Medicine Grand Rounds: End-Stage Heart Failure with UMinnesota's Dr. Daniel Garry

The Department of Medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson presents:

“Exogenic and xenogenic organ production for patients with end-stage heart failure”
Daniel J. Garry, MD, PhD

Noon-1 p.m., Lecture Hall, Room 5403
College of Medicine – Tucson
(See flyer below for virtual viewing links.)

— A light lunch will be provided. —

Presenter: Dr. Daniel Garry is director of the Regenerative Medicine and Sciences Center and director of the Neuromuscular Cardiomyopathy and Diseases Program at the University of Minnesota. A professor of medicine and physiology and a member of the Stem Cell Institute, Developmental Biology Center and Masonic Cancer Center, he is the immediate past director of the Sheila and Paul Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Center, chief of the Cardiovascular Division, director of the Lillehei Heart Institute, and director of the Lillehei Clinical Research Unit at the University of Minnesota. He practices clinically in the fields of advanced heart failure, mechanical circulatory support and cardiac transplantation.

Dr. Garry has served in leadership positions with the Sarnoff Cardiovascular Research Foundation to train medical students across the country. He has mentored more than 100 trainees, many who’ve gone on to academic appointments at outstanding institutions. He has more than 25 years of NIH funding to support research in skeletal muscle regeneration, cardiac regeneration, stem cell biology, cardiac development or advanced heart failure. He currently focuses on reprogramming, computational analyses and engineering of humanized organs in gene-edited pigs.

Dr. Garry has participated and led a number of large programmatic initiatives associated with the NIH, AHA, Department of Defense and Leducq Foundation International Networks of Excellence Program. He has published two textbooks on clinical cardiovascular medicine and heart failure. He has been inducted in the AAP, ACCA, AUC and is a FAHA, FACC, and FHSFA. At the University of Minnesota, he was enshrined on the Medical School Wall of Scholarship (2017) and is a recipient of the Stanley Sarnoff Award (2022) and Innovator Award (2023). He has more than 200 publications, 10 patents and co-founded NorthStar Genomics, a biotech company focused on engineering human organs for transplantation.

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Flyer for this event:  dom_grand_rounds_flyer_2023-09-06.pdf

Department of Medicine Grand Rounds

Medicine Grand Rounds are held in Room 5403, on the fifth floor of the College of Medicine – Tucson. To view Medicine Grand Rounds remotely, see this live weblink: https://streaming.biocom.arizona.edu/streaming/. To view it after the fact, click on "Archive" at the top of this same link's webpage and, from the dropdown menu under "Category," select "Department of Medicine" and click "Search" to find the event you're seeking.

Accreditation Statement: The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Disclosure Statement: All Faculty, CME Planning Committee Members, and the CME Office Reviewers have disclosed that they have no financial relationships with ineligible companies that would constitute a conflict of interest concerning this CME activity.

Learning Objectives:

• Diagnose a variety of internal medicine illnesses
• Understand more clearly advances in therapy
• Become truly professional physicians

For questions or accommodations that may be necessary, please contact the Office of the Chair, 520-626-6349 at least three days in advance of event.