Guest In The Pulpit
DR. HOWARD M. SACHAR
Topic: Israel & the Holocaust—Revelations & Relevance

Dr. Howard M. Sachar, renowned author and Professor of Modern History Emeritus at George Washington University, was Professor of History and International Affairs at George Washington University for more than 35 years. The Washington D.C.-based professor is a consultant and lecturer on Middle Eastern affairs for the U.S. Foreign Service Institute, has contributed to many scholarly journals and is the author of numerous books, among them, A History of the Jews in America. He is editor-in-chief of the 39-volume The Rise of Israel: A Documentary HIstory, and has twice been the recipient of the National Jewish Book Award. Dr. Sachar received his undergraduate education at Swarthmore College and took his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees at Harvard. His recent books include Dreamland: Europeans and Jews in the Aftermath of the Great War and A History of the Jews in the Modern World, both available in paperback.

Nathan Ackerman Memorial Fund together with
Temple Emanuel's Committee on Issues in Medicine presents
DR. ANTONIO M. GOTTO, Jr., Dean of Weill Cornell Medical College
Topic: New Directions in Medicine—Preventing Heart Attacks & Strokes

Antonio M. Gotto, Jr., MD, DPhil, is the Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean of Weill Cornell Medical College in New York, NY, where he is also Professor of Medicine. In addition, Dr. Gotto is Provost for Medical Affairs of Cornell University. Previously, at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, he was the Bob and Vivian Smith Professor and Chairman of the Department of Medicine, Scientific Director of the DeBakey Heart Center, and the JS Abercrombie Chair for Atherosclerosis and Lipoprotein Research. He also served as Chief of the Internal Medicine Service at The Methodist Hospital in Houston.

Dr. Gotto's postgraduate work included doctoral studies at Oxford University in England, as a Rhodes Scholar, and residency training at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. In the field of atherosclerosis, his basic science research interests include clinical disorders of lipid transport and the structure, metabolism, and function of lipoproteins and apolipoproteins. He and his associates were the first to achieve complete synthesis of a plasma apolipoprotein (apo C-I); they also determined the complete cDNA and amino acid sequence of apo B-100, one of the largest proteins ever sequenced and a key protein in atherosclerosis. In addition, Dr. Gotto has played a leading role in several landmark clinical trials demonstrating that cholesterol-lowering drug treatment can reduce the risk for heart disease.

A lifelong supporter of educational efforts aimed at cardiovascular risk reduction, Dr. Gotto has been National President of the American Heart Association and President of the International Atherosclerosis Society. He is a member of the Institute of Medicine and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a recipient of many honors, including the Gold Heart Award from the American Heart Association, the 2000 Distinguished Alumnus award from Vanderbilt University and the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, honorary doctoral degrees from the University of Bologna and Abilene Christian University, honorary professorships from the University of Buenos Aires and Francisco Marroquin University (Guatemala), and the Order of the Lion from the Republic of Finland. Dr. Gotto was the 2004 recipient of the International Okamoto Award from the Japan Vascular Disease Research Foundation. In 2004, Dr. Gotto was also named Honorary Member of the Society for Progress in Internal Medicine (Ludwig Heilmeyer Society) in Germany.

Dr. Gotto speaks nationally and internationally on cardiovascular disease and has contributed more than 500 scholarly articles to the medical literature. In addition, he is co-author of The New Living Heart and The New Living Heart Diet, which explain the origins and dietary treatment of cardiovascular disease to the general public, and the author of The Living Heart Cookbook.