Speakers on Topics Related to Heart Disease

General and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine

Luis R. Castellanos, MD, MPH
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
UC San Diego Hillcrest Medical Center

Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

Ulrika "Rikki" Birgersdotter-Green, MD, Clinical Professor
Division of Cardiology

Coronary Disease, Hypertension

Daniel Blanchard, MD, Professor of Clinical Medicine
Division of Cardiology

Women's Cardiovascular Health

Denise Barnard, MD
Division of Cardiology

Screening for Cardiovascular Disease, Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, and Women's Cardiovascular Health

Lori Daniels, MD, Assistant Professor
Division of Cardiology

Cardiac Electrophysiology

Greg Feld, MD, Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology Program
Division of Cardiology

Success with Heart Failure

Barry Greenberg, MD, Professor of Medicine
Division of Cardiology

Advances in Cardiac Imaging Technology

Afshin Karimi, MD, PhD, and JD, Assistant Clinical Professor
Department of Radiology

Hypertension

Kirk Knowlton, MD
Chief, Division of Cardiology

Stroke Prevention, Latest Treatments and Research

Thomas Hemmen, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, UC San Diego Stroke Center
Director, UC San Diego Stroke Program and
Cerebrovascular Fellowship Program
Department of Neurosciences

Patrick Lyden, MD
Medical Director, UC San Diego Stroke Center
Department of Neurosciences

Effects of Statins on Cholesterol

Beatrice Golomb, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine

Health Innovations in Heart Surgery, Stents, Heart Disease, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Catheterization Labs

Ehtisham Mahmud, MD, FACC
Professor of Medicine/Cardiology
Chief of Clinical Cardiovascular Medicine
Co-Director, UC San Diego Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center
Director, Interventional Cardiology and Cardiovascular Catheterization Labs

Heart Health

Sotirios "Sam" Tsimikas, MD, Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
Division of Cardiology
UC San Diego Antiviral Research Center