Past Council Named Lecturers

Council Named Lectures feature presentations from some of today’s foremost clinicians and researchers as well as those with a lifetime of contributions to the field of cardiovascular disease and stroke. The lecture is often named in honor of a pioneer and leader in the field related to one of the AHA’s 16 scientific councils.

These lectures are presented at the AHA’s Scientific Sessions and Specialty Meetings. Honorees are selected by the council leadership and are invited to present a lecture on a topic of their choice.

2025 AHA Council Named Lecturers

Scientific Sessions 2025

3CPR Mid-Career Award and Lecture

Jonathan Elmer, MD, MS, FAHA

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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George Lyman Duff Memorial Lecture

Mary G. Sorci-Thomas, PhD, FAHA

The Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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Russell Ross Memorial Lectureship in Vascular Biology

Kathryn J. Moore, PhD, FAHA

NYU Langone Health
New York, New York

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Sol Sherry Distinguished Lecture in Thrombosis

Saskia Middeldorp, MD, PhD

Radboud University Medical Center
Nijmegen, The Netherlands

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George E. Brown Memorial Lecture

Eduardo Marbán, MD, PhD, FAHA

Smidt Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
London, United Kingdom

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Kenneth D. Bloch Memorial Lecture in Vascular Biology

Stephen Chan, MD, PhD, FAHA

The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland

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Thomas Smith Memorial Lecture

Jiang Chang (JC), MD, PhD, FAPS

Texas A&M University
College Station, Texas

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James B. Herrick Award for Outstanding Achievement in Clinical Cardiology

Christopher B. Granger, MD, FAHA

Duke Clinical Research institute
Durham, North Carolina

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Laennec Clinician/Educator Lecture

Biykem Bozkurt, MD, PhD, FAHA

Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas

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Charles T. Dotter Memorial Lecture

Akhilesh Keshav Sista, MD, FAHA, FSIR

Weil Cornell Medical College
New York, New York

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William W. L. Glenn Lecture

Michael Mack, MD

Baylor Scott & White The Heart Hospital
Plano, Texas

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Katharine A. Lembright Award and Lecture

Cheryl R. Himmelfarb, PhD, RN, FAAN, FAHA, FPCNA

2025 Katharine A. Lembright Award and Lecturer – Cheryl R. Himmelfarb, PhD, RN, FAAN, FAHA, FPCNA

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Kathleen A. Dracup Distinguished Lecture and Exemplary Career in Mentoring Award

Laura Lucia Hayman, PhD, MSN, FAAN, FAHA, FPCNA, FSBM

University of Massachusetts Boston
Boston, Massachusetts

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Ancel Keys Memorial Lecture

Emelia Benjamin, MD, ScM, FAHA

Boston University School of Medicine and Public Health
Boston, Massachusetts

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Genomic and Precision Medicine and Epidemiology Mid-Career Research Award and Lecture

Pradeep Natarajan, MD, MMSc, FAHA

Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts

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Robert I. Levy Memorial Lecture

Christopher Gardner, PhD, FAHA

Stanford University
Stanford, California

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William J. Rashkind Memorial Lecture

E. Dean McKenzie, MD

The University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School
Austin, Texas

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T. Duckett Jones Memorial Lecturer

Raman Krishna Kumar, MD, FAHA

Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre
Cochin, Kerela, India

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Resuscitation Science Symposium 2025

Dickinson W. Richards Memorial Lecture

Judith S. Hochman, MD, FAHA

NYU Grossman School of Medicine
New York, New York

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Hypertension Scientific Sessions 2025

Donald Seldin Lecture

Nora Franceschini, MD, MPH, FAHA

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

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Excellence Award for Hypertension Research

S. Ananth Karumanchi, MBBS

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, California

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Excellence Award for Hypertension Research

Dominik N. Müller, PhD

Experimental and Clinical Research Center & Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC)
Berlin, Germany

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Harriet Dustan Award

Heddwen L. Brooks, PhD

Tulane University School of Medicine
New Orleans, Louisiana

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Harry Goldblatt Award for New Investigators

Thiago Bruder, PhD, FAHA

University of South Alabama
Mobile, Alabama

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Council on Hypertension Mid-Career Award for Research Excellence

Gaetano Santulli, MD, PhD, FAHA

Albert Einstein College of Medicine
New York, New York

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KCVD Mid-Career Achievement Award

Daria Ilatovskaya, MS, PhD, FAHA

Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University
Augusta, Georgia

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Lewis K. Dahl Memorial Lecture

Jia Long Zhuo, MD, PhD

Tulane University School of Medicine
New Orleans, Louisiana

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EPI|Lifestyle Scientific Sessions 2025

David Kritchevsky Memorial Lectureship

Lora E. Burke, PhD, MPH, FAHA, FAAN

University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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Frederick H. Epstein Memorial Lecture

Gilles Paradis, MD, MSc, FAHA

McGill University
Montreal, Quebec

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William B. Kannel, MD Memorial Lectureship in Preventive Cardiology

Laurence S. Sperling, MD, FAHA, MASPC

Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, Georgia

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Vascular Discovery: From Genes to Medicine Scientific Sessions 2025

Jeffrey M. Hoeg Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology Award for Basic Science and Clinical Research

Mark W. Feinberg, MD, FAHA

Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts

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PVD Mid-Career Award and Lecture

Andrea T. Obi, MD

University of Michigan Health
Michigan Medicine
Ann Arbor, Michigan

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2024 AHA Council Named Lecturers

Scientific Sessions 2024

3CPR Mid-Career Award and Lecture

Vinicio A. de Jesus Perez, MD, FAHA

Stanford University
Stanford, California

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Ancel Keys Memorial Lecture

Véronique L. Roger, MD, MPH, FAHA

National, Heart Lung and Blood Institute
Bethesda, Maryland

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Charles T. Dotter Memorial Lecture

Kate Hanneman, MD, MPH

University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Genomic and Precision Medicine and Epidemiology Mid-Career Research Award and Lecture

Christy L. Avery, PhD, FAHA

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

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George E. Brown Memorial Lecture

Jeffery D. Molkentin, PhD

Cincinnati Children’s
Cincinnati, Ohio

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George Lyman Duff Memorial Lecture

Alan T. Remaley, MD, PhD, FAHA

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Bethesda, Maryland

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Helen B. Taussig Memorial Lecture

Gail D. Pearson, MD, ScD, FAHA

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Bethesda, Maryland

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James B. Herrick Award for Outstanding Achievement in Clinical Cardiology

Michelle A. Albert, MD, MPH, FAHA, FACC

University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California

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Katharine A. Lembright Award and Lecture

Holli A. DeVon PhD, MS, RN, FAHA, FAAN

University of California Los Angeles, School of Nursing
Los Angeles, California

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Kathleen A. Dracup Distinguished Lecture and Exemplary Career in Mentoring Award

Anna Strömberg, RN, PhD, FAAN, FESC, FAHA

Linköping University
Linköping, Sweden

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Kenneth D. Bloch Memorial Lecture in Vascular Biology

Jane E. Freedman, MD, FAHA

Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tennessee

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Laennec Clinician/Educator Lecture

Allan L. Klein. MD, FAHA

Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio

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Robert I. Levy Memorial Lecture

Jean-Pierre Després, CQ, PhD, FAHA

Université Laval
Quebec, QC, Canada

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Russell Ross Memorial Lectureship in Vascular Biology

Masanori Aikawa, MD, PhD, FAHA

Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts

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Sol Sherry Distinguished Lecture in Thrombosis

Sidney W. Whiteheart, PhD, FAHA

University of Kentucky College of Medicine
Lexington, Kentucky

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Stroke Council Award and Lecture

Hooman Kamel, MD, FAHA

Weill Cornell Medicine
New York, New York

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Thomas Smith Memorial Lecture

Jil C. Tardiff, MD, PhD, FAHA

University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson
Tuscon, Arizona

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William J. Rashkind Memorial Lecture

Georges Bordage, MD, MSc, PhD

University of Illinois, College of Medicine
Chicago, Illinois

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William W. L. Glenn Lecture

Debra A. Schwinn, MD, FAHA

Palm Beach Atlantic University
West Palm Beach, Florida

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Resuscitation Science Symposium 2024

Dickinson W. Richards Memorial Lecture

Robert W. Neumar, MD, PhD, FAHA

University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan

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Hypertension Scientific Sessions 2024

Arthur C. Corcoran Memorial Lecture

Vesna D. Garovic, MD, PhD, FAHA, FASN

Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota

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Donald Seldin Lecture

Tianxin Yang, MD, PhD, FAHA

University of Utah Health
Salt Lake, Utah

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Excellence Award for Hypertension Research Lecture

Bina Joe, PhD, FAHA, FAPS, ISHF

University of Toledo
Toledo, Ohio

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Harriet Dustan Award and Lecture

Jennifer C. Sullivan, PhD, FAHA

Augusta University
Augusta, Georgia

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HTN Mid-Career Award for Research Excellence

Meena S. Madhur, MD, PhD, FAHA

Indiana University
Indianapolis, Indiana

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KCVD Mid-Career Achievement Award

Nisha Bansal, MD, MAS, FAHA, FASN, FACP

University of Washington
Seattle, Washington

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Lewis K. Dahl Memorial Lecture

Pablo A. Ortiz, PhD

Henry Ford Health
Detroit, Michigan

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Vascular Discovery: From Genes to Medicine Scientific Sessions 2024

Jeffrey M. Hoeg Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology Award for Basic Science and Clinical Research

Chiara Giannarelli, MD, PhD, FAHA

New York University
Grossman School of Medicine
New York, New York

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PVD Mid-Career Award and Lecture

Scott M. Damrauer, MD, FAHA

University of Pennsylvania
Perelman School of Medicine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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EPI|Lifestyle Scientific Sessions 2024

2024 David Kritchevsky Memorial Lecture

Cheryl A. M. Anderson, PhD, MPH, MS, FAHA

UC San Diego Herbert Wertheim School of
Public Health and Human Longevity Science
La Jolla, California

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Daniel Rader, MD, FAHA , University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Richard D. Remington Methodology Lecture

Daniel J. Rader, MD, FAHA

University of Pennsylvania
Perelman School of Medicine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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William B. Kannel, MD Memorial Lectureship in Preventive Cardiology

Norrina Bai Allen, PhD, MPH, FAHA

Northwestern University
Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, Illinois

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2023 AHA Council Named Lecturers

Scientific Sessions 2023

3CPR Mid-Career Award and Lecturer

Brian Grunau, MD, MHSc
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC

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Alexander S. Nadas Lecture

Angela Sharkey, MD, FAAP
Wake Forest School of Medicine
Winston-Salem, NC

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Ancel Keys Memorial Lecturer

George Howard, DrPH, FAHA
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

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Charles T. Dotter Memorial Lecturer

Constantino S. Pena, MD, FAHA, FSIR, FSCCT
Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute
Miami, FL

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GPM/EPI Mid-Career Research Award Lecturer

Nathan O. Stitziel, MD, PhD, FAHA
Washington University School of Medicine
Saint Louis, MO

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George E. Brown Memorial Lecturer

Ronglih Liao, PhD, FAHA
Stanford University School of Medicine
Palo Alto, CA

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George Lyman Duff Memorial Lecturer

Ann Marie Schmidt, MD
NYU School of Medicine
New York, NY

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James B. Herrick Award Lecturer

Patrick T. O'Gara, MD, MACC, FAHA, FESC
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA

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Katharine A. Lembright Award Lecturer

Nancy Schmieder Redeker, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN
University of Connecticut, School of Nursing
Storrs, CT

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Kathleen A. Dracup Lecturer

Cheryl R. Dennison Himmelfarb, PhD, RN, ANP, FAHA
Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing
Baltimore, MD

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Kenneth D. Bloch Memorial Lecture in Vascular Biology Lecturer

Marlene Rabinovitch, MD, FAHA
Children’s Heart Center at Stanford University
Palo Alto, CA

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Laennec/Clinician Educator Lecturer

Sharonne N. Hayes, MD, FAHA
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Rochester, MN

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Robert I. Levy Memorial Lecturer

Vasan Ramachandran, MD, FAHA
University of Texas School of Public Health San Antonio
San Antonio, TX

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Russell Ross Memorial Lectureship in Vascular Biology Lecturer

Lars Maegdefessel, MD, PhD
Technical University School of Medicine
Munich, Germany

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Sol Sherry Distinguished Lecture in Thrombosis Lecturer

Joseph E. Italiano, Jr., PhD
Boston’s Children Hospital
Boston, MA

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Stroke Council Award Lecturer

Patrick D. Lyden, MD, FAHA
USC Keck School of Medicine
Los Angeles, CA

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Thomas Smith Memorial Lecturer

Joseph A. Hill, MD, PhD, FAHA
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX

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William J Rashkind Memorial Lecturer

Suzanne Roske
Vamonos Executive Coaching LLC
Arlington, VA

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William W. L. Glenn Lecturer

Marc Ruel, MD, MPH, FAHA, FRCSC
University of Ottawa Heart Institute
Ottawa, ON

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Resuscitation Science Symposium 2023

Dickinson W. Richards Memorial Lecturer

Evangelos Michelakis, MD, FAHA, FACC
University of Alberta
Edmonton, AB

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