ATLANTA – (May 1, 2009) – Saint Joseph’s Hospital’s Gina Price Lundberg, MD, FACC received the American Heart Association’s Women with Heart Award at the 2009 Go Red for Women Luncheon at the Four Seasons Hotel today.
Lundberg is the first-ever recipient of the award. It will be presented annually to a local woman that exemplifies the energy, passion and power of Go Red for Women through her involvement in the movement and her personal commitment to living a heart-healthy lifestyle. An original member and two-time chair of the Go Red for Women campaign, Lundberg is also a member of the American Heart Association’s Metro Atlanta Division Advisory Board. Professionally, she is director of Saint Joseph’s Heart Center for Women and president of the Center for Preventive Cardiovascular Care.
“Gina has dedicated her entire professional life to the study of cardiovascular care,” said Marla Wilson, director of the American Heart Association’s Greater Southeast Affiliate. “Her deep knowledge and passion for the cause has been a tremendous and priceless asset.”
Lundberg is also the founder of The Women's Heart Center, the first women's cardiac prevention program in Georgia, launched in 1998. She also founded and directed The Heart and Health Center for Women at Northside Hospital in 2001. A clinical associate professor of medicine at Emory University, Lundberg also teaches cardiology fellows at Grady Hospital, as well as preventive cardiology to Medical College of Georgia students.
Additional related experiences include:
• Board member of the American Heart Association for Atlanta since 2001
• Chair of the Atlanta AHA Women to Women Conference (2002 and 2003)
• Chair of the AHA Vintage Affair Go Red fundraiser (2005 and 2006)
• Board member Women’s Health, Georgia Department of Women’s Heath, Department of Community Health (2007–08, appointed by Governor Sonny Perdue)
• Chair of the Sister to Sister Foundation (2008)
Lundberg attended the Medical College of Georgia, trained in internal medicine at the Atlanta Medical Center (at Georgia Baptist Hospital), and did further training in a cardiology fellowship at Rush University in Chicago. In private practice in Atlanta since 1994, Lundberg is board-certified in cardiology and internal medicine and recertified in both in 2002. She has three children and considers motherhood her first and foremost career.
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