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Executive Committee

Mark Anderson, MD

Hackensack University Medical Center

USA

Mark Anderson, MD

Hackensack University Medical Center

USA

Chair, Department
of Cardiac Surgery

Daniel Burkhoff, MD PhD

Cardiovascular Research Foundation

USA

Daniel Burkhoff, MD PhD

Cardiovascular Research Foundation

USA

Director, Heart Failure, Hemodynamics
and MCS Research

Navin K. Kapur, MD

Tufts University School of Medicine

USA

Navin K. Kapur, MD

Tufts University School of Medicine

USA

Executive Director, The CardioVascular Center for Research and Innovation (CVCRI); Director, Acute Mechanical Circulatory Support Program; Director, Interventional Research Laboratories; Director of Cardiac Biology Research Center, Molecular Cardiology Research Institute (MCRI); Associate Professor

Koichiro Kinugawa, MD

University of Toyama

Japan

Koichiro Kinugawa, MD

University of Toyama

Japan

Chairman and Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine and Nephrology

Prof. Dr. Med. Bart Meyns

Leuven University Hospital; Catholic University Leuven

Belgium

Prof. Dr. Med. Bart Meyns

Leuven University Hospital; Catholic University Leuven

Belgium

Head of the Department
of Cardiac Surgery

William W. O’Neill, MD

Henry Ford Hospital

USA

William W. O’Neill, MD

Henry Ford Hospital

USA

Medical Director, Center for
Structural Heart Disease

Prof. Dr. Med. Hermann Reichenspurner

University Heart Center, Hamburg

Germany

Prof. Dr. Med. Hermann Reichenspurner

University Heart Center, Hamburg

Germany

Deputy Medical
Director

Jane Wilcox, MD, MSc

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

USA

Jane Wilcox, MD, MSc

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

USA

Chief of the Section of Heart Failure Treatment
and Recovery Associate Professor of Medicine

Faculty

Prof. Dr. Med. Alexander Bernhardt

University Heart and Vascular Center Hamburg

Germany

Prof. Dr. Med. Alexander Bernhardt

University Heart and Vascular Center Hamburg

Germany

Director Heart Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support

Arvind Bhimaraj, MD

Houston Methodist

USA

Arvind Bhimaraj, MD

Houston Methodist

USA

Interim Chief of Division of Heart Failure, Associate Professor of Clinical Cardiology, Academic Institute
Associate Clinical Member; Research Institute

Elazer Edelman, MD PhD

Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

USA

Elazer Edelman, MD PhD

Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

USA

Professor of Medical Engineering
and Science, MIT

Prof. Dr. Med. Patrick Hunziker

University Hospital Basel

Switzerland

Prof. Dr. Med. Patrick Hunziker

University Hospital Basel

Switzerland

Deputy Head of the Clinic for
Intensive Care Medicine

Kiyotake Ishikawa, MD, PhD

Icahn School of Medicine Mount Sinai Hospital

USA

Kiyotake Ishikawa, MD, PhD

Icahn School of Medicine Mount Sinai Hospital

USA

Assistant Professor

Manreet Kanwar, MD

Allegheny General Hospital

USA

Manreet Kanwar, MD

Allegheny General Hospital

USA

Co-Director, Division of Heart Failure and Pulmonary Hypertension; Director Mechanical Circulatory Support and Heart Transplantation

Claudius Mahr, D.O.

Medical City Dallas, Texas

USA

Claudius Mahr, D.O.

Medical City Dallas, Texas

USA

Executive Director, Institute for Advanced Cardiac Care; System Director of Heart Failure

Prof. Dr. Med. Jacob E. Møller

Odense University Hospital

Denmark

Prof. Dr. Med. Jacob E. Møller

Odense University Hospital

Denmark

Head of Research unit of the Department of
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Research Unit

Jeffrey Moses, MD

Columbia University Medical Center, St Francis Hospital and Heart Center

USA

Jeffrey Moses, MD

Columbia University Medical Center, St Francis Hospital and Heart Center

USA

Director of Interventional Cardiovascular Therapeutics,
Director of Advanced Cardiac Interventions

Dr. Med. L. Christian Napp

Hannover Medical School

Germany

Dr. Med. L. Christian Napp

Hannover Medical School

Germany

Executive Senior Consultant Department
of Cardiology and Angiology

Prof. Dr. Med. Andreas Schäfer

Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Hannover Medical School

Germany

Prof. Dr. Med. Andreas Schäfer

Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Hannover Medical School

Germany

Deputy Director

Kenji Sunagawa, MD PhD

Disruptive Cardiovascular Medicine (CDiC) at Kyushu University, Fukuoka

Japan

Kenji Sunagawa, MD PhD

Disruptive Cardiovascular Medicine (CDiC) at Kyushu University, Fukuoka

Japan

Founder and Professor
of the Center

Ryan J. Tedford, MD

Medical University of South Carolina

USA

Ryan J. Tedford, MD

Medical University of South Carolina

USA

Dr. C. Gazes Endowed Chair in Heart Failure; Professor of Medicine/Cardiology; Section Chief, Heart Failure; Medical Director, Cardiac Transplantation

Nir Y. Uriel, MD

Columbia University Irving Medical Center, NY

USA

Nir Y. Uriel, MD

Columbia University Irving Medical Center, NY

USA

Director of Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant, New York Presbyterian Hospital; Professor of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Lija Swain, PhD

Tufts Medical Center

USA

Lija Swain, PhD

Tufts Medical Center

USA

Instructor of Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine

Mir Babar Basir, DO

Henry Ford Hospital

USA

Mir Babar Basir, DO

Henry Ford Hospital

USA

Director of the Acute Mechanical Circulatory Support Program

Robert Dowling, MD

Christ Hospital

USA

Robert Dowling, MD

Christ Hospital

USA

Surgical Director, Cardiac Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support

Steve Keller, MD PhD

Johns Hopkins Medicine

USA

Steve Keller, MD PhD

Johns Hopkins Medicine

USA

Assistant Professor of Medicine