• Individual and group nutrition counseling for patients
• Nutrition workshops offered at area community clinics
• GW Student, resident, cardiology fellow, and faculty nutrition lectures
• Deployment of a cell phone nutrition application

The Institute is working to launch a nutrition education program focused on the benefits on the Mediterranean Diet. The PREDIMED trial results recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine demonstrated that the Mediterranean Diet is a more effective way to reduce cardiovascular disease risks than low-fat diets. Our goal is to educate the Washington, DC community about the benefits of this diet and to use mobile phone technology to assist in changing behavior and improving health outcomes. The program will also address access to healthy foods in underserved areas and affordability and adoptability of the diet in culturally and economically diverse communities.

The Bloedorn Foundation has been a generous supporter of the GW Heart & Vascular Institute for the past six years providing funding for various professional and public education programs. The Institute is grateful to have their continued support.

This June two cardiology fellows graduated and moved forward with their careers in cardiology. We would like to congratulate Jennifer Shea, MD, and Behnam Tehrani, MD, on this great accomplishment! Dr. Shea will join a private practice group in Northern Virginia. Dr. Tehrani will continue at GW as an interventional cardiology fellow training under Dr. Jonathan Reiner and Dr. Ramesh Mazhari.

Additionally, two interventional cardiology fellows graduated. Congratulations to Benjamin Yang, MD, and Brad Serwer, MD! Dr. Yang will join a private practice group in Denver, CO. Dr. Serwer will serve as an interventional cardiologists in the U.S. military stationed at Fort Belvoir and Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. We wish our graduates the best of luck in their careers!