On July 12, Dr H. Sahota MD, FACC, FSCAI was awarded the Golden Orange Award by World Affairs Council of Orange County. The event was held in Hilton Hotel, Costa Mesa, California.
World Affairs Council is a non profit, non partisan organization across United States working to engage Americans in international affairs and foreign policy matters. With its outreach programs for high school students and teachers, it brings awareness of historic events to them.
The Council has its headquarters in Washington DC with branches all over the country. It arranges speakers from all walks of life including heads of states and ambassadors. All kinds of topics are discussed including political, economic and social.
Along with Dr Sahota there were two other recipients: Mr Fred Ameri and Mr Bruce Hallenbeck. Awards were given for their contribution to both the Orange County community and to the World Affairs Council and their continued dedicated leadership on council board of trustees. The Awards were presented by Dr Jo Ellen Chatham, past chairwoman of council and herself recipient of Golden Orange award. This ceremony was followed by presentation by guest speaker of the evening, Phillip Taubman. The topic was “The Partnership: How the leaders of the Cold War Generation are Coming Together to End Nuclear Weapons”
Dr Sahota is an inventor of Perfusion Angioplasty Balloon. He has introduced angioplasty in India, Moscow, Mexico and Ukraine. Recently he was awarded and honored by American Heart Association for his works and contribution to cardiology.
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