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16 17 I nternationallyrecognizedcardiologist andFounder andCEOof theHeart Instituteof theCaribbean (HIC), Dr.ErnestMadu,wasnamedbyGrupoMídiaamong the100Most Influential People inHealthcareat its awardsceremonyheldrecentlyinDusseldorf,Germa- ny,duringMEDICA2017–theworld’s largestmedical tradeshow. GrupoMídia isamultimediacompany based inBrazil andpublishes themagazines,Healthcare Management,HealthARQ,andHealth-IT.Dr.Maduwas named inthecategoryofPhilanthropy–oneof tencat- egories including:Associations,Business,Educationand Research,HealthcareManagement,Hospitals,Industry, Innovation,InternationalReference,andSustainability. Tenwinnerswereselectedfor eachcategory. TheHeart Instituteof theCaribbean is located in Kingston,Jamaicaand is the regional center for compre- hensiveandsophisticateddiagnosisandmanagement of all formsofheartdiseases.Sinceopening its facilities onBalmoralAvenue in2005,theHIChasbeenmaking worldclasshearthealthservicesavailable toall Jamai- cans.Prior totheestablishmentofHIC,manyof these serviceswerenot routinelyor readilyavailable in Jamai- caandtheonlyoptionforpatients inthe regionwas to procuresuchservices intheUSA,particularlyinFlorida. HICprovidesexpertdiagnosisandtreatmentof cardio- vascular andgeneralmedical conditionsandconsulta- tiveopinion,locally,andalsoremotely,viaanetworkof specialists linkedbyaglobalTelemedical network. Through itsFoundation,ledbyitsExecutiveDirector, LisaD’Oyen,theHIChasmadetheseservicesavailableto lower incomecitizensbysubsidizingthecost associated withprovidingaccess tohighqualitycardiovascular care OPENING LINES DR. ERNESTMADUNAMEDONEOFTHEMOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE INHEALTHCARE WWW.PRWEB.COM