About

Our Leadership

Driving innovation in the treatment of heart and valvular disease.

Overview

How the Collaboratory works

H&VC’s leadership is comprised of top subject matter experts in heart and valvular disease. This multidisciplinary group drives the organization’s decision making through ongoing collaboration and consensus development.

Executive Leadership

The Executive Leadership Team leads the organization’s operational and strategic decisions.

Martin B. Leon, MD

Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY

Michael J. Mack, MD

Baylor Scott & White Health System, Dallas, TX

Patrick O’Gara, MD, MACC, FAHA, FESC

Mass General Brigham / Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA

Vinod H. Thourani, MD

Piedmont Heart Cardiothoracic Surgery Atlanta, Atlanta, GA

Sreekanth Vemulapalli, MD

Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC

FDA Representation

Through H&VC’s collaborative community model, FDA representatives bring an important regulatory perspective to H&VC discussions and activities.

Changfu Wu, PhD

FDA, Ex Officio

Bram D. Zuckerman, MD

FDA, Ex Officio

Rachel Neubrander, PhD

Food & Drug Administration

Scientific Council

The Scientific Council serves as a cross-disciplinary voice for identifying challenges and potential solutions for H&VC to address.

Gorav Ailawadi, MD, MBA

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Suzanne J. Baron, MD, MSc

Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Michael Borger, MD, PhD

Leipzig Heart Center, Leipzig, Germany

Javed Butler, MD, MPH, MBA

Baylor Scott & White Research Institute, Dallas, TX

João L. Cavalcante, MD, FACC, FASE, FSCCT, FSCMR

Allina Health Minneapolis Heart Institute | Cardiovascular Imaging, Minneapolis, MN

Juan Granada, MD

Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, NY

Mariell Jessup, MD

American Heart Association, Dallas, TX

Yoshi Kaneko, MD

Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO

Samir Kapadia, MD

Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

Brian Lindman, MD, MSc

Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN

Rajendra R. Makkar, MD

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

Philippe Pibarot, DVM, PhD

Québec Heart & Lung Institute, Laval University, Québec City, Canada

Tamara Syrek Jensen

Rubrum Advising, Washington, DC

Stephan Windecker, MD

Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland

Ajit P. Yoganathan, PhD

Georgia Tech & Emory University, Atlanta, GA