FACULTY

SYMPOSIUM DIRECTORS

Mark N. Belkin, MD

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

PROGRAM DIRECTOR

Associate Professor of Medicine

Director, Mechanical Circulatory Support

Director of Research for Advanced Heart Failure Section of Cardiology

University of Chicago Medicine

Chicago, IL

PLANNING COMMITTEE

Jennifer 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, MI

Marat Fudim, MD, MHS

Jennifer Cowger, MD, MS, FACC

Associate Professor of Medicine

Duke Health

Durham, NC

Manreet Kanwar, MD, FACC

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

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 Health (MUSC)

Charleston, SC

SYMPOSIUM FACULTY

Sophia E. Airhart, MD

Michael I. Brener, MD, MS

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 B. Blumer, MD

Michael I. Brener, MD, MS

Sophia E. Airhart, MD

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 I. Brener, MD, MS

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Colombia University Medical Center

New York, NY

Dan Burkhoff, MD, PhD

Thomas C. Hanff, MD, MSCE, MPH

Michael I. Brener, MD, MS

Director: Heart Failure, Hemodynamics and MCS Research

Cardiac Research Foundation

New York, NY

William Cornwell, MD

Thomas C. Hanff, MD, MSCE, MPH

Medical Director, Sports Cardiology

AdventHealth Orlando

Orlando, FL

Thomas C. Hanff, MD, MSCE, MPH

Assistant Professor

University of Utah Health

Salt Lake City, UT

Steven Hsu, MD, FACC

Rajat Kalra, MBChB, MS

Associate Professor of Medicine

Medical Director, Mechanical Circulatory Support

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Baltimore, MD

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

Mass General Brigham

Boston, MA

Hoong Sern Lim, MD

Susanna Mak, MD, PhD, FRCP

Hoong Sern Lim, MD

Consultant Cardiologist and Honorary Senior Lecturer

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Birmingham, England

Scott Lundgren, DO, MS

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

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

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC)

Charleston, SC

Farhan Raza, MD

Vishal N. Rao, MD, MPH

Associate Professor (CHS)

University of Wisconsin - Madison

Madison, WI

Yogesh N. Reddy, MBBS

Vishal N. Rao, MD, MPH

Shashank S. Sinha, MD, MSc

Consultant, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases

Mayo Clinic

Rochester, MN

Shashank S. Sinha, MD, MSc

Lynne W. Stevenson, MD, FHFSA

Shashank S. Sinha, MD, MSc

Medical Director, Cardiac ICU

System Director, Cardiogenic Shock

Inova Schar Heart and Vascular

Inova Fairfax Medical Campus

Falls Church, VA

Lynne W. Stevenson, MD, FHFSA

Professor of Medicine, and Director of Cardiomyopathy Program

Vanderbilt Health

Nashville, TN

Khodr Tello, MD

Lynne W. Stevenson, MD, FHFSA

Deputy Director of Department

University Hospital Giessen and Northwestern Hospital Frankfurt

Giessen, Germany

Jennifer T. Thibodeau, MD, MSCS

Professor of Medicine

Associate Director of Clinical Operations, Cardiology

Director, Heart Failure

Medical Director, ECMO

UT Southwestern Medical Center

Dallas, TX

Adriano R. Tonelli, MD, MSc

Jennifer T. Thibodeau, MD, MSCS

Staff, Integrated Hospital-Care Institute

Cleveland Clinic

Cleveland, OH

Van-Khue T. Ton, MD, PhD

Jennifer T. Thibodeau, MD, MSCS

Van-Khue T. Ton, MD, PhD

Mass General Brigham Heart Failure Medical Director of Cardiogenic Shock

Massachusetts General Brigham/Mass General Brigham

Boston, MA

2026 INVITED FACULTY

SYMPOSIUM DIRECTORS

Mark N. Belkin, MD

Jonathan Grinstein, MD, FACC

Jonathan Grinstein, MD, FACC

Jonathan Grinstein, MD, FACC

Jonathan Grinstein, MD, FACC

Jonathan Grinstein, MD, FACC

PLANNING COMMITTEE

Jennifer Cowger, MD, MS, FACC

Jennifer Cowger, MD, MS, FACC

Jennifer Cowger, MD, MS, FACC

Marat Fudim, MD, MHS

Jennifer Cowger, MD, MS, FACC

Jennifer Cowger, MD, MS, FACC

Manreet Kanwar, MD, FACC

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

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

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

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

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

SYMPOSIUM FACULTY

Sophia E. Airhart, MD

Michael I. Brener, MD, MS

Sophia E. Airhart, MD

Vanessa B. Blumer, MD

Michael I. Brener, MD, MS

Sophia E. Airhart, MD

Michael I. Brener, MD, MS

Michael I. Brener, MD, MS

Michael I. Brener, MD, MS

Dan Burkhoff, MD, PhD

Thomas C. Hanff, MD, MSCE, MPH

Michael I. Brener, MD, MS

William Cornwell, MD

Thomas C. Hanff, MD, MSCE, MPH

Thomas C. Hanff, MD, MSCE, MPH

Thomas C. Hanff, MD, MSCE, MPH

Thomas C. Hanff, MD, MSCE, MPH

Thomas C. Hanff, MD, MSCE, MPH

Steven Hsu, MD, FACC

Rajat Kalra, MBChB, MS

Rajat Kalra, MBChB, MS

Rajat Kalra, MBChB, MS

Rajat Kalra, MBChB, MS

Rajat Kalra, MBChB, MS

Gregory Lewis, MD

Rajat Kalra, MBChB, MS

Hoong Sern Lim, MD

Hoong Sern Lim, MD

Susanna Mak, MD, PhD, FRCP

Hoong Sern Lim, MD

Scott Lundgren, DO, MS

Susanna Mak, MD, PhD, FRCP

Susanna Mak, MD, PhD, FRCP

Susanna Mak, MD, PhD, FRCP

Susanna Mak, MD, PhD, FRCP

Susanna Mak, MD, PhD, FRCP

Vishal N. Rao, MD, MPH

Vishal N. Rao, MD, MPH

Vishal N. Rao, MD, MPH

Farhan Raza, MD

Vishal N. Rao, MD, MPH

Vishal N. Rao, MD, MPH

Yogesh N. Reddy, MBBS

Vishal N. Rao, MD, MPH

Shashank S. Sinha, MD, MSc

Shashank S. Sinha, MD, MSc

Lynne W. Stevenson, MD, FHFSA

Shashank S. Sinha, MD, MSc

Lynne W. Stevenson, MD, FHFSA

Lynne W. Stevenson, MD, FHFSA

Lynne W. Stevenson, MD, FHFSA

Khodr Tello, MD

Lynne W. Stevenson, MD, FHFSA

Lynne W. Stevenson, MD, FHFSA

Jennifer T. Thibodeau, MD, MSCS

Jennifer T. Thibodeau, MD, MSCS

Jennifer T. Thibodeau, MD, MSCS

Adriano R. Tonelli, MD, MSc