Felipe Aguel PhD
Deputy Director
Divisino of Neurologicl and Physical Medicine Devices
FDA/CDRH/ODE
Silver Spring MD USA
Piero Anversa MD
Professor of Anesthesia and Medicine
Center for Regenerative Medicine
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Boston MA USA
Marko Banovic MD PhD FESC
Cardiology Clinic
Clinical Centre of Serbia
-and-
Medical Faculty
University of Belgrade Serbia
Belgrade Serbia
Jozef Bartunek MD PhD
Associate Director
Cardiovascular Center
OLV Hospital
Aalst Belgium
Atta Behfar MD PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Senior Associate Consultant
Division of Cardiovascular Diseases
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Rochester Minnesota USA
Branko Beleslin MD PhD FESC FACC
Assistant Professor
Clinic of Cardiology
Clinical Center of Serbia
-and-
Medical Faculty
University of Belgrade Serbia
Belgrade Serbia
Cheryl A Blaze BVSc PhD MBA
Assistant Professor
Anesthesiology
Associate Medical Director
Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine
North Grafton MA USA
Alasdair Breckenridge MD FRCP FMedSci
Professor
University of Liverpool
Liverpool UK
Scott Brown PhD
Founder
Altair Biostatistics
Saint Louis Park MN USA
Daniel Burkhoff MD PhD
Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine
Columbia University
New York NY USA
-and-
VP Medical Science
HeartWare International Inc
Framingham MA USA
Deborah Castillo
Biomedical Engineer
Lead Reviewer at FDA
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Center for Devices and Radiological Health
Silver Spring MD USA
Christiane Chène PhD
Senior Scientific Expert
Medical & Preclinical Services
Dr Regenold GmbH
Development, Regulatory, Market Access
Badenweiler Germany
Yanping Cheng MD
Assistant Director of Cardiovascular Imaging
CRF Skirball Center for Innovation
Cardiovascular Research Foundation
Orangeburg NY USA
Adrian H Chester BSc PhD
Honorary Senior Research Fellow
Imperial College London
National Heart & Lung Institute
Heart Science Centre
Harefield Middlesex UK
Alain Cribier MD FACC FESC
Chief of Cardiology
Professor of Medicine
Charles Nicolle Hospital
University of Rouen France
Rouen France
Janna Crittendon
Founder & President
JC Consulting Group Inc
Cohasset MA USA
Karen L Christman PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Bioengineering
Stanford Consortium for Regenerativ Medicine
University of California San Diego
La Jolla CA USA
Michael T Debney MRCP
Clinical Research Fellow
National Heart & Lung Institute
Imperial College London
London UK
Nabil Dib MD MSc FACC
Professor of Medicine
University of Arizona
Director, Cardiovascular Research
Dignity Health
Phoenix AZ USA
Florian Dick MD
Research Group Leader
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery
Inselspital
Berne University Hospital and University of Berne
Berne Switzerland
Stefanie Dimmeler PhD
Institute of Cardiovascular Regeneration, Centre for Molecular Medicine
Goethe University Frankfurt
Frankfurt/Main Germany
Jonathan Dinsmore PhD
Director Cancer Clinical Research
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston MA USA
Georgina M Ellison PhD
Associate Professor of Physiology
Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine
King’s College London
London UK
Peter Feldschreiber FFPM LLB
Barrister at Law
Chambers of Ben Hubble QC
Four New Square Lincolns Inn
London UK
Todd Flower PhD
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Laboratory Director
Celebration Stem Cell Centre
Gilbert AZ USA
Louis Garrison PhD
Professor School of Pharmacy
Adjunct Professor Global Health
Adjunct Professor Health Services
Pharmaceutical Outcomes Research & Policy Program
University of Washington School of Pharmacy
Seattle WA USA
Juan F Granada MD
Executive Director and Chief Innovation Officer
CRF Skirball Center for Innovation
Cardiovascular Research Foundation
Orangeburg NY USA
MaryAnn Guerra MBA
Co-Founder and CEO
BioAccel
Phoenix AZ USA
Juan F Iglesias MD
Department of Cardiology
Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV)
Lausanne Switzerland
Xavier Jeanrenaud MD FESC
Department of Cardiology
University Hospital of Lausanne (CHUV)
Lausanne Switzerland
Toshinobu Kazui MD PhD
Clinical Instructor
University of Arizona Medical Center
Tucson Arizona USA
Zain Khalpey MD PhD FETCS
Director Heart Transplant Program
Director Mechanical Circulatory Support
Director Robotic Mitral Valve Program
Tony Marnell Sr Distinguished Chair in Cardiothoracic Surgery
Associate Professor of Surgery, Medical Imaging, Physiological Sciences,
Biomedical Engineering, Cellular & Molecular Medicine
University of Arizona College of Medicine
Tucson Arizona USA
Ron G King PhD MBA
Chief Scientific & Investment Officer
BioAccel
Phoenix AZ USA
Robert E Kohler MS
Director of Research and Development
Cardiovascular Systems Inc
New Brighton MN USA
Destiny Lagrand BA
Cardiothoracic Translational Research Administrator
Department of Surgery
University of Arizona
Tucson Arizona USA
Annarosa Leri MD
Associate Professor
Department of Anesthesia and Medicine
Harvard Medical School
-and-
Associate Professor Anesthesiology
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston MA USA
John C Lewin MD
President and CEO
Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF)
New York New York USA
Wei Liang PhD
Pharmacologist
Office of Cellular Tissue and Gene Therapies
FDA Center For Biologics Evaluation & Research
Silver Spring MD USA
Didier Locca MD FESC FACC
Cardiologist
Cardiovascular Centre Grand-Chêne
Lausanne Switzerland
-and-
Hon Consultant and Clinical Senior Lecturer
The London Chest Hospital
Barts Health NHS
Queen Mary University of London
London UK
Sarah Longnus PhD
Research Group Leader
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery
Inselspital
Berne University Hospital and University of Berne
Berne Switzerland
Andrew J Ludman MRCP MD
Consultant Cardiologist
Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust
Exeter UK
Anthony Mathur MD FRCP FESC PhD
Professor of Cardiology
Queen Mary University of London
Barts Health NHS Trust
London UK
Brent McCright PhD
Research Biologist
Office of Cellular Tissue and Gene Therapies
FDA Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research
Silver Spring MD USA
Larry McNeely
National Coalition on Health Care
Washington DC USA
Pierre Monney MD
Department of Cardiology
University Hospital of Lausanne (CHUV)
Lausanne Switzerland
Marion Muhly-Reinholz MTA
Technical Assistant
Institute for Cardiovascular Regeneration, Center of Molecular Medicine
Goethe University Franfurt
Frankfurt/Main Germany
Christopher M Mullin MS
Director Quality and Regulatory Services
NAMSA
Golden Valley MN USA
Bernardo Nadal-Ginard MD PhD
Honorary Professor
Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine
King’s College London
London UK
Fu Siong Ng MRCP PhD
Clinical Lecturer in Cardiology
National Heart & Lung Institute
Imperial College London
London UK
Neil K Nydegger Esq
Patent and Trademark Attorney
Nydegger & Associates
San Diego CA USA
Nicholas S Peters MD
Professor of Cardiology
Head of Cardiac Electrophysiology
National Heart & Lung Institute
Imperial College London
London UK
Stéphanie M Perruchoud Fluri MD
Department of Cariology
Hôpital du Valais
Sion Switzerland
Tia Pilikian MS
Clinical Research Coordinator
Department of Surgery
University of Arizona
Tucson Arizona USA
Aboli A Rane PhD
Department of Bioengineering
University of California San Diego
La Jolla CA USA
David G Reuter MD PhD
Director Cardiac Innovations
Seattle Children’s Hospital
Seattle WA USA
Johannes Riegler PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Stanford Cardiovascular Institute
Department of Radiology
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford CA USA
Robert Roberts MD FRSC FRCP MACC
Scientist Emeritus and Advisor University of Ottawa Heart Institute
Past President and CEO University of Ottawa Heart Institute
Founding Director Ruddy Canadian Cardiovascular Genetics Centre
Adjunct Professor Baylor College of Medicine
Ottawa Canada
André Roland MSc
Patent Attorney
Andre Roland SA Intellectual Property Services
Lausanne Switzerland
-and-
Patent Judge
Swiss Federal Patent Court
St-Gall Switzerland
Marcello Rota MD
Assistant Professor of Medine and Anaesthesia
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston MA USA
Richard G Smith MSEE CCE
University of Arizona Medical Center
Tucson Arizona USA
Jérême Sohier PhD
Research scientist
Laboratory of Tissue Biology and Therapeutic Engineering
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Lyon France
Olaf Stanger MD
Research Group Leader
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery
Inselspital
Berne University Hospital and University of Berne
Berne Switzerland
Patrick M Sullivan MD
Fellow Pediatric Cardiology
Seattle Children’s Heart Hospital
Seattle Children’s Hospital
Seattle WA USA
Andre Terzic MD PhD
Professor of Medicine
Director Center for Regenerative Medicine
Department Cardiovascular Diseases
Mayo Clinic
Rochester Minnesota USA
Hendrik Tevaearai MD EMBA
Professor of Cardiac Surgery
Head of Research & Development
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery
Inselspital
Berne University Hospital and University of Berne
Berne Switzerland
-and-
CEO
Swiss Cardio Technologies
Stansstad Switzerland
Daniele Torella MD PhD
Associate Professor of Cardiology
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences
Magna Graecia University
Catanzaro Italy
Marc Vanderheyden MD PhD
Director Cardiovascular Center
OLV Hospital
Aalst Belgium
John Watson PhD
Professor Bioengineering
Department of Bioengineering
University of California San Diego
La Jolla CA USA
Joseph C Wu MD PhD
Director Stanford Cardiovascular Institute
Professor of Medicine Cardiology & Radiology
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford CA USA
Sir Magdi Yacoub MD FRS
Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery/ Faculty of Medicine
National Heart and Lung Institute Imperial College London
London UK
-and-
Founder and Director of Research
Harefield Heart Science Centre (Magdi Yacoub Institute)
Harefield Hospital
Harefield Middlesex UK
Andreas M Zeiher MD
Professor of Medicine
Chariman Department of Medicine III
Goethe University Frankfurt
Frankfurt/Main Germany
Bram D Zuckerman MD
Director
Division of Cardiovascular Devices
FDA
Silver Spring MD USA