1999 Cardiology Programming

Sunday, May 2

8 am - 10 am ** Platform Session - Cardiology: Signaling Mechanisms and Cardiovascular Function

10:15 am - 11:45 am ** APS Howland Award

Abraham M. Rudolph, M.D. – Professor of Pediatrics, Emeritus, University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Rudolph has been one of the most significant investigators in pediatric cardiology, taking the knowledge gained from his experimental work in fetal physiology and applying it to the practice of cardiology. Dr. Rudolph is also the Editor of Rudolph’s Pediatrics, and the author of over 400 medical and scientific publications.

11:15 am ** Joseph. St. Geme Leadership Award

James A. Stockman, III, M.D., President, The American Board of Pediatrics, Chapel Hill

11:45 am - 1:45 pm ** Poster Session II

2:30 pm - 4 pm ** State of the Art Plenary - Mechanisms of Human Malformation

4 pm - 6 pm ** Platform Session - Cardiac Development and Gene Regulation

Monday, May 3

8 am - 10 am ** Platform Session - Pulmonary Vascular Biology

10:15 am - 11:45 am ** SPR E. Mead Johnson Award Lectures

Steven H. Abman, M.D., Pediatrics Pulmonary Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver for his work on fetal and newborn pulmonary circulation

Chaim M. Roifman, M.D., Paediatrics/Immunology & Allergy, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario for his work on Signal transduction and the molecular basis of immunodeficiency

10:15 am - 11:45 am ** SPR Young Investigator Award Lecture

Louis Muglia, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Pediatrics/Endocrinology & Metabolism; Molecular Biology & Pharmacology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO for his work on the roles of neuroendocrine regulatory systems in physiology and development

3 pm - 4:30 pm ** State of the Art Plenary - Human Genome Project: An Update

4:30 pm - 6:30 pm ** Poster Session III - Clinical Cardiology

7:00 pm - 8:15 pm ** Lung Club
Topic: Patent Ductus Arteriosus: Its Role in Acute and Chronic Lung Injury

Tuesday, May 4

8 am - 10 am ** Platform Session - Cardiology: Mouse Models and Basic Mechanisms of Cardiac Disease

9 am - 1 pm ** APA George Armstrong Award Lecture

David Satcher, MD, PhD, Assistant Secretary of Health and Surgeon General

10 am - 11:30 am ** March of Dimes Prize in Developmental Biology Lectures

Martin J. Evans, Ph.D., FRS, Professor of Mammalian Genetics, Cambridge University, England, for the development of innovative techniques to identify and grow the embryonic stem cells in mice in vitro and to introduce specific mutations into these cells. This groundbreaking work provided numerous insights into early mammalian development, and made it possible to create "knockout" and transgenic animals to reveal the roles of specific genes and to study specific birth defects and diseases.

Richard L. Gardner, Ph.D., FRS, Henry Dale Professor of the Royal Society, Department of Zoology, Oxford University, England for being the first to introduce specific mutations into the embryonic stem cells of mice. His innovative micro-surgical techniques provided numerous insights into early mammalian development, and made it possible to create "knockout" and transgenic animals to reveal the roles of specific genes and to study specific birth defects and diseases. His work on removing cells from the early-stage embryo of the mouse laid the foundations for today’s pre-implantation diagnostic tests.

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