Dr Muthiah Vaduganathan is a cardiologist and clinical trialist based in Boston, Massachusetts, US, He practices at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and holds an academic appointment at Harvard Medical School. Dr Vaduganathan is internationally recognised for his work at the intersection of cardiovascular, kidney, and metabolic disease, with a particular focus on translating evidence from large-scale clinical trials into routine clinical practice.

Dr Vaduganathan completed his medical training in the US and pursued advanced postgraduate training in cardiovascular medicine, with a focus on heart failure and preventive cardiology. His academic development has been closely aligned with outcomes research, trial methodology, and translational science, positioning him as a leading investigator in cardio-kidney-metabolic therapeutics.

Dr Vaduganathan is widely recognised for his prolific contributions to cardiovascular research and clinical trial leadership. His work has…

Dr Katherine R Tuttle, is Professor of Medicine in the Nephrology Division and Kidney Research Institute at the University of Washington, US. Executive Director for Research at Providence Inland Northwest Health, and a Co-Principal Investigator for the ITHS. Her major research interests are in the areas of clinical and translational science and precision medicine for diabetic kidney disease, chronic kidney disease, diabetes, and hypertension. Dr Tuttle has led a major patient registry as well as clinical trials in these fields that have delivered breakthrough therapies to prevent kidney failure and cardiovascular events.

Dr Erika Jones is Associate Professor in the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension at the University of Cape Town and Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, SA. 

Dr Jones interests are particularly in hypertension, having done her PhD in this area. One of the aspects of hypertension that she is studying currently and which is of major concern to nephrologists in Cape Town, is the rising incidence of young hypertensives with end stage renal disease in relation to methamphetamine usage.

Dr Biykem Bozkurt is the Immediate Past President of the Heart Failure Society of America. 

Dr Bozkurt is a Professor of Medicine, an advanced heart failure and cardiac transplantation specialist, Medical Care Line Executive (Medicine Department Chair) at the DeBakey VA Medical Center; W.A. “Tex” and Deborah Moncrief, Jr., Chair; Mary and Gordon Cain Chair; Vice-Chair of Department of Medicine; Director of the Winters Center for Heart Failure and Associate Director of Cardiovascular Research Institute at Baylor College of Medicine. 

Dr Jeff Borenstein is Internal Medicine lead for the CKM program at UCLA Health and a board-certified physician in Internal Medicine and Clinical Informatics practicing at UCLA Health Porter Ranch Primary & Specialty Care.

Dr Borenstein graduated from the Mount Sinai Medical School, completing internal medicine residency and fellowships in general internal medicine and health services research at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, and obtained a Master’s degree in Public Health from UCLA. He is board-certified in both Internal Medicine and Medical Informatics and is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians. His primary interests are in team-based, interdisciplinary care, primary and secondary prevention through the application of evidence-based medicine, and quality improvement facilitated by electronic health records.

Dr Nicholas Jones is a General Practitioner (GP), GP Cardiologist, and NIHR Clinical Lecturer in General Practice at the University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. Alongside his clinical work as a GP he conducts research focused on the early detection, prevention, and management of cardiovascular, kidney, and metabolic diseases in primary care. His work includes improving the diagnosis of heart failure, stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation, and developing evidence-based approaches to managing long-term conditions.

Dr Jones completed his medical degree at Newcastle University, followed by postgraduate training in Oxford, where he earned a DPhil in Primary Care. He has received national recognition for his research, including the Society for Academic Primary Care Doctoral Prize. Passionate about medical education, he teaches on national GP training courses, supervises postgraduate researchers, and contributes to improving primary care through research, teaching,…