Words of Wisdom from William E. Cohn, M.D.: “The Heart of the Matter: Why Physiology and Trombones are Important”
Join us to hear Dr. Billy Cohn talk about his blues trombone AND his work in the field of cardiology. We call these talks “Google in person” and this is a perfect example for the curious.
William E. Cohn, M.D., is a trombone player and the Director of the Center for Technology and Innovation; Associate Director of Laboratory Surgery Research in the Center for Cardiac Support; and Director of the Cullen Cardiovascular Research Laboratory at the Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke’s. He is also a professor of surgery at Baylor College of Medicine and an adjunct professor of bioengineering at both Rice University and the University of Houston. His major research interests include the development of new technology for decreasing the invasiveness of cardiac and vascular surgery and development of the continuous-flow totally implantable artificial heart.
In 2011, Dr. Cohn and Dr. O. H. Frazier successfully implanted the first pulseless total heart replacement device in a human patient. Dr. Cohn has a passion for medical device development and has more than 90 U.S. patents granted or pending and another 60 international patents for his medical innovations.
In his talk, he will show us some “cool heart images” and talk about his work in the world of heart inventions and will possibly play the trombone!
This talk is part of a weekly series called Words of Wisdom, lively talks on inspiring topics that are organized by Sarah Gish. The WOW talks take place each Friday from 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. at Sunita’s Houston Ayurveda Center on a variety of topics. The complete list can be found at www.facebook.com/wordsofwisdomhouston — we hope you will join us for ALL of them. IF YOU’D LIKE TO BE ADDED TO SARAH’S E-LIST FOR ALL HER EVENTS (including all WOW talks), PLEASE CLICK HERE: https://eepurl.com/bbE-11.
Feel free to bring your lunch so that you can feed your belly while you feed your brain!
The Ayurveda Center is located at 3222 Mercer Street in River Oaks — off W. Alabama between Buffalo Speedway and Edloe. There is plenty of street parking as well as reserved parking in the front.
Tickets for the talks are $10/each and can be purchased in advance at www.gishcreative.com/clientsvcs.htm or at the door, depending upon availability of seats. It is recommended that people purchase tickets in advance in order to reserve a spot as seating is limited and will be on a first come, first served basis. WE NOW HAVE PACKAGE DEALS AND SKYPE! 6 talks for $50 and 12 talks for $100 and $10/Skype (purchase all of these online at the link above).
