“New Era of Regenerative Medicine for Cardiovascular Diseases”
Monday, May 9th
12:00 Noon - 1:00 PM
Aresty Auditorium
Harlyne J. Norris Cancer Research Tower
1450 Biggy Street, Lower Ground Level
A light lunch will be served prior to the seminar at 11:40am
Guest Speaker:
Prof. Hung-Fat Tse , MBBS, PhD
William MW Mong Professor in Cardiology and Professor in Medicine
Department of Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong.
Professor Tse is an international expert in basic and clinical cardiac electrophysiology and in cardiovascular regenerative medicine. Earlier in his career, he conducted the initial human clinical testing of the implantable atrial defibrillator and evaluated the long-term safety and efficacy of this device. He is one of the leading experts on the use of alterative ablation methods (defibrillation guided approach and three dimensional mapping technique) and energy based methods (transvenous catheter cryoablation and microwave) as curative therapies for abnormal heart rhythm disorders. In addition, Professor Tse is at the forefront of applying stem cells in cardiovascular regenerative medicine. He reported the first human randomized controlled study on the use of catheter based direct intramyocardial delivery of human autologous bone marrow stem cell for treatment of severe coronary artery disease, a major cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide. Recently, his research interest has been extended to investigating the use of gene-based and embryonic stem cell-based therapy for heart regeneration. His basic research laboratory, together with the Sun Chieh Yeh Cardiovascular Research and Training Laboratory (for large animal research), are dedicated to the training and development of novel cellular and genetic therapies for cardiovascular diseases.
Host: Dr. Leslie Saxon, Professor and Chief of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Southern California
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