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BOARD OF DIRECTORS 7272 Greenville Avenue • Dallas, Texas 75231-4596, USA Tel: 1-214-706-1301 • Fax: 1-214-706-1211 www.interamericanheart.org • E-mail: iahf@interamericanheart.org PRESIDENT Herman E. Schargrodsky, MD Argentina PRESIDENT-ELECT Eduardo Morales Briceño, MD Venezuela IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT Rafael Shuchleib, MD Mexico November 23, 2009 Senator Harry Reid US Senate Washington, DC Dear Senator Reid: I want to indicate my organization’s support for the Senate healthcare bill and encourage the US Senate to pass this bill. In particular, we suggest that preventive measures be highlighted so that long term, our healthcare expense will be reduced. We realize the difficulties of passing this legislation. However, there are many people that like us see it as imperative that our country make this important change to be more competitive and have a healthy population. Sincerely, TREASURER Cleve Myers, CA Canada SECRETARY Deborah Chen, SRN MPH Jamaica MEMBERS AT LARGE Alvaro Avezum, MD Brazil Edward J. McDonald Jr. USA Sonia Meza, MD México Adrian Randall Barbados ECC DIRECTOR Saúl Drajer, MD, Chair Argentina TASKFORCE CHAIRS CARMELA STUDY Steering Committee Elinor Wilson, RN, PhD Scientific Committee Herman E. Schargrodsky, MD CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION Carlos A. Morillo, MD Colombia FUND RAISING Carolyn Brooks Canada Beatriz M. Champagne, PhD Executive Director InterAmerican Heart Foundation 7272 Greenville Ave. Dallas, TX 75231 Tel: 1 972 562 3806 Fax: 1 972 562 3807 beatriz.champagne@interamericanheart.org www.interamericanheart.org EMERGENCY CARDIOVASCULAR CARE (ECC) Saúl Drajer, MD, Chair Argentina Santiago de los Santos, MD, Director Uruguay EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PREVENTION Carlos Boissonnet, MD Argentina FOUNDATIONS ORGANIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT Ing. Marielba Cordido Venezuela METABOLIC SYNDROME Raul Dias dos Santos, MD Brazil PHYSICAL ACTIVITY Yvonne García Richaud, PT Mexico TOBACCO CONTROL Eduardo Bianco, MD Uruguay EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Beatriz Marcet Champagne, PhD email: beatriz.champagne@iahf.org MEMBERS: ARGENTINA • Fundación Cardiológica Argentina Fundación Cardio BARBADOS • The Heart & Stroke Foundation of Barbados BRAZIL • Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia CANADA • Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada DOMINICAN REPUBLIC • Fundación Dominicana de Cardiología ECUADOR ● Instituto de Enfermedades del Corazón GUATEMALA • Liga Guatemalteca del Corazón APRECOR JAMAICA • Heart Foundation of Jamaica Caribbean Cardiac Society MEXICO • Asociación Mexicana para la Prevención de la Aterosclerosis y sus Complicaciones (AMPAC) NETHERLANDS ANTILLES • Heart Foundation of Curaçao PANAMA • Fundación Cardiológica de Panamá ST. LUCIA ● Heart, Lung, Blood Institute of St. Lucia TRINIDAD & TOBAGO • Trinidad & Tobago Heart Foundation (TTHF) URUGUAY ● Fundación Procardias USA • American Heart Association The Society of Chest Pain Centers and Providers VENEZUELA • Fundación Venezolana del Corazón ASOCIATE MEMBERS: Tobacco Free Americas Network, National Resuscitation Councils, ARGENTINA - Fundación Cardiológica de Córdoba para la Asistencia, Docencia e Investigación Médica (FUCCADIM), Fundación Cardiológica de Corrientes, BRAZIL - Asociação Ribeiraopretana de Ensino, Pesquisa e Assistencia ao Hipertenso (AREPAH), CANADA - Canadian Public Health Association, CHILE - CEFAV, Fundación de Cardiología de Chile, COLOMBIA - Fundación Colombiana del Corazón, ECUADOR - Fundación Cardiológica Ecuatoriana, MÉXICO - Asociación Nacional de Cardiólogos de México (ANCAM), Fundación Mexicana para la Prevención Cardiovascular AC, PARAGUAY - Fundación de Ayuda al Cardíaco, URUGUAY - Sociedad Uruguaya de Cardiología Country's national foundation in bold.
