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SIS Conference 2007
SIS 2007 Emerging Theories, Therapies and Technologies
 
Wednesday, August 1st
Grand Ballroom III, Grand Level
7:30 a.m. Registration / Breakfast

8:30 a.m.

Introduction
John J. Young, MD
8:35 a.m. WBBA Welcome Address
Jack Faris, PhD
8:40 a.m. Keynote Lecture – Systems Biology: Emergence of Predictive, Preventive and Personalized Medicine
Leroy Hood, MD, PhD

Session I: Convergent Therapeutics for Vascular Diseases

Session Chair: Gregg W. Stone, MD
Moderators: Steven R. Bailey, MD,

Christopher E. Buller, MD, David J. Cohen, MD,

Steven L. Goldberg, MD, Mitchell W. Krucoff, MD,

G.B. John Mancini, MD, Rajendra Makkar, MD,

Michael Poon, MD, Renu Virmani, MD

and John J. Young, MD


Advances in Atherosclerosis
9:30 a.m. New Insights into Atherosclerosis and Response to DES
Renu Virmani, MD
9:55 a.m. Cardiac CT and Plaque Characterization
Michael Poon, MD
10:20 a.m. Reducing Coronary Atheroma Burden
Rajendra Makkar, MD
10:45 a.m. Roundtable Discussion

11:30 a.m.

Lunch / Visit Exhibits

Angioplasty Under Fire
12:15 p.m. PCI with Stable Atherosclerosis: COURAGE Trial & Beyond
G.B. John Mancini, MD
12:40 p.m. Counterpoint - An Interventionalist's Perspective
Gregg W. Stone, MD
1:00 p.m. Late Stent Thrombosis
David J. Cohen, MD
1:25 p.m. PCI for Persistent Occlusion after Myocardial Infarction: Occluded Artery Trial
Christopher E. Buller, MD
1:50 p.m. Roundtable Discussion

2:40 p.m.

Break / Visit Exhibits

Session II: Stem Cell Therapy in Cardiovascular Disease
 

Session Chairs: Mitchell W. Krucoff, MD and

Charles E. Murry, MD, PhD
Panel: Paul P. Huang, MD, Michael A. LaFlamme, MD, PhD, W. Robb MacLellan, MD and

Emerson C. Perin, MD, PhD

3:00 p.m. Cardiac Cell Therapy: What is it and how does it work?
Charles E. Murry, MD, PhD
3:20 p.m. Clinical Trials of Hematopoietic and Mesenchymal Cells from Bone Marrow
Emerson C. Perin, MD, PhD
3:40 p.m. Cell Therapy for the Heart:  Prospects for treating heart disease
W. Robb MacLellan, MD
4:00 p.m. Human Embryonic Stem Cells Have Documented Cardiac Potential
Michael A. LaFlamme, MD, PhD
4:20 pm. Roundtable Discussion

5:00 p.m.

Adjourn
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