Cardiologist honored for bringing international focus to life's work
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"What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived," Nelson Mandela once said. "It is what difference we have made to the life of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead."
这句话定义了博士的职业生涯. DP 苏雷什, who says his passion for cardiology stems from his personal life and his patients.
A native of India, his father developed heart disease in his 40s, when Dr. 苏雷什还在上高中. 不幸的是,他多年来一直没有得到诊断. 只有当Dr. 苏雷什 started practicing medicine that he realized his father's symptoms were heart related and he urged him to get the correct treatment. 谢天谢地,他的父亲现在92岁了,身体状况很好. 他的母亲几年前死于心力衰竭.
Dr. 苏雷什 has continued to follow this passion through his career as a cardiologist and executive medical director at St. Elizabeth Heart and Vascular Institute in the Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky area. He will receive the Ron Haddock International Impact Award for his efforts to bring the 美国心脏协会's programs and protocols to India and other countries.
以黑线鳕命名, 谁是美国心脏协会2012-13年度的董事会主席, 该奖项旨在表彰对全球努力做出的杰出贡献. 苏雷什 will be honored Thursday, May 2, in 美国心脏协会's online National 志愿者 Awards 仪式,从6点到8点.m. 中央.
His many years of involvement with the 美国心脏协会 — with roles as Board president of the Cincinnati Chapter and Great Rivers Affiliate of the Midwest region — got him excited about the work the association does in North America, 他希望看到其他国家从中受益.
四年前. 苏雷什 approached AHA leaders with an idea: "How can we improve the care of patients not just in North America, 而且在国际上, and how do we develop quality programs in heart disease and 中风 globally?" 现在, 美国心脏协会 has started this work in the Middle East, India and North Africa.
在美国, hospitals follow specific policies and processes for patients who come into the ER with chest pain. 例如, patients in America typically get an EKG within the first 10 minutes, 医生会立即检查检查结果. Then providers follow a treatment plan for those who are having heart attacks versus those who are not.
在印度和其他国家, 系统没有遵循明确的流程和协议, 尽管它们是必需的. 有苏雷什的帮助, 美国心脏协会, in 2023, chose four health systems in various parts of India to launch pilot programs to implement protocols for patients visiting emergency rooms with heart symptoms.
印度迫切需要以系统为基础的心脏护理. 苏雷什说. In fact, cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in India. 20年前的情况并非如此, when the leading cause of death was diarrhea and other infectious diseases.
现在, 心脏病和它的表亲高居榜首, 中风, 是前五大死因之一吗. Poor health habits such as living a sedentary lifestyle and unhealthy eating are encroaching on Indian communities. 这些护理方面的差距令Dr. 苏雷什.
心脏病急剧增加, 由于快餐文化的兴起, 压力大,睡眠不足. 吸烟在印度变得越来越普遍, 现在吸电子烟的人数开始增加, 商店出售电子烟作为香烟的更好替代品, 而这些甜味食品的目标客户是儿童. 吸电子烟的危害是吸烟的三到五倍. 苏雷什说. 在电子烟中,高剂量的尼古丁直接进入大脑.
"It is in our hands to make a better world for all who live in it," Dr. 苏雷什说. "The 美国心脏协会 strives to keep reducing the impact of heart disease and 中风 for patients 到处都是."