July 30-31, 2026 | Paul Berg Hall, Li Ka Shing Center, Stanford
July 30: Early Career Research Day
July 31: Cardiovascular Research Symposium
Virtual option available
Poster presenter registration deadline: July 15, 2026
Travel Award application deadline: June 26, 2026
Who Should Attend?
Trainees
Present your research, receive feedback from experts, explore career paths, build your network.
Faculty
Hear about emerging science, identify collaborators, support trainee development, engage with potential industry partners.
Industry
Connect with leading cardiovascular researchers, share scientific advances, identify collaboration opportunities, recruit future talent.
Keynote Speaker
Victor J. Dzau, MD, Distinguished Lecture in Cardiovascular Medicine
Hal Barron, MD
CEO, Founder, and Board Co-Chair, Altos Labs
Speakers
Howard Chang, MD, PhD
Senior Vice President, Global Research, and Chief Scientific Officer, Amgen
Karin Immergluck, PhD
Associate Vice Provost, Office of Technology Licensing, Stanford University
Gaurav Shah, MD
CEO and President, Rocket Pharmaceuticals
Victor J. Dzau, MD
President of the National Academy of Medicine
Erik Ingelsson, MD, PhD
CSO, Wave Life Sciences
Mintu Turakhia, MD, MS
Chief Medical and Scientific Officer and EVP Advanced Technologies, iRhythm
Jay Edelberg, MD, PhD
Co-founder and CMO, Kardigan
Fady Malik, MD, PhD, EVP
Research & Development, Cytokinetics
Present a poster at the 2026 Stanford Cardiovascular Research Symposium and connect with a broad community of cardiovascular researchers, clinicians, trainees, faculty, and industry partners.
We welcome poster presentations from researchers across career stages and sectors. Whether your work is early-stage, ongoing, recently published, or focused on a new method or technology, the poster session is an opportunity to share your work, receive feedback, build connections, and spark new collaborations.
After registering, poster presenters will receive additional instructions for abstract submission and poster upload.
Jul July 15 Wed 2026
Poster presenter registration deadline
Jul July 19 Sun 2026
Abstract submission and poster upload deadline
Jul July 30 - 31 Thu-Fri 2026
Early Career Academic Poster Sessions
Jul July 31 Fri 2026
Industry Presenters Poster Session
Agenda
All times listed are PT
TBA
Organizing Committee
Joseph Wu, MD, PhD
Director Stanford Cardiovascular Institute; Simon H. Stertzer, MD, Professor
Ngan Huang, PhD
Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Patricia Nguyen, MD
Associate Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine
Amanda Chase, PhD
Associate Director of Strategic Research Development
Sean Wu, MD, PhD
Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine
Joshua Knowles, MD
Associate Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine
Sushma Reddy, MD
Associate Professor of Cardiology Pediatrics
Francesca Tongco-Calub, MS-HCA
Administrative & Program Manager
Vinicio de Jesus Perez, MD
Associate Dean of Stanford MD Admissions and Professor of Medicine
Sanjiv Narayan, MD, PhD
Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine
Nazish Sayed, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Vascular Surgery
Sponsors
For additional information, please contact us.