Gootter-Jensen Foundation Lecture in Sudden Cardiac Death

The annual Gootter-Jensen Foundation series brings awareness to the important work being done in scientific research to defeat sudden cardiac death.

Tuesday, October 10, 2023
12-1 pm
BMI 1021 / Tung Conference Room or via Zoom

Next Speaker

Christine Albert, MD, MPH

Chair, Department of Cardiology
Lee and Harold Kapelovitz Distinguished Chair
Smidt Heart Institute
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center


Previous Lectures

2022

A Journey from Drug-induced Torsades to Implementing Genomic Medicine

Dan Roden, MD
Professor of Medicine, Pharmacology, and Biomedical Informatics
Senior Vice President for Personalized Medicine
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

2021

Frontiers in Atrial Fibrillation

Barbara Casadei, MD, DPhil
British Heart Foundation Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine
University of Oxford

2020

Neuroscience Therapies for Heart Disease

Kalyanam Shivkumar, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine (Cardiology), Radiology, and Bioengineering
Director of the UCLA Cardiac Arrhythmia Center and EP Programs
Director & Chief, Interventional Cardiovascular Programs, UCLA Health
UCLA Health System
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

2019

The Long QT Syndrome: The Long Road from Zero Knowledge to Personalized Management

Peter J. Schwartz, MD
Director, Center for Cardiac Arrhythmias of Genetic Origin
Instituto Auxologico Italiano IRCCS, Milan, Italy

2018

An Evolutionary View of CaMKII Oxidation: Physiological Innovation and a Poison Pill for Cardiovascular Disease

Mark Anderson, MD, PhD
William Osler Professor of Medicine
Director of the Department of Medicine
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine




The Gootter-Jensen Foundation is dedicated to saving lives by defeating sudden cardiac death through increased awareness, education, scientific research, and the distribution of AEDs. They dedicate themselves to this mission in the memory of Steven M. Gootter.