He served as ASH's president-elect in 2005 and as its vice president in 2004. With more than 14,000 members from around the world, ASH is the world's largest professional society concerned with the causes and treatment of blood disorders. Its mission is to further the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disorders affecting blood, bone marrow, and the immunologic, hemostatic and vascular systems by promoting research, clinical care, education, training and advocacy in hematology. Rai is internationally recognized for his expertise in the advanced understanding and treatment of leukemia in adults. An investigator with The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, based in Manhasset, Rai is known around the world for establishing the Rai clinical staging system for chronic lymphocytic leukemia, which helps doctors to know how a patient will behave and how to plan treatments. In recognition of his significant contributions in the field of leukemia and cancer, the Board of Trustees of the North Shore-LIJ Health System in May 2005 named Rai as the recipient of the Joel Finkelstein Cancer Foundation Professor of Medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. The author of more than 100 medical journal articles and book chapters, Rai sits on the advisory boards of several journals and hematology/oncology societies. He serves on the board of directors of the National Cancer Institute's CLL Research Consortium, and has been president of the New York Society for the Study of Blood. He is a founding director and leader of the International Workshop on CLL. Rai is a fellow of the American College of Physicians and is board certified in pediatrics. He trained at Lincoln Hospital in the Bronx and North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, and in nuclear medicine and hematology at LIJ. He received his medical degree from the University of Rajputana in Jaipur, India.
Make your favorite recipes a little healthier
The arrival of the new year is a good time to think about getting healthy. One healthy change you can try for the new year is turning your favorite recipes into healthier food choices. Cornell Cooperative Extension of Nassau County suggests making one or more of the following changes to your recipes to better your health:
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Instead of frying foods, try healthier cooking methods such as baking, broiling and grilling.
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Use lower-fat versions of foods such as milk, cheeses, mayonnaise, and salad dressings.
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Choose leaner cuts of meat for your recipes and trim all visible fat.
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Use egg whites or egg substitutes instead of whole eggs.
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For cream-based foods, replace cream with fat-free evaporated milk
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Use vegetable oils instead of solid fats.
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Decrease the amount of sugar used in a recipe and increase the amount of vanilla or cinnamon to enhance flavor.
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Try adding only half of ingredients such as chocolate chips and candy.
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Use pureed fruit as a substitute for butter and oil.
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Choose whole grain flour instead of white flour for your baking.
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Use spices or herbs to flavor your food instead of salt. For example, fresh garlic can be used instead of garlic salt.
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Add fruit and vegetables to your spices.
Winthrop is recognized by the AHA
Winthrop University Hospital is one of the first Long Island hospitals to receive recognition from the American Heart Association as a Get With The Guidelines-Coronary Artery Disease hospital. Under the program, Winthrop's heart disease patients are started on aggressive risk-reduction therapies in the hospital and receive smoking cessation and weight management counseling in addition to referrals for cardiac rehabilitation before being discharged. These standards of care are outlined in the AHA/American College of Cardiology secondary prevention guidelines for patients with coronary artery disease. "Winthrop's cardiac services remain world-class as evidenced by the Hospital recently being honored with the 2005 HealthGrades® Excellence Award for Cardiac Care," said Daniel P. Walsh, President and Chief Executive Officer, Winthrop. "The full implementation of secondary prevention guidelines is a critical step in saving the lives of coronary patients," said Gray Ellrodt, MD, AHA volunteer chairman for the national Get With The Guidelines project. "The American Heart Association's Get With The Guidelines program is designed to help hospitals like Winthrop implement appropriate evidence-based guidelines for care and protocols that will reduce the number of recurrent events and death in these patients." Projections have shown that if the program was implemented nationwide, more than 80,000 lives could be saved every year.
