2017 ISHLT Academy Master Class in Mechanical Circulatory Support
4 April, 2017 7:45 a.m. to 6:50 p.m.
San Diego, CA, USA
The overarching goal is to provide an advanced learning opportunity for specialists and developing experts in the field of MCS and devices for treatment of heart failure patients. The course is designed for cardiothoracic surgeons and cardiologists with MCS experience, specialists in heart failure care, allied health professionals with involvement in MCS patients, VAD coordinators, transplant coordinators, critical care specialists, and heart transplant professionals.
Academy Chairs
Stavros Drakos, MD, PhDAcademy Chair
Univeristy of Utah School of Medicine
Salt Lake City, UT USA
Ivan Netuka, MD, PhDAcademy Co-Chair
Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine
Prague, Czech Republic
Scientific Program Committee
Keith Aaronson, MD, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI USA
Anson Cheung, MD, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC Canada
Christopher Hayward, MD, St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, NSW Australia
Lars Lund, MD, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Faculty
Keith Aaronson, MD, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI USA
Anson Cheung, MD, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC Canada
Stavros Drakos, MD, PhD, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT USA
Christopher Hayward, MD, St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, NSW Australia
Lars Lund, MD, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Simon Maltais, MD, PhD, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN USA
Stephen H. McKellar, MD, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT USA
Bart Meyns, MD, PhD, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Ivan Netuka, MD, PhD, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic
Snehal Patel, MD, Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY USA
Hiroo Takayama, MD, Columbia University, New York, NY USA