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Symposium Details
- When: Thursday, October 2, 2025
- Time: 7:30 am–6:00 pm
- Where: Chestnut Conference Centre, 89 Chestnut St
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We’re celebrating a decade of healthier hearts for this year’s HF Symposium. We’ll be bringing together a multi-disciplinary community of researchers, clinicians, and engineers, to share the latest discoveries, insights, and innovations in cardiovascular science, with a focus on heart failure and the progress in the past ten years. You can expect an exciting scientific program highlighting ground-breaking collaborative research, interactive workshops, and networking opportunities, including a fun social hour.
Attendees from our partner institutions of SickKids, UHN, and TBEP can use the following promo codes at check out when registering with their institutional email addresses. Registrations will be screened to ensure promo codes are used correctly.
- University of Toronto Promo Code: TBEP
- SickKids Promo Code: SICKKIDS
- UHN Promo Code: UHN
Keynote Speakers
Christopher S. Chen (MD, PhD)
Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Boston University
Katey Rayner (PhD)
Chief Scientific Officer and VP Research at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute
Samuel F. Sears (PhD)
Professor in the Departments of Psychology and Cardiovascular Sciences at East Carolina University
Session & Workshop Presenters
Mansoor Husain (MD, PhD)
Executive Director at the Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research
Douglas S. Lee (MD, PhD)
Ted Rogers Chair in Heart Function Outcomes at the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre
Michael McDonald (MD)
Martha Rogers Chair in Heart Failure Training & Education at the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre
Seema Mital (MD)
TRCHR Scientific Lead, Cardiac Precision Medicine Program at The Hospital for Sick Children
Stephanie Poon (MD)
Medical Director of the Heart Function clinic at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Heather Ross (MD)
TRCHR Scientific Lead, Integrated Program for Excellence at the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre
Craig Simmons (PhD)
TRCHR Scientific Lead, Translational Biology and Engineering Program at the University of Toronto
Sara Nunes Vasconcelos (PhD)
Senior Scientist at the University Health Network
Subodh Verma (MD, PhD)
Cardiac Surgeon-Scientist and Professor at the University of Toronto