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
2025 SYMPOSIUM FACULTY
Sophia E. Airhart, MD
Michael Brener, MD, MS, FACC
Sophia E. Airhart, MD
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
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
Dan Burkhoff, MD, PhD
Michael Brener, MD, MS, FACC
Director: Heart Failure, Hemodynamics and MCS Research
Cardiac Research Foundation
New York, NY
William Cornwell, MD
Dan Burkhoff, MD, PhD
William Cornwell, MD
Medical Director, Sports Cardiology
AdventHealth Orlando
Orlando, FL
Marc L. Dickstein, MD
Dan Burkhoff, MD, PhD
William Cornwell, MD
Professor of Anesthesiology
New York Presbyterian
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
New York, NY
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
Thomas C. Hanff, MD, MSCE, MPH
Thomas C. Hanff, MD, MSCE, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine
Medical Director, Mechanical Circulatory Support
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Gregory Lewis, MD
Thomas C. Hanff, MD, MSCE, MPH
Gregory Lewis, 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
Scott W. Lundgren, DO, MS
Consultant Cardiologist and Honorary Senior Lecturer
University of Birmingham
Birmingham, England
Scott W. Lundgren, DO, MS
Susanna Mak, MD, PhD, FRCP
Scott W. Lundgren, DO, MS
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
Susanna Mak, MD, PhD, FRCP
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC)
Charleston, SC
Farhan Raza, MD
Vishal N. Rao, MD, MPH
Yogesh Reddy, MBBS
Associate Professor of Medicine University of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, WI
Yogesh Reddy, MBBS
Vishal N. Rao, MD, MPH
Yogesh Reddy, MBBS
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
Shashank S. Sinha, MD, MSc, FACC, FAHA, FHFSA
Professor of Medicine, and Director of Cardiomyopathy Program
Vanderbilt Health
Nashville, TN
Khodr Tello, MD
Shashank S. Sinha, MD, MSc, FACC, FAHA, FHFSA
Jennifer Thibodeau, MD, MSCS
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
Adriano R. Tonelli, MD, MSc
Staff, Integrated Hospital-Care Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH
Van-Khue T. Ton, MD, PhD
Jennifer Thibodeau, MD, MSCS
Adriano R. Tonelli, MD, MSc
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Massachusetts General Brigham
Boston, MA
Nir Uriel, MD, MSc, FACC
Demetris Yannopoulos, MD
Demetris Yannopoulos, MD
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
Demetris Yannopoulos, MD
Demetris Yannopoulos, MD
Demetris Yannopoulos, MD
Professor Medicine
Director, Center for Resuscitation Medicine
Medical Director, MN Mobile Resuscitation Consortium
System Cardiac ECMO Director
M Health Fairview University of Minnesota Medical Center
Minneapolis, MN
