NWSLUG />The Vascular Disease Foundation (VDF) announced today that Cook Medical has become the most recent organization to join as a National Industry Advocate and will serve as a member of VDF's National Corporate Advisory Board.
Cook Medical will support VDF's top priorities including activities related to the P.A.D. Coalition, the national "Stay in Circulation: Take Steps to Learn About P.A.D." campaign, and the continued distribution of free educational material to the general public and medical facilities. Educational materials include VDF's quarterly newsletter, Keeping in Circulation, the creation of a new electronic newsletter and distribution of patient brochures on vascular diseases.
"We are pleased to announce that Cook Medical is partnering with the Vascular Disease Foundation to improve the vascular health of the public," said Mark A. Creager, M.D., President of VDF's Board of Directors. "The goal of the Foundation's National Corporate Advisory Board is to reduce the mortality and morbidity from vascular diseases and improve vascular health. The Advisory Board is allied with the Foundation in the belief that patient quality of life and longevity can be improved through education and prevention, prompt diagnosis, comprehensive treatment and effective rehabilitation of arterial and venous disease."
Founded in 1998, VDF is the country's leading nonprofit resource for information and education on the diagnosis and management of vascular disease.
About Cook MedicalCook Medical was the first company to introduce interventional devises in the United States. Today, the company participates in all global markets, integrating device design, biopharma, gene and cell therapy and biotech to enhance patient safety and improve clinical outcomes. Cook won the prestigious Medical Device Manufacturer of the Year for 2006 from Medical Device and Diagnostic Industry magazine. For more information, visit http://www.cookmedical.com.
About the Vascular Disease FoundationThe Vascular Disease Foundation is a national, nonprofit, public education organization dedicated to fighting vascular disease and improving vascular health of Americans by increasing awareness of the prevention, diagnosis, and management of vascular disease. Its outstanding board of directors includes patients and business leaders, and physicians, nurses, vascular technologists, rehabilitation professionals, clinical researchers, who have been on the forefront of fighting vascular diseases for many years. For more information, visit www.vdf.org or call 888-VDF-4INFO.
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