NHI Committee on Myocardial Infarction (July 1966)
Ad Hoc Committee on Animal
Models of Myocardial Infarction (NHI)
Chairman, Subcommittee on
Non-primates (November 1966)
Ad Hoc Committees on
Clinical Research in the Myocardial Infarction Center,
NHI (December 1966 and
April 1967)
Ad Hoc Advisory Committee on Sudden Death Due to Myocardial Infarction, NHI (June 1967)
Ad Hoc Advisory Committee
on Pathology of Myocardial Infarction
(Advisory to MISC
Program), NHI (June 1967)
Dr. Eugene Stead’s Ad Hoc Committee on Coronary Disease (NHI), February 20, 1968
Advisory Committee for
Development of Cardiology Curriculum, Education
Development Center,
Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1966-1968
Program Project Committee,
National Heart and Lung Institute, 1968-1972,
Chairman, 1970-1972
Member, National Heart,
Lung and Blood Advisory Council, 1975-1980,
Chairman, Working Group
on National Research and Demonstration Centers
Member, Cardiology
Delegation invited by Chinese Medical Association,
People’s Republic
of China, September-October, 1978
Invited speaker and
consultant, Second US-USSR Symposium on Sudden Death,
Indianapolis, 1979
Invited inspector of its
sponsored Chairs, British Heart Foundation,
November 1979, July 1981
and September 1983
Coordinator for the United
States, US-USSR Program on Sudden Death, sponsored by
the Department
of State and the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, 1981-1987
Member of Steering Group, W.H.O. Expert Committee on Sudden Cardiac Death, 1982-1984
Chairman of Steering
Committee for 15th Bethesda Conference: Sudden Cardiac Death,
sponsored by American
College of Cardiology and National Heart, Lung and Blood
Institute, May 31-June 2,
1984
American Advisory
Committee for the Fu Wai National Heart Hospital of
the Chinese Academy of
Medical Sciences, Beijing, China, 1983-1988
Chairman, W.H.O. Task Force on Nomenclature of Coronary Arteriograms, 1984-1986
Chairman, Fourth USA-USSR
Symposium on Sudden Cardiac Death,
Birmingham, Alabama,
April 8-10, 1985
Chairman, W.H.O. Meeting
on Pathological Findings to Use in Evaluating Health Promotion
Programs, Riga Medical
Institute, Latvia, USSR, April 13-15, 1987
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration
Chairman, Cardiopulmonary
Discipline Working Group, 1988-1991
Member, Life Sciences
Division Working Group, 1988-1992
Member of the Organizing
Committee, XIV Congress of the Interamerican Society of
Cardiology, 1997
Charter Member of the Advisory Council, Lunar and Planetary Institute, 1989-2004
Member, W.H.O. Expert Advisory Panel on Cardiovascular Diseases, Geneva, 1988-1997