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Dr. Clara Massey (above) and Dr. Natalie Bauer (below) speak at the American Heart Association's Go Red for Women symposium Feb. 7, 2014.
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Dr. Natalie Bauer, assistant professor of pharmacology at the University of South Alabama College of Medicine, and Dr. Clara Massey, professor of internal medicine and director of the division of cardiology at USA, recently presented lectures during a series of break-out sessions at the American Heart Association’s Go Red for Women symposium.The event was held Feb. 7 at the Renaissance Riverview Plaza Hotel in downtown Mobile.
Dr. Bauer's lecture, "Microparticles: Big Information in Tiny Packages," included information on the role of microparticles in pulmonary arterial hypertension, a fatal progressive illness that causes severe shortness of breath and right heart failure. Dr. Massey gave an update from the American College of Cardiology.
As part of the "Go Red for Women" campaign against heart disease, the event educates and inspires women to take action against the number one killer of women in the United States.
For more information visit http://www.goredforwomen.org.
