News & Updates
Invited Speakers
Eugene Braunwald, MD, MACC Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA Philippe C. Douek, MD Universite Claude Bernard, Lyon, France Peter Fitzgerald, MD, PhD Stanford University Medical Center, California, USA Samuel Z. Goldhaber, MD Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA John G. Harold, MD, MACC, MACP, FESC, FAHA President-Elect of the American College of Cardiology (ACC) Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, USA Amir Lerman, MD, FACC, FESC Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA Emmanuel Messas FESC,FACC Pôle Cardiovasculaire
Service de Médecine Vasculaire-HTA
Hôpital Européen G. Pompidou
INSERM U633,PARCC,Fondation Carpentier.
Paris, FranceLawrance Rudski, MD, FACC, FASE The Jewish Hospital, Montreal, Canada Craig R. Smith, MD, FACS Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY, USA On Topaz MD, FACC , FACP Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA Charles George VAMC, Asheville, North Carolina, USA Nathan Wong PhD, FACC, FAHA University of California, Irvine, USA Immediate Past President, American Society for Preventive Cardiology (ASPC) Douglas P. Zipes, MD, MACC, FAHA, FESC, MACP Krannert Institute, Indianapolis, IN, USA Kim A. Eagle, MD University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI, USA Jeffrey Goldberger Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL, USA Albert A. Hagege, MD, PhD, FESC President, French Society of Cardiology Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Paris, France Michel Komajda, MD, FESC Immediate Past-President of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) La Pitié-Salpétrière Hospital, Paris, France Martin B. Leon MD FACC Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, USA Robert A. Levine, MD, FACC Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA Blair J. O’Neill, MD, FRCPC Past-President, Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CCS) Cardiovascular Health and Stroke Strategic Clinic Network, Alberta Health Services, Canada Fausto J. Pinto, MD, PhD, FESC, FACC President-Elect of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Lisbon Cardiovascular Institute, Lisbon, Portugal Bradley H. Strauss, MD, PhD, FACC, FRCPC Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada Giora Weisz, MD Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, USA Panos E. Vardas, MD, PhD, FESC, FACC President of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Heraklion University Hospital, Heraklion, Greece Joint Session: ESC
European Society of Cardiology (ESC) & Israel Heart Society (IHS) Joint Session Chairs: Panos E. Vardas, Chaim Lotan, Amit Segev, Gideon Sahar, Dan Fink Scholarship & Awards
Michel Mirowski Excellence in Cardiology Award
Richard, Hilda and Ezra Meltzer Memorial Award
Jan J. Kellermann Young Investigator in Cardiology Awards
Daniel Shiran Outstanding Cardiology Resident Award
Best Publications & Abstracts Awards
Ami Cohen Young Investigator in Cardiac Surgery Awards
Hanoch Milwidsky Outstanding Cardiac Surgery Resident Awards
Fellowship Awards – Merck, Orbotech, TriremeAtrial Fibrillation 2013 – Fighting Uncertainties Panos E. Vardas (Greece)
The Added Value Of Echocardiography In Hypertensive Heart Disease Fausto J. Pinto (Portugal) Cardiology in the 21st Century : Challenges and Opportunities Michel Komajda (France) Joint Session: ACC
American College of Cardiology (ACC) & Israel Heart Society (IHS) Joint Session Chairs: John G. Harold, USA, Chaim Lotan, Israel, Basil S. Lewis, Israel Acute Aortic Dissection – Insights From The IRAD Registry Kim Eagle (USA) Pulmonary Embolism – An Update Samuel Z. Goldhaber (USA) Impact of RCT's and Appropriateness Criteria on CABG vs. PCI Craig Smith (USA) The Challenges of Echocardiographic Assessment of Mitral Regurgitation Severity Robert A. Levine (USA) New Observations of The Role of The Autonomic Nervous System in Arrhythmogenesis Douglas P. Zipes (USA) Joint Session: CCS
Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CCS) & Israel Heart Society (IHS) Joint Session
Innovations in Cardiovascular MedicineChairs: Blair J. O'Neill, Amit Segev A Tale of an Innovation – From a Crazy Idea to a Phase-2-Study Bradley Strauss (Canada) The Culture of Cardiovascular Innovation in Israel
Ran Kornowski (Israel) Encouraging Innovation Across an Entire Health Care System: Strategic Clinical Networks In Alberta, Canada Blair J. O'Neill (Canada) Primary Pulmonary Hypertension - Future Perspectives Lawrence Rudski (Canada) AFICARDIO
The Spectrum of Diagnosis and Management in Hypertrophic CardiomyopathyChairs: Andre Keren (IHS), Albert A. Hagege (AFICARDIO)gvdEchocardiographic Assessment in Hypertrophic CardiomyopathyAlbert A. HagegegvdAdvances in Imaging in Hypertrophic CardiomyopathyPhilippe C. DouekgvdAlcohol Septal Ablation - What is the Current Experience and Indication
Andre Kerengvd
Septal Myectomy - Global and Israeli Experience
Ehud Raanani gvd
Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death in Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Ilan Goldenberg
