UAB Synopsis, Vol. 27, No. 19, May 19, 2008
Navin C. Nanda, MD, professor of medicine, director of the UAB Heart Station/Echocardiography Laboratories, and senior scientist at the UAB Center for Aging was elected president of the Society of Geriatric Cardiology at its board of directors meeting on March 30. The society’s mission is to reduce the burden of cardiovascular disease in older people and to improve the care of older adults with cardiovascular disorders. It has been a leader in promoting improved care for older adults with cardiovascular diseases for more than 20 years.
“The society’s board of directors was pleased to pass the leadership of our organization on to Dr. Nanda,” Deborah Williams-Martinez, executive director of the society, says. “He is held in high esteem throughout our community, and we know he will inspire us all to achieve our goals in education, research, and public policy.”
Dr. Nanda succeeds Jeanne Y. Wei, MD, PhD, professor and executive vice chair, Reynolds Department of Geriatrics, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. “I am proud to hand the presidency over to the very capable hands of Dr. Nanda,” Dr. Wei says. “He is an outstanding physician and a great leader in our profession.”
Dr. Nanda was the first recipient of the Tufts University Award in Echocardiography. His other awards include the Ellis Island Medal of Honor, the Bridge Award from the Association of Black Cardiologists, Citizen of Rome status by the mayor of Rome, Italy, the Andreas R. Gruntzig Award by the Swiss Society of Cardiology, the Prince of Echocardiography of the Heart and Blood Vessels award by the Italian Society of Echocardiography, and the Echocardiographer of the Millennium award from the Argentinean Society of Cardiology. He also has been honored by the United Arab Emirates and the Emirates Society of Cardiology for pioneering lifetime contributions to the advancement of cardiology.
Dr. Nanda is a graduate of Bombay University and received his training in cardiology at National Heart Hospital in London and at the University of Rochester, New York.
He joined UAB in 1984 and has authored more than 700 scientific publications plus 13 books and video textbooks and has given more than 2000 lectures and presentations. He is editor-in-chief of Echocardiography: A Journal of Cardiovascular Ultrasound and Allied Techniques and has been listed in Best Doctors in America since 1994.