The following are confirmed sessions and faculty as of March 18, 2008.
With the successful introduction of this new format in 2007, Translational Electrophysiology Sessions allow clinicians and scientists to come together with the assistance of a carefully selected expert "translator" presiding over the session. These sessions emphasize the scientific basis of current clinical relevance of fundamental scientific concepts.
Thursday, May 15, 8:00 - 9:30 a.m.
Functional Genomics in Electrophysiology Translator
Dan M. Roden, MD. Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Speaker(s)
So many genes, so many diseases: what’s up with the genome?
Peter M. Spooner, PhD. John Hopkins Univ, Baltimore, MD
Thursday, May 15, 10:30 a.m. - noon
Cardiac Mechano-sensitivity and Arrhythmias
Translator
James N. Weiss, MD. University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Speaker(s)
Can mechanosensitive channels be therapeutic targets in the heart?
Ed White, PhD. University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
Gap junction remodeling due to mechanical forces
Andre G. Kleber, MD. University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Spatial heterogeneity of contraction and arrhythmogenesis
Henk ter Keurs, MD. University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
Myocardial dysychrony and resynchronization in patients
Ronald D. FHRS. Berger, MD, PhD. Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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Thursday, May 15, 4:30 - 6:00 p.m.
Mechanisms of Arrhythmias and Sudden Death in HF
Translator
Gordon F. Tomaselli, MD, FHRS. Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Speaker(s)
Atrial Fibrillation
Jeffrey E. Olgin, MD, FHRS. University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Cell therapy — How far off are we for arrhythmia protection?
M. Roselle Abraham, MD. Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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Friday, May 16, 8:00 - 9:30 a.m.
The Molecular Basis For The Clinical Electrocardiogram
Translator
Jose Jalife, MD. SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY
Speaker(s)
Relationship between ion channel mutations and trafficking, and the action potential
Eckhard Ficker, PhD. MetroHealth Campus, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
Electrophysiological basis for the ECG
Charles Antzelevitch, PhD, FHRS. Masonic Medical Research Laboratory, Utica, NY
Putting it together: Solving the inverse problem
Yoram Rudy, PhD, FHRS. Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
Identifying genetic disorders from the surface ECG
Arthur J. Moss, MD. University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
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Friday, May 16, 4:30 - 6:00 p.m.
Why Do T-waves Change?
Translator
Michael R. Rosen, MD, FHRS. Columbia University, New York, NY
Speaker(s)
Fundamental Basis of the T-wave; then and now
Yoram Rudy, PhD, FHRS. Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
T-waves in Humans
Marek Malik, MD, PhD. University of London, London, United Kingdom
T-wave memory
Alexei Shvilkin, MD. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
Mechano-triggering of T-wave changes
David S. Rosenbaum, MD, FHRS. MetroHealth Campus, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
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Saturday, May 17, 8:00 - 9:30 a.m.
Primary Prevention of AF
Translator
Albert L. Waldo, MD, FHRS. Case Western Reserve University/University Hospital Cleveland, Cleveland, OH
Speaker(s)
New ideas on AF mechanisms
David R. Van Wagoner, PhD, FHRS. Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
The role of biomarkers in AF
Mina K. Chung, MD, FHRS. Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
Genetic Basis for Atrial Fibrillation in Patients
Patrick T. Ellinor, MD, PhD. Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Primary Prevention of AF
Isabelle C. Van Gelder, MD. University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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Saturday, May 17, 10:30 a.m. - noon
Autonomic Nerves As A Target For Therapy
Translator
Gordon F. Tomaselli, MD, FHRS. Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Speaker(s)
Adrenergic / muscarinic signaling and remodeling in the heart
Satoshi Ogawa, MD. Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Ganglionic plexes and their role in AF
Benjamin J. Scherlag, PhD. Cardiac Arrhythmia Research Institute, Oklahoma City, OK
Ablation and modulation of the autonomic nervous system
Warren M. Jackman, MD, FHRS. Univ of Oklahoma Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, OK
Novel electrical stimulation approaches for the treatment of heart failure
Hani N. Sabbah, PhD. Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI
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