Event Videos
Day 1 | Day 2
Day 1 Introduction and Welcome
Joseph Wu, MD, PhD
Director, Stanford Cardiovascular Institute
Simon H. Stertzer, MD, Professor of Medicine and Radiology, Stanford University
Geoffrey Pitt, MD, PhD
Director, Weill Cornell Medicine Cardiovascular Research Institute; Ida and Theo Rossi Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College
Augustine Choi, MD
Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean, Weill Cornell Medical College
Lloyd Minor, MD
Carl and Elizabeth Naumann Professorship for the Dean, Stanford School of Medicine
Sandy Weill
Chairman Emeritus and former CEO, Citigroup
Session I: Victor J. Dzau, MD, Distinguished Lecture in Cardiovascular Medicine
Moderated by Robert A. Harrington, MD
From The Heart to The Brain: Children as The Golden Age
Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD
Physician-in-Chief, Mount Sinai Hospital; Director, Zena and Michael A. Weiner Cardiovascular Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Session II: Rhythm
Moderated by William R. Goodyer, MD, PhD
New Roles of Fibroblast Growth Factor Homologous Factors in Regulation of Myocyte Excitability
Geoffrey Pitt, MD, PhD
Director, Weill Cornell Medicine Cardiovascular Research Institute
Ida and Theo Rossi Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College
Human Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Pacemaker Cells for Disease Modeling
Shuibing Chen, PhD
Kilts Family Professor, Department of Surgery and of Biochemistry, Weill Cornell Medical College
Bioengineering as a Foundation for Arrhythmia Care
Sanjiv Narayan, MD
Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University
Session III: Lightning Early Career Talks I
Moderated by Ngan Huang, PhD
Pathogenic Immune Cell Subsets Associated with Checkpoint Inhibitor-Induced Myocarditis
Han Zhu, MD
Instructor, Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University
Zebrafish as an Ancestral Model of Coronary Vessel Development and Regeneration
Nishant Mittal, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral fellow, Cell and Developmental Biology, Weill Cornell Medical College
Session IV: Cardiac Biomarkers
Moderated by Joshua Knowles, MD, PhD
Circulating Hormones – Metabolic Regulation and Inter-Organ Crosstalk
Katrin Svensson, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pathology, Stanford University
Challenging the Relationship Between Obesity and ACE2 Dynamic -- Insights from the DIETFITS Trial
Francois Haddad, MD
Clinical Professor, Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University
James Lo, MD, PhD (panel only - see Stanford Only video for his talk below)
Associate Professor of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College
Adipose Regulation of Cardiometabolic Health
James Lo, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College
Session V: Keynote Talk by Victor J. Dzau, MD
Moderated by Joseph C. Wu, MD, PhD
From Science & Medicine to Policy: My Journey as an Immigrant
Victor J. Dzau, MD
President, National Academy of Medicine