2010 Heart-Brain Summit Agenda

September 23-24, 2010 | Las Vegas, NV

Thursday, September 23, 2010
8:20 a.m. Opening Remarks
Marc Penn, MD, PhD
Session I: Depression and Heart Disease

Moderators:   Leopoldo Pozuelo, MD and Laura Kubzanksy, PhD

8:30 am Depression and the risk of CVD: State of the Science
Bruce Rollman, MD, MPH
8:50 am Personality: Impact on Heart Disease and Treatment
Johan Denollet, PhD
9:10 am Pharmacologic Treatment of Depression and Heart Disease
Peter Shapiro, MD
9:30 am Psychotherapy and Alternative Therapies
of Treatment of Depression in Heart Disease

Francois Lesperance, MD
9:50 - 10:10 am Break
10:10 am Biofeedback in the Treatment of Heart Disease
Chris Moravec, PhD
10:20 am What are the ethics of randomized trials in depression?
Paul Ford, PhD
10:40 - 11:00 am Panel Discussion
Session II: Device Based Therapies

Moderators:   Kevin Tracey, MD and Paul Citron

11:00 am Biocontrol
Hani Sabbah, PhD
11:20 am Setpoint
Kevin Tracey, MD
11:40 am CVRX
TBD
12:00 pm Panel Discussion
12:20 pm Lunch
1:45 pm Pioneer Lecture
James Blumenthal, PhD
Introduced by Leopoldo Pozuelo, MD
Session III: Young Investigator Competition

Moderators:   Javier Provencio, MD and Paul Citron

2:15 pm Abstract Presentations (10 minutes each)
2:50 pm Break
Session IV: Depression and Inflammatory Signaling
in Alzheimer's Disease

Moderator:   Randy Schiffer, MD

3:10 pm Depression as a Shared Risk Factor
for CVD and Alzheimer’s disease

Dylan Wint, MD
3:30 pm Pro Inflammatory Signalling in AD and Depression
Robert Barber, PhD
3:50 pm Vascular Signaling Abnormalities in Alzheimer’s Disease
Paula Grammas, PhD
3:50 - 4:15 pm Panel Discussion
4:30 pm Poster Session & Reception
Friday, September 24, 2010
Session V: Stress in Medicine

Moderators:   Michael McKee, PhD and Chris Moravec, PhD

8:30 am Caregiver Stress
Mitchell Krucoff, MD
8:50 am Patient Stress
A. Marc Gillinov, MD
9:10 am Clinical Stress
M. Bridget Duffy, MD
9:30 am Biofeedback in the Treatment of Stress
Richard Gevirtz, PhD
9:50 am Biofeedback for PTSD and Traumatic Brain Injury
TBD
10:10 am   Panel Discussion
10:30 am   Break
Session VI: Annual Review of Key Publications in Heart-Brain Medicine

Moderator:   M. Bridget Duffy, MD

10:50 am Cardiovascular
Marc Penn, MD, PhD

Neuroscience
Javier Provencio, MD

Behavioral Medicine
Laura Kubzansky, PhD

Biomedical Engineering
Peter Katona, ScD
11:50 am Presentation of the Young Investigator Award
Paul Citron
12:00 pm Lunch
Session VII: Novel Findings in Heart Brain Medicine

Moderator:   Julian Thayer, PhD and Kamal Chemali, MD

1:15 pm Neurocognitive Findings in Heart Failure Patients
Facundo Manes, MD
1:35 pm Imaging for Autonomic Dysfunction
Michael Phillips, MD
1:55 pm SUDEP
Michael Sperling, MD
2:15 pm Neurohormonal control of Heart Failure
Gary Francis, MD
2:35 pm Topic TBD
Chris Moore MIT
2:55 pm Panel Discussion
3:30 pm Wrap up
Marc Penn, MD, PhD
4:00 pm Adjourn