ISHLT Honors Kirklin, Hess and Taylor with Lifetime Achievement Awards
New Distinguished Service Award created to honor longtime Executive Director Amanda Rowe.
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ADDISON, Texas, April 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ During its 2021 virtual Annual Meeting, the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) honored the recipients of its 2020 and 2021 Lifetime Achievement Awards, and announced the creation of the Amanda W. Rowe Distinguished Service Award.
2020 LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Michael L. Hess, MD
ISHLT Honors Kirklin, Hess and Taylor with Lifetime Achievement Awards, creates new Distinguished Service Award
Michael L. Hess, MD (1942-2019), a founder and first President of ISHLT, was awarded a 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award. Dr. Hess s work led to the first informal meeting of the ISHLT at the 1980 AHA meeting in Miami; and the first formal meeting on 14 March, 1981. His vision for the ISHLT included a
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