California Heart Center Foundation
California Heart Center Foundation
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Mission
PROMOTE & DEVELOP EDUCATIONAL & SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TO ADVANCE THE FIELD OF CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE.
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THE MISSION OF THE CALIFORNIA HEART CENTER FOUNDATION IS TO ADVANCE THE FIELD OF CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE THROUGH CLINICAL RESEARCH INITIATIVES AND EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES. OUR EFFORTS INCLUDE THE PURSUIT OF COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH PROJECTS WHICH PROMOTE A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF DISEASE PROGRESSION AND TEST THE EFFICACY OF NEW STRATEGIES FOR DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT. AREAS OF RESEARCH CURRENTLY BEING PURSUED INCLUDE NON-INVASIVE METHODS TO DETECT ORGAN REJECTION, NOVEL IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS, IMMUNE MONITORING STRATEGIES, LONG-TERM COMPLICATIONS SUCH AS CARDIAC ALLOGRAFT VASCULOPATHY, (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)(CONTINUATION FROM FORM 990, PAGE 2)NOVEL METHODS FOR ORGAN PROCUREMENT AND PRESERVATION, NEW MECHANICAL CIRCULATORY SUPPORT DEVICES AND PULMONARY HYPERTENSION. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO SUPPORTS IMPORTANT SCIENTIFIC SYMPOSIA, WHICH ALLOW FOR THE EXCHANGE OF IDEAS AMONG LEADERS IN THE FIELD AND PROVIDE A FORUM FOR EXPERTS TO SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE WITH OTHER PRACTITIONERS. THE ORGANIZATION RESOURCES ARE ALSO LEVERAGED TO SUPPORT A SUMMER RESEARCH INTERNSHIP PROGRAM FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS WITH AN INTEREST IN MEDICINE AND/OR ACADEMIC RESEARCH. FOLLOWING IS A SUMMARY OF PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS IMPLEMENTED IN 2018: SCIENTIFIC FORUMS AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES:* "CUTTING EDGE OF TRANSPLANTATION (CEOT)" FEBRUARY 8-10TH, 2018THIS CONFERENCE WAS ORGANIZED BY THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF TRANSPLANTATION, WITH CONTENT DEVELOPED AROUND THE THEMATIC FOCUS OF "BREAKING THROUGH REGULATORY BARRIERS TO UNLEASH TRANSPLANT INNOVATION". DEDICATED HEART AND LUNG SESSIONS WERE DESIGNED, ORGANIZED AND CHAIRED BY DR. KOBASHIGAWA. THE INTERACTIVE SESSIONS ATTRACTED 70+ PARTICIPANTS AND INCLUDED A HIGHLY ACCLAIMED EXPERT FACULTY, A MENTORED CASE STUDY SESSION FOR FELLOWS AND A NETWORKING DINNER.* "CONSENSUS CONFERENCE ON FRAILTY IN SOLID ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION" SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 11TH, 2018 (PHOENIX, AZ)SPONSORED BY THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF TRANSPLANTATION, THIS CONSENSUS CONFERENCE WAS ORGANIZED AND CHAIRED BY DR. JON KOBASHIGAWA WITH THE GOAL OF PROVIDING A FORUM FOR AN IN-DEPTH DISCUSSION AMONG LEADING EXPERTS IN THE FIELD, INCLUDING CLINICIANS, SURGEONS AND ALLIED HEALTH, ON ISSUES RELATED TO THE ASSESSMENT, DIAGNOSIS, AND TREATMENT OF FRAILTY IN PATIENTS WITH END ORGAN FAILURE. THE CONSENSUS MEETING WAS PRECEDED BY 5 MONTHS OF WORK GROUP CALLS, IN WHICH THE LARGER HEART, LUNG, LIVER AND KIDNEY TRANSPLANT COMMUNITY WERE ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE. FEEDBACK AND DISCUSSIONS FROM THE WORK GROUP CALLS HELPED TO INFORM THE CONSENSUS MEETING OF 28 EXPERTS (7 FROM EACH ORGAN AREA). A MEETING REPORT IS IN THE FINAL STAGES OF PREPARATION AND IS EXPECTED TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TRANSPLANTATION FOR PUBLICATION BY THE END OF AUGUST. * "CONSENSUS CONFERENCE ON CRITICAL CARE IN THORACIC TRANSPLANTATION" SATURDAY, JUNE 2ND, 2018 (SEATTLE, WA)SPONSORED JOINTLY BY THE AST THORACIC AND CRITICAL CARE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE AND THE CEDARS-SINAI HEART INSTITUTE, THIS CONSENSUS CONFERENCE WAS ORGANIZED AND CHAIRED BY DR JON KOBASHIGAWA AND TOOK PLACE JUST PRIOR TO THE 2018 AMERICAN TRANSPLANT CONGRESS. IT BROUGHT TOGETHER 41 LEADING EXPERTS IN THE FIELD INCLUDING INTENSIVISTS, HOSPITALISTS, CRITICAL CARE NURSES, CARDIOTHORACIC SURGEONS AND TRANSPLANT SPECIALISTS AND PROVIDED A FORUM FOR AN IN-DEPTH DISCUSSION ON CRITICAL CARE. THIS CONFERENCE WAS THE FIRST STEP IN DEVELOPING NEEDED GUIDELINES FOR THE INTERDISCIPLINARY MANAGEMENT OF HEART AND LUNG TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS IN THE IMMEDIATE POST-OPERATIVE PERIOD, TO IMPROVE OUTCOMES AND MINIMIZE POST-TRANSPLANT COMPLICATIONS. A PUBLICATION OF CONFERENCE RESULTS IS CURRENTLY PENDING. * SUCCESS WITH FAILURE: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO HEART FAILURE (LOS ANGELES, CA)THIS 1-DAY SYMPOSIUM ON ADVANCED HEART DISEASE WAS HELD ON FRIDAY, MAY 11TH, 2018 AT THE HYATT REGENCY LAX. THIRTY-SIX FACULTY SPEAKERS/MODERATORS COVERED TOPICS RELATED TO THE MANAGEMENT AND TREATMENT OF HEART FAILURE, INTERVENTIONAL PROCEDURES, AND MECHANICAL CIRCULATORY SUPPORT DEVICES AND TRANSPLANTATION AS TREATMENT OPTIONS FOR PATIENTS WITH ADVANCED HEART FAILURE. THE PROGRAM DREW 160 ATTENDEES CONSISTING OF PHYSICIANS, ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, INCLUDING NURSE PRACTITIONERS, TRANSPLANT COORDINATORS, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS, RNS AND CASE MANAGERS FROM ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. * DSL/THOMAS D. GORDON VISITING PROFESSOR IN ADVANCED HEART DISEASE (LOS ANGELES, CA) THIS VISITING PROFESSORSHIP, HELD OCTOBER 22ND-23RD, 2018, IS ORGANIZED ANNUALLY BY DR. JON KOBASHIGAWA. THIS YEAR'S VISITING PROFESSOR WAS DR. O.H. "BUD" FRAZIER, A TRUE PIONEER IN HEART TRANSPLANTATION AND MECHANICAL CIRCULATORY SUPPORT. HIS TWO-DAY VISIT FROM TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE FEATURED A GRAND ROUNDS LECTURE, A FELLOWS' CASE CONFERENCE, AND A LUNCH LECTURE FOR THE ADVANCED HEART DISEASE CLINICAL TEAMS. DR. FRAZIER SHARED HIS UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE ON THE HISTORY AND EVOLUTION ON MECHANICAL CIRCULATORY SUPPORT. * OPTIMAL CARE AND NEW THERAPIES IN ADVANCED HEART DISEASE (SANTA BARBARA, CA)THIS 1-DAY SYMPOSIUM ON ADVANCED HEART DISEASE TOOK PLACE ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3RD, 2018 AT THE CANARY HOTEL IN SANTA BARBARA. THE PROGRAM FEATURED PRESENTATIONS ON TOPICS RELATED TO THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF HEART FAILURE, TRANSPLANTATION, MECHANICAL CIRCULATORY SUPPORT AND PULMONARY HYPERTENSION. THE PROGRAM WAS ATTENDED BY 41 PARTICIPANTS, INCLUDING A NUMBER OF COMMUNITY CARDIOLOGISTS IN THE LOCAL AREA. * HEART TRANSPLANT PRECEPTORSHIPS: THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WE RECEIVE REQUESTS TO PROVIDE EXTENDED OBSERVATIONAL TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES TO PHYSICIANS AND ADVANCE PRACTICE NURSES FROM VARIOUS INSTITUTIONS WITH AN INTEREST IN THE MANAGEMENT OF HEART TRANSPLANT AND MECHANICAL ASSIST DEVICE PATIENTS. IN THE LAST YEAR, WE HOSTED THE FOLLOWING VISITING PHYSICIANS:IN-CHEOL KIM, MD, PHD (DONGSAN MEDICAL CENTER, SOUTH KOREA)JONG-CHAN YOUN, MD, PHD (DONGSAN MEDICAL CENTER, SOUTH KOREA)JOANN LINDENFELD, MD (VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER)KEKI BALSARA, MD (VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER)KELLY SCHLENDORF, MD, MHS (VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER)DEONNA MOORE, PHD, MSN (VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER)EMILY SANDHAUS, RN, BSN (VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER)PAUL PERRY, MD, PHD (UC DAVIS MEDICAL CENTER)KATHLEEN TONG, MD (UC DAVIS MEDICAL CENTER)ANNETTE NEEDHAM, DNP (UC DAVIS MEDICAL CENTER)MARY ALICE ACKERMAN, ACNP (NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER)PRECEPTORSHIPS GENERALLY TAKE PLACE OVER THE COURSE OF A WEEK, DEPENDING ON THE FOCUS OF THE TRAINING. TRAINING INCLUDES PARTICIPATION IN IN-HOSPITAL ROUNDS, OUT-PATIENT CLINIC VISITS, SURGERY/DEVICE IMPLANTATION OBSERVATIONS, DIDACTIC LECTURES, CASE STUDIES, JOURNAL CLUBS AND RESEARCH MEETINGS.* SUMMER RESEARCH INTERNSHIPS: UNDER THE SUPERVISION AND MENTORSHIP OF DR. JON KOBASHIGAWA, SUMMER HEART TRANSPLANT RESEARCH INTERNSHIPS HAVE BEEN OFFERED TO TEN STUDENTS FOR THE SUMMER OF 2018. THESE INTERNSHIPS PROVIDE STUDENTS AT ALL LEVELS OF TRAINING AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN THE CLINICAL RESEARCH PROCESS, INCLUDING MEDICAL LITERATURE REVIEW, STUDY DESIGN, CHART REVIEW/DATA COLLECTION, DATA ANALYSIS, AND ABSTRACT DEVELOPMENT AND SUBMISSION. COMPLETED ABSTRACTS WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF MEDICAL RESEARCH, A FORUM FOR JUNIOR INVESTIGATORS. THIS YEAR'S GROUP INCLUDES STUDENTS FROM:UC IRVINEUC RIVERSIDECAL POLY SAN LUIS OBISPOUC BERKELEYUCLAUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIAROWAN SCHOOL OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE (NJ)MEDICINE IN UNIVERSIDAD ABIERTA INTERAMERICANA* "CURRENT TRENDS IN HEART TRANSPLANTATION: PATIENT EDUCATION SERIES"THIS PATIENT EDUCATION LECTURE BY DR. JON KOBASHIGAWA IS SCHEDULED TWICE A YEAR, COVERING CURRENT TRENDS IN HEART TRANSPLANTATION AND PROVIDING PATIENTS WITH AN OVERVIEW OF CUTTING-EDGE INNOVATIONS IN THE FIELD OF HEART TRANSPLANTATION. FORUMS WERE HELD ON THURSDAY, JUNE 28TH, 2018 AND THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6TH, 2018 AT THE MEDICAL CENTER AND ATTENDED BY POST-TRANSPLANT PATIENTS AS WELL AS PATIENTS ON THE WAITING LIST FOR TRANSPLANTATION. CLINICAL RESEARCH:THIS SECTION IS FORMATTED BY TITLE; PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR (PI); STATUS; SPONSOR.A PILOT RANDOMIZED STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECT AND SAFETY PROFILE OF THYMOGLOBULIN IN PRIMARY CARDIAC TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS: A 12-MONTH, SINGLE CENTER, RANDOMIZED OPEN-LABEL STUDY OF EFFICACY COMPARING IMMEDIATE TREATMENT WITH AND WITHOUT THYMOGLOBULIN 1.5MG/KG/D FOR 5 CONSECUTIVE DAYS IN HEART TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS; KOBASHIGAWA; ENROLLING; SANOFICELL-FREE DNA AND ANTIBODY-MEDIATED REJECTION IN A COHORT OF SENSITIZED HEART TRANSPLANT PATIENTS; KOBASHIGAWA; ENROLLMENT COMPLETE PUBLICATION PENDING; CAREDXDIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC APPLICATIONS OF MICROARRAYS IN HEART TRANSPLANTATION, A MULTICENTER STUDY (INTERHEART); KOBASHIGAWA; ENROLLING; UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA
Interesting data from their 2020 990 filing
The non-profit's mission, as documented in the filing, is “The mission of the california heart center foundation is to advance the field of cardiovascular medicine through clinical research initiatives and educational initiatives.”.
When explaining its purpose, the activities were described as: “Promote & develop educational & scientific research to advance the field of cardiovascular medicine.”.
- The non-profit is legally allowed to operate in the state of CA, as reported.
- The filing provides the non-profit's address in 2020 as 8536 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD SUITE 301, BEVERLY HILLS, CA, 90211.
- The non-profit has a total of 0 employees, as reported on their form for 2020.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue is greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue less expenses is -$61,045.
- The organization has 3 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 2000.
- The organization pays $1,399,820 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $0 in fundraising expenses.
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