SYMPOSIUM DIRECTORS
Lori Daniels MD, MAS, FACC, FAHA
Lori Daniels MD, MAS, FACC, FAHA
Lori Daniels MD, MAS, FACC, FAHA
Professor of Medicine
Director, Coronary Care Unit
Division of Cardiology
UC San Diego
La Jolla, CA
Christopher deFilippi MD, FACC
Lori Daniels MD, MAS, FACC, FAHA
Lori Daniels MD, MAS, FACC, FAHA
Professor of Medicine & Pathology
Co-Director of Clinical Core Research Laboratory
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Director of Cardiovascular and Biomarker Research University of Maryland Institute for Health Computing
Baltimore, MD
2026 SYMPOSIUM FACULTY
Kristin M. Aakre, MD, PhD
Paul Collinson, MA, MB, BChir, FRCPath, MD, FRCP(Edin), FAACC, FESC
Kristin M. Aakre, MD, PhD
Professor, University of Bergen
Consultant, Haukeland University Hospital
University of Bergen
Haukeland University Hospital
Bergen, Norway
Fred S. Apple, PhD, DABCC
Paul Collinson, MA, MB, BChir, FRCPath, MD, FRCP(Edin), FAACC, FESC
Kristin M. Aakre, MD, PhD
Medical Director CAP FDT Clinical & Forensic Toxicology, Laboratory Medicine & Pathology
Hennepin Healthcare/Hennepin County Medical Center
Principal Investigator
Cardiac Biomarkers Trials Laboratory (CBTL)
Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute (HHRI)
Professor, Laboratory Medicine & Pathology
University of Minnesota
Paul Collinson, MA, MB, BChir, FRCPath, MD, FRCP(Edin), FAACC, FESC
Paul Collinson, MA, MB, BChir, FRCPath, MD, FRCP(Edin), FAACC, FESC
Paul Collinson, MA, MB, BChir, FRCPath, MD, FRCP(Edin), FAACC, FESC
Professor of Cardiovascular Biomarkers
City St. George's University of London
London, England, UK
Salvatore Di Somma, MD, PhD
Gregg C. Fonarow, MD, FACC, FAHA, FHFSA
Paul Collinson, MA, MB, BChir, FRCPath, MD, FRCP(Edin), FAACC, FESC
Professor of Internal Medicine, Cardiologist, and Internist at the Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Department of Medical and Surgery Sciences and Translational Medicine
Director of Emergency Medicine and postgraduate School of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology
University “La Sapienza”
Rome, Italy
Gregg C. Fonarow, MD, FACC, FAHA, FHFSA
Gregg C. Fonarow, MD, FACC, FAHA, FHFSA
Gregg C. Fonarow, MD, FACC, FAHA, FHFSA
Eliot Corday Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine and Science
Director, Ahmanson- UCLA Cardiomyopathy Center
Co-Director, UCLA Preventative Cardiology Program
UCLA Division of Cardiology
David Geffen School of Medicine
Los Angeles, CA
Ola Hammarsten, MD
Gregg C. Fonarow, MD, FACC, FAHA, FHFSA
Gregg C. Fonarow, MD, FACC, FAHA, FHFSA
Allan S. Jaffe, MD, FACC
Allan S. Jaffe, MD, FACC
Allan S. Jaffe, MD, FACC
Professor of Cardiology and Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
Wayne and Kathryn Preisel Professorship for Cardiovascular Disease Research
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
Nicholas Mills, MD, PhD
Allan S. Jaffe, MD, FACC
Allan S. Jaffe, MD, FACC
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, Scotland
Torbjorn Omland, MD, PhD
Allan S. Jaffe, MD, FACC
Torbjorn Omland, MD, PhD
University of Oslo
Oslo, Norway
Martin Than, MD
Saara Wittfooth, PhD
Torbjorn Omland, MD, PhD
Emergency Medicine Specialist and Director of Research
Emergency Department
Christchurch Hospital
Christchurch, New Zealand
Saara Wittfooth, PhD
Saara Wittfooth, PhD
Saara Wittfooth, PhD
Associate Professor, Biotechnology
University of Turku
Turku, Finland