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\n<\/TABLE>Ray Hershberger, M.D., one of the nation’s leaders in congestive heart failure and cardiac transplantation, returns to his alma mater today as the 2008 Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Distinguished Speaker. <\/p>\n

Dr. Hershberger, director of the Cardiovascular Advanced Therapies Program and Translational Cardiovascular Genetic Medicine at the University of Miami, will present
\n“The Genetics of Dilated Cardiomyopathy: A Paradigm for Cardiovascular Genetic Medicine” at noon today in the Eppley Science Hall Amphitheater. <\/p>\n

The College of Medicine Faculty Honors Convocation, which acknowledges those individuals who have been previously recognized for excellence in teaching, service or research in 2007, immediately follows the presentation. <\/p>\n

During the convocation, College of Medicine Dean John Gollan, M.D., Ph.D., will announce this year’s recipients of the Dean’s Clinical Excellence Awards, as well as the recipient of the College of Medicine and Class of 1962 Basic Science Outstanding Teacher Award.<\/p>\n

Dr. Hershberger is a 1978 graduate of the UNMC College of Medicine and completed his internal medicine residency at the University of Kansas and fellowship in cardiology and cardiac transplantation at the University of Utah. <\/p>\n

Dr. Hershberger, who is being inducted into the Nebraska chapter of AOA this year, is internationally known for his work on familial dilated cardiomyopathies and has been continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health since 1992. He is a reviewer of 15 cardiology journals and has published more than 70 original articles. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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