Editor's Note: This interview took place in November 2018 during the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions. This transcript has been edited for clarity.
E. Magnus Ohman, MD: Hello. I'm Magnus Ohman. Welcome to another edition of Life and Times of Leading Cardiologists. I'm very fortunate to be here today with Dr Minnow Walsh, who is a cardiologist at St Vincent Heart Center in Indianapolis, and she is also former president of the American College of Cardiology (ACC). Welcome, Minnow.
Mary Norine Walsh, MD: Thank you very much.
An Irish Catholic Upbringing in Minneapolis
Ohman: Why are you called Minnow when your name is Mary?
Walsh: That is the most common question I'm asked. I was born Mary Norine and was called that until I was about 6 weeks old. My older brother, who is my Irish twin, was unable to say that so I became Minnow and it stuck.
Ohman: I have an Irish heritage and I believe you have a strong Irish heritage. Could you tell people what is an Irish twin?
Walsh: An Irish twin is a sibling who is born within 12 months of you. I was born, exactly to the day, 10 months after my brother was born.
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Life and Times of Leading Cardiologists: Mary Norine Walsh
Interviewer: E. Magnus Ohman, MD; Interviewee: Mary Norine Walsh, MD
DisclosuresMarch 07, 2019
Editor's Note: This interview took place in November 2018 during the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions. This transcript has been edited for clarity.
E. Magnus Ohman, MD: Hello. I'm Magnus Ohman. Welcome to another edition of Life and Times of Leading Cardiologists. I'm very fortunate to be here today with Dr Minnow Walsh, who is a cardiologist at St Vincent Heart Center in Indianapolis, and she is also former president of the American College of Cardiology (ACC). Welcome, Minnow.
Mary Norine Walsh, MD: Thank you very much.
An Irish Catholic Upbringing in Minneapolis
Ohman: Why are you called Minnow when your name is Mary?
Walsh: That is the most common question I'm asked. I was born Mary Norine and was called that until I was about 6 weeks old. My older brother, who is my Irish twin, was unable to say that so I became Minnow and it stuck.
Ohman: I have an Irish heritage and I believe you have a strong Irish heritage. Could you tell people what is an Irish twin?
Walsh: An Irish twin is a sibling who is born within 12 months of you. I was born, exactly to the day, 10 months after my brother was born.
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Authors and Disclosures
Authors and Disclosures
Interviewer
E. Magnus Ohman, MD
Duke Program for Advanced Coronary Disease, Duke Heart Center; Senior Investigator, Duke Clinical Research Institute; Professor of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
Disclosure: E. Magnus Ohman, MD, has disclosed the following relevant financial relationships:
Served as an advisor or consultant for: AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP; Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Bristol-Myers Squibb Company; Gilead Sciences, Inc.; LipoScience Inc.; Merck & Co, Inc.; POZEN Inc.; Roche; Sanofi; The Medicines Company; Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development, L.L.C.
Received grants for clinical research from: Daiichi Sankyo, Inc.; Eli Lilly and Company
Interviewee
Mary Norine Walsh, MD
Medical Director, Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation, Department of Cardiology, St. Vincent Heart Center, Indianapolis, Indiana
Disclosure: Mary Norine Walsh, MD, has disclosed the following relevant financial relationships:
Serve(d) as a trustee for: American College of Cardiology