Science News from Vascular Discovery 2026

May 13–16, 2026
Hyatt Regency Bellevue | Bellevue, Washington

Welcome to Bellevue!

Washington State is a new destination for American Heart Association meetings. Enjoy your time here, and watch this page for exclusive interviews with the headline makers during and after Vascular Discovery 2026.
A computed tomography angiography image of a person's peripheral arteries in their legs.

New Science Advisory

Artificial Intelligence in Peripheral Artery Disease: A Science Advisory From the American Heart Association

This science advisory in Circulation: Population Health and Outcomes reviews the current and emerging applications of artificial intelligence across the peripheral artery disease care continuum, including population-level screening, imaging diagnostics, outcome prediction, aneurysm risk estimation, and surgical planning.

More on Artificial Intelligence in Peripheral Artery Disease

Vascular Discovery 2026 Highlights

In this video, Program Chair Peter K. Henke, MD, FAHA and Vice Chair Isabella Grumbach, MD, PhD, FAHA welcome attendees to Vascular Discovery 2026 and highlight some of the plenary sessions, concurrent tracks, poster sessions, and other programming that they have planned for the meeting this year. The meeting continues to prioritize early-career investigators through dedicated sessions, competitions, and networking opportunities.

Hot Topics: How the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Helps Spark New Research Initiatives

Program Committee Chair, Peter K. Henke, MD, FAHA interviews Zorina Galis, MD about her keynote lecture on how the National Institutes of Health (NIH) helps identify and spark emerging approaches to scientific research.

Hot Topics: Genomics, AI, and NAMs for Drug Discovery

Program Committee Vice Chair, Isabella Grumbach, MD, FAHA interviews Past President of the American Heart Association Joseph P. Wu, MD, PhD about his keynote lecture, "Genomics, AI, and NAMs for Drug Discovery."

Hot Topics: Inflammation in Atherosclerosis

Program Committee Vice Chair, Isabella Grumbach, MD, FAHA interviews Peter Libby, MD about his keynote lecture, "Inflammation in Atherosclerosis: No Longer a Theory."