On May 12-13, 2023, the Krannert Cardiovascular Research Center at Indiana University School of Medicine and IU Health / IU School of Medicine Cardiovascular Institute hosted the inaugural Krannert Biennial, to bring more than 20 world-renowned leaders in cardiovascular research and practice to share how heart attacks may be treated in the future.
The event, “Myocardial Infarction and Reperfusion Injury: New Evidence to Shift Existing Paradigms,” brought approximately 200 attendees to downtown Indianapolis, including Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD, president of Mount Sinai Fuster Heart Hospital and physician-in-chief of The Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, who presented the special lecture, “Progression of Arterial Disease Throughout the Lifespan.”
Tatiana Foroud, PhD, executive associate dean for Research Affairs and the August M. Watanabe Professor of Medical Research for IU School of Medicine and Lindsey M. Weaver, MD, state health commissioner for the Indiana State Department of Health and adjunct clinical assistant professor of emergency medicine for IU School of Medicine, welcomed attendees who attended the two-day event at the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art.
The event served as a springboard to share some of the latest ischemic heart disease research led by Rohan Dharmakumar, PhD, executive director of the Krannert Cardiovascular Research Center and the Charles Fisch Professor of Cardiology at IU School of Medicine, with other leading cardiovascular researchers from around the world. It also provided attendees an opportunity to earn continuing medical education credit.
Other presenters included Maya Guglin, MD, Robert Wood Johnson Medicine; Gerd Heusch, MD, University of Essen, Germany; Robert A. Kloner, MD, PhD, Huntington Medical Research Institute; Michael C. Fishbein, MD, University of California, Los Angeles; Nikolaos Frangogiannis, MD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Andreas Kumar, MD, MS, Northern Ontario School of Medicine; Robert J. Gropler, MD, Washington University School of Medicine at St. Louis; Roxana Mehran, Wiener Cardiovascular Institute at Mount Sinai School of Medicine; Sunil Rao, MD, NYU Langone Health; Timothy D. Henry, MD, Christ Hospital Health Network; and Edward T. Fry, MD, Ascension. Subha Raman, MD, now with Ohio Health, served as a moderator for one of the sessions.
