Cardiovascular Research Symposium

December 3–4, 2024

3rd Floor, BB-302 A, B & C
Belfer Research Building
Weill Cornell Medicine, New York

For Stanford / UPenn / Duke / Cornell Ithaca faculty and trainees’ registration, please email sis2014@med.cornell.edu.

To submit an abstract for a poster presentation, please email sis2014@med.cornell.edu until November 19th with the following information:
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Authors
Presenting author
Abstract (<250 words)

Keynote Speaker

Anthony Fauci

 

Anthony Fauci, M.D.

Distinguished University Professor, Georgetown University, School of Medicine and McCourt School of Public Policy
Former Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and former Chief Medical Advisor to President Biden 

 

 

Symposium Speakers

Maria Basil, Ph.D.

Maria Basil, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care)
University of Pennsylvania

Jingli Cao, Ph.D.

Jingli Cao, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
CVRI Faculty Member
Weill Cornell Medicine

Thomas Cappola, M.D., ScM

Thomas Cappola, M.D., ScM

William Smilow Professor
Chief, Cardiovascular Division
University of Pennsylvania

Shuibing Chen, Ph.D.

Shuibing Chen, Ph.D.

Professor of Chemical Biology in Surgery
Weill Cornell Medicine

Jim Cheung, M.D.

Jim Cheung, M.D.

Professor of Medicine
Weill Cornell Medicine

Paul Cohen, M.D., Ph.D.

Paul Cohen, M.D., Ph.D.

Albert Resnick, M.D. Associate Professor
Head, Weslie R. and William H. Janeway Laboratory of Molecular Metabolism
The Rockefeller University

Scott Damrauer, M.D.

Scott Damrauer, M.D.

Assistant Professor, Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania

Olivier Elemento, Ph.D

Olivier Elemento, Ph.D

Professor of Computational Genomics in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Director of the Englander Institute for Precision Medicine
Weill Cornell Medicine

David Frank M.D., Ph.D.

David Frank M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Cardiology)
University of Pennsylvania

Leonard N. Girardi, M.D.

Leonard N. Girardi, M.D.

O. Wayne Isom Professor
Chairman, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Cardiothoracic Surgeon-in-Chief
Weill Cornell Medicine

Robert A. Harrington, M.D.

Robert A. Harrington, M.D.

Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean
Provost for Medical Affairs
Weill Cornell Medicine

Michael Harrison, Ph.D.

Michael Harrison, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
CVRI Faculty Member
Weill Cornell Medicine

Conrad Hodgkinson, Ph.D.

Conrad Hodgkinson, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Medicine
Associate Professor of Pathology
Duke University

Evelyn Horn, M.D.

Evelyn Horn, M.D.

Professor of Clinical Medicine, Cardiology Division
Weill Cornell Medicine

Costantino Iadecola, M.D.

Costantino Iadecola, M.D.

Anne Parrish Titzell Professor of Neurology
Director and Chair, Feil Family Brain and Mind Research Institute
Weill Cornell Medicine

Mark Kahn, M.D.

Mark Kahn, M.D.

Edward S. Cooper, M.D./Norman Roosevelt and Elizabeth Meriwether McLure Professor of Medicine
Director of Molecular Cardiology
University of Pennsylvania

Daniel Kelly, M.D.

Daniel Kelly, M.D.

Willard and Rhoda Ware Professor Perelman School of Medicine
Director, Penn and CHOP Cardiovascular Institutes
University of Pennsylvania

Jiwon Kim, M.D.

Jiwon Kim, M.D.

Associate Professor of Medicine
Weill Cornell Medicine

Walter Koch, Ph.D.

Walter Koch, Ph.D.

Professor in Surgery
Duke University

Trine Krogh-Madsen, Ph.D.

Trine Krogh-Madsen, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Research in Physiology and Biophysics
Weill Cornell Medicine

Bernhard Kuhn, M.D.

Bernhard Kuhn, M.D.

David Wallace - Starr Foundation Professor of Pediatric Clinical Cardiology
Weill Cornell Medicine

Bruce Lerman, M.D

Bruce Lerman, M.D

Professor of Medicine in Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology
Weill Cornell Medicine

James Lo, M.D., Ph.D.

James Lo, M.D., Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Medicine, Cardiology Division
CVRI Faculty Member
Weill Cornell Medicine

Yicheng Long, Ph.D.

Yicheng Long, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Biochemistry
CVRI Faculty Member
Weill Cornell Medicine

Kiran Musunuru, M.D., Ph.D., MPH, ML

Kiran Musunuru, M.D., Ph.D., MPH, ML

Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine)
Director, Cardiovascular Institute's Genetic and Epigenetic Origins of Disease Program
University of Pennsylvania

Sanjiv Narayan, M.D.

Sanjiv Narayan, M.D.

Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine)
Stanford University

Nupoor Narula, M.D., MSc

Nupoor Narula, M.D., MSc

Assistant Professor of Medicine
The Bruce B. Lerman, M.D. Clinical Scholar
Weill Cornell Medicine

Saman Nazarian, M.D., Ph.D.

Saman Nazarian, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine)
University of Pennsylvania

Christopher Newgard, Ph.D.

Christopher Newgard, Ph.D.

W. David and Sarah W. Stedman Distinguished Professor of Nutrition in the School of Medicine
Duke University

Latha Palaniappan, M.D., M.S.

Latha Palaniappan, M.D., M.S.

Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine) and by courtesy, of Epidemiology and Population Health
Stanford University

Jessica Peña, M.D.

Jessica Peña, M.D.

Associate Professor of Medicine
Weill Cornell Medicine

Sudarshan Rajagopal, M.D., Ph.D.

Sudarshan Rajagopal, M.D., Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Medicine, Biochmistry and Cell Biology
Duke University

Mark Reisman, M.D.

Mark Reisman, M.D.

Professor of Medicine
Weill Cornell Medicine

Howard Rockman, M.D.

Howard Rockman, M.D.

Edward S. Orgain Distinguished Professor of Cardiology, in the School of Medicine
Duke University

Harsimran Singh, M.D.

Harsimran Singh, M.D.

David S. Blumenthal Assistant Professor of Medicine
Weill Cornell Medicine

Edda Spiekerkoetter, M.D.

Edda Spiekerkoetter, M.D.

Associate Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine)
Stanford University

Philip Tsao, Ph.D.

Philip Tsao, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Stanford University

Sreekanth Vemulapalli, M.D.

Sreekanth Vemulapalli, M.D.

Associate Professor of Medicine

Jonathan Weinsaft, M.D.

Jonathan Weinsaft, M.D.

Professor of Medicine
Chief, Cardiology
Weill Cornell Medicine

Laura Wingler, Ph.D.

Laura Wingler, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology
Duke University

Joseph Wu, M.D., Ph.D.

Joseph Wu, M.D., Ph.D.

Director, Stanford Cardiovascular Institute
Simon H. Stertzer, M.D., Professor and Professor of Radiology
Stanford University

Sean Wu, M.D., Ph.D.

Sean Wu, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor of Medicine and, by courtesy, of Pediatrics (Cardiovascular Medicine),
Stanford University

Ching Zhu, M.D., Ph.D.

Ching Zhu, M.D., Ph.D.

Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellow at UCLA

Organizing Committee

Geoffrey Pitt

Geoffrey Pitt

Ida and Theo Rossi Distinguished Professor of Medicine
Director, Cardiovascular Research Institute
Weill Cornell Medicine

Todd Evans, Ph.D.

Todd Evans, Ph.D.

Peter I Pressman, M.D., Professor in Surgery
Vice Chair for Research, Chief Division of Research
Weill Cornell Medicine

Agenda

Day 1: Tuesday, December 3, 2024

8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. | Registration

9:00 a.m. - 9:10 a.m. | Introduction and Welcome

Geoffrey Pitt, M.D., Ph.D.
Ida and Theo Rossi Distinguished Professor of Medicine
Director, Cardiovascular Research Institute
Weill Cornell Medicine

Robert A. Harrington, M.D.
Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean, Weill Cornell Medicine
Provost for Medical Affairs, Cornell University

9:10 a.m. - 10:10 a.m. | Session I: Vascular 

Moderator:
Thomas Cappola, M.D., ScM
William Smilow Professor
Chief, Cardiovascular Division
University of Pennsylvania

Speakers: 
Scott Damrauer, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Surgery
Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania

Laura Wingler, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University
Dean, Duke University School of Medicine

Costantino Iadecola, M.D.
Director of the Feil Family Brain and Mind Research Institute
Anne Parrish Titzell Professor of Neurology and Professor of Neuroscience
Weill Cornell Medicine

Mark Kahn, M.D.
Edward S. Cooper, M.D./Norman Roosevelt and Elizabeth Meriwether McLure Professor of Medicine
Director of Molecular Cardiology
University of Pennsylvania

10:15 a.m. - 10:35 a.m. | Coffee Break

10:35 a.m. - 11:20 a.m. | Session II: Aortopathies 

Moderator:
Jonathan Weinsaft, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Chief, Cardiology
Weill Cornell Medicine/NewYork-Presbyterian

Speakers:


Leonard Girardi, M.D.

O. Wayne Isom ProfessorChairman, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Cardiothoracic Surgeon-in-Chief
Weill Cornell Medicine/ NewYork-Presbyterian

Philip S.Tsao, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Medicine, Division Cardiovascular Medicine Stanford University

Nupoor Narula, M.D., M.Sc.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
The Bruce B. Lerman, M.D. Clinical Scholar
Weill Cornell Medicine

11:25 a.m. - 12:10 p.m. | Session III: Imaging and Outcomes

Moderator:
Jiwon Kim, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology
Weill Cornell Medicine

Speakers:
Sreekanth Vemulapalli, M.D.

Associate Professor of Medicine
Duke University

Jessica Peña, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine, Cardiology Division
Weill Cornell Medicine

Latha Palaniappan, M.D., M.S.
Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine) and by courtesy, of Epidemiology and Population Health
Stanford University

12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. | Lunch

1:15 p.m. - 1:20 p.m. | Afternoon Introduction

Joseph Wu, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Institute, Simon H. Stertzer, M.D., Professor
Professor of Radiology
Stanford University

1:20 p.m. - 2:25 p.m. | Session IV: Arrhythmia

Moderator:
Bruce Lerman, M.D.
Professor of Medicine in Pediatrics, Cardiology Division
Weill Cornell Medicine/NewYork-Presbyterian

Speakers:
Ching Zhu, M.D., Ph.D.
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellow
University of California, Los Angeles

Jim Cheung, M.D.
Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology
Weill Cornell Medicine

Saman Nazarian, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine)
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Shuibing Chen, Ph.D.
Professor of Chemical Biology in Surgery
Weill Cornell Medicine

2:25 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. | Session V: Congenital/Development 

Moderator:
Harsimran Singh, M.D.
David S. Blumenthal Assistant Professor of Medicine
Weill Cornell Medicine

Speakers:
Sean Wu, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine and, by courtesy, of Pediatrics (Cardiovascular Medicine)
Stanford University

David Frank M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Cardiology)
University of Pennsylvania

Michael Harrison, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
CVRI Faculty Member
Weill Cornell Medicine

3:15 p.m. - 3:35 p.m. | Coffee Break

3:35 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. | Session VI: Lightning Early Career Talks

Moderator
Bernhard Kuhn, M.D.
David Wallace-Starr Foundation Professor of Pediatric Clinical Cardiology
Weill Cornell Medicine

4:15 p.m. - 5:05 p.m. | Session VII: Computational Biology 

Moderator:
TBD

Speakers:
Trine Krogh-Madsen, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Research in Physiology and Biophysics
Weill Cornell Medicine

Olivier Elemento, Ph.D.
Professor of Computational Genomics in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Director of the Englander Institute for Precision Medicine
Weill Cornell Medicine

Sanjiv Narajan, M.D.
Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine)
Stanford University

5:05 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. | Poster Session

6:30 p.m. | Dinner for Symposium Speakers

Day 2: Wednesday, December 4, 2024

9:00 a.m. - 9:05 a.m. | Introduction

Daniel Kelly, M.D
Willard and Rhoda Ware Professor, Perelman School of Medicine
Director, Penn and CHOP Cardiovascular Institutes
University of Pennsylvania

9:05 a.m. - 10:20 a.m. | Session VIII: Regenerative Medicine/RNA Biology

Moderator:
Shahin Rafii, M.D.
Arthur B. Belfer Professor in Genetic Medicine
Weill Cornell Medicine

Speakers:
Jingli Cao, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
CVRI Faculty Member
Weill Cornell Medicine

Maria Basil, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care)
University of Pennsylvania

Yicheng Long, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry
CVRI Faculty Member
Weill Cornell Medicine

Conrad Hodgkinson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Associate Professor ofPathology
Duke University

Samie Jaffrey, M.D., Ph.D.
Greenberg-Starr Professor
Pharmacology
Weill Cornell Medicine

10:15 a.m. - 10:40 a.m. | Coffee Break

10:45 a.m. - 11:35 a.m. | Keynote Speaker

Anthony Fauci, M.D.
Distinguished University Professor, Georgetown University, School of Medicine and McCourt School of Public Policy
Former Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and former Chief Medical Advisor to President Biden

11:35 a.m. - 12:25 p.m. | Session IX: Stem Cells/Precision Medicine/Gene Editing

Moderator:
Howard Rockman, M.D.
Edward S. Orgain Distinguished Professor of Cardiology
Duke University School of Medicine

Speakers:
Joseph Wu, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Stanford Cardiovascular Institute
Simon H. Stertzer, M.D., Professor of Medicine and Radiology
Stanford University

Kiran Musunuru, Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine),
Director, Cardiovascular Institute's Genetic and Epigenetic Origins of Disease Program
University of Pennsylvania

Walter Koch, Ph.D.
Professor in Surgery
Duke University

12:25 p.m. - 1:25 p.m. | Lunch

1:25 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Afternoon Introduction

Howard Rockman, M.D.
Director, Cardiovascular Research Center
Edward D. Orgain Distinguished Professor of Cardiology
Duke University School of Medicine

1:30 p.m. - 2:20 p.m. | Session X: Pulmonary Hypertension

Moderator:
Evelyn Horn, M.D.
Professor of Clinical Medicine, Cardiology Division
Weill Cornell Medicine

Speakers:
Sudarshan Rajagopal, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine, Biochemistry and Cell Biology
Duke University

Mark Reisman, M.D.
Professor of Medicine, Cardiology Division
Weill Cornell Medicine

Edda Spiekerkoetter, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine)
Stanford University

2:20 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. | Session XI: Cardio-Metabolism

Moderator:
James Lo. M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine, Cardiology Division
CVRI Faculty Member
Weill Cornell Medicine

Speakers:
Christopher Newgard, Ph.D.

W. David and Sarah W. Stedman Distinguished Professor of Nutrition in the School of Medicine
Duke University

Daniel Kelly, M.D.
Willard and Rhoda Ware Professor, Perelman School of Medicine
Director, PennCardiovascular Institute
University of Pennsylvania

Paul Cohen, M.D., Ph.D.
Albert Resnick, M.D. Associate Professor
Head, Weslie R. and William H. Janeway Laboratory of Molecular Metabolism
The Rockefeller University

3:15 p.m. - 3:20 p.m. | Closing Remarks

Todd Evans, Ph.D.
Peter I Pressman, M.D., Professor in Surgery
Vice Chair for Research, Chief Division of Research
Weill Cornell Medicine

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