Non-invasive Cardiac Imaging, Nuclear Cardiology & Echocardiography

Fabiola Sozzi works as a practicing cardiologist at the University Hospital Policlinico of Milan, IT. She worked in the Echolab of the Thoraxcentre, Rotterdam, NL where she defended her PhD thesis on cardiac imaging under the supervision of Professor Roelandt. She reached an high expertise in the non-invasive diagnosis of CAD using all the different available techniques: cardiac CT and MRI integrated with stressecho and nuclear. She also works in the acute clinical setting treating the acute cardiac disease. She is visiting professor at the University of Milan where she teaches and leads several research projects.

Cardiac imaging, echocardiography, coronary CT, cardiac MRI

Guy H Fontaine has made 15 original contributions in the design and the use of the first cardiac pace makers in the early 60s.He has serendipitously identified ARVD during antiarrhythmic surgery in the early 70s. He has developed the technique of Fulguration to replace surgery in the early 80s. He has been one of the 216 individual who has made a significant contribution to the study of cardiovascular disease since the 14th century and one of the 500 greatest geniuses of the 21th Century (USA Books), one of the 100 life time of achievement (UK Book). He has > 900 publications including 201 book chapters. Reviewer of 17 scientific journals both in basic and clinical science. He has given 11 master lectures of 90 minutes each in inland China in 2014. He is now developing new techniques for brain protection in OHCA, stroke and spinal cord injury by hypothermia.

Cardiomyopathies, Right Ventricular Dysfunction, cardiac imaging, myocarditis.

Krasimira Hristova is a consultant cardiologist and expert in echocardiography at National Cardiology Hospital and a consultant in cardiology at University Wonem Hospital "Nadejda". She has defended a doctorate on the application of new echocardiographic methods for assessing myocardial deformation in patients after acute myocardial infarction. Dr. Hristova has specialized in prestigious universities in Austria and Belgium. She has successfully defenses master's degree in the field of Advance Medical Imaging in Cardiology at the Catholic University in Leuven, Belgium. She participates in the development and clinical application of the first three-dimensional software for myocardial deformation. She is an author of many scientific articles winner prize for a young investigator of the International Society of Hypertension in 2006, as well as a number of awards at national and international organizations. She was a secretary and currently Presindent of the working group on echocardiography in Bulgarian Society of Cardiology, member of the board of the European Association of Echocardiography, the board of the Scientific Committee of the American Society of Echocardiography. President of the VII Global Forum on cardiovascular disease and clinical nutrition, which took place in Sofia on 21-23 October 2013 From 2013 to 2015 she was elected president of the International College of Cardiology. Visiting Professor in Creighton University- Omaha, Nebraska, USA. Sinse December 2013 she is a member of the Board of Directors of the World Hypertension League.

Three Dimensional Right Ventricle Function, RV is systemic pumping chamber, facing increasing afterload in CHD, cardiomyopathies, pulmonary hypertension

Andreas Petropoulos graduated from Aristotle University’s Medical School, Greece in 1989. Followed 30year career as a medical officer, senior Flight Surgeon in the Hellenic Air-Force. Specialized in Aviation-Hyperbaric Medicine, Pediatrics, Fetal, Pediatrics and Congenital Cardiology in USA, Europe. Holds MSc in Preventive Cardiology. Member of AEPC working groups in “Prevention” & “Heart Failure-Pulmonary Hypertension”. Worked and lectured in Athens and Brussels universities. Currently consults in Pediatrics, Fetal. Pediatrics & Congenital Cardiology in Merkezi Klinika and Associate Professor at the State University and Post Graduate, CME Center in Azerbaijan.

Prevention, CVD imaging techniques, fetal cardiology, heart failure

Roland Hetzer visited the Holbein-Gymnasium Augsburg . After high school he studied from 1963 medicine at the University of Mainz , before moving to 1964 to the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich . In 1969 he made then the state exam and the American ECFMG exam. In the same year his doctorate he to Dr. med. [1] In 1970 he was approved . After subsequent work as a medical assistant in Augsburg Roland Hetzer took in 1971 a position as a research assistant at the Hannover Medical School and went in 1976 as a Clinical Fellow at the California Pacific Medical Center and Stanford University , where Norman Shumway performed pioneered heart surgery. In 1977 he became a specialist for surgery. Upon his return to Germany he worked as a senior physician in Hannover from 1978th There habilitation he 1979. [2] In 1983 he received an extraordinary professorship and started in the same year in Hannover heart transplant to establish. With the appointment of Professor Hetzer came 1985 to Berlin at the Free University and built as a senior physician of cardiac surgery and medical director the German Heart Institute Berlin (DHZB) on. In 1987 he took over the first successful implantation of an artificial heart before. In 1990, he was the last chairman of the West Berlin part of the Berlin Surgical Society . For October 1, 2014 Hetzer joined as Medical Director and Director of the Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery of DHZB to retirement; Successor is Volkmar Falk . [3] For his achievements Hetzer in 1987 with the Order of Merit of Berlin and 1995 for the establishment of the Academy of Cardiovascular and related state recognition of training as perfusionist, with the Federal Cross of Merit, First Class Award. He is since 2009 Chairman of the European register of patients with mechanical circulatory support e. V., Euromacs. Roland Hetzer is married and father of four children. His brother Gerhard Hetzer's manager (director) of the Bavarian State Archives in Munich. Roland Hetzer is a member of the Catholic Fraternity K.St.V. Ludovicia Augsburg in KV .

heart transplant, surgery

Raimund Erbel has completed his MD at the age of 25 years from Düsseldorf University and postdoctoral studies from Düsseldorf universities as well. He spent two years at the Military Hospital in Koblenz, followed by a research time in Aachen with Prof Effert. He became consultant for Internal Medicine was provided in 1981, Cardiology in 1982. He received the degree as assistant professor in 1983 and associate professor in 1989 at the Gutenberg university, Mainz. As director of the department of cardiology and full professor of medicine/cardiology he worked from 1993 to 2015 at the university clinic Essen; founded the West-German Heart Center in 2003. He is actively involved in the Heinz Nixdorf Recall study in the Institute of Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology of the university Essen. Further engagement includes the outpatient ambulance at the Alfried Krupp Hospital Essen, Germany. He has published more than 1300 papers in reputed journals and has been serving as an editorial board member of national and international journals.

Cardiology,Biometry,Epidemiology

Prof. Bela Merkely is the director of the Semmelweis University Heart Center since 2003. This was the time when former cardiology activities moved into a new building and an interventional myocardial infarction treatment network started to work in Central Hungarian Region, with our very active participation. We incorporated the educational responsibilities in 2007.

invasive cardiology, heart diseases,

Jens Frahm is Director of Biomedizinische NMR Forschungs GmbH (non-profit) at the Max-Planck-Institute for biophysical Chemistry in Göttingen, Germany. His research is devoted to the methodological development of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and the advancement of MRI in science and medicine. His publications include more than 430 articles, patents, and book chapters. For his ground-breaking work Frahm received the European Magnetic Resonance Award, the Gold Medal of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, the Karl Heinz Beckurts-Award for Technology Transfer, the State Award of Lower Saxony, the Research Award of the Sobek Foundation for Multiple Sclerosis and the Science Award of the Foundation for German Science.

Magnetic Resonance, cardiology, Echocardiography

Dr. Brojendra Agarwala has completed his MBBS at the age of 23 years from University of Kolkata, India and completed Pediatric cardiology fellowship from New York university medical center New York, NY, USA. He is a pediatric cardiologist and professor of Pediatrics at the University of Chicago. He has received best teacher award by the pediatric residents and the medical students. He has published 68 papers in reputed journals. He is named as one of the Top Doctors and Best pediatricians in Chicago magazine for many years.

pediatric cardiology, pediatrics

Peter P Karpawich completed his Masters in Science degree from The University of Detroit and his Medical Degree from Hahnemann/Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA. He completed his Post-doctoral Residency in Pediatrics at The Children's Medical Center, University of Texas (Dallas) and Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship at Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor University (Houston). He the founder and Director of the Cardiac Electrophysiology Program at the Children's Hospital of Michigan and Professor of Pediatric Medicine, Wayne State University School of Medicine (Detroit). He has published over 250 scientific papers, textbook chapters and textbooks and is on the Editorial staff of several internationally-recognized medical journals.

Cardiac Electrophysiology

Professor Ulf Landmesser acts since October 2014 as Chairman of the Department of Cardiology at the Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin (CBF). After his medical studies at the Medical School of Hannover, the University of Connecticut in Farmington (USA) and the National Heart&Lung Institute in London, he specialised in Internal Medicine and Cardiology at the Medical School of Hannover. In 2000/2001 he performed a post-doctoral fellowship at the Department of Cardiology at the Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta (USA) as a scholar of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. He was then appointed Consultant Cardiologist at the Medical School of Hanover, Germany. In 2007, he was called as Senior Consultant Cardiologist with a focus on acute and interventional cardiology as well as on translational cardiovascular research to the Department of Cardiology at the University Hospital of Zurich, where he later acted as Vice-Chairman of the Department of Cardiology. He received the Götz Award in 2012, the official award of the medical faculty of the University of Zurich. He serves since 2008 as Deputy Editor of the European Heart Journal.

Acute and interventional cardiology,cardiovascular

Paul Peter Lunkenheimer is a Professor of Cardiac Surgery at University Hospital Münster, Germany.He completed many projects like Harmonic partial left ventriculectomy using a Saugglockentechnik: Simplified Terminal technology, protecting the coronary arteries, preoperative diagnostic, structural and functional responses to the radius reduction.

Cardiac Surgery, coronary arteries, Myocardial Structure

Prof. Dr. Klaus-Dieter Schlüter, born 09.07.1959, studied biology at the Westfälische-Wilhelms-University, Münster, Germany. He made his PhD at Gesellschaft für Biotechnologische Forschung, Braunschweig, Germany, and spent his Post-Doc education at Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Germany. In 2002 he became professor for physiology at Justus-Liebig-University in Giessen, Germany. Research areas are biology of cardiomyocytes, hypertensive heart disease, and ischemia/reperfusion. He published over 100 original articles and several review articles, editorials and book chapters. Current activities include editing of a book entitled “Cardiomyocytes – Active players in cardiac disease”. He is member of the German Society of Cardiology and of the German Physiological Society.

cardiomyocytes, hypertensive heart disease, and ischemia/reperfusion

Andreas Petropoulos graduated from Aristotle University’s Medical School, Greece in 1989. Followed 30year career as a medical officer, senior Flight Surgeon in the Hellenic Air-Force. Specialized in Aviation-Hyperbaric Medicine, Pediatrics, Fetal, Pediatrics and Congenital Cardiology in USA, Europe. Holds MSc in Preventive Cardiology. Member of AEPC working groups in “Prevention” & “Heart Failure-Pulmonary Hypertension”. Worked and lectured in Athens and Brussels universities. Currently consults in Pediatrics, Fetal. Pediatrics & Congenital Cardiology in Merkezi Klinika and Associate Professor at the State University and Post Graduate, CME Center in Azerbaijan.

Prevention, CVD imaging techniques, fetal cardiology, heart failure

Fabiola Sozzi works as a practicing cardiologist at the University Hospital Policlinico of Milan, IT. She worked in the Echolab of the Thoraxcentre, Rotterdam, NL where she defended her PhD thesis on cardiac imaging under the supervision of Professor Roelandt. She reached an high expertise in the non-invasive diagnosis of CAD using all the different available techniques: cardiac CT and MRI integrated with stressecho and nuclear. She also works in the acute clinical setting treating the acute cardiac disease. She is visiting professor at the University of Milan where she teaches and leads several research projects.

Cardiac imaging, echocardiography, coronary CT, cardiac MRI

Guy H Fontaine has made 15 original contributions in the design and the use of the first cardiac pace makers in the early 60s.He has serendipitously identified ARVD during antiarrhythmic surgery in the early 70s. He has developed the technique of Fulguration to replace surgery in the early 80s. He has been one of the 216 individual who has made a significant contribution to the study of cardiovascular disease since the 14th century and one of the 500 greatest geniuses of the 21th Century (USA Books), one of the 100 life time of achievement (UK Book). He has > 900 publications including 201 book chapters. Reviewer of 17 scientific journals both in basic and clinical science. He has given 11 master lectures of 90 minutes each in inland China in 2014. He is now developing new techniques for brain protection in OHCA, stroke and spinal cord injury by hypothermia.

Cardiomyopathies, Right Ventricular Dysfunction, cardiac imaging, myocarditis.

Bijoy K Khandheria, MD, is the Chair of the Division of Cardiovascular Disease at Mayo Clinic. He holds a joint appointment as a consultant in the Division of Cardiovascular Diseases at the Mayo Clinic. He is also the Professor of Medicine at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and sits as Chair of the Mayo Clinic Information Management and Technology Committee, which facilitates and implements an electronic environment and oversees all information technology projects for the Mayo Clinic. He assumed the presidency of ASE in June 2005, having previously served as Vice President, the Associate Editor for the Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, and member of the Board of Directors. Dr Khandheria served as the Chair of the Echocardiography Committee for the American College of Cardiology (ACC). He co-chaired the 2003 ACC Annual Scientific Sessions and chaired the 2001 ASE Annual Scientific Sessions. Recently, he was honored as the Navin Nanda lecturer by the Indian Academy of Echocardiography.

Cardiovascular Diseases,Echocardiography

Dr. Andrea Natale received his MD in 1985 from the University of Firenze Medical School, Firenze, Italy and his Board Certifications from the American Board of Internal Medicine (Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease and Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology). He is the Executive Medical Director of the Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute at St. David’s Medical Center, Austin, Texas. Dr. Natale has authored hundreds of published articles on pacing and electrophysiology in addition to serving on the editorial boards of major medical journals, he is editor-in-chief of the Journal of Atrial Fibrillation. A dedicated researcher, Dr. Natale focuses on innovative advances in the treatment of atrial fibrillation. His goal is to benefit patient care through technologies such as robotic devices and highly specialized ablation catheters.

Arrhythmia,Atrial Fibrillation,Cardiac Electrophysiology,Internal Medicine

Császár Noémi Ph. D., ECP, is the Head of the Education Board of the Hungarian Association of Hypnosis (H.A.H), clinical psychologist, supervisor hypnotherapist, psychotherapist, Head of Psychotherapy Department and Psychosomatic Out-Patient Department at the National Center for Spinal Disorders in Budapest. She is the author of the special issue chapter: Császár N., Ganju A., Mirnics Zs., Varga P.P.: Psychosocial Issues In The Cancer Patient. Spine, 15:34 (22 Suppl):26−30, 2009. And the book chapter: Császár N.: Hypnotherapy treatment of chronic Pain. In: Vértes, G. (ed.): Hypnosis─Hypnotherapy. Budapest, Medicina Könyvkiadó Rt., 2006, 31–62.

Psychology, Hypnosis, Rehabilitation, Cardiology

Krasimira Hristova is a consultant cardiologist and expert in echocardiography at National Cardiology Hospital and a consultant in cardiology at University Wonem Hospital "Nadejda". She has defended a doctorate on the application of new echocardiographic methods for assessing myocardial deformation in patients after acute myocardial infarction. Dr. Hristova has specialized in prestigious universities in Austria and Belgium. She has successfully defenses master's degree in the field of Advance Medical Imaging in Cardiology at the Catholic University in Leuven, Belgium. She participates in the development and clinical application of the first three-dimensional software for myocardial deformation. She is an author of many scientific articles winner prize for a young investigator of the International Society of Hypertension in 2006, as well as a number of awards at national and international organizations. She was a secretary and currently Presindent of the working group on echocardiography in Bulgarian Society of Cardiology, member of the board of the European Association of Echocardiography, the board of the Scientific Committee of the American Society of Echocardiography. President of the VII Global Forum on cardiovascular disease and clinical nutrition, which took place in Sofia on 21-23 October 2013 From 2013 to 2015 she was elected president of the International College of Cardiology. Visiting Professor in Creighton University- Omaha, Nebraska, USA. Sinse December 2013 she is a member of the Board of Directors of the World Hypertension League.

Three Dimensional Right Ventricle Function, RV is systemic pumping chamber, facing increasing afterload in CHD, cardiomyopathies, pulmonary hypertension

Aldo Maggioni received his medical degree from the University of Milan School of Medicine, where he also completed a fellowship in internal medicine. He performed a residency in cardiology at the University of Padua before becoming a clinical cardiologist in the Division of Cardiology at General Hospital “G. Fornaroli” in Magenta, Milan, then at General Hospital Fatebenefratelli ed Oftalmico, also in Milan. Aldo Maggioni is Member of the Steering Committee of the GISSI studies and Director of the Research Center of the Italian Association of Hospital Cardiologists in Florence. Since 2010 Dr Maggioni is the Scientific Coordinator of the EURObservational Research program of the European Society of Cardiology. Aldo Maggioni served as a member of the Steering Committee, Event Evaluation Committee, Data and Safety Monitoring Board of more than 50 clinical studies in areas including myocardial infarction, secondary prevention, diabetes, stroke, and acute and heart failure. Dr Maggioni is author of about 500 peer reviewed papers and has been included in the list of the highly cited researchers over the last 11 years (2002-2013) by Thomson Reuters.

myocardial infarction, secondary prevention, diabetes, stroke, and acute and heart failure

Dr. Govindan Vijayaraghavan is a cardiologist from India, credited with establishing the first 2D Echocardiography laboratory in India. He is the vice-chairman & Founder Director of the Kerala Institute of Medical Sciences and the President of the Society for Continuing Medical Education and Research, Trivandrum, Kerala. He was honoured by Government of India in 2009 for his services in the field of medical sciences by awarding him Padmashri

Echocardiography

Leonard Y. Lee is Professor of Surgery , James W. Mackenzie MD Endowed Chair in Surgery,Interim Chair, Department of Surgery , Chief of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. He is dedicated to the most advance, innovative techniques and device to aid in the optimal care of his patients. Prior to this, He was a Chief of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery and the Surgical Director of the Heart & Vascular Hospital at Hackensack University Medical Center. He received his MD from University of medicine and Dentistry, New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and his B.A. from Lehigh University. His Residency in General Surgery was completed at St. Vincent’s Hospital and Medical Center in New York City, where he served as a Chief Resident. He has been involved in numerous heart surgeries and heart disease clinical research trails. He has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals on gene therapy in Cardiology, and on all aspects of adult cardiac surgery.

Adult cardiac surgery, minimally invasive valve repair and replacement surgery, repair of thoracic aortic aneurysms, robotic mitral valve surgery, aortic dissection repair, complex mitral valve repair, TAVR (transcatheter aortic valve replacement)

Karlheinz Seidl is a Chief. Div. Of Clinical Electrophysilogy at the Dept. of Cardiology and Head of the Medical Clinic IV, Director of Cardiology/Electrophysiology at Heart Center Ludwigshafen, Germany. He did his Medical school and Hospitation at the University of Heidelberg, Köln, Perth and Sydney during 1980-87. And also he did his Medical Diploma at the University of Heidelberg, Internship, residency and research fellow at the Heart Center Ludwigshafen during 1987 – 1994. He is a Member of Nukleus of Clusters Rhythmologie of German society for Cardiology, Working group, Heart pacemaker and Arrhythmie during 2003-2009. And also he acted as a Head of the Div. Clinical Elekctophysiology at the Dept of Cardiology Heart Center Ludwigshafen during 1994 – 2007.

Cardilogy,Electrophysilogy

Aris Lacis, cardiac surgeon, professor, MD, PhD graduated Riga Medical Institute in 1961. General and thoracic surgeon in P. Stradina University Hospital in Riga (1964–1969). Thoracic and cardiac surgeon in the Latvian Centre for Cardiovascular Surgery (1969–1994). Since 1994 until 2012 – the head of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery Clinic in University Children’s Hospital, Riga; since 2012 – a consulting professor of this Clinic. Vicepresident of Latvian Society for Cardiovascular Surgery. President of Latvian Association for Pediatric Cardiologists. Author of 395 scientific publications, 3 monographs and 13 patents. Investigator in more than 10 clinical trials including cardiosurgical procedures performed under deep hypothermia, hybrid procedures etc. In May 2009 have been used transcutan intramyocardial delivery techniques for treatment (idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathia) the first 3 months aged patient in the world with autologous bone marrow derived progenitor cells. In November 2010 the first patient with end stage pulmonary hypertension received intrapulmonary implantation autologous stem cells.Vicepresident of the Latvian Society for Cardiovascular Surgery, President of the Latvian Association for Pediatric Cardiologists.

Surgery,Pediatric Cardiology

Flavia Ventriglia, graduated and specialized in Pediatrics and Cardiology at the “Sapienza” University of Rome. PhD in Congenital Heart Disease at the University of Padua. Researcher Aggregate Professor of Pediatric Cardiology at the “Sapienza” University of Rome, first level manager at the UOC of Pediatric Cardiology at the Policlinico Umberto I in Rome, responsible for the ECHOLAb of Fetal Echocardiography. He has published numerous scientific international paper in the field of pediatric cardiology and fetal cardiology.

pediatric cardiology, fetal cardiology, echocardiography

Galya Naydenova Atanasova completed her Ph.D. training in Cardiology from Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Endocrinology at Pleven Medical University, Bulgaria. She is a Cardiologist, Assistant Professor at the Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University, Pleven. She is a General Practitioner in Pleven. She specialized in Cardiology from Pleven Medical University during 2015, and General Medicine from Pleven Medical University, Bulgaria during 1993. She has attended to many International Events and presented her research work. She did many researches on metabolic syndrome and myocardial infarction of heart.

metabolic syndrome and myocardial infarction of heart

Head of the department of Cardiology at Government Medical College,Amritsar.Ex-President of International College of Cardiology

Heart Failure

Naresh Ranjith completed his honors in microbiology and physiology at the University of Durban Westville and obtained his BSc. degree in 1976. He obtained his MBChB degree at the University of Natal Medical School in 1981. Following this he completed his Doctorate in medicine [ MD], the title of which was Genetic Markers in young Indian patients with Myocardial infarction, at the University of Kwa Zulu Natal in 2005. In 2006, he was awarded the FESC by the European Society of Cardiology. In 2010 he became Professor of Cardiology at the Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine. Currently he is Head of Cardiology at the R K Khan Hospital in Durban. He is a member of various professional bodies, some of which include the South African Heart Association, European Society of Cardiology, Working Group on Cardiac Rehabilitation and Exercise Physiology, and the American Heart Failure Society. His research interests include the Genetics of Cardiac Disease, Cardiac Biomarkers, Heart failure and Acute Coronary Syndromes. He has published extensively in peer reviewed journals on these areas of research

Cardiac Biomarkers,Heart failure,Acute Coronary Syndromes

Dr Natasa Chrysodonta is currently a foundation year 2 doctor in the United Kingdom. She has completed her medical degree at the University of Bristol and is currently undertaking an MSc in Genomic Medicine in Queen’s Marry University of London.

Cardiology,Hypertension,Alagille syndrome

Manjusha Hira is a Senior Registrar in Paediatric at Watford General Hospital UK.She has published more than 6 papers in reputed journals and Emmanuel Quist Therson is a Neonatal Consultant with Special Interest in Cardiology and the Associate Medical Director at Watford General Hospital, UK.

congenital cataract, cadiomyopathy, paediatric

Yoshiaki Omura received Oncological Residency training at Cancer Institute of Columbia University & Doctor of Science Degree through research on Pharmaco-Electro-Physiology of Single Cardiac Cells in-vivo and in-vitro from Columbia University. He researched EMF Resonance phenomenon at Graduate Experimental Physics Dept., Columbia University. He published over 270 original research articles, many chapters & 9 books. He is currently Adjunct Prof. of Family & Community Medicine, NY Medical College and Director of Medical Research, Heart Disease Research Foundation of NY. He is the President and Professor of International College of Acupuncture & Electro-Therapeutics, NY. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Acupuncture & Electro-Therapeutics Research, Int’l Journal of Integrative Medicine, (indexed by 17 major int’l Indexing Periodicals). He also serves as an Editor of Integrative Oncology. Formerly, he was also Adjunct Prof. or Visiting Prof. of Universities in USA, France, Italy, Japan, Korea, China, etc.

Single Cardiac Cells, Integrative Oncology, Heart Disease

Professor Hennekens is the first Sir Richard Doll Professor and Senior Academic Advisor to the Dean. He was first John Snow and first Eugene Braunwald Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and first Chief of Preventive Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. His 173 H-index ranks him #14 Top Scientist in World. He was 3rd most widely cited medical researcher in world and 5 of top 20 were former trainees. He is #81 in world history for saving 1.1 million lives. He is a Fellow of the American College of Preventive Medicine (FACPM) and the American College of Cardiology (FACC).

Introductory and advanced epidemiology, myocardial infarction, stroke and cardiovascular death.

Sweeney obtained his BSc and PhD in Pharmacology at University of Glasgow, UK. He then moved to the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto as postdoctoral fellow. Dr. Sweeney is now Professor in the Department of Biology at York University. He has also served as Chief Scientific Officer and Diabetes Group Leader at Institut Pasteur Korea, a world-leading translational research institute. His research is funded by Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Canadian Diabetes Association and Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada. Studies have resulted in publications in leading journals including Diabetes, Nature Reviews Cardiology, Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, Endocrinology and Cell Metabolism. These studies focus mainly on diabetes and cardiovascular disease, in particular the mechanisms linking obesity with diabetes and heart failure.

Obesity, diabetes and heart failure

Costigliola graduated in Medicine from the University of Naples in 1972 and in Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care from the University of Pisa in 1978. He also attended post-graduated studies in Rheumatology, Dermatology, Proctology, Oncology, Surgery, Drugs Abuse, Emergency Treatment, Disaster Action, Hospital Organization, Medical Teaching Methodology and Computer and Audio-Visual Training for the Medical Profession. His professional experience ranges from senior military positions as Chief of Medical Services in the Italian Navy for a number of years, responsibility of the outpatients clinic of the Shape Hospital in Belgium and family practice in Italy and Belgium. Costigliola practice in Italian, French, English and Spanish.

Rheumatology, Dermatology, Proctology, Oncology, Surgery, Drugs Abuse, Emergency Treatment, Disaster Action

Trudie C. A. Lobban MBE, FRCP (Edin) is Trustee and Founder of Arrhythmia Alliance (A-A). Recognised as a world expert on all forms of arrhythmias, Trudie represents patients and their caregivers, as well as working closely with everyone involved in the care and treatment of those affected by cardiac arrhythmias and sudden cardiac arrest. Established in 2004, the charity was successful in the introduction of a new chapter in the National Service Framework (NSF) for Coronary Heart Disease on Arrhythmias and Sudden Cardiac Death. Trudie was a member of the expert group engaged by the Department of Health to produce the first significant healthcare document specifically addressing arrhythmia services. She is instrumental in the development of A-A National Partners throughout Europe, America and Asia, and spearheaded the first international awareness event, World Heart Rhythm Week, supported by the World Society of Arrhythmias. Trudie has written papers and a chapter on syncope and arrhythmias as well as being a member of several research projects. She was awarded an MBE for her services to healthcare in 2008 and became a FRCP (Edin) in 2014. She is an internationally recognised patient expert and presents globally at scientific congresses.

Coronary Heart Disease, Arrhythmias and Sudden Cardiac Death

Trudie C. A. Lobban MBE, FRCP (Edin) is Trustee and Founder of Arrhythmia Alliance (A-A). Recognised as a world expert on all forms of arrhythmias, Trudie represents patients and their caregivers, as well as working closely with everyone involved in the care and treatment of those affected by cardiac arrhythmias and sudden cardiac arrest. Established in 2004, the charity was successful in the introduction of a new chapter in the National Service Framework (NSF) for Coronary Heart Disease on Arrhythmias and Sudden Cardiac Death. Trudie was a member of the expert group engaged by the Department of Health to produce the first significant healthcare document specifically addressing arrhythmia services. She is instrumental in the development of A-A National Partners throughout Europe, America and Asia, and spearheaded the first international awareness event, World Heart Rhythm Week, supported by the World Society of Arrhythmias. Trudie has written papers and a chapter on syncope and arrhythmias as well as being a member of several research projects. She was awarded an MBE for her services to healthcare in 2008 and became a FRCP (Edin) in 2014. She is an internationally recognised patient expert and presents globally at scientific congresses.

Coronary Heart Disease, Arrhythmias and Sudden Cardiac Death

Giugliano is a Senior Investigator with the TIMI Study Group, Associate Physician in the Cardiovascular Division at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He hold degrees from Dartmouth College (1985 A.B. Mathematics, Phi Beta Kappa), Harvard Medical School (1989 MD), and Harvard School of Public Health (1997 Science Masters - Epidemiology). He trained in Internal Medicine at Cedars-Sinai (Los Angeles) and Cardiovascular Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston). His areas of research interests include novel antithrombotic and fibrinolytic agents, lipid-lowering therapies, and the assessment of outcomes in patients with ACS.

Novel antithrombotic and fibrinolytic agents, lipid-lowering therapies

S Jamal Mustafa is the Professor of Physiology and Pharmacology at West Virginia University (WVU). He has received Dean’s Award for Excellence in Research from SOM in 2008 and became a Robert C. Byrd Professor in 2010 and received Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Achievement in Research and Scholarly Activities from HSC, in 2013. He has also published over 200 manuscripts. His past work has led to the approval of an A2A selective AR agonist (Lexican®) for myocardial perfusion imaging. Currently, he is using AR and β adrenergic receptor KOs to better understand the relationship between these receptors in coronary flow regulation.

AR, β adrenergic receptor KOs, myocardial perfusion imaging

Sergey Suchkov was born in Astrakhan, Russia, in a family of dynasty medical doctors. In 1980, Suchkov graduated from Astrakhan State Medical University and awarded with MD. In 1985, Suchkov maintained his PhD at the I.M. Sechenov Moscow Medical Academy and Institute of Medical Enzymology, USSR Academy of Medical Sciences. In 2001, Suchkov maintained his Doctor ship degree at the National Institute of Immunology, Russia. From 1985 through 1987, Dr Suchkov worked as a Post Doc Res Associate, Dept. of Med Bio-technology, Inst of Med Enzymology and USSR Academy of Medical Sciences to be involved into research in epigenomic methylation. From 1987 through 1989, Dr Suchkov was a senior Researcher, Koltzov Inst of Developmental Biology, USSR Academy of Sciences. From 1989 through 1995, Dr Suchkov was being a Head of the Lab of Clinical Immunology and Immunobi-otechnology, Helmholtz Eye Research Institute in Moscow. From 1995 through 2004, Dr Suchkov was being a Chairman of the Dept for Clinical Immunology, Moscow Clinical Research Institute (MONIKI) and the Immunologist-in-Chief of the Moscow Regional Ministry of Health. Dr Suchkov has been trained at: ● NIH; ● Wills Eye Hospital, PA, USA; ● Univ of Florida in Gainesville; ● UCSF, S-F, CA, USA; ● Center for Autoimmunity Research, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA as well as at some of the British and Swedish Universities on the invitation of the Royal Society for Immunology and Karolinska Academy, respectively. In 1993-1996, Dr Suchkov was an Executice Secretary-in-Chief of the Editorial Board, Biomedical Science, an international journal published jointly by the USSR Academy of Sciences and the Royal Society of Chemistry, UK. At present, Dr Sergey Suchkov, M, PhD, is: ● Prof in Immunology, Dept of Pathology, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University; ● Dept of Clin Immunology, A.I.Evdokimov Moscow State Medical and Dental University; ● Dean of the Dept for PPPM Development, and the First Vice-President of the University of World Business, Politics and Law; ● Secretary General, United Cultural Convention (UCC), Cambridge, UK. Dr Suchkov is an author of more than 500 publications including 10 patents and more than 10 monographs, handbooks and textbooks. Dr Suchkov is a member of the: ● New York Academy of Sciences, USA; ● American Chemical Society (ACS), USA; ● American Heart Association (AHA), USA; ● EPMA (European Association for Predictive, Preventive and Personalized Medicine), Brussels, EU; ● ARVO (American Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology); ● ISER (International Society for Eye Research); ● PMC (Personalized Medicine Coalition), Washington, USA; ● All-Union (from 1992 - Russian) Biochemical Society; ● All-Union (from 1992 - Russian) Immunological Society. Dr Suchkov is a member of the Editorial Boards of “Open Journal of Immunology”, “EPMA J.”, “American J. of Cardiovascular Research”, “Jacobs J.Biomarkers” and “Personalized Medicine Universe”.

Microbial antigens, epigenomic methylation, Immunobiotechnology

HK Chopra, a cardiologist working with Moolchand Medcity was elected unanimously as a ‘President of Cardiological Society of India’ at Hyderabad. Chopra said that his mandate in 2015 is to enhance awareness about hypertension, heart attacks and obesity. He also said that he will focus on developing technology in interventional cardiology in India and enhance awareness about timely intake of effective heart protective pill for Indians. He also said that lifestyle optimisation through alliance with governmental and non-governmental organisations and prevention of risk factors will help prevent heart attack in India below the age of 70. He emphasised that ‘Healthy Heart India is Fit India’.

Hypertension, heart attacks and obesity

Eugenio Greco is the Contract Professor of Technical Science and Laboratory; School of Medicine, Study University of Catania, Italy; and the Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology.

Epidemiology

Filio Billia is director of research at Peter Munk Cardiac Centre (PMCC), medical director of the Mechanical Circulatory Support Program, and co-director of the PMCC Cardiovascular Biobank. A Toronto General Research Institute scientist, Dr. Billia leads a team that studies the molecular mechanisms involved in heart failure. She is also assistant professor at the University Toronto’s Department of Medicine.

Heart failure, knockout mice, cardiac regeneration

Peter Sever is Professor of Clinical Pharmacology at the National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London. He graduated from the University of Cambridge and has a PhD from the University of London. He is Past President of the British Hypertension Society, current Joint Chief Editor of the Journal of the Renin-Angiotensin Aldosterone System and Honorary Fellow, Trinity Hall, Cambridge. His research interests include the aetiology and pathophysiology of vascular disease and clinical trials of cardiovascular disease prevention. He has published more than 350 papers in peer review journals.

Aetiology and pathophysiology of vascular disease and clinical trials of cardiovascular disease prevention.

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Cardiovascular Medicine

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Cardiovascular Medicine

Stamatios Lerakis joined Emory Healthcare after he finished his fellowship in echocardiography at Emory University and is currently the head of Cardiac MRI at The Emory Clinic. Recently, Dr. Lerakis was awarded the honor of being one of “America’s Top Cardiologists” by Consumers’ Research Council of America. Dr. Lerakis has been a member of the Research Committee of the American Society of Echocardiography (2003-2006), Editor of the Cardiology Grand Rounds for the American Journal of Medical Sciences, and a manuscript reviewer of multiple journals including The American Journal of Cardiology. His main focus of clinical practice and research has been noninvasive cardiology. Dr. Lerakis has been involved in house-staff teaching at all levels at Emory University.

Interventional Echocardiography, Novel therapies for acute MI, Endocarditis

JE Millan Núñez-Cortés- Undergraduate training in the School of Medicine of Universidad Complutens, Madrid. Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and Full Professor in the same University and the University Complutense. Head of the Research group in “Molecular Basis of Atherosclerosis” in the University of Cadiz, and “Clinical Medicine and Atherosclerosis” in the Universidad Complutense. Director of Teaching & Education Area, Agencia para la Formación, Investigación y Estudios Sanitarios, Community of Madrid, Spain. Head of Internal Medicine at the University Hospital Gregorio Marañón; Madrid. Director of the University Hospital Gregorio Marañón; Madrid. Research grants: Fondo de Investigaciones Sanitarias, FEDER founds (EU), Comunidad de Andalucía, Comunidad de Madrid, Spanish Society of Internal Medicine, Spanish Foundation of Arteriosclerosis. Fellow of American College of Physicians (FACP). Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (UK). Awards from Real Academia Nacional de Medicina (RANM), Spanish Foundation of Arteriosclerosis (FEA), Spanish Society of Internal Medicine (SEMI), Director of 75 Tesis Doctorales. Author of 68 books and monographies, more than 250 scientific papers in national and international journals and more than 600 scientific communications in national and international meetings.

Atherosclerosis, Internal Medicine, Atherosclerosis

Maria Grazia Modena graduated in Medical School at ,Modena University, obtained Fellowship in Cardiology then in Paediatric. She became Research Fellow of Cardiology, Associate Professor then Full Professor at same University. Chief of Cardiology 1999-2011, Director Departmentt Emergency Acceptance 2002-2011, she was charged of Heart Failure Clinic at University Hospital in Modena. President Italian Society of Echocardiography (1997-1999), President Italian Society of Cardiology (2005-2007),Fellow American College of Cardiology, Fellow European Society of Cardiology, member of ESC Working Group in Myocardial and Pericardial Disease and Council for Hypertension. She is author of 250 papers.

Paediatric Cardiology

Dr. Hallak is currently Chief of Interventional Cardiology Department at American Hospital Dubai, President (gulf Chapter) of international Society of Endovascular Specialists, Chairman of 4TS international conference, and previous Board Member of Emirate Cardiac Society. Dr. Hallak received his post graduate training and research in United States at University of Illinois, Chicago, North Western University and Louisiana University in New Orleans. He is Board Certified in Interventional Cardiology, Cardiovascular Disease, Vascular Medicine, Endovascular Medicine, Nuclear Cardiology and Internal Medicine. He was the Head of Cardiology Department at Saint Francis Hospital in USA, and assistant Professor at LSU New Orleans and University of West Virginia. He has performed thousands of procedures including Cardiac and Peripheral Vascular Intervention in addition to Pacemaker and ICD/ CRT Implantation. He participated in many national and international research studies with many publications. He involved extensively in local, regional and international cardiology conferences as a Speaker and as a Chairman.

Interventional Cardiology, Cardiovascular Disease, Vascular Medicine, Endovascular Medicine, Nuclear Cardiology and Internal Medicine

Professor, Department of Cardiac Anaesthesiology, CN Centre, All India Institute of Medical sciences, New Delhi (India), Adjunct Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Nemours Children Hospital Orlando, University of Central Florida College of Medicine.She is involved in many research projects (AIIMS, ICMR and International collaboration) dealing with Haemodynamic monitoring and Paediatric preconditioning, TEE and prognostic markers in paediatric cardiac surgery and environment.

Haemodynamic Monitoring, Paediatric cardiac anaesthesia, Transesophageal Echocardiography

Dr. Alfredo Sanchez Gamboa has completed his studies in Cardiovascular Surgery in Zulia University (Venezuela), graduated as congenital cardiac surgeon at Universite Catholique de Louvaine (Belgium), graduated as pediatric cardiac surgeon at Universite Rene Descartes du Paris(France), he has complete several fellowship trainees in pediatric cardiac surgeon with Prof. Jean Rubay, Prof. Pascal Vouhe et Prof. Yves Lecompte. He has worked as a Chief of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery in Venezuela and currently works as a Consultant pediatric Cardiac Surgeon at King Faisal Cardiac Center in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Cardiovascular Surgery

Dr. Alexander Brill was born, graduated from Medical School and received his PhD in Russia. He did his first postdoc at Weizmann Institute of Sciences (Israel), and second postdoc at Harvard Medical School (Boston MA, USA) under supervision of Dr. Denisa Wagner. In 2011, Dr. Brill was promoted to Instructor at Harvard Medical School and in 2013 received a position of Birmingham Fellow at the University of Birmingham (United Kingdom). Dr. Brill's research interests focus on mechanisms of thrombosis, especially deep vein thrombosis with an emphasis on the interplay between immune system and thrombus development.

mechanisms of thrombosis

Louis Samuels graduated Medical School from Hahnemann University (Philadelphia, PA) in 1987 and completed his Cardiothoracic Surgical training in 1995. He joined the faculty of Drexel University as the Surgical Director of Cardiac Transplantation. In 2001, Dr. Samuels and his team implanted the world’s 5th totally implantable electric artificial heart (AbioCor™). In 2003, he joined the Main Line Health System as the Surgical Director of Heart Failure. In addition to cardiac transplantation and LVAD implantation, Dr. Samuels performs CABG and Valvular surgery. In 2012, Dr. Samuels became Professor of Surgery at Thomas Jefferson University School of Medicine. Dr. Samuels has authored over 100 peer reviewed manuscripts and serves as a reviewer for the Annals of Thoracic Surgery. In addition to participating in several clinical trials related to mechanical circulatory support, he continues to serve as a consultant and medical advisor to new technologies currently in trial.

His research interest are Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Cardiac Surgery.

Anthony Martin Gerdes has done PhD in Anatomy (1978), from University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. He was the Professor/Chair of Anatomy, University of South Dakota and also the founding Scientist for Sanford Research-University of South Dakota. His Current position is Professor/Chair Biomedical Sciences, NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, NY, 2011-present. Publications: ~120 peer reviewed journal articles. 2013 Distinguished Alumnus, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, UTMB at Galveston Anthony Martin Gerdes developed a precise method to determine cardiac myocyte shape. He then provided a comprehensive understanding of how cardiac myocytes remodel during growth, maturation, aging, cardiac hypertrophy, and heart failure (HF) from many etiologies. After demonstrating that low thyroid hormone function alone can cause heart failure, he showed remarkable beneficial changes in myocyte shape and vascular remodeling, reduced fibrosis, and improved LF function after thyroid hormone treatment of various models of HF (including ischemia, diabetes, hypertension).

His research includes low thyroid hormone function alone can cause heart failure, he showed remarkable beneficial changes in myocyte shape and vascular remodeling, reduced fibrosis, and improved LF function after thyroid hormone treatment of various models of HF (including ischemia, diabetes, hypertension).

Yoshiaki Omura received Oncological Residency Training at Cancer Institute of Columbia University & Doctor of Science Degree through research on Pharmaco-Electro Physiology of Single Cardiac Cells in Vivo and in Vitro from Columbia University. He published over 260 original research articles and 8 books. He is currently 1) Adjunct Prof. of Family & Community Medicine, New York Medical College; 2) Director of Medical Research, Heart Disease Research Foundation, New York; 3) President and Prof. of International College of Acupuncture and Electro-Therapeutics, New York; 4) Editor in Chief, Acupuncture & Electro-Therapeutics Research, International Journal of Integrative Medicine, which is indexed by 17 major international Indexing Periodicals. Currently he is also 5) Executive Editor of Integrative Oncology and Journal of Clinical Trials in Cardiology. Formerly he was also Adjunct Prof. or Visiting Prof. in universities in USA, France, Italy, Ukraine, Japan & China.

His research interest is on Pharmaco-Electro Physiology of Single Cardiac Cells in Vivo and in Vitro.

Vincenzo Costigliola graduated in Medicine from the University of Naples in 1972 and in Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care from the University of Pisa in 1978. He also attended post-graduated studies in Rheumatology, Dermatology, Proctology, Oncology, Surgery, Drugs Abuse, Emergency Treatment, Disaster Action, Hospital Organization, Medical Teaching Methodology and Computer and Audio-Visual Training for the Medical Profession. He is the President of : E.M.A. (European Medical Association ) http://www.emanet.org/ EDA (European Depression Association) www.europeandepressionday.com and EPMA (European predictive, preventive and personalized medicine) www.epmanet.eu.

Rheumatology, Dermatology, Proctology, Oncology, Surgery.

Jose Antonio F. Ramires has completed his Ph.D. at the age of 31 years from University of São Paulo (USP) Medical School. He was the Director of the Heart Institute-INCOR of the University of São Paulo where is Head Professor of Cardiology. He was President of the Council to evaluate all the University Professor at USP. He was President of the undergraduate Committee of USP Medical School. He has published more than 475 papers in reputed journals and has been serving as an editorial board member of repute. He was President of the Society of Cardiology of the State of São Paulo, Brazilian Heart Foundation and of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology.

His research interest includes coronary arteries, coronary artery disease, liver pre-transplantation

Sergey Suchkov, MD, PhD, male, was born in 11.01.1957, researcher-immunologist, clinician, graduated from School of Medicine, A.V.Lunacharskii Astrakhan State Medical University, Russia, in 1980. Suchkov has been trained at the Institute for Medical Enzymology, The USSR Academy of Medical Sciences, National Center for Immunology (Russia), National Institutes of Health Bethesda, USA) and British Society for Immunology to cover 4 British university facilities. Dr Suchkov worked for the Central Laboratory at Lenin’s Mausoleum, then at the Institute for Medical Enzymology, The USSR Academy of Medical Sciences, for the Institute of Developmental Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences (RAN), Helmholtz Institute of Eye Diseases, and for Moscow Regional Clinical Research Institute including a position of the Immunologist-in-Chief of the Health Services of the Moscow Region. Since 2005, he has been working as Professor of A.I.Evdokimov Moscow State Medical & Dental University and I.M.Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University. From 2007, Suchkov was the First Vice-President and Dean of the School of Preventive and Personalized Medicine of the University of World Politics and Law. In 1991-1995, Dr Suchkov was a Chief Scientific Secretary of the Editorial Board of the International Journal “Biomedical Science” (issued by the Russian Academy of Sciences and Royal Society of Medicine, UK). In 1995-2005, Suchkov was a Director of the Russian-American Program in Immunology of the Eye Diseases. Dr Suchkov is a member of the Advisory Board, EPMA (European Association of Predictive, Preventive and Personalized Medicine), Brussels, EU, member of the Editorial Boards, Open Journal of Autoimmunity, EPMA J., Personalized Medicine Universe, American J.Cardiovascular Res. Dr Suchkov has published more than 500 papers. He is known as an author of the Concept of postinfectious clinical and immunological syndrome, co-author of the concept of abzymes and their impact into the pathogenesis of aotuimmunity conditions, and as one of the pioneers in promoting the Concept of Predictive, Preventive and Personalized Medicine.

Predictive, Preventive and Personalized Medicine

Augusto Parra graduated from the University del Bosque Medical School (Bogota-Colombia) in 1988. He obtained an MPH in Biostatistics/Epidemiology from Harvard University in 1992. He pursued clinical training in Neurology and Internal Medicine at Duke University. He completed a Fellowship in Neurocritical Care and Stroke at Duke University in 2001. He is a Neurocritical Care Faculty at Columbia University and at the University of Texas USA, where he currently directs the Neuro ICU Program. He has done basic and clinical research, published in the leading scientific medical journals, done editorial peer review, and has been part of the American Heart Association Brain 1 Basic Science Grant Review Committee for several years. He has special research interest in the repercussions of brain injury into the cardiovascular system and vice versa.

He has special research interest in the repercussions of brain injury into the cardiovascular system and vice versa.

S. Jamal Mustafa is an Assistant VP for Research at HSC at West Virginia University (WVU). He received Dean’s Award for Excellence in Research from SOM and became a Robert C. Byrd Professor in 2010 received Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Achievement in Research and Scholarly Activities from HSC, in 2013. He has published over 190 manuscripts. His past work has led to the approval of an A2A selective AR agonist (Lexican®) for myocardial perfusion imaging. Currently, he is using AR and β adrenergic receptor KOs to better understand the relationship between these receptors in coronary flow regulation.

His interest is in myocardial perfusion imaging. Currently, he is using AR and β adrenergic receptor KOs to better understand the relationship between these receptors in coronary flow regulation.

Galya Naydenova Atanasova completed her Ph.D. training in Cardiology from Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Endocrinology at Pleven Medical University, Bulgaria. She is a General Practitioner and Cardiologist in Trainee at Pleven Medical University, Bulgaria. She specialized in General Medicine from Pleven Medical University, Bulgaria during 1993. She has attended to many International Events and presented her research work. She did many researches on metabolic syndrome and myocardial infarction of heart.

She is specialized in General Medicine.

Scott Willoughby is a Head of the Thrombosis and Vascular Biology Laboratory, Centre for Heart Rhythm Disorders, School of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Australia. Willoughby graduated from the University of Adelaide in 1995 and obtained Ph.D. degree in 1999. He completed his post-doctoral fellowships at the Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Boston University, USA under the mentorship of Prof. Joseph Loscalzo and the Cardiology Unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Australia under the mentorship of Prof. John Horowitz. Willoughby was appointed to his current position in 2006. Willoughby's research focus is to understand the integrative physiological mechanisms controlling inappropriate thrombus formation in conditions of increased cardiovascular risk. Current studies focus on two diverse groups of individuals: (1) young subjects exposed to potentially novel high risk environments (paedriatric sleep disordered breathing or following the consumption of energy drinks) and (2) patients at high risk for thromboembolic events (atrial fibrillation). Willoughby has published widely in high impact peer-reviewed journals regarding platelet function and cardiovascular disease and regularly presents at international meetings. Willoughby is a previous recipient of the Young Investigator Award in Thrombosis (2006) from the World Congress of Cardiology.

Willoughby's research focus is to understand the integrative physiological mechanisms controlling inappropriate thrombus formation in conditions of increased cardiovascular risk.

Peifeng Li obtained his PhD from the Chinese Academy of Medical Science and worked as a medical researcher at the Max-Delbruck-Center, Germany. He is currently a Research Assistant Professor at the College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA. His research focuses on the molecular regulation of heart failure. He is one of the pioneer researchers in deciphering the role of microRNAs in heart diseases. He has published more than 75 papers in reputed journals and has been serving as a reviewer for more than 50 scientific journals. He has served on the American Heart Association grant panel.

His research interest is in molecular regulation of heart failure. He is one of the pioneer researchers in deciphering the role of microRNAs in heart diseases.

Manuela Stoicescu, Consultant Internal Medicine Doctor (PhD in Internal Medicine) now is Assistant Professor of Medical Disciplines Department, University of Oradea, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Romania, Internal Medicine Hospital and Office. She is Member of Romanian Society of Internal Medicine, Member of Romanian Society of Cardiology, Chemistry, Biochemistry and Member of Balcanic Society of Medicine. She was invited as a speaker at 24 International Conferences, she is editorial board member in three ISSN prestigious Journal in USA, she published 12 articles in prestigious ISSN Journals in USA. She published four books: two books for students in English and Romanian language:” Clinical cases for students of the Faculty of Medicine”, one book in English language on Amazon at International Editor – Lambert Publishing Academic House in Germany- “Side Effects of Antiviral Hepatitis Treatment”, one monograph in Romanian language” High blood pressure in the young a ignored problem!”, two chapter books – Cardiovascular disease: Causes, Risks, Management CVD1- Causes of Cardiovascular Disease 1.5,1.6, U.S.A on Amazon.

Side Effects of Antiviral Hepatitis Treatment, High blood pressure, Cardiovascular diseases.