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Medical Professionals Increasingly Adopting the SHAPE Guidelines
Effort to detect and treat heart attack risk in apparently healthy
people gains foothold in Lebanon
HOUSTON, October 26, 2010 – SHAPE, The Society for Heart Attack
Prevention and Eradication (http://www.shapesociety.org),
a nonprofit organization that promotes the early detection and
treatment of heart attack risk in apparently healthy people, today
awarded SHAPE Provider Certification to 10 medical providers from
around the world. The newly certified providers include nine
physicians in Lebanon and one registered nurse in Arizona.
“SHAPE Provider Certification focuses on best practices for reducing
the incidence of acute coronary events and deaths from coronary
artery disease, and we are pleased that medical providers around the
world are finding it to be a valuable resource,” said JoAnne
Zawitoski, chair of the SHAPE Board of Directors. “Through a
rigorous process of training and examination, the program teaches
how to identify clinically appropriate patients for non-invasive
screening for coronary artery disease, which advances our mission of
promoting the early detection of CAD.”
The nine newly certified physicians in Lebanon participated in a
course facilitated by Hussain Isma’eel, M.D.
SHAPE Provider Certification adheres to the First SHAPE Guideline
for screening to identify hidden CAD in apparently healthy patients.
The SHAPE II Task Force will convene at the American Heart
Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions 2010 on November 13th and is
expected to recommend updates that incorporate what has been learned
through research and medical practice during the four years since
the First SHAPE Guideline was introduced.
In addition to SHAPE Provider Certification, SHAPE encourages best
practices in heart attack screening through SHAPE Certified Centers
of Excellence. Unlike traditional cardiovascular clinics that are
primarily focused on preventing a second heart attack, SHAPE
Certified Centers of Excellence focus on the prevention of a first
heart attack.
SHAPE’s exhibit at the AHA Scientific Sessions 2010 (Booth #1708)
will showcase updates to the SHAPE Guideline as well as the SHAPE
Certified Centers of Excellence program and SHAPE Provider
Certification initiative.
SHAPE Certified Providers:
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Kelly
Coracides, RN
Mercy
Gilbert Medical Center
Gilbert, AZ
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Lebanon |
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Mohammad
Dghaili, MD
Alaeedine
Hospital
Sarafand,
Lebanon
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Imad Marji,
MD
Beirut,
Lebanon
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Mohammad
Sleiman, MD
Beirut,
Lebanon
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Jihad
Chebbo, MD
Saida,
Lebanon
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Samir
Arnaout, MD
Beirut,
Lebanon
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Ali Mansour,
MD
Beirut,
Lebanon
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Adel
Dimassi, MD
Beirut,
Lebanon
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Gilbert Abi
Nader, MD
Beirut,
Lebanon
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Ali Jaffal,
MD
Nabatieh,
Lebanon
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About the Society for Heart Attack Prevention and Eradication
(SHAPE):
Based in Houston,
the Society for Heart Attack Prevention and Eradication (SHAPE) is a
non-profit organization that promotes education and research related
to prevention, detection, and treatment of heart attacks. SHAPE is
committed to raising public awareness about revolutionary
discoveries that are opening exciting avenues to prevent heart
attacks. SHAPE's mission is to eradicate heart attacks in the 21st
century. Additional information is available on the organization's
Web site at
www.shapesociety.org.
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