James M. Downey, PhD
Professor
Department of Physiology
University of South Alabama
Mobile, AL
Email: jdowney@usouthal.edu

Cardiac Physiology, Ischemic Preconditioning

Roberta A. Gottlieb, MD
Frederick G. Henry Chair in Life Sciences
BioScience Center
San Diego State University
San Diego, CA
Email: robbieg@sciences.sdsu.edu

Programmed heart cell death

Masatsugu Hori, MD, PhD
President, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases
Osaka, Japan
Email: mhori@medone.med.osaka-u.ac.jp

Clinical Cardiology, Cardioprotection, Chronic heart failure

Masafumi Kitakaze, MD, PhD
Director, Cardiovascular Division
Vice President, Clinical Research Center
National Cardiovascular Center
Osaka, Japan
Email: kitakaze@zf6.so-net.jp

Ischemic Preconditioning, Interventional Cardiology

Robert A. Kloner, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine
Cardiovascular Division
Kleck School of Medicine
Director of Research
Heart Institute of Good Samaritan Hospital Laboratory
Los Angeles, CA
Email: rkloner@goodsam.org

Hypertension, Noninvasive clinical cardiology

Robert M. Mentzer, Jr., MD
Dean, School of Medicine
Senior Advisor to the President for Medical Affairs
Professor, Physiology and Surgery
Wayne State University
School of Medicine
Detroit, MI
E-mail:  rmentzer@med.wayne.edu

Adult Cardiac Surgery, Cardiothoracic Organ Transplantation, Ventricular Assist Devices

Karin Przyklenk, PhD
Director, Cardiovascular Research Institute
Professor, Physiology and Emergency Medicine
Wayne State University
School of Medicine
Detroit, MI
Email: kprzykle@med.wayne.edu

Myocardial Ischemia and Infarction; thrombosis