Symposium on Cardiovascular Regenerative Medicine

Welcome

Mark your calendar now and plan to attend the Symposium on Cardiovascular Regenerative Medicine on October 4-5, 2011. Register Online

The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's fourth Symposium on Cardiovascular Regenerative Medicine will bring together experts in basic stem cell biology, as well as clinical cardiovascular medicine, to discuss the emerging basic science, preclinical animal models and potential clinical applications.

Topics include new advances in IPS cell technology, reprogramming for cardiovascular regeneration, stem cells and in vitro disease modeling, translating stem cell biology toward therapy, tissue engineering, an update on the NHLBI Progenitor Consortium, and a clinical trials update/roundtable, "Are We Ready For the Next Generation of Stem Cell-related Therapy?"

The emphasis will again be on recent discoveries and trends. We will examine the challenges and critical questions that require answers as the field moves forward to clinical applications.

The Symposium’s goals are to help the science and field move forward, to find consensus regarding the translation of stem cell biology and research into a clinical setting, and to inspire participants in their own work.

Download the Symposium Flyer (4.5 MB)

Confirmed Speakers

Nenad Bursac, Ph.D., Duke University
George Q. Daley, M.D., Ph.D., Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School
Sheng Ding, Ph.D., Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease
Lior Gepstein, M.D., Ph.D., Rappaport Institute (Israel)
Joseph Gold, Ph.D., Geron Corporation
Joshua M. Hare, M.D., University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Antonis Hatzopoulos, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Carla Kim, Ph.D., Children’s Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School
Ihor R. Lemischka, Ph.D., Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Douglas W. Losordo, M.D., Northwestern University/Northwestern Memorial Hospital
W. Robb MacLellan, M.D., University of California, Los Angeles, School of Medicine
Eduardo Marbán, M.D., Ph.D., Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Todd McAllister, Ph.D., St. Joseph's Translational Research Inistute and Cytograft Tissue and Engineering, Inc.
Edward E. Morrisey, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Charles E. Murry, Ph.D., M.D., University of Washington
Kevin Kit Parker, Ph.D., Harvard University
Kathrin Plath, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, School of Medicine
Mortimer Poncz, M.D., The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Mahendra S. Rao, M.D., Ph.D., National Center for Regenerative Medicine, NIH
Derrick J. Rossi, Ph.D., Harvard Medical School
David T. Scadden, M.D., Harvard University and Massachusetts General Hospital
Susan B. Shurin, M.D, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Robert D. Simari, M.D., Mayo Clinic
Deepak Srivastava, M.D., Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease
   and University of California, San Francisco
James A. Thomson, V.M.D., Ph.D., Morgridge Institute for Research and University of Wisconsin
Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic, Ph.D., Columbia University
Amy Wagers, Ph.D., Joslin Diabetes Center and Harvard University
Kai C. Wollert, M.D., Hannover Medical School (Germany)
Joseph C. Wu, M.D., Ph.D., Stanford University School of Medicine
Sean M. Wu, M.D., Ph.D., Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School

Scientific Organizing Committee

Chair: Manfred Boehm, M.D., National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

Denis B. Buxton, Ph.D., National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
George Q. Daley, M.D., Ph.D., Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School
Jason C. Kovacic, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.C., Mount Sinai Hospital
W. Robb MacLellan, M.D., University of California, Los Angeles, School of Medicine
John O’Shea, M.D., National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
David T. Scadden, M.D., Harvard University and Massachusetts General Hospital
Susan B. Shurin, M.D., National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Deepak Srivastava, M.D., Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease
   and University of California, San Francisco
John W. Thomas, Ph.D., National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Joseph C. Wu, M.D., Ph.D., Stanford University School of Medicine
Sean M. Wu, M.D., Ph.D., Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School

Last Updated January 2012