Eugene Braunwald, the Hersey Distinguished Professor of the Theory and Practice of Physic at HMS and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American College of Cardiology in April. Braunwald, who chaired the Department of Medicine at BWH from 1972 to 1996 and currently heads the hospital’s TIMI (Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction) study group, was honored for pioneering the use of drugs to dissolve blood clots, reduce damage to heart muscle, and pave the way for modern-day management of heart attacks. In September, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Heart Failure Society of North America for his research on heart failure.
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