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The 2023 Inaugural Krannert Biennial

Myocardial Infarction and Reperfusion Injury: New Evidence to Shift Existing Paradigms

Friday–Saturday, May 12–13, 2023

JW Marriott | Eiteljorg | Indianapolis

A two-day event with more than 20 world-renowned leaders in cardiology practice and science

The Krannert Cardiovascular Research Center Biennial highlights the latest breakthroughs in cardiovascular medicine around the world and showcases the cutting edge research and clinical trials underway at Indiana University School of Medicine. Join us at this forum for clinicians, scientists and trainees from May 12–13, 2023. Sessions will take place at the Eiteljorg Museum, which is conveniently located across the street from the JW Marriott and several Indianapolis attractions, including the White River State Park

Indiana University School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 11.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

A reception and dinner are scheduled May 12 at the Eiteljorg and a separate registration is required. 

Register Now

Registration for the KCRVC Biennial is now open!

Rates are as follows:
Physicians/faculty $75
Other health professionals $50 
Trainees $25

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Agenda

May 12, 2023

MORNING AFTERNOON 
7 am Registration & Breakfast  12:30 pm
Boxed Lunch & Break
7:30 am

Inauguration/Welcome Introduction Tatiana Foroud, PhD Executive Associate Dean for Research Affairs IU School of Medicine Professor, Department of  Medical and Molecular Genetics
David A. Ingram, MD

Chief Medical Executive 

IU Health 

Hugh McK. Landon Professor of Pediatrics

IU School of Medicine 

 

Session II Therapies – What Works, What Doesn’t Work and Why

Presiding:

Rolf Kreutz, MD
Chief of Cardiology, Eskenazi Health
IU School of Medicine Division of Cardiovascular Medicine 

Rohan Dharmakumar, PhD
Executive Director of the Krannert Cardiovascular Research Center
Professor of Medicine and Radiology & Imaging Sciences 
IU School of Medicine Krannert Cardiovascular Research Center 

Session I Mechanisms of MI and Reperfusion Injury  

Presiding: 

Rohan Dharmakumar, PhD
Executive Director, Krannert Cardiovascular Research Center
Professor of Medicine and Radiology & Imaging Sciences 
IU School of Medicine Krannert Cardiovascular Research Center 

Loren Field, PhD
Distinguished Professor of Medicine
IU School of Medicine Krannert Cardiovascular Research Center 

1:00 pm
Attempted Therapies to Limit Reperfusion Injury – Why did they fail? 
Gerd Heusch, MD
Director of the Department of Pathophysiology
University of Essen, Essen, Germany

7:45 am

Ischemia Reperfusion Injury – What is known? 
Robert Kloner, MD, PhD
Chief Science Officer, Director of Cardiovascular Research Institute, Huntington Medical Research Institutes, Pasadena, CA

Professor of Medicine (Clinical Scholar), Cardiovascular Division, Dept. of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA


Point-Counterpoint: Antiplatelets Therapy & Myocardium 
8:30 am Pathology of Ischemia Reperfusion Injury 
Michael Fishbein, MD
Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
University of California, Los Angeles

1:45 pm
Importance of Anti-Thrombotic Therapy in Acute MI 
Roxana Mehran, MD
Director of Interventional Cardiovascular Research and Clinical Trials, 
Wiener Cardiovascular Institute at Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Founding Director, Women as One
New York, NY

9:15 am Coffee/refreshments/Meet & Greet the Faculty
2:30 pm
Challenges with Anti-Thrombotic Therapy in Acute MI
Sunil Rao, MD
Director of Interventional Cardiology, NYU Langone Health
President, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions
New York, NY

9:30 am Hemorrhagic Myocardial Infarction: Discovery – What is new? 
Rohan Dharmakumar, PhD
Executive Director, Krannert Cardiovascular Research Center
Professor of Medicine and Radiology & Imaging Sciences 
IU School of Medicine Krannert Cardiovascular Research Center 
3:15 pm
Coffee/desserts/Meet & Greet the Faculty
10:15 am

Case Presentation: Hemorrhagic STEMI Post PPCI 
Keyur Vora, MD
Research Assistant Professor of Medicine
IU School of Medicine Krannert Cardiovascular Research Center

Followed by roundtable discussion of contemporary management by leading interventionalists

Timothy Henry, MD, FACC
MSCAI Medical Director, The Carl and Edyth Lindner Family Distinguished Chair in Clinical Research
The Christ Hospital Health Network, Cincinnati, OH

Sunil Rao, MD
Director of Interventional Cardiology, NYU Langone Health
President, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions
New York, NY

Edward Fry, MD
Chair, Ascension Health CV Service Line
President, American College of Cardiology
Indianapolis, IN

3:30 pm
Post-MI Heart Failure – What New Therapies are on the Horizon? 
Nikolaos Frangogiannis, MD
Edmond J. Safra/Republic National Bank of New York Chair in Cardiovascular Medicine
Albert Einstein School of Medicine
Bronx, NY

11 am A New Tissue-based Classification of Myocardial Infarction 
Andreas Kumar MD, MS 
Northern Ontario School of Medicine
Sudbury, ON, Canada
4:15 pm
Regional STEMI care at IU Health 
Nathan Lambert, MD
Cardiology Service Line Leader
IU Health Community Cardiology

11:45 am Visualizing post-MI Inflammation 
Robert Gropler, MD
Senior Vice Chair and Division Director, Radiological Sciences 
Washington University School of Medicine at St. Louis
St Louis, MO

5 pm 

Young Investigator Awards Competition 
(5 Presentations in the Basic Science Domain; 10 minutes for presentation, Q&A)

 
6:30 pm Reception / Museum Exhibits
    7:30 pm Dinner
Please register for dinner during your main meeting registration at an additional cost of $25.


May 13, 2023

   
7:30 am Breakfast
   
Session III Translating Innovation to Impact Diverse Communities

Presiding:

Subha Raman, MD, MSEE
Chief, IU School of Medicine Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Cardiovascular Institute Director
VP for Cardiovascular Services

Richard Kovacs, MD
Q.E. and Sally Russell Professor of Cardiology
IU School of Medicine Division of Cardiovascular Medicine

   
8 am
What Clinical Trials Tell Us to Do Today in Acute MI 
Timothy Henry, MD, FACC, MSCAI Medical Director
The Carl and Edyth Lindner Family Distinguished Chair in Clinical Research
The Christ Hospital Health Network, Cincinnati, OH
   
8:45 am
Case Presentation and Discussion – Cardiogenic Shock Post-STEMI 
Maya Guglin, MD
Medical Director of the IU Health Heart Transplant Program, Advanced Heart Failure Program and Mechanical Circulatory Support (MCS) Services
IU School of Medicine Division of Cardiovascular Medicine 
   
9:15 am
Case Presentation and Discussion – Arrhythmias Post-STEMI  
Mithilesh Das, MD
Medical Director of Cardiac Electrophysiology
IU School of Medicine Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
   
9:45 am Translating Innovation to Impact Diverse Communities
Khadijah Breathett, MD, MS
Advanced Heart Failure Transplant Cardiologist
IU School of Medicine Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
   
10:30 am Coffee/refreshments
   
10:45 am Awards
   
11 am From Reperfused Myocardial Infarction to Imagenomics for Embracing Cardiovascular Health
Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD 
President of Mount Sinai Heart
Physician-in-Chief of the Mount Sinai Hospital
New York, NY
   
11:30 am Final Comments & Adjourn
   

Event Hotel

Hotel accommodations are available at the JW Marriott at 10 S. West Street, Indianapolis, IN 46204.

The hotel is one of the largest JW Marriotts in the world and recognized by Conde Nast as a Top Midwest hotel. Located in central downtown, close to White River State Park, the hotel is the perfect place to explore Indy.

Make a reservation by April 20 to take advantage of IU School of Medicine's group rate of $239 per night.

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