Biomarkers in Heart Failure

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Biomarker Research Program

FACULTY (partial list)

PROGRAM DIRECTOR

	Lori Daniels, MD, FACC Professor of Medicine Director, Coronary Care Unit Division of Cardiology UC San Diego

	Alan Maisel, MD Emeritus Professor of Cardiology UC San Diego

UC SAN DIEGO PARTICIPATING FACULTY

	Eric Adler, MD, FACC Professor of Medicine Medical Director, Heart Transplant and MCS Program Division of Cardiovascular Medicine

	Daniel Blanchard, MD, FACC Professor of Clinical Medicine Director, Cardiology Fellowship Program Division of Cardiology Department of Medicine

	Timothy M. Fernandes, MD, MPH Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine

	David Krummen, MD, FACC Professor of Medicine Director of Cardiac Electrophysiology VA San Diego Healthcare System Electrophysiologist, UCSD and VA San Diego

	Ryan Reeves, MD, FACC Associate Professor of Medicine Interventional Cardiology

	Jia Shen, MD, MPH Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine Department of Cardiovascular Diseases

	Pam R. Taub, MD, FACC, FASPC Associate Professor of Medicine Director of Step Family Foundation Cardiovascular Rehabilitation and Wellness Center

	Howie Tran, MD, FACC Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology

	Marcus Anthony Urey, MD Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine Division of Cardiovascular Medicine

	Nicholas Wettersten, MD Assistant Clinical Professor Department of Cardiology

GUEST FACULTY

	Rudolf A. de Boer, MD, PhD Professor in Cardiology & Director of Experimental Cardiology University Medical Center Groningen Groningen, Netherlands

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

	Hanna K. Gaggin MD, MPH, FACC Cardiology Division Assistant Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Cardiology Subspecialty Core Educator, Massachusetts General Hospital Internal Medicine Residency Boston, MA

	Allan S. Jaffe, MD, FACC Consultant, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine and CCLS Division in Laboratory Medicine & Pathology Professor of Medicine and Professor of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

	Pedro Lopez Ayala, MD, Msc Cardiovascular Clinical Research Fellow Cardiovascular Research Institute Basel (CRIB) University Hospital Basel Basel, Switzerland

	Thomas F. Lüscher, MD, FRCP Director of Research, Education & Development Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospitals Professor of Cardiology Imperial College London, UK

	Torbjørn Omland, MD, PhD, MPH, FESC, FACC Professor of Medicine Department of Cardiology University of Oslo Oslo, Norway

	William Franklin Peacock, IV, MD, FACEP Professor, Vice Chair for Research Henry JN Taub Department of Emergency Medicine Baylor College of Medicine Houston, Texas

FACULTY DISCLOSURE
It is our policy to ensure balance, independence, objectivity and scientific rigor. All persons involved in the selection, development and presentation of content are required to disclose any real or apparent conflicts of interest. All conflicts of interest will be resolved prior to an educational activity being delivered to learners through one of the following mechanisms 1) altering the financial relationship with the commercial interest, 2) altering the individual’s control over CME content about the products or services of the commercial interest, and/or 3) validating the activity content through independent peer review. All persons are also required to disclose any discussions of off label/unapproved uses of drugs or devices. Persons who refuse or fail to disclose are disqualified from participating in the CME activity. Participants will be asked to evaluate whether the speaker’s outside interests reflect a possible bias in the planning or presentation of the activity. This information is used to plan future activities.