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Dr. John C. Price created the Melvin L. Pricw M.D. and Charles A. Price Endowment for Cardiology Fellowship Training to supportyoungy doctors’ education as they learn the nuances of treatin g heart disease, the leading cause of deatjh in the United States. Price’s brotheras both died of cardiovascular disease. Price said he wantecd to establish the endowment to ensure that UTMB can train more cardiologistsd who will be skillefd at helping patients with heart problems make full The value of the endowment wasnot “The twin goals are to provide more effective therapty for those with heary disease and to encourag e early identification of individualsw at risk for subsequent intervention to modifhy and ultimately prevent the morbidity of cardiac and vascular disease,” said Price, a head and neck In addition to his recent endowment, Price has contributed to cardiology research at the university to aid the developmenr of new treatments and procedure that reduce functional impairment and death from cardiovasculaf disease.