Barry L. Zaret

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Barry Lewis Zaret
Born(1940-10-03)October 3, 1940
DiedOctober 22, 2022(2022-10-22) (aged 82)
EmployerYale University School of Medicine
TitleChief of Cardiology
Website https://www.barryzaret.com

Barry Lewis Zaret (1940-2022) was an American cardiologist who helped to establish the specialism of non-invasive nuclear cardiology, [1] and was the founding editor of the Journal of Nuclear Cardiology . [2] He was also a painter and a poet.

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Early life and education

Zaret was born on October 3, 1940, in Brooklyn, NY. He was born to Jewish parents who had, at the time, recently fled Europe and started a new life in New York. He went to a public high school before pursuing medicine at Queens College, now known as part of the City College of New York. After graduating in 1962, he went to the New York University School of Medicine. [3]

Career

Cardiology

In 1969, Zaret accepted a cardiology fellowship at Johns Hopkins Hospital and started studying under Richard Ross and Dick Conti. [4] A major person involved in Zaret's career was Bill (William) Strauss. He met Strauss at Bellevue Hospital where they became good friends and later went on to complete their fellowships at Johns Hopkins Hospital together. As said in the Journal of Nuclear Cardiology, "Zaret and Strauss collaborated initially on a research project measuring coronary blood flow after the intracoronary injection of radioactive Xenon. While waiting for software to quantify coronary blood flow data, they realized that an ECG gating circuitry used for other purposes would allow for gated cardiac blood pool imaging in diastole and systole, using Tc-99m labeled albumin. This then would permit assessment of regional ventricular wall motion and measurement of global ejection fraction." [4] This, being first published in 1971, was one of many breakthroughs these two would make together.

Military service

The same year this research was published, Zaret was drafted to the hospital at Travis Air Force Base in Sacramento Valley, CA. Strauss had started work there the previous year, and they continued their research together. [4]

Career at Yale

Zaret completed his military service in 1973 and was recruited to the Yale University School of Medicine as an Assistant Professor of Medicine and Diagnostic Radiology. He was then promoted to Associate professor in 1976 and, in 1978, to Full Professor. In 1984, Zaret became the Robert W Berliner Professor of Medicine. He later served as Chief of Cardiology for 26 years, until 2004 and as Associate Chair of Clinical Affairs in the Department of Internal Medicine at Yale from 1994 to 2004. [4]

Art and poetry

Zaret was also passionate about painting. After retiring as a cardiologist in 2017, [5] he was able to lean into his love for the arts and his paintings have been displayed in the DaSilva Art Gallery. [6]

Additionally, Zaret was an avid poet and often wrote about cardiology in his works. His poetry was also described as being "refracted through a Jewish lens". [6]

Accomplishments

This is a non-exhaustive list of some of the accomplishments of Zaret.

Awards and honors

Death

Zaret died at age 82 in a car accident on Route 8 in Torrington, CT in October 2022. His car plummeted off the overpass above Winthrop Street and crashed into a concrete wall, leading to him being pronounced dead at the scene. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "Dr. Barry L. Zaret Tribute". American Society of Nuclear Cardiology.
  2. 1 2 In Memoriam: Barry L. Zaret, MD, MASNC Journal of Nuclear Cardiology, December 2022. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  3. ↑ New York University School of Medicine
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 History Corner: Barry L. Zaret, MD and H. William Strauss, MD, Journal of Nuclear Cardiology, September/October 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Leppo, Jeffrey; Strauss, H. William; Narula, Jagat (2023). "In Memoriam: Barry Zaret—A Life Well Lived, A Guiding Beacon, A Paragon to Follow". Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 81 (4): 425–427. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2022.12.009 . PMID   36697142.
  6. 1 2 Barry L. Zaret: Physician, Poet, Author and Painter . Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  7. ↑ Lehenbauer, Kyle (2021) Leading by example: Experiences and lessons learned from ASNC’s Future Leaders of Nuclear Cardiology Symposium, Journal of Nuclear Cardiology, May/June 2021. Retrieved 22 March 2024
  8. ↑ "In Memoriam: Barry L. Zaret, MD". Yale School of Medicine. 24 October 2022. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  9. ↑ Mongkol, Chatwan. "Family mourns death of Yale doctor, professor Barry Zaret". New Haven Register.
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