VIP Biography for
Alla G. Zaver, M.D.

	Alla G. Zaver, M.D.
Industry	Government/healthcare
Title	M.D.; SSA Regional Medical Advisor
Expertise	Internal medicine, cardiology
Current Organization	Social Security Administration
Type of Organization	Federal government
Major Product	Social Security Administration
Area of Distribution	Region I, New England 6 states, report to Baltimore
University/Degree	MB. BS (Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery, equivalent to M.D. as per Mass. Medical Board of Registration), Australia University of Queensland Medical School
Born	December 26, 1923, Harbin, Manchuria
Honors & Awards	Outstanding Public Service Award, Social Security Administration, U.S. Dept. of Human Resources (HEW), 1982; Certificate of Appreciation, American Heart Association; Certificate of Appreciation, American Heart Association, Massachusetts Affiliate and Greater Boston, 1989; Active Member Recognition, New York Academy of Sciences, 1984
Published Works	8 articles, 5 abstracts including- Zaver, A.G., Nadas, A.S.: Five Congenital Cardiac Defects, A study of the Profile and Natural History, Atrial Septal Defec Secundum Type, Supplement to Circulation 32:#6, 1965, American Heart Association Monography No 12; Zaver, A.G.: Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension, International Anesthesiology Clinics, Pediatric Anesthesia 1:69 August 1962, Little, Brown & Company, Boston, MA; Alla G. Zaver, M.B., B.S., M.R.A.C.P., M.R.C.P. (London), Cardiac Problems in Adolescents, The Medical Clinics of North American, March 1965, Vol 49, No 2, W.B. Saunders Company
Affiliations	Fellow, Royal Australian College of Physicians MRACP 1956, Fellow PRACP 1973; Member, Royal College of Physicians, London (MRCP), 1957; Fellow, American College of Physicians (FACP), 1965; Fellow, American College of Cardiology (FACC), 1974; American Heart Association; Massachusetts Medical Association; Former Affiliations: British Medical Society; American Association for the Advancement of Science; American Society of Law and Medicine
Hobbies & Sports	Gardening, nature, music
Career Accomplishments	Worked closely with the internationally renowned Dr. Paul Wood and the Surgeon Lord Brock and his team of pioneering cardiac surgeons leading in the new field in Cardiac Disease and Surgery; directly involved in early cardiac catheterization and cardiac valve surgery responsible in setting up and performing hemodynamic monitoring during the operations; Introduced the non-invasive cardiac measurements of cardiac patients with arrhythmias and various heart defects especially with shunt, using green dye and ear oxymetry sensor instrumentation; developed a federally funded project "Adaptation of Young Cardiacs" which received national attention; served on a voluntary basis as Board Member of the Worked closely with the internationally renowned Dr. Paul Wood and the Surgeon Lord Brock and his team of pioneering cardiac surgeons leading in the new field in Cardiac Disease and Surgery; directly involved in early cardiac catheterization and cardiac valve surgery responsible in setting up and performing hemodynamic monitoring during the operations; Introduced the non-invasive cardiac measurements of cardiac patients with arrhythmias and various heart defects especially with shunt, using green dye and ear oxymetry sensor instrumentation; developed a federally funded project "Adaptation of Young Cardiacs" which received national attention; served on a voluntary basis as Board Member of the American Heart Association, chaired many projects and committees while Director of the ICU including Chair of the hospital Quality Assurance Committee
Work History	Residency at University of Queensland Teaching Hospital, appointed Medical Registrar; specialty training Royal Melbourne Teaching Hospital in Victoria; London Hammersmith Hospital Postgraduate Institute; Brompton Hospital Respiratory Institute and the National Heart Institute; Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School; Director of the Intensive Care United under the Tufts Medical School teaching hospital and Cardiologist in charge of the Adolescent Cardiac Clinic at Boston Children's Hospital; Consultant to the Social Security Disability Program; Regional Advisor, SSA
Full biographical and contact details are available to logged in members only. If you are a member please log in using the form in the header to see more data. If you are not already member you may Click Here to Register for consideration.