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James T. Willerson Cardiovascular Sciences Seminar

A TMC Education Collaboration
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A TMC Tradition

The James T. Willerson, MD Cardiovascular Sciences Seminar Series is a multi-institutional educational tradition honoring THI’s 4th president and attended by investigators, colleagues and trainees from clinical and teaching institutions across the Texas Medical Center including: Baylor College of Medicine, Rice University, Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center, Houston Methodist Hospital, Texas Children’s Hospital and MD Anderson Cancer Center, as well as visitors and members of the Texas Medical Center. Today his trainees and colleagues continue the collaborative tradition.

In Memoriam Dr. James T. Willerson 

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Connecting outstanding scientists nationally and internationally

A unified forum for the cardiovascular research community

The seminar is held Wednesdays from 12:00 to 1:00pm at Baylor College of Medicine.  There is no cost to attend, and the seminar is open to the public with a special focus toward postdoctoral fellows, scientists, researchers, and physicians.

This seminar series provides a unified forum for the cardiovascular research community within the Texas Medical Center to meet, and it connects us to outstanding scientists nationally and internationally.

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2022-23 Faculty

Darren Woodside, PhD

Vice President for Research
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Francisco Altamirano, PhD

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Jiang Chang, MD, PhD

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Mark Drazner, MD

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David Durgan, PhD

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Kyle Eagen, PhD

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Romain Harmancey, PhD

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Camila Hochman Mendez, MSc, PhD

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Kathryn M. Jones, DVM. PhD

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Onur Kanisiak, PhD

Assistant Professor
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Jonathan Kirk, Ph.D

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Aikaterini Kontrogianni-Konstantopoulos, PhD

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Stanley Nattel, MD

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Daniel J. Rader, MD

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