{"id":60392,"date":"2012-05-22T09:03:21","date_gmt":"2012-05-22T13:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=60392"},"modified":"2012-06-19T10:58:41","modified_gmt":"2012-06-19T14:58:41","slug":"uconn-hypertension-specialist-begins-national-leadership-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2012\/05\/uconn-hypertension-specialist-begins-national-leadership-role\/","title":{"rendered":"UConn Hypertension Specialist Begins National Leadership Role"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dr. William White is now president of the American Society of Hypertension. (Janine Gelineau\/UConn Health Center Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dr. William B. White<\/a>, professor of medicine and chief of the Calhoun Cardiology Center<\/a> Division of Hypertension and Clinical Pharmacology, has been involved with the American Society of Hypertension<\/a> since its inception in 1985.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile it has grown as a professional society, I have grown as a physician and clinical investigator,\u201d White says.<\/p>\n

Today, with an inauguration ceremony in New York City at the society\u2019s national meeting, he begins a two-year term as its president.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am honored to have been elected president of the American Society of Hypertension for 2012-2014,\u201d White says. \u201cASH remains the largest and most visible professional organization devoted to the management of hypertension and its consequences in the USA. It is a tremendous responsibility to be at its helm but also a wonderful challenge to undertake and one that I look forward to.\u201d<\/p>\n

White, who also is a fellow of the American Society of Hypertension, has served in several leadership positions, including as a member of its board of directors and as program chair of its annual scientific meeting.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s been much more focus on obesity, cholesterol, diabetes, smoking, even C-reactive protein, but blood pressure is the major risk factor for stroke as well as a very potent risk factor for heart failure in older people, even in the absence of coronary disease, and kidney failure, particularly in African-Americans,\u201d White says.<\/p>\n

ASH states as its mission \u201cthe advancement of science, prevention and treatment of high blood pressure and its consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n

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