December 3–4, 2024
3rd Floor, BB-302 A, B & C
Belfer Research Building
Weill Cornell Medicine, New York
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
Symposium Speakers
Maria Basil, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care)
University of Pennsylvania
Jingli Cao, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
CVRI Faculty Member
Weill Cornell Medicine
Thomas Cappola, M.D., ScM
William Smilow Professor
Chief, Cardiovascular Division
University of Pennsylvania
Shuibing Chen, Ph.D.
Professor of Chemical Biology in Surgery
Weill Cornell Medicine
Jim Cheung, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Weill Cornell Medicine
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.
Assistant Professor, Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
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.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Cardiology)
University of Pennsylvania
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.
Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean
Provost for Medical Affairs
Weill Cornell Medicine
Michael Harrison, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
CVRI Faculty Member
Weill Cornell Medicine
Conrad Hodgkinson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Associate Professor of Pathology
Duke University
Evelyn Horn, M.D.
Professor of Clinical Medicine, Cardiology Division
Weill Cornell Medicine
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.
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.
Willard and Rhoda Ware Professor Perelman School of Medicine
Director, Penn and CHOP Cardiovascular Institutes
University of Pennsylvania
Jiwon Kim, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Weill Cornell Medicine
Walter Koch, Ph.D.
Professor in Surgery
Duke University
Trine Krogh-Madsen, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Research in Physiology and Biophysics
Weill Cornell Medicine
Bernhard Kuhn, M.D.
David Wallace - Starr Foundation Professor of Pediatric Clinical Cardiology
Weill Cornell Medicine
Bruce Lerman, M.D
Professor of Medicine in Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology
Weill Cornell Medicine
James Lo, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine, Cardiology Division
CVRI Faculty Member
Weill Cornell Medicine
Yicheng Long, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry
CVRI Faculty Member
Weill Cornell Medicine
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.
Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine)
Stanford University
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.
Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine)
University of Pennsylvania
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.
Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine) and by courtesy, of Epidemiology and Population Health
Stanford University
Jessica Peña, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Weill Cornell Medicine
Sudarshan Rajagopal, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine, Biochmistry and Cell Biology
Duke University
Mark Reisman, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Weill Cornell Medicine
Howard Rockman, M.D.
Edward S. Orgain Distinguished Professor of Cardiology, in the School of Medicine
Duke University
Harsimran Singh, M.D.
David S. Blumenthal Assistant Professor of Medicine
Weill Cornell Medicine
Edda Spiekerkoetter, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine)
Stanford University
Philip Tsao, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Stanford University
Sreekanth Vemulapalli, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Jonathan Weinsaft, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Chief, Cardiology
Weill Cornell Medicine
Laura Wingler, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology
Duke University
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.
Professor of Medicine and, by courtesy, of Pediatrics (Cardiovascular Medicine),
Stanford University
Ching Zhu, M.D., Ph.D.
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellow at UCLA
Organizing Committee
Geoffrey Pitt
Ida and Theo Rossi Distinguished Professor of Medicine
Director, Cardiovascular Research Institute
Weill Cornell Medicine
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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