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ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Canada

Dr. Olivier Bertrand, Dr. Brian Courtney, Dr. Michael Farkouh, Dr. Joseph Ferenbok, Dr. Rafi Hofstein, 
Dr. Sanjit Jolly, Dr. Alan Rabinowitz, Ms. Cheryl Reicin, Dr. Paul Santerre, Dr. Bradley Strauss, Dr. Graham Wright

Israel

Dr. Offer Amir, Dr. Rafi Beyar, Dr. Danny Dvir, Dr. Yair Feld, Dr. Moshe Flugelman, Dr. Ran Kornowski, Dr. Chaim Lotan,  Dr. Ehud Raanani, Dr. Amit Segev, Ms. Liz Thuo, MBA

USA

Dr. Gary Gershony

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BRADLEY STRAUSS

MD, PhD, FRCP(C), FACC

Canada

Reichmann Chair in Cardiovascular Sciences Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Professor of Medicine/Lab Medicine & Pathobiology University of Toronto

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MICHAEL FARKOUH

MD, MSc, FRCPC, FACC, FAHA

Canada

Peter Munk Chair in Multinational Clinical Trials
Director, Heart & Stroke/Richard Lewar Centre 
Vice-Chair Research & Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine
University of Toronto

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GRAHAM WRIGHT

PhD

Canada

Senior Scientist, Sunnybrook Research Institute
Professor, Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto
Canada Research Chair in Imaging for Cardiovascular Therapeutics

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RAFI HOFSTEIN

PhD, MSc

Canada

Senior Consultant

Independent

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CHERYL REICIN

J.D.

Canada

Chair, Torys LLP's Life Science Group

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JOSEPH FERENBOK

PhD

Canada

Director, Translational Research Program
Institute of Medical Science

Temerty Faculty of Medicine
University of Toronto

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PAUL SANTERRE

PhD, FBSE, FAIMBE, FAAAS, FCAHS

Canada

Professor of Biomaterials
Director of the Health Innovation Hub (H2i)
Baxter Chair for Health Technology and Commercialization, UHN-Techna
Institute of Biomedical Engineering

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BRIAN COURTNEY
MD, FRCPC, MSEE

Canada

Scientist, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

CEO & Co-Fouder, Conavi Medical

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YAIR FELD

MD, PhD

Israel

Structural and Interventional cardiologist
Head of Rambam Innovation Laboratory
Assistant Professor – The Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion

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AMIT SEGEV

MD, FESC, FACC

Israel

Director, Division of Cardiology
The Heart Center, Chaim Sheba Medical Center
Professor of Cardiology
Sackler School of Medicine

Tel Aviv University

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EHUD RAANANI

MD

Israel

Director, Department of Cardiac Surgery
Professor of Surgery

Sackler School of Medicine
Tel Aviv University

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CHAIM LOTAN

MD, FACC,FESC

Israel

Director, Heart Institute, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center
Founder and Director, ICI Meeting

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RAFI BEYAR

MD, DSc, MPH

Israel

President, Friends Organization, Rambam
Professor Emeritus, Medicine and Biomedical Engineering, Technion

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OFFER AMIR
MD, FACC, FESC

Israel

Director, Heart Institute, Hadassah Medical
Center, Jerusalem, Israel

President, Israel Heart Society

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GARY GERSHONY

​MD, FACC, FSCAI, FAHA, FRCPC

United States of America

General Partner
BayMed Venture Partners
 

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