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JOINING US NOW DURING HEART HEALTH MONTH IS INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGIST AND MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATION OF BLACK CARDIOLOGISTS DR. WAYNE BATCHELOR TO TELL US A LITTLE MORE ABOUT CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE, AND TO SHARE SOME TIPS FOR LIVING A HEART HEALTHY LIFESTYLE.

BIO: Dr. Wayne Batchelor received his B.A. and Doctorate of Medicine degrees summa cum laude at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario in Canada. He then completed a Comprehensive Internal Medicine Residency and Fellowship in Adult Cardiology at the University of Toronto and a fellowship in Interventional Cardiology with a Master’s of Health Science Degree in Clinical Research at Duke University.
He is the incoming Director of Interventional Cardiology and Interventional Cardiology Research at the Inova Heart and vascular Institute in Fairfax, Virginia. He has served on the Medical Faculty as an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto and as Associate Professor of Medicine at the Florida State University College of Medicine and has practiced as an interventional cardiologist at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto, Ontario Canada and at the Tallahassee Memorial Hospital in Florida.
Dr. Batchelor has given numerous invited lectures, published over 75 peer-reviewed original abstracts/manuscripts, and contributed multiple book chapters. He is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and the Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions, and was selected to serve on the American College of Cardiology’s (ACC) D2B (Door to Balloon) Task Force, a national committee charged with improving the rapidity of care for heart attack victims across the U.S. He currently serves on the ACC’s Interventional Cardiology Sectional Leadership Council.
His primary expertise is in structural/valvular heart disease, coronary and peripheral arterial disease, carotid artery disease and clinical research in interventional cardiology. He was instrumental in starting the first structural/valvular heart program at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital and served as Chair of its Interventional Cardiology Council. He has a keen interest in radial artery access percutaneous coronary interventions and has performed more than 4,000 radial access coronary stent procedures.
During his career, he has been recognized as the recipient of a number of awards, including the Dr. and Mrs. Sydney P. Schiff Medal in Surgery, Nathan E. Berry Prize in Urology, Sopman Award for Clinical Excellence and Human Compassion, National Research Fellowship from the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, and the Capital Medical Society’s Outstanding Physician of the Year Award in 2017.
He is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in Cardiovascular Disease with added qualifications in Interventional Cardiology.

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On July 9, 1944, Raoul Wallenberg arrived in Budapest to begin what is now recognized as the largest life-saving action during the Holocaust; hence the significant of presenting the Gold Medal 70 years later to the day will allow the world to properly honor the heroism of this great man.

As you know the Wallenberg Commission was established in 2012 to honor Raoul Wallenberg’s centennial and was the driving force behind the efforts to commemorate Wallenberg with the Congressional Gold Medal – legislation introduced by Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Representative Gregory Meeks – keeping with our mission of “reminding the world never to forget” a man who represents the motto “one man can make a difference. ”

In conjunction with the office of Speaker John Boehner and the Congressional leadership, we invite you to participate at the official Ceremony which will be held at July 9, 2014 3pm in the United States Capitol followed by a Congressional reception 4pm.

Please note: The date July 9, 2014 is not public until you receive the official invitation. This email is for planning purposes ONLY.

There is a limited number of official invites and we anticipate national and international attention including the participation of high-level guests. You are receiving this invite as a Wallenberg Board Member or a friend and supporter of the Board.

The invitation is not transferable.

It is imperative that you RSVP by May 22, 2014 and inform us of your participation. Please RSVP by replying this email.

Upon receiving your RSVP, it will be submitted for review and allow you to be put on the official list which will result in an official Congressional invitation.

You will receive confirmation if you were selected for the official invite and you will receive notification via email. In order to be granted entry to the Ceremony, you will need to RSVP to that email promptly as well.

Due to the very limited amount of seating available, we kindly request that you RSVP only if you are actually planning to travel to Washington on July 9. Reserving a seat and not participating will cause you to preclude someone else from participating at this historic commemoration.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Peter Rebewurzel
Chairman

Ezra Friedlander
CEO, The Friedlander Group

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Michael Fred Phelps II (born June 30, 1985) is an American swimmer and the most decorated Olympian of all time with 19 medals. Phelps also holds the all-time records for gold medals (15) and gold medals in individual events (9). In winning eight gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Games, Phelps took the record for the most first-place finishes at any single Olympic Games. Five of those victories were in individual events, tying the single Games record. In the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Phelps has won two silver medals and one gold through July 31.

Phelps is the long course world recordholder in the 100 metres butterfly, 200 metres butterfly and 400 metres individual medley as well as the former long course world recordholder in the 200 metres freestyle and 200 metres individual medley. He has won a total of sixty-six medals in major international competition, fifty-four gold, nine silver, and three bronze spanning the Olympics, the World, and the Pan Pacific Championships. Phelps’s international titles and record-breaking performances have earned him the World Swimmer of the Year Award six times and American Swimmer of the Year Award eight times. His unprecedented Olympic success in 2008 earned Phelps Sports Illustrated magazine’s Sportsman of the Year award. The same magazine said that he is “universally recognized as the greatest swimmer in history”.

After the 2008 Summer Olympics, Phelps started the Michael Phelps Foundation, which focuses on growing the sport of swimming and promoting healthier lifestyles. He expects to do further work with his foundation after the 2012 Olympics, which he has said will be his last.

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