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Kirkwood F. Adams, Jr., MD

Associate Professor of Medicine/Radiology
Division of Cardiology
UNC School of Medicine

Assistant Director

Alan B. Miller, MD

Professor of Medicine – Retired
Division of Cardiology
University of Florida Health Sciences Center

William Abraham, MD

Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Physiology,
and Cell Biology
The Ohio State University

Mustafa M. Ahmed, MD

Associate Professor
Section Chief, Heart Failure
Medical Director, Mechanical Circulatory Support Program
Program Director, Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
University of Florida

Nancy M. Albert, PhD, RN

Executive Director, Associate Chief Nursing Officer
Office of Nursing Research and Innovation
Cleveland Clinic Health System

Larry Allen, MD, MHS

Professor of Medicine
Associate Head, Clinical Affairs, Cardiology
Medical Director, Advanced Heart Failure
Chief, Division of Cardiology
University of Colorado, School of Medicine

Megan Andrews, ANP

Heart Transplant/VAD Nurse Practitioner
Division of Cardiology
UNC School of Medicine

Emily Baker, MSN, AGNP-CMD, MPH

Heart Failure Nurse Practitioner, Diuresis Clinic
Division of Cardiology
UNC School of Medicine

Matthew Baker, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Cardiology
UNC School of Medicine

Barry E. Bleske, PharmD

Assistant Dean for Clinical and Translational Research
Professor and Chair
Pharmacy Practice & Administrative Sciences
University of New Mexico College of Pharmacy

Javed Butler, MD, MPH, MBA

Distinguished Professor of Medicine
University of Mississippi, Jackson, MS
President, Baylor Scott and White Research Institute
SVP, Baylor Scott and White Health
Dallas, TX

Mirnela Byku, MD, PhD, MBA

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Director, Mechanical Circulatory Support and Transplant Cardiology
Director, Adult Congenital Heart Disease
Program
Division of Cardiology
UNC School of Medicine

Peter Carson, MD

Professor, Medicine
Georgetown University School of Medicine

Tonya Carter, DNP, NP-C

Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiac Electrophysiology Nurse Practitioner at UNC Health

Patricia P. Chang, MD, MHS

Professor of Medicine
Director, Heart Failure/Transplantation
Program Director, Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology Fellowship
Division of Cardiology
UNC School of Medicine

Christopher V. Chien, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Oregon Health & Science University

Robert Cole, MD

Director, Advanced Heart Failure/Transplant/LVAD
Director of Heart Failure/Transplant Research at Samsky Advanced Heart Failure Center
Piedmont Heart Institute

Lauren B. Cooper, MD, MHS

Associate Professor
Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
Director, Heart Failure
North Shore University Hospital
Manhasset, NY

William G. Cotts, MD

Clinical Director
Heart Transplantation and Mechanical Assistance
Advocate Christ Medical Center

Katherine Di Palo, PharmD

Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Stephanie H. Dunlap, DO

Professor of Medicine
Director, Advanced Heart Failure Program
Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University

Uri Elkayam, MD

Clinical Professor of Medicine
Director, Maternal Cardiology Program
University of Southern California

James Fang, MD

Chief of Cardiovascular Medicine
University of Utah School of Medicine
Director of the Cardiovascular Service Line
University of Utah Health Care

Mona Fiuzat, PharmD

Associate Professor of Medicine
Senior Scientific Advisor at the FDA, Executive Editor of JACC: Heart Failure, and Former Senior Scientific Advisor to the FDA Commissioner
Duke University

Marat Fudim, MD, MHS

Associate Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Cardiology
Member in the Duke Clinical Research Institute
Duke University

Anil Gehi, MD

Sewell Family-McAllister Distinguished Professor of Medicine
Director, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Service
Program Director, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship
UNC School of Medicine

Barry Greenberg, MD

Distinguished Professor of Medicine
Director, Advanced Heart Failure Treatment Program
UC San Diego Health

Stephen Greene, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine
Member in the Duke Clinical Research Institute
Duke University

Ian Hollis, PharmD

Associate Professor, Division of Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics
UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy

David C. Ishizawar, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine
UNC School of Medicine

Brian Jensen, MD

Professor of Medicine
UNC School of Medicine

Marvin Konstam, MD

Professor of Medicine
Chief Physician Executive, The CardioVascular Center
Tufts University School of Medicine

David Lanfear, MD, MS

Vice President of Research and Chief Scientific Officer; Co-Director, Center for Individualized and Genomic Medicine Research
Henry Ford Health

JoAnn Lindenfeld, MD

Director, Heart Failure/Transplantation
Professor of Medicine
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Peter Liu, MD

Professor of Medicine,
Director, Cardiac Function Laboratory at University of Ottawa Heart Institute
University of Ottawa

Tammy Long, AGNP, MSN, RN, CCRN

Research Instructor
Heart Failure Research Study Sub-Investigator /Coordinator
Heart Failure Nurse Practitioner
Division of Cardiology
UNC School of Medicine

Mathew Maurer, MD

Arnold and Arlene Goldstein Professor of Cardiology
Director, Clinical Cardiovascular Research Laboratory for the Elderly
Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Robert Mentz, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine & Population Health Sciences,
Member in the Duke Clinical Research Institute
Duke University

William Mostertz, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Director, Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit
Division of Cardiology
UNC School of Medicine

Carrie Neal, RN, BSN

Nurse Coordinator–Diuresis Clinic
Division of Cardiology
UNC School of Medicine

Christopher O’Connor, MD

President of the Inova Schar Heart and Vascular
Adjunct Professor of Medicine in Cardiology
Duke University

Anjali Owens, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, Penn Familial Cardiomyopathy Program
Director, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Clinic
Director, Penn Center for Inherited Cardiac Disease
University of Pennsylvania

Robert L. Page, II, PharmD, MSPH

Professor, Department of Clinical Pharmacy
Clinical Specialist, Division of Cardiology
University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus

Sara Paul, DNP, FNP

Director, Heart Function Clinic
Catawba Valley Cardiology
Conover, NC

Ileana L. Piña, MD, MPH

Professor of Medicine
Thomas Jefferson University
Clinical Professor of Medicine
Central Michigan University College of Medicine
Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology and Biostats
Case Western University, Population & Quantitative Health Sciences
Senior Staff Fellow, Medical Officer FDA, CDRH

Jo Ellen Rodgers, PharmD

Clinical Professor
Division of Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics
UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy

Lisa Rose-Jones, MD

Novant Health Heart & Vascular Institute

Mason Sanders, MD

Advanced HF & Transplant Fellow
Division of Cardiology
UNC School of Medicine

Douglas D. Schocken, MD

Professor Emeritus of Medicine
Division of Cardiology
Duke University School of Medicine

Erika Schoenborn, PharmD

Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner – Cardiology
ECU Health Medical Center

Faisal F. Syed, BSc, MBChB

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Cardiology
UNC School of Medicine

Elizabeth Volz, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Cardiology
UNC School of Medicine

Sarah B. Waters, ANP-BC

Heart Failure Nurse Practitioner
Division of Cardiology
UNC School of Medicine

Clyde W. Yancy, Jr., MD, MSc

Vice Dean for Diversity and Inclusion
Magerstadt Professor of Medicine
Professor, Medical Social Sciences
Chief, Division of Cardiology
Northwestern University Feinberg SOM

James B. Young, MD

Professor Emeritus
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Emeritus Executive Director of Academic Affairs
Cleveland Clinic

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