Ileana L. Piña, MD Albert Einstein College Bronx, NY Peipei Ping, PhD UCLA Los Angeles, CA Piotr Ponikowski, MD, PhD Medical University Wroclaw, Poland Susan J. Pressler, RN, PhD University <strong>of</strong> Michigan Ann Arbor, MI Martha J. Radford, MA, MD New York University New York, NY Kismet D. Rasmusson, RN, FNP Intermountain Medical Center Murray, UT Lisa D. Rathman, MSN, CRNP Lancaster General Hospital Lancaster, PA Margaret M. Redfield, MD Mayo Clinic & Foundation Rochester, MN Juanita Reigle, RN, MSN, ACNP University <strong>of</strong> Virginia Charlottesville, VA Michael W. Rich, MD Washington University St. Louis, MO Barbara J. Riegel, RN, DNSc University <strong>of</strong> Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA Richard J. Rodeheffer, MD Mayo Clinic & Foundation Rochester, MN Joseph G. Rogers, MD Duke University Durham, NC Heather J. Ross, MD The Toronto Hospital Toronto, ON, Canada Stuart D. Russell, MD Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD Hani N. Sabbah, PhD Henry Ford Health System Detroit, MI 20 Junichi Sadoshima, PhD, MD UMDNJ Newark, NJ Jeffrey E. Saffitz, MD, PhD Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston, MA Flora Sam, MD Boston University Boston, MA Martin A. Samuels, MD Brigham and Women’s Hospital Boston, MA Douglas B. Sawyer, MD, PhD Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN Kristen G. Schaefer, MD Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Boston, MA Douglas D. Schocken, MD Duke University Durham, NC Gerilynn M. Schott, MSN, CRNP University <strong>of</strong> Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA Christine E. Seidman, MD Harvard University Boston, MA Marc J. Semigran, MD Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA Monica R. Shah, MD National <strong>Heart</strong>, Lung and Blood Institute Bethesda, MD Ravi V. Shah, MD Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA Julie B. Shea, RNCS, MS, CCDS Brigham and Women’s Hospital Boston, MA Julie A. Shinn, RN, MA, CCRN Stanford University Stanford, CA Marc A. Silver, MD Christ Hospital and Medical Center Oak Lawn, IL Robert D. Simari, MD Mayo Clinic & Foundation Rochester, MN Jagmeet P. Singh, MD, PhD Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA Mark S. Slaughter, MD University <strong>of</strong> Louisville Louisville, KY Mara T. Slawsky, MD, PhD Baystate Medical Center Springfield, MA Andrew L. Smith, MD Emory University Hospital Atlanta, GA Paul A. Sobotka, MD Medtronic, Inc. Minneapolis, MN Virend K. Somers, MD Mayo Clinic and Foundation Rochester, MN Scott D. Solomon, MD Brigham and Women’s Hospital Boston, MA Pothur R. Srinivas, PhD, MPH National Institutes <strong>of</strong> Health Bethesda, MD Marshall S. Stanton, MD Medtronic, Inc. Mounds View, MN Randall C. Starling, MD, MPH Cleveland Clinic Foundation Cleveland, OH Josef Stehlik, MD, MPH University <strong>of</strong> Utah Salt Lake City, UT Kenneth M. Stein, MD Boston <strong>Scientific</strong> Corporation St. Paul, MN Lynne Warner Stevenson, MD Brigham and Women’s Hospital Boston, MA Willliam G. Stevenson, MD Brigham and Women’s Hospital Boston, MA Garrick C. Stewart, MD Brigham and Women’s Hospital Boston, MA Wendy Gattis Stough, PharmD Campbell University Cary, NC Benjamin Sun, MD Abbott Northwestern Hospital Minneapolis, MN Mark A. Sussman, PhD San Diego State University San Diego, CA Karl Swedberg, MD, PhD Sahlgrenska University Gothenburg, Sweden Nancy K. Sweitzer, MD, PhD University <strong>of</strong> Wisconsin Madison, WI W.H. Wilson Tang, MD Cleveland Clinic Foundation Cleveland, OH David O. Taylor, MD Cleveland Clinic Foundation Cleveland, OH Ryan J. Tedford, MD Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD John R. Teerlink, MD San Francisco VAMC San Francisco, CA Andre Terzic, MD, PhD Mayo Clinic & Foundation Rochester, MN Jeffrey M. Testani, MD University <strong>of</strong> Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA Jeffrey J. Teuteberg, MD University <strong>of</strong> Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA Jeffrey A. Towbin, MD Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center Cincinnati, OH Patricia A. Uber, PharmD University <strong>of</strong> Maryland Baltimore, MD James E. Udelson, MD Tufts Medical Center Boston, MA Anne Marie Valente, MD Children’s Hospital Boston, MA Eva van Rooij, PhD miRagen Therapeutics Boulder, CO 21
Dirk J. van Veldhuisen, MD, PhD University Medical Centre Groningen, The Netherlands Hector O. Ventura, MD Ochsner Medical Center New Orleans, LA Joseph G. Verbalis, MD Georgetown University Washington, DC Mary N. Walsh, MD St. Vincent <strong>Heart</strong> Center <strong>of</strong> Indiana Indianapolis, IN Da-Zhi Wang, PhD Children’s Hospital Boston, MA Yibin Wang, PhD UCLA Los Angeles, CA Aaron B. Waxman, MD, PhD Brigham and Women’s Hospital Boston, MA Xander H.T. Wehrens, MD, PhD Baylor College Houston, TX Andrew R. Weintraub, MD Tufts Medical Center Boston, MA David J. Whellan, MD, MHS Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia, PA Connie L. White-Willliams, RN, PhD University <strong>of</strong> Alabama Birmingham, AL Ronald M. Witteles, MD Stanford University Stanford, CA Kelly Wolf, MSW, LCSW Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark, NJ Matthew J. Wolf, MD, PhD Duke University Durham, NC Clyde W. Yancy, MD, MSc Northwestern University Chicago, IL James B. Young, MD Cleveland Clinic Foundation Cleveland, OH Michael R. Zile, MD Medical University <strong>of</strong> South Carolina Charleston, SC Sunday-September 18, 2011 HFSA <strong>15th</strong> <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Scientific</strong> <strong>Meeting</strong> – September 18-21, 2011 – Boston, MA Ballroom A Room 302 Room 304 Room 311 Room 312 11:00 AM-1:30 PM <strong>Scientific</strong> Session Clinical Fundamentals: <strong>Heart</strong> <strong>Failure</strong> Evaluation and Medical Therapy 1:00-3:00 PM Satellite Symposium Evaluating the Right Ventricle: A Practical Guide for the <strong>Heart</strong> <strong>Failure</strong> Clinician 3:00-4:00 PM <strong>Scientific</strong> Session Excellence in Basic Science (featured speaker: Christine E. Seidman, MD) 3:30 - 6:00 PM <strong>Scientific</strong> Session <strong>Heart</strong> <strong>Failure</strong> and VADs: Does Extended Support Change the Game? (4:30-6:00 PM) Satellite Symposium Novel Strategies to Enhance Response to the Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Patient: A Clinician Update 4:00-6:00 PM Satellite Symposium Improving Outcomes in <strong>Heart</strong> <strong>Failure</strong> Complicated by Hyponatremia 6:00 PM Opening Reception 15 th <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Scientific</strong> <strong>Meeting</strong> - Poster-Exhibit Area (Exhibit Hall D) Hynes Convention Center 22 23
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