W. H. CAULFIELD, JR., MD, FACC

Executive Director
The Permanente Medical Group, Inc.
1950 Franklin Street
Oakland, California
The Permanente Medical Group, Inc. Representative

JAY N. COHN, MD, FACC

Cardiovascular Division
University of Minnesota Medical School
Box 508-UMHC
420 Delaware St., SE
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455

C. RICHARD CONTI, MD, MACC

Palm Beach Eminent Scholar, Cardiology
Professor of Medicine, Chief of Cardiology
University of Florida College of Medicine
P.O. Box 100277
1600 Archer Road, M436
Gainesville, Florida 32610-0277

MICHAEL H. CRAWFORD, MD, FACC

Robert S. Flinn Professor and Chief of Cardiology
University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center
University Hospital ACC-5
2211 Lomas Blvd. NE
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131
Conference Co-Chair

LARRY S. DEAN, MD, FACC

Professor of Medicine
373 BDB, UAB Station
Birmingham, Alabama 35294

LINDA L. DEMER, MD, PHD, FACC

Chief, Division of Cardiology
Associate Professor of Medicine and Physiology
UCLA School of Medicine
Room 47-123CHS, Division of Cardiology
Box 951679
Los Angeles, California 90095-1679

HENRY DEMOTS, MD, FACC

Medical Director, University Medical Group
Oregon Health Sciences University
3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road
Portland, Oregon 97201

PATRICE DESVIGNE-NICKENS, MD

Program Director, Heart Research Program
National Institutes of Health
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Division of Heart and Vascular Diseases
6701 Rockledge Dr., Suite 9158
Bethesda, Maryland 20894
NHLBI Representative

BARBARA J. DREW, RN, PHD, FANN

Associate Professor & Vice Chair, Department of Physiological Nursing
School of Nursing, N611Y
University of California, San Francisco
521 Parnassus Ave.
San Francisco, California 94143-0610

KENNETH A. ELLENBOGEN, MD, FACC

Director, Clinical Electrophysiology & Pacing
Medical College of Virginia
P.O. Box 980053
Richmond, Virginia 23298-0053

AVERY K. ELLIS, MD, PHD, FACC

Chief, Medical Service
Buffalo VA Medical Center (111)
3495 Bailey Avenue
Buffalo, New York 14215

ARTHUR M. FELDMAN, MD, PHD, FACC

Harry S. Tack Professor & Chief
Division of Cardiology
200 Lothrop Street
S572 Scaife Hall
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213

MARC D. FELDMAN, MD, FACC

Associate Professor of Medicine
Associate Director, Cardiac Catheterization Lab
Director, Interventional Research
University of Texas Health Sciences Center of San Antonio
7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, Texas 78284

ARTHUR GARSON, JR., MD, MPH, FACC

Sr. VP & Dean for Academic Operations
Baylor College of Medicine
MC 1-4460, 6621 Fannin St.
Houston, Texas 77030
President Elect, American College of Cardiology

NORA F. GOLDSCHLAGER, MD, FACC

Professor of Clinical Medicine, UCSF
Cardiology Division 5G1
San Francisco General Hospital
San Francisco, California 94110

AUGUSTUS O. GRANT, MD, CHB, PHD, FACC

Associate Professor of Medicine
Duke University Medical Center
Box 3504
Durham, North Carolina 27710

GABRIEL GREGORATOS, MD, FACC

Professor of Medicine Director, Cardiology Consultation Services
University of California, San Francisco
400 Parnassus Ave., Box 0327
San Francisco, California 94143

JOHN W. HIRSHFELD, JR., MD, FACC

Professor of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Cardiac Cath Lab, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-4283

ABRAHAM KARKOWSKY, MD, PHD

Medical Team Leader
Food and Drug Administration
Division of Cardio-Renal Drug Products,
HFD-110
5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville, Maryland 20857
Food and Drug Administration Representative

RICHARD J. KATZ, MD, FACC

Professor of Medicine
Division Director, Cardiology
George Washington University Medical Center
2150 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20037

SPENCER B. KING, III, MD, FACC

Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)
Director of Interventional Cardiology
Emory University Hospital
1364 Clifton Rd., NE, F606
Atlanta, Georgia 30322
President, American College of Cardiology

REBECCA T. KIRKLAND, MD, MPH

Professor of Pediatrics
Associate Dean for Curriculum
Baylor College of Medicine
One Baylor Plaza
Houston, Texas 77030

DAVID W. KOLSTAD

Hewlett-Packard Co.
Imaging Systems Division
3000 Minuteman Road
Andover, Massachusetts 01810-1099
Hewlett-Packard Co. Representative

MARVIN A. KONSTAM, MD, FACC

Professor of Medicine
Tufts University
New England Medical Center
Box 108
750 Washington Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02111-1533

DAVID KORN, MD, FACC

Director, Intensive Care Unit
Mt. Sinai Medical Center
4300 Alton Rd.
Miami Beach, Florida 33140-2849

DAVID C. LEACH, MD

Executive Director
Accred. Council for Graduate Medical Education
515 North State St., Suite 2000
Chicago, Illinois 60610
ACGME Representative

CARL V. LEIER, MD, FACC

Director, Division of Cardiology
Professor of Medicine
The Ohio State University Hospitals
669 Means Hall
1654 Upham Drive
Columbus, Ohio 43210

ROBERT I. LEVY, MD, FACC

Senior Vice President, Science and Technology
American Home Products
5 Giralda Farms
Madison, New Jersey 07940
American Home Products/Wyeth Ayerst Research Representative

BARTON MCCANN, MD

Health Policy Alternatives, Inc.
444 North Capitol St., NW
Washington, DC 20001-1512
Health Policy Alternatives, Inc. Representative

GEORGE A. MENSAH, MD, FACP, FACC

Medical College of Georgia
Chief of Cardiology
VA Medical Center
One Freedom Way
Augusta, Georgia 30904-6285
Citizens for Public Research (CPR) & Association of Black Cardiologists Representative

JOSEPH V. MESSER, MD, FACC

Professor of Medicine
Rush Medical College
Senior Attending Physician
Associates in Cardiology, Ltd.
1725 West Harrison St., Suite 1138
Chicago, Illinois 60612

ERIC L. MICHELSON, MD, FACC

Director, Cardiovascular Therapeutic Area
Astra Pharmaceuticals
D-3N
725 Chesterbrook Blvd.
Wayne, Pennsylvania 19087
Astra Pharmaceuticals Representative

ROBERT E. MICHLER, MD, FACC

Karl P. Klassen Professor of Surgery
Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
The Ohio State University Medical Center
N825 Doan Hall
410 West 10th Avenue
Columbus, Ohio 43210

ALAN B. MILLER, MD, FACC

Professor of Medicine
University of Florida
Health Science Center
655 West 8th Street
Jacksonville, Florida 32209

LESLIE W. MILLER, MD, FACC

Professor of Cardiology
Director, Cardiovascular Division
University of Minnesota
420 Delaware Street S.E., Box 508
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455

GILBERT H. MUDGE, JR, MD, FACC

Brigham and Women's Hospital
75 Francis Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02115

JOHN NAUGHTON, MD, FACC

Professor
S.U.N.Y.-Buffalo
School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
128 Farber Hall
Buffalo, New York 14214

JOHN J. NORCINI, PHD

Senior Vice President
American Board of Internal Medicine
510 Walnut St., Suite 1700
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106-3699
American Board of Internal Medicine Representative

CATHERINE M. OTTO, MD, FACC

Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, Cardiology Fellowship Program
Division of Cardiology, Box 356422
University of Washington
1959 NE Pacific
Seattle, Washington 98195-6422
Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine Program for Women Representative

GERALD M. POHOST, MD, FACC

Director, Institute for NMR Research & Development
University of Alabama at Birmingham
101 Boshell Diabetes Bldg.
1808 Seventh Avenue South
Birmingham, Alabama 35294-0012

RICHARD L. POPP, MD, FACC

Sr. Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Dean's Office, Room M-121
300 Pasteur Drive
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, California 94305-5119

MARC R. PRITZKER, MD, FACC

Minneapolis Cardiology Associates
920 East Twenty-Eighth St., Suite 300
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55404

PHILIP R. REID, MD, FACC

Vice President
Eli Lilly and Company
Lilly Research Laboratories
Lilly Corporate Center
Indianapolis, Indiana 46285
Eli Lilly and Company Representative

DALE G. RENLUND, MD, FACC

Professor of Internal Medicine
Division of Cardiology
University of Utah Health Sciences Center
50 North Medical Drive
Salt Lake City, Utah 84132

JAMES L. RITCHIE, MD, FACC

Director, Division of Cardiology
University of Washington School of Medicine
1959 NE Pacific Street
AA510 Health Science Building
Box 356422
Seattle, Washington 98195-6422

J. JAMES ROHACK, MD, FACC

Chair, AMA Council on Medical Education
Scott & White Health Plan
2401 South 31st Street
Temple, Texas 76508
American Medical Association Representative

SIMEON A. RUBENSTEIN, MD, FACC

125 16th Avenue East
Seattle, Washington 98112
American Association of Health Plans Representative

GEORGE W. VETROVEC, MD, FACC

Professor of Medicine
Chairman, Division of Cardiology
Medical College of Virginia
1200 E. Broad St., W6 North, Rm. 607
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Virginia 23219
President, Association of Professors of Cardiology

ROBERT A. VOGEL, MD, FACC

Herbert Berger Professor of Medicine
Head, Division of Cardiology
University of Maryland Hospital
22 South Greene Street
Room S3B06
Baltimore, Maryland 21201

DAVID D. WATERS, MD, FRCP, FACC

Division of Cardiology
Hartford Hospital
80 Seymour Street
Hartford, Connecticut 06102-5037

HOWARD H. WEITZ, MD, FACP, FACC

Deputy Chairman, Department of Medicine
Director, Division of Cardiology
Thomas Jefferson Medical College
1025 Walnut Street, Suite 403
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107
American College of Physicians/American Society of Internal Medicine Representative

ROBERTA G. WILLIAMS, MD, FACC

Chairman of Pediatrics
509 Burnett Womack
University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7220

DOUGLAS P. ZIPES, MD, FACC

Distinguished Professor of Medicine
Pharmacology & Toxicology
Director, Krannert Institute of Cardiology & Division of Cardiology
Indiana University School of Medicine
1111 W. 10th St.
Indianapolis, Indiana 46202-4800

Conference Steering Committee

Staff

CHRISTINE W. MCENTEE, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
PENNY S. MILLS, SENIOR ASSOCIATE EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
CHARLENE L. MAY, DIRECTOR, DOCUMENT DEVELOPMENT AND PRACTICE GUIDELINES
LISA B. BRADFIELD, MANAGER, DOCUMENT DEVELOPMENT