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Kirkwood F. Adams, Jr., MD

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

Alan B. Miller, MD

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

Mustafa M. Ahmed, MD

Associate Professor
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Department of Medicine
College of Medicine
University of Florida

William Abraham, MD

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

Nancy Albert, PhD, RN

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

Larry Allen, MD

Associate Head, Clinical Affairs, Cardiology
Medical Director, Advanced Heart Failure
Interim Head/Chief, Division of Cardiology
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Megan Andrews, MSN, APRN, ANP-C

Heart Transplant/VAD Nurse Practitioner
UNC School of Medicine

Matthew Baker, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Cardiology
UNC School of Medicine

Emily Baker, MSN, AGNP-CMD, MPH

Nurse Practitioner
Division of Cardiology
UNC School of Medicine

Barry E. Bleske, PharmD

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
President, Baylor Scott and White Research Institute
SVP, Baylor Scott and White Health

Mirnela Byku, MD, PhD, MBA

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Cardiology
UNC School of Medicine

Patricia Chang, MD, MHS

Professor of Medicine
Director, Heart Failure/Transplantation
Division of Cardiology
UNC School of Medicine

Christopher Chien, MD, FACC

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Cardiology
UNC School of Medicine

Robert T. Cole, MD

Medical Director, Advanced Heart Failure
Medical Director, Heart Failure Research
Samsky Advanced Heart Failure Center
Piedmont Heart Institute, Atlanta, Georgia

Lauren 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

Zachary Cox, PharmD

Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice
Lipscomb University College of Pharmacy
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Katherine Di Palo, PharmD, BCACP, BCGP

Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Stephanie Dunlap, DO

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

Uri Elkayam, MD

Professor of Medicine
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
USC Keck School of Medicine

James Fang, MD

Chief of Cardiovascular Medicine
Professor of Medicine
Director of the Cardiovascular Service
University of Utah School of Medicine

Mona Fiuzat, MD

Adjunct Associate Professor
Duke University School of Medicine

Anil Gehi, MD

Sewell Family-McAllister Distinguished Professor
Professor of Medicine
Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology Service
Division of Cardiology
UNC School of Medicine

Jana Glotzer, MSN, ACNP

Heart Failure Nurse Practitioner
Heart Failure Research Study Coordinator
UNC School of Medicine

Barry Greenberg, MD

Distinguished Professor of Medicine
Institute of Engineering in Medicine,
University of California San Diego

Stephen Greene, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Member in the Duke Clinical Research Institute
Division of Cardiology, Duke School of Medicine

Paul Hauptman, MD

Dean of the University of Nevada Reno School of Medicine
Chief Academic Officer, Renown Health

Evan Hiner, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine and Advanced Heart Failure/Transplant
Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University

Sudha Jaganathan, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Cardiology
UNC School of Medicine

Brian C. Jensen, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology, Division of Cardiology
UNC School of Medicine

Marvin Konstam, MD

Chief Physician Executive
The Cardiovascular Center Tufts Medical Center
Professor of Medicine and Radiology
Tufts University School of Medicine

David E. Lanfear, MD, MS

Section Head, Advanced HF/Transplant
Henry Ford Hospital
Professor, WSU-SoM

JoAnn Lindenfeld, MD

Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Vanderbilt University Department of Medicine

Peter P. Liu, MD

Chief Scientific Officer/VP Research
Professor of Medicine
University of Ottawa Heart Institute

Tammy Long, AGNP, MSN, RN, CCRN

Heart Failure Nurse Practitioner
Heart Failure Research Study Coordinator
UNC School of Medicine

Mathew S. Maurer, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, Clinical Cardiovascular Research
Laboratory for the Elderly
Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Robert J. Mentz, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine
Duke University School of Medicine
Chief of the Heart Failure Section
Duke University Medical Center

William Mostertz, MD

Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Fellow, Division of Cardiology
UNC School of Medicine

Carrie Neal, RN, BSN, CCRN-CMC

Clinical Coordinator, Cardiac Services
UNC Hospitals

Christopher O’Connor, MD

Chief Executive of the Inova Heart and Vascular Institute
Former Chief of Division of Cardiology Duke University Medical Center and Director of Duke Heart Center

Anjali Owens, MD

Medical Director, Center for Inherited Cardiac Disease
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Hospital of the 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 Pina, MD, MPH, MBA

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

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Program Director, CV Fellowship Program
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, BCCP, CCP

Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner, Vidant Health, Clinical Assistant Professor, Campbell University- CPHS

Kavita Sharma, MD

Director, Heart Failure & Cardiac Transplantation
Associate Professor of Medicine
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Faisal Syed, BSc, MBChB

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Cardiology
UNC School of Medicine

John Teerlink, MD

Director of Heart Failure and of the Echocardiography Laboratory at the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Professor of Medicine
University of California San Francisco

Paul Tessmann, MD, PharmD

Assistant Professor
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
UNC School of Medicine

Hector Ventura, MD, MACC, FAHA, FHSA

Professor of Medicine
Tulane University School of Medicine

Elizabeth Volz, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine
UNC School of Medicine

Sarah B. Waters, ANP-BC

Heart Failure Nurse Practitioner
UNC Center for Heart and Vascular Care
UNC School of Medicine

Clyde Yancy, MD, MSc

Vice Dean for Diversity and Inclusion
Chief of Cardiology in the Department of Medicine
Magerstadt Professor
Professor of Medicine Cardiology
Northwestern Medicine

James B. Young, MD

Executive Director of Academic Affairs, Cleveland Clinic
Professor of Medicine & Vice Dean for Academic Affairs
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University
George & Linda Kaufman Endowed Chair, Heart & Vascular Institute

Conference Director

Conference Planning Committee

Conference Faculty