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Faculty
Faculty
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Arnold, Malcolm
- Professor of Medicine, Physiology and Pharmacology University of Western Ontario
- Cardiologist, University HospitalScientist, Lawson Health Research Institute
- Chair, Canadian Heart Failure NetworkLondon, Ontario, Canada
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Bisognano, John
- Associate Professor of Medicine and Director of Outpatient Cardiology at the University of Rochester Medical Center
- Director of the Cardiac Rehabilitation Center
Conflict of Interest Statement:
I will follow standard conflict-of-interest guidelines and not advertise any commercial product in my responses during the Symposium. Speaker has declared no conflicts. |
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Boyle, Noel
- Clinical Professor of Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles
- Cardiac Electrophysiologist at UCLA Medical Center
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Braunwald, Eugene
- Distinguished Hersey Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School
- Emeritus Chair of the Department of Medicine at the Brigham & Womens Hospital
- Editor of Harrisons Principles of Internal Medicine
- Founding Editor of Heart Disease, now in its 7th Edition
- Chair of the TIMI Study Group at the Brigham & Womens Hospital
Conflict of Interest Statement:
I will follow standard conflict-of-interest guidelines and not advertise any commercial product in my responses during the Symposium. Speaker has declared no conflicts. |
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Breithardt, Günter
- Head of the Department of Cardiology and Angiology of the Hospital of the University of Mnster
- Head of the Department of Molecular Cardiology at the Institute for Arteriosclerosis Research at the University of Mnster
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Cannom, David
- Clinical Professor of Medicine,UCLA School of Medicine
- Director of Cardiology,Good Samaritan Hospital,Los Angeles, CA
Conflict of Interest Statement:
Consulting with Boston Scientific, Medtronic, St Jude, Cardionet. |
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Chen, Leway
- Cardiology Division, University of Rochester Medical Center
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Cleland, John
- He has chaired both the European and British Societies for Heart Failure.
Conflict of Interest Statement:
I was PI on the CARE-HF study funded by Medtronic. I have received speaker's honoraria from Medtronic and Biotronik. |
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Cohn, Jay
- Professor of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School
- Director of the Rasmussen Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention
Conflict of Interest Statement:
I will follow standard conflict-of-interest guidelines and not advertise any commercial product in my responses during the Symposium. Speaker has declared no conflicts. |
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Day, John
- Director of Heart Rhythm Services at the Intermountain Medical Center in Salt Lake City, Utah and the Education Chair for the Heart Rhythm Society
Conflict of Interest Statement:
I will follow standard conflict-of-interest guidelines and not advertise any commercial product in my responses during the Symposium. Speaker has declared no conflicts. |
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Dubner, Sergio
- Director Arrhythmias and Electrophysiology Service Clinica y Maternidad Suizo Argentina
- ISHNE President
- Past Editor-in-Chief of the Argentine Journal of Cardiology (Revista Argentina de Cardiología)
- ISHNE Junior Investigator Award, Tokyo, Japan 1996
Conflict of Interest Statement:
I will follow standard conflict-of-interest guidelines and not advertise any commercial product in my responses during the Symposium. Speaker has declared no conflicts. |
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Dwyer, Edward
- Director of Cardiology and Professor of Medicine at St. Lukes, Roosevelt Hospital. Columbia University and the NJ Medical School, UMDNJ
Conflict of Interest Statement:
I do not plan to advertise any commercial products during my lecture or in my replies to the lecture. I do not receive any compensation for this lecture. I do not have any financial relationships with pharmaceutical or device manufacturers. |
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Elkayam, Uri
- Director of the Heart Failure Program, Professor of Medicine and Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.
Conflict of Interest Statement:
I will follow standard conflict-of-interest guidelines and not advertise any commercial product in my responses during the Symposium. Speaker has declared no conflicts. |
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Ellenbogen, Kenneth
- Kontos Professor of Medicine and Vice-Chairman, Division of Cardiology
- Director, Electrophysiology and Pacemaker Laboratory at the Medical College of Virginia, VCU School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia
Conflict of Interest Statement:
Dr. Ellenbogen has research grants from Medtronic, Guidant and St. Jude Medical. He is a consultant to ELA-Sorin Biomedical. He has received hononraria from Medtronic, Guidant, St. Jude Medical and ELA-Sorin Biomedical.
I will follow standard conflict-of-interest guidelines and not advertise any commercial product in my responses during the Symposium. Speaker has declared no conflicts. |
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Estes III, Mark
- Director of the N. E. Cardiac Arrhythmia Center at Tufts-New England Medical Center
- Professor of Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston
- Chairman elect of the Council on Clinical Cardiology
- President elect of the Heart Rhythm Society
Conflict of Interest Statement:
I will follow standard conflict-of-interest guidelines and not advertise any commercial product in my responses during the Symposium. Speaker has declared no conflicts. |
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Fang, Quan
- Professor and Acting Director Dept of Cardiology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital
- Board Member of Management Committee: Pacing and Electrophysiological Training Center, Chinese Medical Association
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Ferreira, Celso
- Attached Professor of the Discipline of Cardiology of the Paulista School of Medicine – 1962 to 2003. Counselling Professor of Post-Degree Courses to this date.
- Full Professor of the Discipline of Cardiology of the ABC School of Medicine (FMABC).
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Ferreira Filho, Celso
- Full Professor of the University of Santo Amaro School of Medicine, Full Professor of the Discipline of Cardiology of the ABC School of Medicine.
- Chief of the Sector of Hypertensive Heart Disease
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Goldschlager, Nora
- Staff Cardiologist, Director Electrocardiography Laboratory, Director Coronary Care Unit, Director, Pacemaker Clinic, San Francisco General Hospital Medical Center
- Clinical Professor of Medicine, Professor of Clinical Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine
Conflict of Interest Statement:
I will follow standard conflict-of-interest guidelines and not advertise any commercial product in my responses during the Symposium. Speaker has declared no conflicts. |
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Klein, Helmut
- Director of the Division of Cardiology at the University Hospital of the Otto von Guericke University in Magdeburg-Germany
Conflict of Interest Statement:
I herewith declare that I will follow the Conflict of Interest Guidelines during the whole course of the ISHNE Virtual Symposium on Heart failure, and I also declare that I will not advertise any commercial products during the symposium. |
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Krumholz, Harlan
- Professor of cardiology, epidemiology and public health at Yale University School of Medicine
- Director of the Yale-New Haven Hospital Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation
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Kukin, Marrick
- Director of the Heart Failure Program at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York City
- Professor of Clinical Medicine at the Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York
Conflict of Interest Statement:
I will follow standard conflict-of-interest guidelines and not advertise any commercial product in my responses during the Symposium. Speaker has declared no conflicts. |
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Levine, Paul
- Vice President, Medical Service St. Jude Medical. CRMD
- Clinical Professor of Medicine Loma Linda Univ School of Medicin
- Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine Univ of Calif, Los Angeles
Conflict of Interest Statement:
I have a conflict of interest being a full-time employee of St. Jude Medical CRMD - a manufacturer of CRT devices. While my presentation focuses on these devices, only data from peer-reviewed medical literature is cited.
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Lindenfeld, JoAnn
- Director, Cardiac Transplant Program
- Co-Director Womens Health Research Center
- Director of the Medical and Continuing Education Program in the Cardiology Division, University of Colorado Hospital Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Conflict of Interest Statement:
I will follow standard conflict-of-interest guidelines and not advertise any commercial product in my responses during the Symposium. Speaker has declared no conflicts. |
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Lu, Yongxin
- Professor of Cardiology, department of Cardiology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science & Technology Wuhan, China
- Committee Member of Chinese College of Cardiovascular Physician
- Committee Member of Chinese Medicine and Biology Association, Branch of Electrocardiology
Conflict of Interest Statement:
I will follow standard conflict-of-interest guidelines and not advertise any commercial product in my responses during the Symposium. Speaker has declared no conflicts. |
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Moss, Arthur
- Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)
- Director, Heart Research Follow-up Program
- University of Rochester Medical Center
- Editor-in-Chief Annals of NonInvasive Electrocardiology
- Former President of ISHNE
Conflict of Interest Statement:
Company: Guidant Corporation / Relationship: Research Grant Hold no stock or stock options in any device company. Not a member of any corporate advisory group or speakers’ bureau. |
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Olshansky, Brian
- Professor of Medicine and the Director of Cardiac Electrophysiology at the University of Iowa Hospitals
Conflict of Interest Statement:
Brian Olshansky is Medtronic: Consultant, Investigator, Speakers Bureau, Scientific Study; Boston Scientific Guidant: Consultant, Advisor, Investigator, Speakers Bureau, Scientific Study; CV Therapeutics: Consultant, Advisor; BioControl Advisor; Reliant/Baxter: Speakers Bureau; Blackwell: consultant andapicture |
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Oto, Ali
- Professor of Cardiology at the Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine - Deapartment of Cardiology
- Past President of ISHNE
- President of Turkish Society of Cardiology
Conflict of Interest Statement:
I will follow standard conflict-of-interest guidelines and not advertise any commercial product in my responses during the Symposium. Speaker has declared no conflicts. |
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Pérez Riera, Andrés Ricardo
- Associate Professor of the ABC Medicine School. Discipline: Cardiology
- In charge of the Department of of Electrovectorcardiography of the Cardiology Discipline of the ABC School of Medicine
Conflict of Interest Statement:
I will follow standard conflict-of-interest guidelines and not advertise any commercial product in my responses during the Symposium. Speaker has declared no conflicts. |
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Pfeffer, Marc
- Dzau Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and physician in the Cardiology Division at Brigham and Womens Hospital
- Medical director of Partners Research and Education Program (PREP)
Conflict of Interest Statement:
I will follow standard conflict-of-interest guidelines and will not advertise any commercial products in my replies. Listed below is my disclosure information.
Grant/Research Support: Amgen, AtheroGenics, Baxter, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Celladon, Novartis, Sanofi-Aventis. Consultant: Amgen, AstraZeneca, Cytokinetics, Daiichi Sankyo, GlaxoSmithKline, Medtronic Vascular, Mitsubishi, Novartis, Pharmacopeia, Via, Zensun. Other: The Brigham and Womens Hospital has patents for the use of inhibitors of the renin-angiotensin system in selected survivors of MI. Dr. Pfeffer is a co-inventor. The licensing agreement with Boehringer and Novartis is not linked to sales. |
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Schapachnik, Edgardo
- Chief of the Chagas Disease Section, Cardiology Division, Dr. Cosme Argerich Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- General and Scientific Manager AKROS Group
- General and Scientific Manager LPM Radio
Conflict of Interest Statement:
I will follow standard conflict-of-interest guidelines and not advertise any commercial product in my responses during the Symposium. Speaker has declared no conflicts. |
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Silver, Mark
- Chairman of the Department of Medicine, Director of the Heart Failure Institute,
- Medical Director of the Heart Transplant and Mechanical Heart Assist Program at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, Illinois.
- Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Illinois School of Medicine.
Conflict of Interest Statement:
I will follow standard conflict-of-interest guidelines and not advertise any commercial product in my responses during the Symposium. Speaker has declared no conflicts. |
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Steinberg, Jonathan
- Professor of Medicine Columbia University. College of Physicians & Surgeons. New York
- Chief, Division of Cardiology. Director, Arrhythmia Service. St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center
Conflict of Interest Statement:
I receive grant support (Guidant, Medtronic, SJM, Biosense Webster), speaker (GDT, MDT, SJM) and consultant (GDT) |
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Stone, Peter
- Cardiovascular Division, Brigham & Women's Hospital
- Co-Director, Samuel A. Levine Cardiac Unit
- Director, Clinical Trials Center Brigham & Women's Hospital
- Associate Professor of Medicine Harvard Medical School
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Wilkoff, Bruce
- Director of the Cardiac Pacing and Tachyarrhythmia Devices, a staff cardiologist in the Department of Cardiology, Section of Cardiac Pacemakers and Electrophysiology at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation
- Professor of Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University
- Chairman of the Health Policy Committee of the Heart Rhythm Society.
Conflict of Interest Statement:
I am a consultant for and receive honoraria from Medtronic, Boston Scientific, St. Jude Medical, Biotronik, Sorin, Inner Pulse, Spectranetics, Cook Vascular and Stereotaxis. |
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Yabluchansky, Nykola
- Chairman and Professor of Internal Diseases Dept. of Kharkiv Karazin National University, Ukraine
- Health Ministry Minister Advisor (1999)
- Editor-in-chief of international newspaper Medicus Amicus
- Editor-in-chief of scientific-popular journal Doctor Life
Conflict of Interest Statement:
I will follow standard conflict-of-interest guidelines and not advertise any commercial product in my responses during the Symposium. Speaker has declared no conflicts. |
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Zareba, Wojciech
- Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) at the University of Rochester Medical Center Rochester, NY
- Director of Clinical Research in the Medical Center’s Cardiology Unit
- Associate Director of the Heart Research Follow Up Program
- Past President of the International Society for Holter and Noninvasive Electrocardiology
- Editor in Chief of Cardiology Journal
- Deputy Editor of Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology
Conflict of Interest Statement:
Company: Guidant Corporation / Relationship: Research Grant |
Experts
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Bordalo e Sá, Armando
- General Secretary of the Portuguese Society of Cardiology
- Senior Cardiologist UTIC - Arsénio Cordeiro (CCU), Hospital de Santa Maria, Lisbon
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Castro Díaz, Luis
- Jefe del Servicio de Cardiologia Hospital Regional de Azuero, Los Santos, Panamá
- Ex Jefe del Departamento de Medicina y de Docencia Hospital Regional de Azuero, Los Santos, Panamá
- Ex Profesor Asistente de Medicina de la Universidad de Panamá
- Ex Profesor Asistente de Cardiología de la Universidad de Panamá
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Liniado, Guillermo
- Chief of the Doppler Section and Member of the Department of Education and Research of the Hospital Israelita, Buenos Aires
- Member of the Argentine Society of Cardiology
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Merino, José Luis
- Director of the Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology Unit at La Paz University Hospital.
- President of the Working Group on Electrophysiology and Arrhythmia of the Spanish Society of Cardiology
- Chairman of the Accreditation Committee of the European Heart Rhythm Association
- Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology (FESC)
- Member of the editorial board of the Revista Española de Cardiologia
- Reviewer of Circulation, the Journal of American College of Cardiology, the Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology, and other international journals
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Pereira, Luciano
- Cardiology Specialist (Northeast National University, Republic of Argentina)
- Echocardiography and Cardiovascular Doppler Specialist (Northeast National University, Republic of Argentina)
- Professor of Clinic Pharmacology and Medical Clinic (Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud - Universidad Nacional del Este - Republic of Paraguay)
- Titular Member of the Paraguayan Society of Cardiology.
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Uchida, Augusto
- Medical Attendant - Exercise Testing Division Heart Institute - University of Sao Paulo Medical School. Sao Paulo - Brasil
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