Cardiology is the study of the heart. Cardiology is a branch of medicine that deals with disorders of the heart and the cardiovascular system. The field includes medical diagnosis and treatment of congenital heart defects, coronary artery disease, heart failure, valvular heart disease, and electrophysiology. Physicians who specialize in this field of medicine are called cardiologists, a sub-specialty of internal medicine. Pediatric cardiologists are pediatricians who specialize in cardiology. Physicians who specialize in cardiac surgery are called cardiothoracic surgeons or cardiac surgeons, a specialty of general surgery.
Helen Brooke Taussig was an American cardiologist, working in Baltimore and Boston, who founded the field of pediatric cardiology. She is credited with developing the concept for a procedure that would extend the lives of children born with Tetralogy of Fallot. This concept was applied in practice as a procedure known as the Blalock-Thomas-Taussig shunt. The procedure was developed by Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas, who were Taussig's colleagues at the Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Agustín Walfredo Castellanos was a physician. Castellanos obtained his Medical Degree from the University of Havana School of Medicine in 1925. He was a pediatrician, radiologist and cardiologist who was a pioneer in the field of angiocardiography.
Firoza Begum was a Bangladeshi Nazrul Geeti singer. She was awarded the Independence Day Award in 1979 by the government of Bangladesh.
Howard Apfel is an American-Israeli rabbi and cardiologist practicing medicine at Columbia University Medical Center.
Aminul Islam is a poet and essayist from Bangladesh. He has written 28 books including 23 books of poetry. He has been involved in creative writing for some 25 years.
Barry A. Love is an American cardiologist specializing in pediatric and congenital heart problems.
Abdul Malik was a Bangladeshi cardiologist and National Professor of Bangladesh. He was the first cardiac surgeon of united Pakistan. He was the founder of the National Heart Foundation of Bangladesh. In 2004, he was awarded Independence Day Award, the highest state award by the government of Bangladesh for his contribution to medical science.
The existing Bangladeshi honours system was created after Independence of Bangladesh. The highest civilian honours are the Independence Award and Ekushey Padak. They are awarded every year. The awards are civilian awards for a broad set of achievements in fields such as Education, Arts, Civil Service, or Social Service and Liberation War. Awards were also bestowed posthumously and they are not given for foreign citizens.
Charles E. Mullins was an American pediatric cardiologist who practiced at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital. He is known for advancing cardiac catheterization techniques to treat congenital heart defects, and has been referred to as the father of modern interventional pediatric cardiology.
Alexander Sandor Nadas was a Hungarian-American pediatric cardiologist and Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. He founded the cardiology program at Boston Children's Hospital, which was one of the early training programs in pediatric cardiology. Nadas authored an influential textbook, now known as Nadas' Pediatric Cardiology.
Catherine Annie Neill was a British pediatric cardiologist who spent the majority of her career at the Johns Hopkins Children's Center in Baltimore, where she worked alongside Helen B. Taussig. Her primary interest was congenital heart defects; she discovered one type of defect, scimitar syndrome, in 1960.
Begum Feroza Bari was a renowned Bangladeshi social worker and female leader. For her contributions on social welfare, she was awarded Bangladesh's Independence Day Award in 1982, the highest civilian award given by the government of Bangladesh.
Iqbal Mahmoud Al Assad is a physician pursuing a pediatric cardiology fellowship at Boston Children's Hospital. She was recognized as one of the youngest doctors in the world when she completed her medical training at age 20. Her name is also seen as Iqbal El-Assaad in some sources.
Shelby Kutty is an Indian-born American cardiologist, a professor of pediatrics and internal medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He holds the Helen B. Taussig endowed professorship at Johns Hopkins and is Director of the Helen B. Taussig Heart Center and the chair of Cardiovascular Analytic Intelligence Initiative at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He currently serves as the editor of American Journal of Physiology: Heart and Circulatory Physiology and Cardiology in the Young and as consulting editor for the Journal of Clinical Investigation. Prior to this, he held the title of assistant dean for research and development and vice chair of pediatrics at the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine. Kutty has published over 400 articles in peer-reviewed medical journals.
Umme Fatema Nazma Begum, better known as Sheuly Azad, is an entrepreneur and politician, holding one of the seats reserved for women in the 11th Jatiya Sangsad, the Bangladeshi parliament.
Pranab Kumar Chowdhury is a Bangladeshi pediatrician, academic and writer. He authored many books on child healthcare as well as children's fiction in Bengali. He also co-authored a text book on paediatrics. He was awarded 'Swadhinata Smarak Sommanona Padak' by Chittagong City Corporation in 2017 for his contribution in child healthcare. He regularly writes articles on children's care in popular newspapers. His six-part book on children's healthcare in Bengali was lauded by Shamsuzzaman Khan and Anisuzzaman. He is the former professor and head of the Department of Paediatrics, Chittagong Medical College, Chittagong, Bangladesh. He regularly sees patients at Doctors Lab, Chittagong.
Paul M. Weinberg was Professor of pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and a pediatric cardiologist at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. He was internationally known for his contributions to pediatric cardiology education and the pathology of congenital heart disease.
Ruth L. Collins-Nakai is a retired Canadian cardiologist, educator, researcher, physician leader, healthcare advisor, and public health advocate.
Halida Hanum Akhtar is a Bangladeshi reproductive health doctor and public health expert. In 2023, she received the Begum Rokeya Padak of the government of Bangladesh for her special contribution to the establishment of women's rights. She received Bangla Academy Honorary Fellowship 2023. She received the 'Developing Countries Award 1995' from the Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Germany in recognition of her contribution to improving health status of women and children. As a Director-General, Family Planning Association of Bangladesh, with Haiti's Foundation for Reproductive Health and Family Education (FOSREF) has won the 2006's United Nations Population Award. Akhter received the award for her outstanding contribution to raising awareness on family planning and population issues.
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