11^th Annual Cardiology Summit September 12-13, 2016 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Dr. Antzelevitch is Professor and Executive Director of Cardiovascular Research at the Lankenau Institute for Medical Research and Director of Research at Lankenau Heart Institute in Wynnewood, PA. Awards include the Distinguished Scientist Award from the North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology (Heart Rhythm Society), Carl J. Wiggers Award of the American Physiological Society, the Distinguished Scientist Award of the American College of Cardiology and the Distinguished Service Award of the Cardiac Electrophysiology Society.

Cardiac arrhythmia , Atrial Fibrillation, Cardia Eletropysilogy

Yiu-Fai Chen has completed his PhD in 1982 from Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign) and postdoctoral training at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Medicine. He is currently a Professor of Vascular Biology and Hypertension Program, Division of Cardiovascular Disease, Department of Medicine at UAB. He has been actively involved in cardiovascular research for more than 30 years and have been continuously funded by NIH and AHA, and pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies since 1985, upon completion of his postdoctoral training. He has published 176 peer-reviewed articles published in high impact journals.

Cardiovascular Injury, Stem cells, Coronary arteries, Inflammation, Injury

Wellnhofer has completed his MD in 1984 at Technical University in Munich and his PhD 2010 at Charité University Medicine Berlin on the field of “modelling and simulation in cardiac imaging”. He has done studies in informatics and statistics as well as health economy. He is clinical cardiologist, scientist and university teacher. His current fields of work are cardiac imaging in particular of coronary atherosclerosis, biomedical informatics and statistics, regulatory issues regarding software as medical device and health technology assessment. He published more than 90 papers in reputed journals and holds several patents. His h-index is 23.

cardiac imaging,coronary atherosclerosis, biomedical informatics and statistics

Pampee P. Young is a tenured Associate Professor in the Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. She completed her undergraduate at Rice University in Houston, Tx and obtained her M.D/Ph.D. degrees at UT Southwestern in Dallas, Tx. Her basic science research program in regenerative medicine addresses the role of stem cells and our endogenous repair mechanisms to drive wound healing. Our work is funded by the Veterans Affairs, pharmaceuticals and NIH. Dr. Young also serves as the Medical Director of Transfusion Medicine and Stem Cell Laboratory at Vanderbilt University Hospital and the Veterans Affairs in Nashville.

Myocardial Infraction, cardiac regeneration,

With over 35 years of non-profit management experience, Mary McGowan currently serves as Chief Executive Officer of WomenHeart: The National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease to ensure the successful implementation of the organization’s strategic direction and increase its visibility and brand recognition nationally. Prior to joining WomenHeart in 2010, McGowan served as Executive Director of the Allergy & Asthma Network. She held various positions with the American Academy of Pediatrics during her service of 18 years. McGowan earned a Masters Degree in Human Resources Development from the George Washington University and a B.A. from Trinity University.

Heart, vascular surgeries, Heart diesease, Allery, Asthma

Guy H Fontaine has made 16 original contributions in the design and the use of the first cardiac pacemakers in the early 60s. He has serendipitously identified ARVD during his contributions to 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 individuals who have made a significant contribution to the study of cardiovascular disease since the 14th century”, 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 23 scientific journals both in basic and clinical science. He has served as a member of the Editorial Board of Circulation during 5 years after reviewing during decades papers for this Journal. He has given 11 master lectures of 90’ each in inland China in 2014. He has developed new techniques of hypothermia for neurologic brain protection in OHCA, stroke and spinal cord injury. He is the first to have resuscitated his wife at home with an external defibrillator (Schiller) still working after 30 years. He has also invented a high-tech device which can be considered as the ultimate in palliative care.

Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia , Ventricular Tachycardia , cardiomyopathy, ventricular arrhythmias