To mark World Heart Day, we speak with Julia Grapsa, Professor of Cardiology and Director of Cardiology Education at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, about women’s heart health and the inequalities that persist in the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of cardiovascular disease.
We discuss heart attack symptoms, which do not always follow the “classic” pattern, and the role of pregnancy as an early “window” into a woman’s cardiovascular health.
Julia Grapsa explains what can change in practice, what Women’s Heart Centers are, and how they can bring together cardiology, gynecology, internal medicine, oncology, and primary care to better serve women.
In the final part of the conversation, she steps away from the scientific discussion to reflect on her personal and academic journey, the challenges of an international career in the United Kingdom and the United States, and her ties to Greece and the Greek scientific heritage she continues to carry with her.
Produced and presented by Nasia Bouloukou