GHLI Faculty Member Leads First of Its Kind
Yale-Fuwai Session on Outcomes Research
Beijing, China
September 11th-13th, 2009
Dr. Harlan Krumholz, Professor of Medicine and GHLI faculty at Yale, was part of a delegation of physicians and researchers from the United States who participated in a Yale-Fuwai Session in Beijing, China at the 2009 International Heart Forum. The Yale-Fuwai Session was the first of its kind to promote international collaboration in the field of outcomes research. Dr. Krumholz helped kick-off the Forum with a plenary presentation titled, "Guidelines, Personalized Medicine and Common Sense." In a session on topics related to coronary heart disease, he gave a talk titled, "STEMI Systems: Changing the Approach to Care." During the Yale-Fuwai Session, he presented, "Lipid Levels and Evidence-Based Decisions."
Chen Zhu, China's Minister of Health, meets with Dr. Krumholz to discuss the role of outcomes research in improving health systems.
US delegation at Yale-Fuwai Outcomes Research Session
(from left to right) Drs. Yida Tang (Fuwai Hospital), Harlan Krumholz (Yale University), Frederick Masoudi (University of Colorado), John Spertus (University of Missouri, Kansas City), Jeptha Curtis (Yale University),
Paul Chan (University of Missouri, Kansas City), Yun Wang (Yale University). |
