birth_date: 0001-07-13 00:00:00
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name: James S.  Forrester
about: James S. Forrester, MD, is the George Burns and Gracie Allen Emeritus Professor of Cardiology, former Chief of Cardiology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, and Professor of Medicine at the UCLA School of Medicine. Early in his career he developed a bedside way of treating heart attack patients, called the Forrester classification, which revolutionized the care of critically ill patients. Later he developed an approach to diagnostic heart tests, called the Diamond-Forrester method, which is used worldwide in cardiology. He has served as mentor to several hundred cardiologists, a number of whom became international leaders in heart disease. He has published over 400 full-length scientific manuscripts, been an invited visiting profes James S. Forrester, MD, is the George Burns and Gracie Allen Emeritus Professor of Cardiology, former Chief of Cardiology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, and Professor of Medicine at the UCLA School of Medicine. Early in his career he developed a bedside way of treating heart attack patients, called the Forrester classification, which revolutionized the care of critically ill patients. Later he developed an approach to diagnostic heart tests, called the Diamond-Forrester method, which is used worldwide in cardiology. He has served as mentor to several hundred cardiologists, a number of whom became international leaders in heart disease. He has published over 400 full-length scientific manuscripts, been an invited visiting professor at many of the nation's leading medical universities, and given a thousand national and international cardiovascular lectures. He is the second-ever recipient of the 40,000 member American College of Cardiology's Lifetime Achievement Award, its highest honor. In 2013 his former mentees posted a video tribute on YouTube. ...more