Ross Summit 2009 Faculty
Co-Director

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Co-Director

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William F. Northrup III, M.D.
|Vice President Physician Relations and Education CryoLife, Inc.
Kennesaw, Georgia
Prof. Sir Magdi Yacoub, FRCS, FRS
Imperial College London
Heart Science Center
London, United Kingdom
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Prof. Zohair Y. Al-Halees, M.D.
King Faisal Hospital & Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
American University
Beirut, Lebanon
Prof. John W. Brown, M.D.
Indiana University
Indianapolis, Indianapolis
Prof. Blase A. Carabello, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Medical Careline, Michael DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Houston, Texas
Kotturathu M. Cherian, M.S., F.R.A.C.S.
Frontier Lifeline & Dr.K.M.Cherian Heart Foundation
Chennai, India
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Prof. Francisco D. A. da Costa, M.D.
Santa Casa de Curitiba
Curitiba, Brazil
Ismail El-Hamamsy, M.D., MSc, FRCSC
Harefield Hospital / Imperial College London
London, United Kingdom
Roberto R. Favaloro, M.D.
Favaloro Foundation
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Randall S. Fortuna, M.D.
Children's Hospital of Ilinois, St. Francis Medical Center
Peoria, Illinois
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Gino Gerosa, M.D.
Univ. of Padova Medical School
Padova, Italy
Steven Goldstein, Ph.D.
Senior Director, Tissue Technologies, CryoLife
Kennesaw, Georgia
John Harper, M.D., F.A.C.C.
The Harper Clinic
Dallas, Texas
Michael Huebler, M.D.
Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin
Berlin, Germany
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Andras C. Kollar, M.D.
Univ. of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, Texas
Prof. Sami S. Kabbani, BSc., M.D.
Damascus University Medical School
Damascus, Syria
Prof. Neal D. Kon, M.D.
Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Emmanuel Lansac, M.D., Ph.D.
Foch Hospital
Suresnes, France

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Giovanni Battista Luciani, M.D.
University of Verona
Verona, Italy

Prof. Randolph P. Martin, M.D., F.A.C.C., F.A.S.E.
Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia

Martin Misfeld, M.D., Ph.D.
Universitat Leipzig Herzzentrum
Leipzig, Germany
John D. Oswalt, M.D.
Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgeons, P.A.
Austin, Texas
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Gosta Pettersson, M.D., Ph.D.
The Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio
Thomas R. Pollard, M.D.
East Tennessee Cardiovascular Surgery Group
Knoxville, Tennessee

William H. Ryan, M.D.
CSANT
Dallas, Texas

Michael S. Sacks, Ph.D.
John A. Swanson Chair
Department of Bioengineering, Swanson School of Engineering
The McGowan Institute, School of Medicine
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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Paul H. Schoof, M.D., Ph.D.
Leiden University Medical Center
Leiden, Netherlands

Prof. Hans-H. Sievers, M.D., FETCS
Klinik für Herzchirurgie
Luebeck, Germany

Prof. Paul E. Stelzer, M.D.
Mt. Sinai Hospital
New York, New York

Hanneke Takkenberg, M.D., Ph.D.
Erasmus University
Rotterdam, Netherlands

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Prof. Ross M. Ungerleider, M.D., MBA
Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital
Cleveland, Ohio


Timo Weimar, M.D.
Sana Herzchirurgische Klinik Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany

Prof. Charles A. Yankah, M.D., Ph.D.
German Heart Institute, Berlin
Berlin, Germany
University of Cape Coast
Ghana, Africa