Sanford recognized at global expo for innovation

Contact:

Jon Berg
Sanford Health Media Relations
605-366-2432 / Jon.Berg@SanfordHealth.org

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. –Sanford Health physicians will present at the Annual Scientific Session & Expo of American College of Cardiology March 4-6 in New Orleans. The sessions are known as the most prestigious and largest cardiology scientific meetings in the world.

The work of Sanford Health Drs. Eric Larson, Marian Petrasko, Scott Pham, Naveen Rajpurohit, Adam Stys and Tom Stys will be presented at this year’s expo in addition to Dr. Catherine Hajek director of population genomics at Sanford Health. The presentations are a mixture of poster and podium presentations in front of hundreds of cardiologists and cardiology experts from across the globe. The expo incorporates global health advocacy with the goal to reduce the burden of cardiovascular disease worldwide.

Topics of the presentations include genetic testing and polygenic risk scores, major adverse cardiovascular events, acute coronary syndrome and stroke in COVID-19 related submissive pulmonary embolisms.

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About Sanford Health
Sanford Health, the largest rural health system in the United States, is dedicated to transforming the health care experience and providing access to world-class health care in America’s heartland. Headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, the organization serves more than one million patients and 220,000 health plan members across 250,000 square miles. The integrated health system has 47 medical centers, 2,800 Sanford physicians and advanced practice providers, 170 clinical investigators and research scientists, more than 200 Good Samaritan Society senior care locations and world clinics in 8 countries around the globe. Learn more about Sanford Health’s commitment to shaping the future of rural health care across the lifespan at sanfordhealth.org or Sanford Health News.