Event Videos
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Day 2 Introduction
Mark Mercola, PhD
Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University
Todd Evans, PhD
Peter I Pressman Professor of Surgery; Vice Chair for Research, Chief Division of Research, Department of Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College
Session VI: Heart Failure
Moderated by Karim Sallam, MD
Optimizing Heart Failure Management: Strategies to Improve Equity
Eldrin Lewis, MD, MPH
Simon H. Stertzer, MD Professor of Medicine, Stanford University
Clinical Innovations to Improve Outcomes in Older Adults with HFpEF
Parag Goyal, MD, MSc
Associate Professor of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College
Panel Only
Kenneth Mahaffey, MD
Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University
The Project Baseline Health Study: Building a Science Platform and a Participant Community
Kenneth Mahaffey, MD
Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University
Session VII: Lightning Early Career Talks II
Moderated by Ronglih Liao, PhD
Human Coronary Plaque T Cells Are Clonal and Cross-React to Virus and Self
Patricia Nguyen, MD
Assistant Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University
Activation of an Injury-Associated Transient Progenitor State in the Epicardium is Required
for Zebrafish Heart Regeneration
Yu Xia, PhD
Postdoctoral fellow, Cell and Developmental Biology, Weill Cornell Medical College
Machine Learning in Personalization of Atrial Fibrillation Management
Tina Baykaner, MD, MPH
Instructor, Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University
Unlocking Vascular Pathogenesis Through Human Variations
Paul Cheng, MD, PhD
Instructor, Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University
Session VIII: Vascular
Moderated by Nazish Sayed, MD, PhD
How AI Can Help Us Improve Vascular Care
Elsie Ross, MD
Assistant Professor of Vascular Surgery, Stanford University
Modeling Collateral Blood Flow in Regenerating and Failing Hearts
Kristy Red-Horse, PhD
Associate Professor of Biology, Stanford University
Adaptable and Hemodynamic Human Endothelial Cells for Cardiovascular Repair
Shahin Rafii, MD
Professor of Medicine and of Genetic Medicine; Arthur B. Belfer Professor in Genetic
Medicine; Chief, Division of Regenerative Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College
Session IX: Imaging for Vascular Pathology
Moderated by Michael Salerno, MD, PhD
Image-Based Computational Modeling of Coronary Hemodynamics
Alison Marsden, PhD
Douglass M. and Nola Leishman Professor of Cardiovascular Diseases, and Professor of Pediatrics and of Bioengineering, Stanford University
Comprehensive Evaluation of Ischemic Heart Disease by Cardiac CT
Koen Nieman, MD, PhD
Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine and of Radiology, Stanford University
(panel only)
Jonathan Weinsaft, MD
Professor of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College
Biomechanical Factors Driving Thoracic Aortopathies – New Insights Enabled via Imaging Evidenced Hemodynamic Characterization
Jonathan Weinsaft, MD
Professor of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College
Session X: Cardiovascular Surgery
Moderated by Elan C. Burton, MD, MHA
Ross Renaissance: Reviving, Re-Engineering, and Researching the Pulmonary Autograft Operation
Y. Joseph Woo, MD
Norman E. Shumway Professor, Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University
Prevention, Prognosis, Prediction, and Precision Care for Vascular Surgery Patients: Development of a Biobank
Jason Lee, MD
Chief and Professor of Vascular Surgery, Stanford University
(panel only)
Stephanie Mick, MD
Carrie and David Landew Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College
Robotic Cardiac Surgery
Stephanie Mick, MD
Carrie and David Landew Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College
Session XI: Pulmonary
Moderated by Vinicio de Jesus Perez, MD
BMPR2, Extracellular Vesicles, and Downstream Targets
Marlene Rabinovitch, MD
Dwight and Vera Dunlevie Professor of Pediatric Cardiology, Stanford University
The Right Ventricle as a Therapeutic Target in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Edda Spiekerkoetter, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Stanford University
Session XI: Panel
Marlene Rabinovitch, MD
Dwight and Vera Dunlevie Professor of Pediatric Cardiology, Stanford University
Evelyn Horn, MD
Professor of Clinical Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College
Edda Spiekerkoetter, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Stanford University