Medical Board:
The Foundation's Medical Board, consisting of three cardiologists,
selects the work or individuals to be supported in a given year
depending on the amount of funding which is available. The Medical
Board presently consists of two eminent UCSF professors, Dr. Kanu
Chatterjee and Dr. Teresa DeMarco, and a cardiologist in private
practice, Dr. James Pfeifer. Grants are made to the Regents of
the University for specific purposes in cardiac research as designated
by the Medical Board.
| President |
Vice Chairman |
Vice President |
| Kanu Chatterjee, M.B.,F.R.C.P. |
Teresa DeMarco, M.D. |
James Pfeifer, M.D. |
Board of Directors:
The Foundation is overseen by a volunteer board of directors
and volunteer officers, people interested in furthering and benefiting
the work of UCSF cardiologists. This leadership by unpaid volunteers
with broad experience in business, the professions and community
activities means that Foundation expenses are minimized and that
a very high percentage of all moneys donated to the Foundation
is distributed in grants. No officer or director receives any
pay for such service to the Foundation. The fostering of research
by the Foundation is particularly important in the present era
of government and University funding limitations and cutbacks.
| Chairman, CEO |
President |
President 1988-2002 |
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| Claude L. Lowen |
Kanu Chatterjee, MB, FRCP,FACC, FCCP, MACP, Ernest Gallo
Distinguished Professor of Medicine, UCSF |
William W. Parmley, MD, Professor of Medicine (Emeritus),
UCSF |
William Grossman, MD, Chief of Cardiology and Meyer Friedman
Distinguished Professor of Medicine, UCSF |
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| Vice-chairman |
Vice-president |
VP, Development & Special Events |
Chief Financial Officer |
| Teresa DeMarco, MD, Professor of Medicine, UCSF |
James Pfeifer, MD |
Jane G. Logan |
Lawrence E. Cerf |
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| Secretary |
Asst. Secretary & Asst. Treasurer |
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| David P. Bancroft |
Albert Magid |
Docela Chatterjee |
Bill Criswell |
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| Henry Dias |
Roland Elefant |
Jacqueline Gross |
Sylvan D. Gross, MD |
| Dr. John Karsant |
Mary Karsant |
Hilliard J. Katz, MD |
Shirley Loubé |
| Thérèse Post |
Brenda Patterson |
Lila Saks |
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Mission of the Foundation
for Cardiac Research
The Foundation for Cardiac Research was organized
in 1988, for the purpose of supporting research in cardiology
and cardiovascular problems by physicians associated with the
University of California at San Francisco. It is a non-profit
California corporation, recognized as a charity by the Internal
Revenue Service and the California Franchise Tax Board.
The Foundation has been an officially recognized
by the University Regents as a Support Group of the University
of California at San Francisco since 1996, when the University
first instituted its policy of formal review and recognition
of support organizations.
The Foundation makes grants exclusively in support
of research in cardiology and cardiovascular problems by physicians
associated with the University of California at San Francisco,
and is the only charitable organization devoted entirely to
that purpose.
The Foundation has developed two major goals: to train young
investigators who represent the future of academic cardiology
in this country, and to further research and understanding treatment
options for patients with various forms of heart disease, particularly
congestive heart failure and vascular problems.
The Foundation is a section 501(c)(3) corporation
under the Internal Revenue Code and an exempt organization under
section 23701d of the California Revenue and Taxation Code.
Therefore, contributions are tax deductible within the limitations
of a particular donor to the extent otherwise allowable.
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