CHARLESTON, SC (July 1, 2008) – Dr. Pamela Morris, Assistant Professor of Medicine with MUSC’s Heart & Vascular Center in Charleston, was elected to the AHA Mid-Atlantic Affiliate board of directors at their June meeting, begins her two-year term today. The American Heart Association’s Mid-Atlantic Affiliate serves Maryland, the District of Columbia, Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina. Also joining the class of 2010 are Richard Foster, M.D., SVP of the South Carolina Hospital Association, Jay Mahaffey, SVP, Bank of America, Austin Pittman, President, United Healthcare, and Pamela B. Morris, M.D., Director of Preventive Cardiology and Co-Director of Women’s Heart Care at the Medical University of South Carolina. Dr. Morris is a graduate of Wellesley College and Duke University School of Medicine. She completed her Internal Medicine residency and Cardiology fellowship at Duke Medical Center. She is currently Director of Preventive Cardiology and Co-Director of Women’s Heart Care at the Medical University of South Carolina. Preventive Cardiology has been a career interest for Dr. Morris. She has served as the Medical Director of the Duke University Preventive Approach to Cardiology program (now the Duke Center for Living) and Consultant to the Mayo Clinic Cardiovascular Health Clinic in Rochester, MN. She currently provides comprehensive, integrated preventive care for patients referred with heart disease risk factors and for patients with established coronary heart disease. Dr. Morris is board-certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Diseases, and Clinical Lipidology (management of cholesterol disorders). She specializes in evaluation, diagnosis, and management of patients with complex lipid abnormalities. Referrals are accepted for treatment strategies including nutrition, pharmacologic (drug) therapy, as well as LDL apheresis. As Co-Director of Women’s Heart Care at MUSC, Dr. Morris maintains an active interest in gender differences in the diagnosis and management of cardiovascular disease. She also participates nationally in educational programs for both physicians and women to raise awareness of women’s cardiovascular risks. Dr. Morris also specializes in the early detection of subclinical atherosclerosis and is experienced in assessment of coronary calcification and noninvasive angiography with both electron beam tomography (EBCT) and multislice computed tomography (MSCT). Dr. Morris is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and the American College of Preventive Medicine. She is a member of a number of other professional societies including the American College of Physicians, the National Lipid Association and Southeast Lipid Association, the American Society for Preventive Cardiology, the Society of Cardiovascular CT, and the Society of Atherosclerosis Imaging and Prevention. She remains an active volunteer in the American Heart Association and has served on the area board of directors, chairperson of the AHA Heart Walk, and the AHA Go Red for Women Awareness Campaign. “We are so thrilled to have Dr. Pamela Morris join our visionary group of dedicated professionals,” said Board Chair Leonard L. Edloe, M.Div., Pharm.D. “She brings great insight on how and where we need to focus our Association’s energy to build stronger, healthier lives for our Mid-Atlantic neighbors. About the American Heart Association Founded in 1924, the American Heart Association today is the nation’s oldest and largest voluntary health organization dedicated to building healthier lives, free of heart disease and stroke. These diseases, America’s No. 1 and No. 3 killers, and all other cardiovascular diseases claim nearly 870,000 lives a year. In fiscal year 2006–07 the association invested more than $554 million in research, professional and public education, advocacy and community service programs to help all Americans live longer, healthier lives. To learn more, call 1-800-AHA-USA1 or visit americanheart.org. |
