Two honored at cardiovascular research symposium















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Ray Hershberger, M.D., right, the keynote presenter at the Ninth Annual Cardiovascular Research Symposium, visits with UNMC faculty members Irving Zucker, Ph.D., left, and John Windle, M.D. Drs. Zucker and Windle also presented during the symposium.


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Daniel Anderson, M.D., Ph.D., won the basic science category of the symposium.

A UNMC faculty member and a cardiology fellow took top honors in the poster contests at the Ninth Annual Cardiovascular Research Symposium at UNMC on Friday, Feb. 4.

Scott Shurmur, M.D., associate professor of cardiology, claimed the top prize in the clinical science division with his poster, titled “Intravenous Fenoldopam is Not Superior to Oral N-Acetylcysteine for Preventing Contrast-Induced Decline in Renal Function During Cardiac Catherization: The Comparison of N-Acetylcysteine to Fenoldopam for the Prevention of Contrast-Induced Nephropathy (Cafcin) Study.”

Daniel Anderson, M.D., Ph.D., won the basic science category with his poster, titled “Alterations in Serum Complement C3 Levels Induced by Intravenous Pesda Infusions.”
In all, there were six clinical abstracts and 21 basic science abstracts submitted.

The poster presentations concluded a day of symposium presentations. Ray Hershberger, M.D., director of Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology and director of the Cardiac Transplantation and Endstage Heart Disease Programs at the Oregon Health & Science University, gave the keynote presentation.

“This is a neat event,” Dr. Hershberger said as he viewed the posters at the conclusion of the day. “I’m very impressed.”