Indian-American Cardiologist Wins Simon Dack Award

Indian-American cardiologist Dr Sumeet Chugh will be receiving a prestigious award from the American College of Cardiology.

Dr Chugh, who is the associate director of Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, will be receiving the Simon Dack Award in recognition of his contributions to the organization's peer-reviewed medical journals.

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An expert in radio frequency ablation procedures as well as the use of pacemakers, defibrillators and biventricular devices to correct heart rhythm problems, Dr Chugh has authored over 250 articles and abstracts for professional journals and is also the initiator of the Oregon Sudden Unexpected Death Study which is a comprehensive assessment of sudden cardiac arrest in a community of one million people.

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