PHA Achieves Educational
Breakthrough With
New Interactive CD-ROM
Imagine an interactive, virtual diagnostic assessment of a
patient with pulmonary arterial hypertension reconstructed for
you step by step with every essential aspect covered, from
history and physical, including heart tones, to echocardiograms,
x-rays, lung scans, and catheterization. It is animated, contains
videos, and allows you to interact with the diagnostic assessment
to determine your next move. All captured on a CD-ROM
by the world’s leading experts in diagnosing pulmonary hypertension. Better yet,
all you need do to obtain this CD-ROM is request a complimentary copy via a
Web site, as indicated on page 5.
For most of this year the Pulmonary Hypertension Association (PHA) has
been developing this dynamic multimedia project on the diagnosis of pulmonary
hypertension through the support of a $25,000 grant from the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention. Leading cardiologists and pulmonologists have
posted their insights and findings of diagnostic assessments on a Web site
established specifically to create the information on the CD-ROM. This project
was recently completed, enabling PHA to offer the only CD-ROM of its kind to
guide physicians through the myriad situations arising in clinical practice, exactly
as presented by a patient suspected of having pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Working with multimedia specialists David Criley and John Criley of Blaufuss
Medical Multimedia, San Francisco, a PHA committee has contributed a wealth
of information from real-life scenarios. Complete with real-time videos and allowing
the viewer to interact, even at the level of moving a stethoscope’s chestpiece
on screen to elicit different heart tones, the CD-ROM is part of a growing
resource of educational materials available to physicians and patients at no
charge from PHA. For example, free copies are available of the new American
College of Chest Physicians PAH Practice Guidelines. Six programs this fall,
entitled Shedding Light on Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: The Journey Toward
a Brighter Future, will be held at regional locations around the country, with
Continuing Medical Education credit offered.
The newly published Pulmonary Hypertension: A Patient’s Survival Guide may
be obtained through the PHA Web site or call
(301) 565-3004. It is a 280-page guide for patients and medical professionals.
And from September 30 to October 1, the 2005 PH Resource Network Symposium
will be held in Bethesda, Maryland. More information and registration
On behalf of PHA and its Scientific Leadership Council, I urge you to take
advantage of the growing network and library of educational offerings as we work
together toward a cure for pulmonary hypertension.
Vallerie V. McLaughlin, MD
Editor-in-Chief
Articles
Advances in Pulmonary Hypertension,
Autumn 2005, Vol. 4, No. 3
Editor-in-Chief Richard Channick, MD
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Pulmonary and Critical Care Division
University of California, San Diego Medical Center
San Diego, California
Immediate Past Editor Ronald J. Oudiz, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Director, Liu Center for Pulmonary Hypertension
LA Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Editor-in-Chief Elect Erika Berman Rosenzweig, MD
Director, Pulmonary
Hypertension Center, Columbia University Medical Center Associate
Professor of Clinical Pediatrics (in Medicine)
Associate Editors
Kristin Highland, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy and Sleep Medicine
Medical University Of Carolina
Francisco Soto, MD, MS
Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Program
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Medical College of Wisconsin
Todd Bull, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Robert Schilz, DO, PhD
Medical Director of Lung
Transplantation and Pulmonary Vascular Disease
University Hospital of Cleveland
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio
Publisher
Pulmonary Hypertension Association
Carl Hicks, Board Chair
Rino Aldrighetti, President
Sherrie Borden, Vice President, Medical and Patient Education
Publishing Staff Managing Editor
Deborah L. McBride
McBride Strategic Services
mcbridedeb@aol.com
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Design Director
Michael McClain
Advances in Pulmonary Hypertension is circulated to
cardiologists, pulmonologists, rheumatologists and other selected
physicians by the Pulmonary Hypertension Association. The contents of the articles are independently determined by the Editor
and the Editorial Advisory Board.
Editorial Mission Advances in Pulmonary Hypertension is committed
to help physicians in their clinical decision
making by informing them of important
trends affecting their practice. Analyzing the
impact of new findings and covering current
information in the peer-reviewed literature,
Advances in Pulmonary Hypertension is published
four times a year. Advances in Pulmonary
Hypertension is the official journal
of the Pulmonary Hypertension Association.
Each article in this journal has been reviewed
and approved by members of the Editorial
Advisory Board.
Editorial Board
Charles Burger, MD
Medical Director, PH Clinic
Mayo Clinic
Jacksonville, FL
Karen Fagan, M.D. Chief, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine University of South Alabama
Eli Gabbay, MD
Lung Transplant Unit
Royal Perth Hospital
Nick Kim, M.D.
Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine
University of California San Diego
Deborah Jo Levine, M.D.
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
San Antonio, TX
Omar Minai, MD
Dept of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine
Myung Park, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Fernando Torres, MD Director Pulmonary Hypertension Clinic
UTSW Medical Center Dallas
University Hospital
Glenna Traiger, RN, MSN
Pulmonary & Critical Care
Pulmonary Hypertension CNS
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
R. James White, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Pharmacology & Physiology
University of Rochester, Division of Pulmonary and CCM
Roham Zamanian, MD
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Stanford University Medical Center
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advice, and should not be relied upon as a substitute for consultations
with qualified professionals who are familiar with your individual
needs.
PHA Achieves Educational
