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Mariell Jessup MD, FAHA, FACC
Professor of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Heart Failure/Transplant Program
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Barry J. Maron, MD, FACC
Director, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center
Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation
920 East 28th. Street, Suite 620
Minneapolis, MN 55407-1157, USA
Cullen D. Morris, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery (Cardiothoracic)
The Emory Clinic, Inc.
Medical Director of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Athens Regional Medical Center
1270 Prince Ave., Suite 303
Athens, GA 30606, USA
Robert A. O’Rourke, MD, MACP, MACC, FAHA
Professor of Medicine Emeritus
University of Texas Health Science Center
116 Village Circle
San Antonio, TX 78232-2827, USA
Clive Rosendorff, MD, PhD, DScMed, FAHA
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
and the James J. Peters VA Medical Center
130 West Kingsbridge Road
Bronx, NY 10468-3904, USA
Lars Rydén, MD, FRCP, FESC
Department of Cardiology
Karolinska University Hospital
171 76 Stockholm
Sweden
Melvin Scheinman, MD
University of California, San Francisco
500 Parnassus Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94143-2203, USA
Sidney C. Smith, Jr., MD, FAHA
Professor of Medicine
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Center for Cardiovascular Science and Medicine
CB # 7075, 6th Floor Burnett Womack Building
99 Manning Drive
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7075, USA
Kathryn A. Taubert, PhD, FAHA
Adjunct Professor, U Texas Southwestern Medical
School
Senior Scientist, American Heart Association
AHA National Center
7272 Greenville Avenue
Dallas, TX 75231, USA
Allen J. Taylor, MD, FAHA
Chief, Cardiology Service, Professor of Medicine
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
6900 Georgia Avenue, NW
Building 2, Room 4A
Washington, DC 20307-5001, USA
Nanette Kass Wenger, MD, FAHA
Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)
Emory University School of Medicine
Chief of Cardiology
Grady Memorial Hospital
Consultant, Emory Heart and Vascular Center
49 Jesse Hill Jr. Drive, SE
Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
Mark A. Williams, PhD, FACSM, FAACVPR
Director, CVD Prevention and Rehabilitation
Cardiac Center of Creighton University
3006 Webster Street
Omaha, NE 68131-2027, USA
Walter R. Wilson, MD
Professor of Medicine
Mayo Clinic
200 1st Street SW
Rochester, MN 55905-0002, USA
Douglas P. Zipes, MD, FAHA
Distinguished Professor
Indiana University School of Medicine
Krannert Institute of Cardiology, Suite E
1800 North Capitol Avenue
Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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