 Richard HelfantRichard Helfant, a Harvard-trained cardiologist, pioneered the development of cardiac electrophysiology and nuclear cardiology. He built the Philadelphia Heart Institute, one of the first medical centers in the U.S. to use balloon angioplasty and calcium channel-blocking drugs. Dr. Helfant is the former Chair of Cardiology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, former Professor of Medicine at UCLA and UC Irvine, and author of Women, Take Heart (Grosset/Putnam, 1992). Dr. Helfant has been widely published in the medical and scientific fields, and has lectured around the world. His most recent book is entitled Courageous Confrontations: Lives Transformed by Life-Threatening Illness (Sentient Publications, 2005).Interests and Hobbies: I love reading (everything from spiritual books to fiction), working out, playing tennis (I'm still an A level player), hiking, and all sorts of music, from classical to Sinatra to Jazz (not into rap though). I play a little piano (very little!) and love my Walkman Homepage: http://www.richardhhelfantmd.org/ |
| Author Widget: |
| You can add this widget to your blog, start page, personal websites, or social site. Make sure you are logged into the site you are adding this widget to, and then click the appropriate buttons below: |
- When Studies Mislead: The Skinny on Low Fat Diets
- Our Genes are Not Our Fate
- Mitral Valve Prolapse: Truth vs. Fiction
- Tips for Heart Month: Cause and Treatment of Heart Attacks
- Tips For Heart Month: How Your Heart Works
- Women's Heart Health
- The Stop Dieting Diet: Forget Everything You've Read
- The Skinny on the Metabolic Syndrome: Cutting the Fat
- The New Mind-Body Paradigm
- Physical Activity: The Great Health Facilitator
- Of Death, Dying and the Possibility of a Hereafter
- How to Empower People with a Serious Illness
- Genes and the Mind
- From Stress to Serenity: Practical Tips That Really Work