The next (8th) Biennial International Cardiovascular genomics conference is held on 16-18 September 2021. In view oThe next (8th) Biennial International Cardiovascular genomics conference is held on 16-18 September 2021. In view of ongoing Covid-19 related concerns and recent upsurge of new cases, the Conference is staged virtually via the zoom platform. The main theme of this conference is ‘Diagnostic and Therapeutic Cardiovascular Genomics’. The scientific programme, delivered by leading global experts in the field, includes the Second William Harvey Oration, plenary key note lectures, scientific oral and poster sessions.
‘The VIII International Conference of Cardiovascular Genomic Medicine’ has been approved by the Federation of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom for 17 category 1 (external) CPD credit(s)’
Programme
Theme: “DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC CARDIOVASCULAR GENOMICS”
Day 1 Thursday 16th September 2021
Registration 1200-1300 (BST/UK)
12:15 Welcome/ Introduction
Professor Dhavendra Kumar, Chair Organising/ Scientific Committees
12:30- 13:30 – Session I: Genomics in Cardiovascular Science
Chair (s) Professor Patricia Munroe, PhD, FMedSci
Inherited Cardiac Disorders: Beyond Mendelian Inheritance
Dr. Connie Bezzina, Academic Medical Centre, University Amsterdam, NL
Genetic architecture of inherited cardiac conditions- insights from recent genomic advances
Dr. James Ware, Cardiovascular Genomic Medicine, Imperial/ Brompton, London, UK
Cardiovascular metabolomics
Sandosh Padmanabhan, Department of Cardiovascular Science, University of Glasgow, Scotland.
13:30-14:30 – Plenary 1
Chair Professor Panos Deloukas, PhD, FMedSci
‘Mainstreaming genomic medicine across the NHS’
Professor Dame Sue Hill,
Chief Scientific Officer for England and Senior Responsible Officer for Genomics in NHS
England and NHS Improvement
14:30-15:00 – Comfort break
15:00-17:00 – Session II: Genomics of cardiovascular development
Chair (s) Professor Ruth Newbury-Ecob, Bristol
Clinical genome sequencing in congenital cardiology
Professor Graham Stuart, Bristol, UK
New genes for congenital cardiac anomaly conditions
Dr. Anna Wisdon, Bristol, UK
17:30-18:30 – Plenary 2 ‘Multi-disciplinary dimensions of genomic medicine’
Chair (s)
Dr. Sarju Mehta, Clinical Genetics, Addenbrookes, Cambridge, UK
Genetic perspectives of inflammatory cardiomyopathy
Dr. Neha Sekhri, Inherited Cardiac Diseases Unit, Bart’s NHS Foundation, London
Genotype-Histopathology correlations in cardiovascular genomic medicine
Dr. Pilichou Kalliopi, Padua, Italy
18:30 – Reflections of the Day & Close
Day 2 Friday 17th September 2021
12:30- 13:30 – Session IV: Cardiac conduction and rhythm disorders
Chair (s) Professor Sylvia Priori, Pavia, Italy
Deepening complexities of cardiac arrhythmias
Professor Arthur Wilde, Molecular Cardiology, Amsterdam UMC, NL
Channelopathies across India
Professor Nitish Naik, Cardiology Centre, AIIMS, New Delhi, India
13:30-14:30 – Plenary 3: Genomic dimensions of cardiac electrophysiology
Chair (s) Dr. Alison Muir, Consultant Cardiologist, Queen’s Medical Centre, Belfast
Genomics of the cardiac conduction system
Dr. Bas J. Boukens, AMC University Amsterdam, NL
Autonomic cardiac electrophysiology
Professor Pier Lambiase, UCL/ Bart’s, London, UK
14:30-15:00 – Comfort break
15:00-17:00 – Session V: Genomics of Cardiac musculature
Chair (s) Dr. Amanda Varnava, St George’s London
Expanding horizon of cardiomyopathy genomics
Professor Perry Elliott, UCL Cardiovascular Research Centre/ Bart’s Inherited Heart Centre
Genomic profiling of cardiomyopathies in India
Professor Ajay Bahl, Cardiology, PGIMER, Chandigarh, UT, India.
Dilated cardiomyopathy associated with BAG3 mutation
Dr. Vanya Vaidya, Dept. Cardiology, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India
17:00-18:15 – Plenary 4: New horizons in cardiovascular genomic medicine
Chair: Dr. Yasmine Aquib, Molecular Scientist, Sir Magdi Yaquib Aswan Heart Hospital,
Aswan, Egypt.
Clinical use of RNAs in genomic medicine
Professor Diana Barrale, Clinical Genetics, Princess Anne Hospital, Southampton
Proteomics of Dystrophin Cardiomyopathy
Dr. Federica Montanaro, The Dubowitz Neuromuscular Centre, GOSH, UCL, London, UK
18:30 – Reflections of the Day & Close
Day 3 Saturday 18th September 2021
12:30- 13:30 – Plenary 5: Therapeutic cardiovascular genomics
Chair: Dr. Eleanor Wicks, Consultant Cardiologist, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
Precision medicine in dilated cardiomyopathy
Professor Diane Fatkin, Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, NSW, Australia
Novel therapeutic developments in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Dr. Caroline Ho, Bingham Women Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
13:30-15:00 – Session VII: Cardiovascular connective tissue genomics
Chair (s) Prof. Pradeep Vasudevan, Consultant Clinical Genetics, Leicester, UK
Genetics of spontaneous coronary artery dissection
Dr. Eleni Giannoulatou, Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, NSW, Australia
Cardiovascular phenotypes in osteogenesis imperfecta
Dr. Bala Subramanian, Sheffield Children’s Hospital
Genotype driven aortic surgical interventions
Professor Nimesh Desai, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
15:00 – Comfort break
15:15-16:30 – Plenary Session VIII
Chair: Dr. Neha Sekhri, Bart’s Inherited Cardiac Diseases Centre
“Cardiovascular Genomic Medicine- What’s new?”
Professor Seema Mital, Sick Kids, Univ. Toronto, Canada
16:00-17:00 – “The Second William Harvey Oration”
Chairs: Professor Dhavendra Kumar & Professor Arthur Wilde
“A journey towards Genomic Medicine”
Professor Dan M. Roden, M.D.
Professor of Medicine, Pharmacology, and Biomedical Informatics
Senior Vice President for Personalized Medicine
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
17:15 – Reflections of the Conference, Vote of Thanks & Close
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
All enquiries to:
Chair Organising and Scientific Committees
Professor Dhavendra Kumar, Consultant Clinical Genetics/ Cardiovascular Genomics; Chair, CEO/Med Director, Genomic Medicine Foundation UK.
