Gootter-Jensen Foundation Lecture in Sudden Cardiac Death
The annual Gootter-Jensen Foundation series brings awareness to the important work being done in scientific research to defeat sudden cardiac death.
Tuesday, December 2, 2025
12 – 1 pm
Li Ka Shing Center LK120 or via Zoom
Next Speaker
Mina Chung, MD
Professor of Medicine in the Section of Pacing and Electrophysiology, The Robert and Suzanne Tomsich Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Heart & Vascular Institute, Department of Molecular Cardiology, Lerner Research Institute, at Cleveland Clinic
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Previous Lectures
2024
Mechanisms of Sudden Cardiac Death from Molecules to Atomistic Scale
Nipavan Chiamvimonvat, MD
Professor and Chair
Department of Basic Medical Sciences
Translational Cardiovascular Research Center
University of Arizona
2023
Predicting and Preventing Sudden Cardiac Death in Patients Without Systolic Dysfunction
Christine Albert, MD, MPH
Chair, Department of Cardiology
Lee and Harold Kapelovitz Distinguished Chair
Smidt Heart Institute
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
2022
A Journey from Drug-induced Torsades to Implementing Genomic Medicine
Dan Roden, MD
Professor of Medicine, Pharmacology, and Biomedical Informatics
Senior Vice President for Personalized Medicine
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
2021
Frontiers in Atrial Fibrillation
Barbara Casadei, MD, DPhil
British Heart Foundation Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine
University of Oxford
2020
Neuroscience Therapies for Heart Disease
Kalyanam Shivkumar, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine (Cardiology), Radiology, and Bioengineering
Director of the UCLA Cardiac Arrhythmia Center and EP Programs
Director & Chief, Interventional Cardiovascular Programs, UCLA Health
UCLA Health System
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
2019
The Long QT Syndrome: The Long Road from Zero Knowledge to Personalized Management
Peter J. Schwartz, MD
Director, Center for Cardiac Arrhythmias of Genetic Origin
Instituto Auxologico Italiano IRCCS, Milan, Italy
2018
An Evolutionary View of CaMKII Oxidation: Physiological Innovation and a Poison Pill for Cardiovascular Disease
Mark Anderson, MD, PhD
William Osler Professor of Medicine
Director of the Department of Medicine
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
The Gootter-Jensen Foundation is dedicated to saving lives by defeating sudden cardiac death through increased awareness, education, scientific research, and the distribution of AEDs. They dedicate themselves to this mission in the memory of Steven M. Gootter.