2026 COURSE DIRECTORS
Bow (Ben) Chung, MD
Co-Course Director
Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of Chicago Medicine
Chicago, IL
Manreet K. Kanwar, MD, FACC
Professor of Medicine
Director, Section of Heart Failure & Pulmonary Hypertension
Division of Cardiology
Chicago, IL
2026 Faculty
Mary Acosta, MD
University of Chicago Medicine
Chicago, IL
Lauren Bowles, MSN, FNP-BC
Nurse Practitioner, Heart Failure
Center for Advanced Heart Failure Management & Cardiac Transplant Service
University of Chicago Medicine
Chicago, IL
Jeanne DeCara, MD
Professor of Medicine
Director, Cardio-Oncology Program
University of Chicago Medicine
Chicago, IL
John Gatti, MD
University of Chicago Medicine
Chicago, IL
Robert Gordon, MD
Director, Advanced Heart Failure
Endeavor Health
Evanston, IL
Leo Gozdecki, DO
Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of Chicago Medicine
Chicago, IL
Jonathan Grinstein, MD, FACC
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Director, Mechanical Circulatory Support
University of Chicago Medicine
Chicago, IL
Tyler Gunn, MD
University of Chicago Medicine
Chicago, IL
Henry Huang, MD, FACC, FHRS
Professor of Medicine, Director of Electrophysiology
University of Chicago Medicine
Chicago, IL
Sonya K. Hui, MD
University of Chicago Medicine
Chicago, IL
Valluvan Jeevanadam, MD
Cynthia Chow Professor of Surgery
Director, Heart, and Vascular Center
University of Chicago Medicine
Chicago, IL
Anthony J. Kanelidis, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of Chicago Medicine
Chicago, IL
Rachel Lavelle, PharmD, BCCP
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Cardiology
University of Chicago Medicine
Chicago, IL
Veronica Matticks, APRN
University of Chicago Medicine
Advent Health
Lagrange, IL
Nikhil Narang, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Medical Director of Mechanical Circulatory Support at Endeavor Health
University of Chicago Medicine
Chicago, IL
Sandeep Nathan, MD, MS
Professor of Medicine
Director, Coronary Care Unit
Director, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program
Co-Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
University of Chicago Medicine
Chicago, IL
Ann Nguyen, MD, FACC
Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of Chicago Medicine
Chicago, IL
Hena Patel, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of Chicago Medicine
Chicago, IL
Christopher T. Salerno, MD
Professor of Surgery
Chief, Section of Cardiac Surgery
Co-Director, Heart & Vascular Center
Surgical Director, Heart Transplant and Mechanical Assist Device Program
Atman Shah, MD
Professor of Medicine, Clinical Director, Cardiology, Co-Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
University of Chicago Medicine
Chicago, IL
Stanley Swat, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of Chicago Medicine
Chicago, IL
Nir Uriel, MD, Msc, FACC
Seymour, Paul and Gloria Milstein Professor of Medicine
Director of NYP Heart Failure, Heart Transplant & Mechanical Circulatory Support Programs
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Weill Cornell Medicine
New York, NY
