DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center Research Day

May 11, 2024

            

Join us to celebrate the innovations in cardiology, cardiovascular surgery, cardiovascular basic sciences research and the Bookout Center. We will discuss the current research landscape and highlight examples of clinical and translational collaborations in the Heart & Vascular Center and Houston Methodist Research Institute. Poster submissions of clinical and basic science research studies performed in 2023-2024 in the Heart & Vascular Center are welcome and eligible for awards at the end of the session.

Free Event

Target Audience

DeBakey Heart & Vascular Researchers (Cardiology, Cardiovascular Surgery, and Cardiovascular basic sciences

Course summary
Course opens: 
03/03/2023
Course expires: 
05/13/2024
Event starts: 
05/11/2024 - 7:00am CDT
Event ends: 
05/11/2024 - 1:00pm CDT
Add to calendar: 
AGENDA  
  
7:15 am -8:00 am  Registration. Light Breakfast
8:00 am - 8:05 am   Welcome and introduction –William Zoghbi
8:05 am - 8:25 am  

Update on Research at HMRI – H. Dirk Sostman, MD, FACR Ernest Cockrell, Jr. Presidential Distinguished Chair, Houston Methodist
President and Emeritus Professor of Radiology, Academic Institute

8:25 am - 8:45 am   Enhancing Research effectiveness at HM Institutional Review Board- Wanda Quezada
8:45 am - 9:30 am  An overview of Research in the Heart & Vascular Center
-          Cardiology--William Zoghbi
-          CV Surgery—Alan Lumsden
-          CV Sciences—John Cooke
  
9:30 am - 11:00 am  Break & visit Posters (poster grading occurs)
  
11:00 am - 11:45 am  Opportunities for clinical collaborations:
- Big data, Registries & Artificial intelligence: Khurram Nasir (20 min)
- Enhancing and optimizing clinical collaboration and productivity:
Moderator: William Zoghbi
Panelists: Stephen Jones, Khurram Nasir, Cindy Martin, Bright Benfor, Ashrith Guha Ashu Sabharwal, Casey Kappenman, Sachin Goel
11:45 am - 12:30 p.m.  Opportunities for translational, Clinical-Basic collaborations
- A Foundation Application to link spatial transcriptomics to clinical images: Guangyu Wang (20 min)
- Hallmarks of a Successful Collaboration:
Moderator: John Cooke
Panelists:  Miguel Valderrabano and Francisco Altamirano; Henry Pownall and Khuram Nasir; Trisha Roy, Li Lai and Maham Rahimi, Carly Filgueira and Maham Rahimi 
12:30 p.m.Announcement of Research Awardees: Cardiology, CV Surgery, Basic Sciences              
  
12:45 p.m.Closing remarks and adjourn.   
  
Houston Methodist Research Institute
6670 Bertner Ave
John F. Bookout Auditorium
Houston
United States
 
DEPARTMENT CHAIRS 
  
William A. Zoghbi, MD, FASE, FAHA, MACC
Elkins Family Distinguished Chair in Cardiac Health, DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center
Chair, Department of Cardiology
Professor of Cardiology, Academic Institute
Full Member, Research Institute
Department of Cardiovascular Sciences
Houston Methodist		 
  
Alan B. Lumsden, MD
Walter W. Fondren III Presidential Distinguished Chair, DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center
Chair, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery
Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery, Academic Institute
Full Clinical Member, Research Institute
Department of Cardiovascular Sciences
Houston Methodist Hospital		 
  
John P. Cooke, MD, PhD
Joseph C. “Rusty” Walter and Carole Walter Looke
Presidential Distinguished Chair in Cardiovascular Disease Research
Department of Cardiovascular Sciences
Chair, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences
Director, Center for Cardiovascular Regeneration
Medical Director, Center for RNA Therapeutics		 
  
Please login or register to take this course.

For Houston Methodist Staff, Students, Physicians etc.

  1. If you have previously created a profile, you may proceed to register for your activity, using the information you used to setup your account/profile.
  2. If you are an employee of Houston Methodist and this is your first time accessing this site, please login by clicking the "Houston Methodist" login button. You will need to use your HM login information to get started. Once you are logged in, please complete the following to create your profile:
  • Set up an account by creating a username and password.
  • Update your profile.
  • Provide and confirm your mobile number.
  • Then proceed to register for your activity.

For External Attendees:

  1. If you have previously created a profile, you may proceed to register for your activity, by clicking the “Visitor Login” button.
  2. If you have not already done so, please create an account, by clicking the “Create New Visitor Account” button.
  • Set up an account by creating a username and password.
  • Update your profile.
  • Provide and confirm your mobile number.
  • Then proceed to register for your activity