HCM Academy aims to improve clinician knowledge to identify, diagnose, treat, and manage HCM, leading to decreased hospitalization and mortality rates. The program has been created with leading HCM experts – our Steering Committee. Live webinars and on-demand courses are being delivered by global HCM specialists – our international program faculty.
Steering Committee
University of Pennsylvania Anjali Tiku Owens, MD, is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology at the Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania. She is the founding Director of the Penn Familial Cardiomyopathy Program, Director of the Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy clinic and was appointed the Medical Director of the Penn […]
Steering Committee
Lahey Hospital, Burlington, Massachusetts Dr. Martin Maron is the Director of the Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center at Lahey Hospital in Burlington, Massachusetts. His research interests are the diagnosis and management of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy including the role of cardiovascular magnetic resonance in assessment of patients with HCM and novel drug therapy to modify the disease. Dr. Maron […]
Steering Committee
HCMA New Jersey Since Lisa founded HCMA in 1996 as a national resource and support center for families affected by HCM. Lisa has been course director for the Annual HCMA meeting which includes CME course and patient education for 12 consecutive years, co-authoring, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy for Patients, their Families, and Interested Physicians, first and second […]
Steering Committee
Mayo Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Clinic Steve R. Ommen, M.D., is a board-certified cardiologist with special interest in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and valvular heart disease. His undergraduate degree is in biomedical engineering from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. He graduated from Mayo Medical School (now Mayo Clinic School of Medicine) and obtained specialty training in internal medicine […]
Steering Committee
University of Tennessee Dr. Jefferies is the Jay Michael Sullivan Distinguished Chair in Cardiology, Professor and Chief of the Division of Adult Cardiovascular Diseases, Director of the Methodist University of Tennessee Cardiovascular Institute, Professor of Pediatric Cardiology and Preventive Medicine at the University of Tennessee and Research Member of St Jude Children’s Research Hospital in […]
Webinar Speakers
Erasmus University Medical Centre Michelle Michels was appointed associate professor in 2021 and is Head of the Center of Expertise for Inherited Cardiovascular Disease at the Erasmus University Medical Centre in Rotterdam. She is a current member of the European Reference Network Guard Heart. Dr Michels completed her medical degree magna cum laude at the […]
Webinar Speakers
University of Florence Professor Olivotto has pursued a career in Emergency Medicine and subsequently in Cardiology at Careggi University Hospital in Florence, Italy, where he served as Head of the Cardiomyopathy Unit for over 10 years. He is currently Chief of Cardiology at Meyer Children Hospital in Florence. Over the last two decades, his main […]
Webinar Speakers
UT Southwestern Medical Center Mark S. Link, M.D., is a Professor of Medicine and the Director of Cardiac Electrophysiology in the UT Southwestern Department of Internal Medicine’s Division of Cardiology. After growing up in Sioux Falls, SD, and going to college at Dordt College in Iowa, Dr Link earned his medical degree at Tufts University School […]
Webinar Speakers
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute Dr. Timothy C. Wong focuses his clinical cardiology practice on the intersection of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and advanced cardiac imaging. He completed his medical education and residency at New York University School of Medicine, and his cardiology and advanced imaging fellowships at University of […]
Webinar Speakers
Morristown Medical Center/Atlantic Health System Dr. Matthew Martinez is Associate Professor of Medicine. He serves as director of Sports Cardiology and Director of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy program at Morristown Medical Center/Atlantic Health System in New Jersey. He regularly presents on Sports Cardiology and Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy at national and international meetings and served as the American College […]
Webinar Speakers
University of Utah Health T. Jared Bunch, a native of Logan Utah, graduated from the University of Utah School of Medicine with alpha omega alpha honors. He completed internal medicine residency at the Mayo Clinic and received the Outstanding Achievement Award from the Department of Medicine, Resident Research Award, and Donald J. Feist Primary Care Clinic […]
Webinar Speakers
Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Dr García-Pavia is the Head of the Inherited Cardiac Diseases and Heart Failure Unit at the Department of Cardiology of Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro in Madrid, Spain. The Inherited cardiac diseases Unit is designed as national (CSUR) and European (ERN) reference unit for inherited cardiovascular diseases . He is […]
Webinar Speakers
CMSR Veneto Medica Stefano Nistri, MD PhD, was born in Rome, took his Degree in Medicine at Florence University, and his Post Graduate in Cardiology at Padua University, under the Direction of Professor Sergio Dalla Volta. His main interests focus on the utilization of echocardiography in the assessment of valvular heart disease, on HCM, aortopathies, […]
Webinar Speakers
Northwestern University Lubna Choudhury, MB BCh, MD, MRCP (Ireland), FACC, Professor of Medicine, Northwestern University, Feinberg school of Medicine, Chicago, IL. My research interest is in the relationship of clinical outcomes in Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy patients with their cardiac imaging findings and participating in research to find new treatments for HCM. My clinical interests include, the […]
Regional Educators
Ascension Saint Thomas Heart, Tennessee Dr. Zenker is a cardiologist with Ascension Saint Thomas Heart West in Nashville Tennessee. He is board certified in internal medicine, adult cardiology, American Society of echocardiography, and the American Society of nuclear cardiology. Dr. Zenker started a comprehensive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) clinic 7 years ago and serves as the […]
Regional Educators
MedStar Heart and Vascular Institute, Washington, DC Norma Velasco Flores is an Advanced Practice Provider at Medstar Heart and Vascular Institute (MHVI) Transitions Clinic, where she manages heart failure and ACS patients with the goal of reducing 30-day readmission rates. In addition to providing high-quality post-discharge care, her clinic served as a “gateway” in the […]