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PROGRAM DIRECTOR

Uri Elkayam, MD, FACC
Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology
University of Southern California
Keck School of Medicine
Los Angeles, CA

PROGRAM CO-DIRECTOR

Anil K. Bhandari, MD, FACC, FHRS
Chief, Division of Cardiology
Director, Electrophysiology Services
Director, GME and CME Committee
PIH Health Good Samaritan Hospital
Los Angeles, CA
Clinical Professor of Medicine
Los Angeles, CA


GUEST FACULTY

William T. Abraham, MD, FACP, FACC, FAHA, FESC, FRCPE
Professor of Medicine, Physiology, and Cell Biology
College of Medicine Distinguished Professor
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH

Kirkwood F. Adams, Jr., MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Cardiology
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC

Leslie Cooper, Jr., MD, FACC, FAHA
Elizabeth C. Lane, Ph.D. and M. Nadine Zimmerman, Ph.D. Professor of Internal Medicine
Mayo Clinic
Jacksonville, Florida | Rochester, Minnesota

Maria Rosa Costanzo, MD, FHFSA
Medical Director, Heart Failure Program
Midwest Cardiovascular Institute
Naperville, IL

Akshay Desai, MD, MPH, FHFSA
Medical Director, Cardiomyopathy and Heart Failure Program, Advanced Heart Disease Section
Professor, Harvard Medical School
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA

Christina Economides, MD, MM, FSCAI
Director, STEMI Receiving Center
Director, Women's Cardiovascular Health Program
Associate Program Director,
Harbor UCLA Medical Center/PIH Health Good Samaritan Hospital Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program
PIH Health Good Samaritan Hospital
Los Angeles, CA

Gregg Fonarow, MD, FACC, FAHA, FHFSA
The Eliot Corday Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine and Science
Director, Ahmanson – UCLA Cardiomyopathy Center
Co-Director, UCLA Preventative Cardiology Program
David Geffen School of Medicine
Los Angeles, CA

Barry H. Greenberg, MD, FACC
Distinguished Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine/Cardiology
UC San Diego
La Jolla, CA

Mazen Hanna, MD
Co-Director, Amyloidosis Center
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH

Josh Hare, MD, FACC, FAHA
Director, Donald Soffer Endowed Program in Regenerative Medicine
Senior Associate Dean for Experimental & Cellular Therapeutics
Louis Lemberg Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)
Professor of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Director, Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute (ISCI)
Secondary Appointment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Professor
Miami, FL

J. Thomas Heywood, MD, FACC
Founder, Advanced Heart Failure and Mechanical Circulatory Support Program
Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Program
Professor of Medicine
Scripps Clinic
San Diego, CA

Rola Khedraki, MD FACC
Director, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
Mechanical Circulatory Support Program
Cardiac Amyloidosis Program
Scripps Clinic, John R. Anderson V Medical Pavilion
San Diego, CA

Marvin Konstam, MD
Chief Physician Executive, The CardioVascular Center
Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine
Boston, MA

Norman E. Lepor, MD, FACC, FAHA
Founder and Director, National Heart Institute
Clinical Trial Center of Excellence and Translational Cardiovascular Care
Past President, California Chapter, American College of Cardiology
Clinical Professor of Medicine - Geffen School of Medicine-UCLA 2010-2023
Attending Cardiologist, Smidt Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute
Beverly Hills, CA

Tien Ng, PharmD, FHFSA, FCCP, BCPS, FACC
Interim Chair & Professor of the
Titus Family Department of Clinical Pharmacy
USC Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Los Angeles, CA

Ileana L. Piña, MD, MPH
Clinical Professor of Medicine
Central Michigan University
Professor of Medicine
Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University
Senior Staff Fellow FDA, CDRH
Cleveland, OH

Nir Uriel, MD, MSc, FACC
Professor of Medicine
Director of NYP Heart Failure, Cardiac Transplantation, and Mechanical Circulatory Support
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
New York, NY

Jessica Wang, MD, PhD
Associate Clinical Professor, Medicine
Director of the UCLA Cardiovascular Genetics Clinic
Los Angeles, CA

Clyde W. Yancy, MD, MSc, MACC, FAHA, MACP, FHFSA, FRCP, FASPC (Hon.), FPCNA (Hon)
Vice Dean, Health Equity
Magerstadt Professor
Professor of Medicine
Professor of Medical Social Sciences
Chief, Division of Cardiology
Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine
Associate Director, Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Deputy Editor JAMA Cardiology
Past President, American Heart Association
Chicago, IL

Eric H. Yang, MD, FACC, FASE, FAHA
Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine
Director, UCLA Cardio-Oncology Program
Associate Program Director
UCLA/Olive View/West LA VA Cardiovascular Diseases Fellowship
Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA