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Some Fun Facts

What do you feel is your most important personal achievement?

Happily married (>30 years) to Diane F. Merritt MD (Professor of Ob-Gyn and Director of Pediatric and Adolescent
Gynecology at STLCH) and being blessed with 3 wonderful children (Sándor Ádám, Tamás Róbert and Katherine
Julianna).

What have been some of the things that you have learned in general since you have been in St. Louis?

Cardinals are a great team, the Midwest is an excellent place to start and raise a family, tornadoes are a real
possibility.

What kind of hobbies and activities do you enjoy in your spare time?

NYT cross word, scuba instructor and underwater photographer of Caribbean marine life.

[Dr. Kovács is really quite a character – he holds elective office as President of the BJH Medical Staff Association
(2015-2016) and is the only CBAC member (now and ever!) who is also a sitting member of the BJH Board of Direc-
tors with his own Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sándor_J._Kovács]

Recent Publications

Kovács SJ. Diastolic Function in Heart Failure. Clin Med Insights Cardiol. 2015; 9(Suppl 1): 49–55. Published online
2015 Apr 15. PMCID: PMC4401253

Mossahebi S, Zhu S, Kovács SJ. Fractionating E-wave deceleration time into its stiffness and relaxation components
distinguishes pseudonormal from normal filling. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2015 Jan;8(1). PMID: 25596141

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