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We appreciate your generosity, as you help continue Dr. Douglas's lifetime mission of training fellows to provide the highest quality care to those suffering from cardiovascular disease in supporting the EPIC educational experience.
Help us honor an EPIC Cardiology mentor as we support the Emory Practical Intervention Course. Dr. John Douglas is retiring from Emory after many years of training the next generation of Cardiologists.
We appreciate your generosity, as you help continue Dr. Douglas's lifetime mission of training fellows to provide the highest quality care to those suffering from cardiovascular disease in supporting the EPIC educational experience.
Funds raised through this campaign will go to the Interventional Cardiology Unrestricted Gifts fund to ensure the continued excellence of the Emory Practical Intervention Course.
Dr. Douglas is professor of medicine and director of interventional cardiology and the cardiac catheterization laboratory at Emory University Hospital. He is a graduate of the University of the South and received his M.D. degree from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. He completed residency in Internal Medicine at the University of North Carolina and at Emory University. Dr. Douglas was a Lieutenant Commander in the United States Navy Medical Corps and served at the Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Base and in An Hoa, South Vietnam. He completed fellowship in cardiology at Emory University and subsequently joined the Emory University School of Medicine faculty and the Emory Clinic where he has practiced invasive and interventional cardiology.
In 1980, Dr. Douglas was a member of the team that performed the first coronary angioplasty at Emory University Hospital and in 1987 the first coronary stent in the United States. He was a partner of the late Andreas Gruentzig, the inventor of coronary angioplasty and participated in the development of current coronary angioplasty and stent techniques. He is a Fellow and prior member of the Board of Governors of the American College of Cardiology and Society for Cardiac Angiography and Intervention and is currently listed in Castle Connolly Guide of Americas Top Doctors, Atlantas Top Doctors, and The Best Doctors in America.
A $50 gift will ensure the continued excellence of the Emory Practical Intervention Course.
A $100 gift will honor Dr. Douglas and his colleagues achievement of training over 100 Interventional Cardiology Fellows.
A $250 gift will honor Dr. Douglas' passionate dedication to training the next generation of Cardiologists.
A gift of $500 will help provide the highest quality care to those suffering from cardiovascular disease.