SIRVART HOVNANIAN

HOVNANIAN--Sirvart. Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and NewYork- Presbyterian celebrate the life and mourn the death of Sirvart (Emily) Hovnanian, who, with her late husband, Kevork, was a great friend to our Division of Cardiology. Through their family foundation, the Hovnanians generously supported education and research at Columbia and heart care at NewYork- Presbyterian. We extend our condolences to her son Ara, a member of the Board of Advisors of Columbia's medical school, and his wife, Rachel, a member of Columbia's Cardiac Council; her daughters Sossie, Esto, Lucy, and Nadia, and to the extended Hovnanian family. Katrina Armstrong, MD, Executive Vice President for Health and Biomedical Sciences and Dean of the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Steven J. Corwin, MD, President and Chief Executive Officer of NewYork-Presbyterian Allan Schwartz, MD, Chief of the Seymour, Paul and Gloria Milstein Division of Cardiology Seymour Milstein Professor of Cardiology Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons Physician-in-Chief, Vivian and Seymour Milstein Family Heart Center, NewYork-Presbyterian/ Columbia University Irving Medical Center Joseph Tenenbaum, MD, Edgar Leifer Professor of Medicine, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons