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Faculty Information

Second International Conference on Cancer and the Heart
November 9-10, 2012

Organizing Committee

Edward T.H. Yeh, M.D.
Professor and Chair
Department of Cardiology
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX

Michael S. Ewer, M.D., J.D., M.P.H.
Professor
Department of Cardiology
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX

Jean-Bernard Durand, M.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Cardiology
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX

Sandra M. Swain, M.D.
President, ASCO
Medical Director
Washington Cancer Institute
Washington, D.C.

Jay W. Schneider, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
Dallas, TX

MD Anderson Faculty

Ronald A. DePinho, M.D.
President

Joann L Ater, M.D.
Professor, Pediatrics

Robert S. Benjamin, M.D.
Chair, Sarcoma Medical Oncology

Aman U. Buzdar, M.D., F.A.C.P.
VP, Clinical Research Admin, VP, Clinical Research

Michael J Fisch, M.D., M.P.H.
Chair, General Oncology

Gabriel N. Hortobagyi, M.D.
Past President, ASCO
Chair, Breast Medical Oncology

Hagop M. Kantarjian, M.D.
Chair, Leukemia

Barbara L Summers, Ph.D.
Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer

Apostolia-Maria Tsimberidou, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Invest. Cancer Therapeutics

Vicente Valero, M.D., F.A.C.P.
Professor and Chair Ad Interim
Breast Medical Oncology

Jose A. Banchs, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Cardiology

Anecita Fadol, Ph.D., R.N.
Assistant Professor, Nursing

Saamir Hassan, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Cardiology

Cezar Iliescu, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Cardiology

Kaveh Karimzadehnajar, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Cardiology

Peter Kim, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Cardiology

Elie N. Mouhayar, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Cardiology

Syed W. Yusuf, M.D.
Associate Professor, Cardiology

Confirmed Guest Faculty

Gregory T. Armstrong, M.D., M.S.C.E
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Memphis, TN

Edward J. Benz Jr., M.D.
President and CEO
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, MA

Ana Barac, M.D., PhD.
Medstar Heart Institute
Washington Cancer Institute
Washington, D.C.

Daniela Cardinale, M.D., Ph.D.
European Institute of Oncology
Milan, Italy

Joseph R. Carver, M.D.
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

Sarah C. Darby, Ph.D.
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom

Steven M. Ewer, M.D.
School Of Medicine and Public Health
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI

Thomas L. Force, M.D.
Temple University School of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA

Igor Gregoric, M.D.
University of Texas Health Science Center
Houston, Texas

Joseph A. Hill, M.D., Ph.D.
UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
Dallas, TX

W. Gregory Hundley, M.D.
Wake Forest University Medical School
Winston-Salem, NC

Steven E. Lipshultz, M.D.
University of Miami
Miller School of Medicine
Miami, FL

Peter Liu, M.D.
Ottawa Heart Institute
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Thomas Marwick, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H.
Director, Menzies Research Institute of Tasmania
Hobart, Australia

Giorgio Minotti, M.D.
University Campus Bio-Medico
Rome, Italy

Javid Moslehi, M.D.
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, MA

Eric Olson, Ph.D.
UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
Dallas, TX

Kerry S. Russell, M.D., Ph.D.
Yale University Medical School
New Haven, CT

Raymond Russell, M.D., Ph.D.
Yale University Medical School
New Haven, CT

Richard M. Steingart, M.D.
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY

James T. Willerson, M.D.
Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke’s Hospital
Houston, TX

William A. Zoghbi, M.D.
President
American College of Cardiology
The Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center
Houston, TX

MD Anderson Alumni

Monica J. Leja, M.D.
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI

Daniel J. Lenihan, M.D.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN

Guilherme Oliveira, M.D.
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH

Juan Carlos Plana, M.D.
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH

Endorsed By

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