Courage and Innovation Symposium
University of Chicago Heart Failure & Transplantation
Saturday, February 8th!
Courage and Innovation Symposium
University of Chicago Heart Failure & Transplantation
Saturday, February 8th!
program Directors
Bow (Ben) Chung, MD
Christopher T. Salerno, MD, FACS, FACC
Christopher T. Salerno, MD, FACS, FACC
Co-Course Director
Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of Chicago Medicine
Chicago, IL
Christopher T. Salerno, MD, FACS, FACC
Christopher T. Salerno, MD, FACS, FACC
Christopher T. Salerno, MD, FACS, FACC
Co-Course Director
Professor of Surgery
Chief, Section of Cardiac Surgery
Co-Director, Heart and Vascular Center
Surgical Director, Heart Transplant and Mechanical Assist Device Program
University of Chicago Medicine
Chicago, IL
ABOUT COURAGE & iNNOVATION
COURSE OVERVIEW
The 2025 7th Annual Courage and Innovation Symposium is a one-day activity structured as a
comprehensive educational symposium striving to educate clinicians, physician trainees,
advanced practitioners, nurses, and other healthcare professionals across a wide range
of specialties in the application of innovative therapies for cardiovascular disease.
The distinguished faculty for this event includes many of the foremost clinicians at the University
of Chicago Heart and Vascular Center as well as internationally recognized guest faculty.
Through focused didactics, panel discussion, case studies and interactive dialogue,
participants will gain both broad perspective and detailed insights into medical and surgical
therapies for complex cardiovascular disease.
TARGET AUDIENCE
The 2025 Courage and Innovation Symposium has been designed to meet the educational
requirements for clinicians, physician trainees, nurses, and other healthcare professionals
across a wide range of specialties in the application of innovative therapies for cardiovascular
disease.
