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Chicago Hemodynamic Forum

2026 INVITED FACULTY

SYMPOSIUM DIRECTORS

Mark N. Belkin, MD

Jonathan Grinstein, MD, FACC

Jonathan Grinstein, MD, FACC

PROGRAM DIRECTOR  
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Director, Hemodynamic Laboratory
Associate Program Director, Advanced Heart Failure Fellowship
University of Chicago Medicine
Chicago, IL

Jonathan Grinstein, MD, FACC

Jonathan Grinstein, MD, FACC

Jonathan Grinstein, MD, FACC

PROGRAM DIRECTOR

Associate Professor of Medicine

Director, Mechanical Circulatory Support

University of Chicago Medicine

Chicago, IL

PLANNING COMMITTEE

Jennifer A. Cowger, MD, MS, FACC

Jennifer A. Cowger, MD, MS, FACC

Jennifer A. Cowger, MD, MS, FACC

Section Head of Advanced Heart Failure, Transplant, and Mechanical Circulatory Support

Member of the Shock, Sarcoid and Amyloid Programs

Henry Ford Hospital

Detroit, Michigan

Marat Fudim, MD, MHS

Jennifer A. Cowger, MD, MS, FACC

Jennifer A. Cowger, MD, MS, FACC

Associate Professor of Medicine

Duke Health

Durham, North Carolina

Manreet K. Kanwar, MD, FACC

Ryan J. Tedford, MD, FACC, FAHA, FHFSA

Ryan J. Tedford, MD, FACC, FAHA, FHFSA

Professor of Medicine

Director, Section of Heart Failure and Pulmonary Hypertension

Division of Cardiology

University of Chicago Medicine

Chicago, IL

Ryan J. Tedford, MD, FACC, FAHA, FHFSA

Ryan J. Tedford, MD, FACC, FAHA, FHFSA

Ryan J. Tedford, MD, FACC, FAHA, FHFSA

  Dr. Peter C. Gazes Endowed Chair in Heart Failure

Professor of Medicine/Cardiology

Section Chief, Heart Failure

Medical Director, Cardiac Transplantation

Director, Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Fellowship Training Program

Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC)

Charleston, South Carolina

SYMPOSIUM FACULTY

Sophia E. Airhart, MD

Michael Brener, MD, MS, FACC

Sophia E. Airhart, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine 

Director, Pulmonary Hypertension

Regional Director, Heart Failure

University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School-Baystate

Springfield, MA


Vanessa Blumer, MD

Michael Brener, MD, MS, FACC

Sophia E. Airhart, MD

Associate Program Director,Inova Cardiovascular Fellowship Program Associate Director, Heart Failure Research Inova Schar Heart and Vascular to Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Associate Program Director, Inova Cardiovascular Fellowship Program Associate Director, Heart Failure Research, Inova Schar Heart and Vascular

Falls Church, VA

Michael Brener, MD, MS, FACC

Michael Brener, MD, MS, FACC

Michael Brener, MD, MS, FACC

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Colombia University Medical Center

New York, NY

Dan Burkhoff, MD, PhD

Thomas C. Hanff, MD, MSCE, MPH

Michael Brener, MD, MS, FACC

Director: Heart Failure, Hemodynamics and MCS Research

Cardiac Research Foundation

New York, NY


William Cornwell, MD

Thomas C. Hanff, MD, MSCE, MPH

Thomas C. Hanff, MD, MSCE, MPH

Medical Director, Sports Cardiology

AdventHealth Orlando

Orlando, FL

Thomas C. Hanff, MD, MSCE, MPH

Thomas C. Hanff, MD, MSCE, MPH

Thomas C. Hanff, MD, MSCE, MPH

Assistant Professor    

University of Utah Health

Salt Lake City, UT

Steven Hsu, MD, FACC

Rajat Kalra, MBChB, MS

Rajat Kalra, MBChB, MS

Associate Professor of Medicine

Medical Director, Mechanical Circulatory Support

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Rajat Kalra, MBChB, MS

Rajat Kalra, MBChB, MS

Rajat Kalra, MBChB, MS

Associate Professor, Cardiovascular Division University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, MN

Gregory Lewis, MD

Rajat Kalra, MBChB, MS

Hoong Sern Lim, MD

Jeffrey and Mary Ellen Jay Chair and Section Head, Heart Failure

Medical Director, Heart Transplant Program

Director, Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing Laboratory

Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Massachusetts General Brigham 

Boston, MA

Hoong Sern Lim, MD

Susanna Mak, MD, PhD, FRCP

Hoong Sern Lim, MD

Consultant Cardiologist and Honorary Senior Lecturer

University of Birmingham

Birmingham, England

Scott W. Lundgren, DO, MS

Susanna Mak, MD, PhD, FRCP

Susanna Mak, MD, PhD, FRCP

Assistant Professor, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine

Associate Program Director, Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship

University of Nebraska Medical Center

Omaha, NE

Susanna Mak, MD, PhD, FRCP

Susanna Mak, MD, PhD, FRCP

Susanna Mak, MD, PhD, FRCP

Professor of Medicine

Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology

University of Toronto

Director, Harold and Esther Mecklinger and the Posluns Families Cardiac Catheterization Clinical Research Laboratory 

Anna Prosserman Heart Function Clinic

Deputy Director for Clinical Research, Sinai Health 

Lunenfeld-Tannenbaum Research Institute

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Vishal N. Rao, MD, MPH

Vishal N. Rao, MD, MPH

Vishal N. Rao, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC)

Charleston, SC


Farhan Raza, MD

Vishal N. Rao, MD, MPH

Vishal N. Rao, MD, MPH

Associate Professor of Medicine University of Wisconsin - Madison

Madison, WI


Yogesh Reddy, MBBS

Vishal N. Rao, MD, MPH

Shashank S. Sinha, MD, MSc, FACC, FAHA, FHFSA

Consultant, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases

Mayo Clinic

Rochester, MN


Shashank S. Sinha, MD, MSc, FACC, FAHA, FHFSA

Shashank S. Sinha, MD, MSc, FACC, FAHA, FHFSA

Shashank S. Sinha, MD, MSc, FACC, FAHA, FHFSA

Assistant Professor of Medical Education, University of Virginia School of Medicine

Medical Director, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Cardiology

Director, Inova Cardiogenic Shock Program

Director, Cardiovascular Critical Care Research Program

Advanced Heart Failure, Mechanical Circulatory Support, and Transplant Cardiologist

Inova Schar Heart and Vascular

Inova Fairfax Medical Campus

Falls Church, VA

Lynne W. Stevenson, MD, FHFSA

Shashank S. Sinha, MD, MSc, FACC, FAHA, FHFSA

Lynne W. Stevenson, MD, FHFSA

Professor of Medicine, and Director of Cardiomyopathy Program

Vanderbilt Health

Nashville, TN

Khodr Tello, MD

Shashank S. Sinha, MD, MSc, FACC, FAHA, FHFSA

Lynne W. Stevenson, MD, FHFSA

Deputy Head of Department

Justus Liebig University

Giessen, Germany

Jennifer Thibodeau, MD, MSCS

Jennifer Thibodeau, MD, MSCS

Jennifer Thibodeau, MD, MSCS

Professor of Internal Medicine

Medical Director of Heart Failure

Medical Director of ECMO

UT Southwestern Medical Center

Dallas, TX

Adriano R. Tonelli, MD, MSc

Jennifer Thibodeau, MD, MSCS

Jennifer Thibodeau, MD, MSCS

Staff, Integrated Hospital-Care Institute

Cleveland Clinic

Cleveland, OH

Van-Khue T. Ton, MD, PhD

Jennifer Thibodeau, MD, MSCS

Van-Khue T. Ton, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Massachusetts General Brigham

Boston, MA

Nir Uriel, MD, MSc, FACC

Seymour, Paul and Gloria Milstein Professor of Medicine

Director of NYP Heart Failure, Heart Transplant & Mechanical Circulatory Support Programs

Columbia University Irving Medical Center 

Weill Cornell Medicine

New York, NY


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