Congress Directors and Faculties
Organizer
- Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health University J. J. Strossmayer, Osijek
- Institute for Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases and Rehabilitation, Zagreb
- International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences – European Section
- Working group e-Cardiology Croatian Society of Cardiology
Patronage
- President of the Republic of Croatia
- Ministry of Health of the Republic of Croatia
- City of Zagreb
- International Academy of Science and Art in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Meeting Director
- Goran Krstačić, Zagreb, Croatia
Meeting Co-Directors
- Vladimir Jakovljević, Kragujevac, Serbia
- Antonija Krstačić, Zagreb, Croatia
Secretaries
- Ante Miljak, Zagreb, Croatia
- Hrvoje Vražić, Zagreb, Croatia
SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD
IACS Honorary President – Naranjan S. DHALLA, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Adriana Duriš ADAMEOVA, Bratislava, Slovakia; Devendra AGRAWAL, Pomona, California, USA; Istvan BACZKO, Szeged, Hungary; Jerzy BEŁTOWSKI, Lublin; Poland, Antoinette Oliveira BLACKMAN, Brasília, Federal District, Brazil; Roberto BOLLI, Louisville, Kentucky, USA; Enrico CAIANI, Monza, Italy; Michael CZUBRYT, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; Buddhadeb DAWN, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; Katherine DIBB, Manchester, UK; Dragan DJURIC, Belgrade, Serbia; Rodolphe FISCHMEISTER, Paris, France; Tejal GANDHI, Anand, Gujarat, India; Ricardo J. GELPI, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Gerd HEUSCH, Essen, Germany; Vladimir JAKOVLJEVIĆ, Kragujevac, Serbia; Lorrie A. KIRSHENBAUM, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; Petra KLEINBONGARD, Essen, Germany; Ren-Ke LI, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Melchior Luiz LIMA, Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil; Kathy Oi-lan LUI, Hong Kong, China; Ali J. MARIAN, Houston, Texas, USA; Jawahar (Jay) L. MEHTA, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA; Branislav MILOVANOVIĆ, Belgrade, Serbia; Martin MORAD, Charleston, South Carolina, USA; Danina MUNTEAN, Timișoara, Romania; Sanja MUSIĆ MILANOVIĆ, Zagreb, Croatia; Bohuslav OSTADAL, Prague, Czech Republic; Petr OSTADAL, Prague, Czech Republic; Zoltan PAPP, Debrecen, Hungary; Grant N. PIERCE, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; Raphael Sanzio PIMENTA, Palmas, Tocantins, Brazil; Tamara PRERADOVIĆ KOVAČEVIĆ, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina; Tatjana RAVINGEROVA, Bratislava, Slovakia; Ranko ŠKRBIĆ, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina; Jan SLEZAK, Bratislava, Slovakia; Martina SMOLIĆ, Osijek, Croatia; Miloš STOJILJKOVIĆ, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina; Paramjit S. TAPPIA, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; Rhian M. TOUYZ, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Belma TURAN, Ankara, Turkey; Suresh C. TYAGI, Louisville, Kentucky, USA; Andras VARRO, Szeged, Hungary; Aleksandar VČEV, Osijek, Croatia; Rui-Ping XIAO, Beijing, China; Harlokesh Narayan YADAV, New Delhi, India; Antonio ZAZA, Milan, Italy
SPEAKERS AND FACULTIES
IACS HONORARY LIFE PRESIDENT
Naranjan S. DHALLA, PhD, MD (Hon), DSc (Hon)
Distinguished Professor, Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology
Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba
Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, St. Boniface Hospital Albrechtsen Research Centre
Executive Director, International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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Adriana DURIŠ ADAMEOVÁ, PharmDr., DrSc.
Professor of Pharmacology
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
Faculty of Pharmacy, Comenius University Bratislava
Bratislava, Slovakia
Devendra K. AGRAWAL, PhD, MBA, FIACS
Professor and Director, Department of Translational Research
College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific
Western University of Health Sciences
Pomona, California, USA
Md Iqbal ALAM, MSc, PhD
Professor and Head, Department of Physiology
Hamdard Institute of Medical Sciences & Research
Jamia Hamdard
Vice President, Physiological Society of India
New Delhi, India
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Zdravko BABIĆ, MD, PhD
Professor of Internal Medicine and Cardiology
Head, Department of Intensive Cardiac Care
Department of Cardiovascular Diseases
Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Centre
University of Zagreb School of Medicine
Zagreb, Croatia
István BACZKÓ, MD, PhD
Professor and Chair Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy
Albert Szent-Györgyi Medical School, University of Szeged
Szeged, Hungary
Monika BARTEKOVÁ, RNDr., DrSc.
Head, Department of Cardiovascular Physiology and Pathophysiology
Institute for Heart Research, Centre of Experimental Medicine
Slovak Academy of Sciences
Bratislava, Slovakia
Jerzy BEŁTOWSKI, MD, PhD
Professor
Department of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medical Sciences
Medical University of Lublin
Lublin, Poland
Antoinette Oliveira BLACKMAN, MD, MHS, PhD, FESC, FIACS
Professor of Medicine
Centro Universitário de Brasília (CEUB)
Brasília, Federal District, Brazil
Roberto BOLLI, MD, DSc (Hon), Dr. h.c.
Professor of Medicine and Physiology
Director, Institute of Molecular Cardiology
Distinguished University Scholar
Legacy Foundation of Kentuckiana Distinguished Chair in Cardiology
University of Louisville
Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Joško BULUM, MD, PhD
Professor of Internal Medicine and Cardiology
Head, Clinical Unit for Invasive and Interventional Cardiology
Department of Cardiovascular Diseases
University Hospital Centre Zagreb
University of Zagreb School of Medicine
Zagreb, Croatia
Harpal S. BUTTAR, DVM, PhD, FIACS
Adjunct Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa
Principal Researcher, Health Canada
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Enrico G. CAIANI, PhD, FESC
Professor in Biomedical Engineering
Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering
Politecnico di Milano
Milan, Italy
Maja CIGROVSKI BERKOVIĆ, MD, PhD
Assocciate Professor
Department of Sports and Exercise Medicine
Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Zagreb
Zagreb, Croatia
Michael P. CZUBRYT, PhD, FAHA, FIACS
Professor, Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology
Principal Investigator, Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences
Executive Director of Research, St. Boniface Hospital
Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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Buddhadeb DAWN, MD
Professor and Chair, Department of Internal Medicine
Chief, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Sanjiv DHINGRA, PhD, FAHA
Professor, Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology
Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, St. Boniface Hospital Research Centre
Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Katharine DIBB, PhD
Chair of Cardiac Physiology
Division of Cardiovascular Sciences
Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health
The University of Manchester
Manchester, United Kingdom
Dragan M. DJURIC, MD, MSc, PhD, FIACS, FIUPS
Professor of Medical Physiology
Head, Laboratory for Cardiovascular Physiology
Institute of Medical Physiology “Richard Burian”
Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade
Belgrade, Serbia
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Hrvoje FALAK, MD
Cardiologist
Department of Cardiovascular Diseases
University Hospital Dubrava
Zagreb, Croatia
Rodolphe FISCHMEISTER, PhD
Emeritus Research Director, INSERM
Laboratory of Signalling and Cardiovascular Pathophysiology
Université Paris-Saclay
Paris-Saclay, France
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Ferenc GALLYAS Jr., MSc, PhD, DSc
Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Medical Chemistry
University of Pécs Medical School
Pécs, Hungary
Tejal R. GANDHI, MPharm, PhD
Principal and Professor
Department of Pharmacology, Anand Pharmacy College
Vice-President, India Section, International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences
Anand, Gujarat, India
Ricardo J. GELPI, MD, PhD, Dr. h.c.
Professor of Pathology
Director, Institute of Cardiovascular Physiopathology (INFICA)
Faculty of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires
Rector, University of Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Ramesh K. GOYAL
Professor of Pharmacology
Delhi Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research University
President, India Section, International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences
New Delhi, India
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Gerd HEUSCH, MD, PhD
Professor of Pathophysiology
Institute for Pathophysiology
West German Heart and Vascular Center
University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen
Essen, Germany
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Vladimir Lj. JAKOVLJEVIĆ, MD, PhD
Professor of Physiology
Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac
President, European Section, International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences
Kragujevac, Serbia
Nevena JEREMIĆ, PhD
Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Faculty of Medical Sciences
University of Kragujevac
Kragujevac, Serbia
Thomas JESPERSEN, PhD, DMedSc
Professor
Department of Biomedical Sciences
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
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Lorrie A. KIRSHENBAUM, PhD, FAHA, FIACS
Professor and Division Head, Cardiovascular Science and Disease
Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology
Director, Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences
St. Boniface Hospital Albrechtsen Research Centre
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Petra KLEINBONGARD, PhD
Professor of Cardioprotection
Deputy Director, Institute for Pathophysiology
West German Heart and Vascular Center
University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen
Essen, Germany
Tamara KOVAČEVIĆ PRERADOVIĆ, MD, PhD, FACC
Professor of Internal Medicine
Faculty of Medicine, University of Banja Luka
Head, Department of Cardiology
University Clinical Centre of the Republic of Srpska
Governor, American College of Cardiology Chapter for Serbia and the Republic of Srpska
Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Antonija KRSTAČIĆ, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Head, Department of Neurology
Clinic for Traumatology, University Hospital Centre Sestre milosrdnice
Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek
Zagreb, Croatia
Goran KRSTAČIĆ, MD, PhD, FESC, FEHRA
Professor of Cardiology
Director, Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation “Srčana”
Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek
Vice-President, Association International Academy of Science and Art in BiH
Zagreb, Croatia
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Ren-Ke LI, MD, PhD, FCAHS
Professor, Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiac Surgery
Senior Scientist, Toronto General Research Institute
University Health Network, University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Melchior Luiz LIMA, MD, PhD
Cardiovascular Surgeon
Coordinator, Heart Transplant Center, Grupo Meridional
President, South American Section, International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences
Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil
Kathy Oi-lan LUI, BSc, MPhil, DPhil (Oxon)
Professor, Department of Chemical Pathology
Assistant Dean (Research), Faculty of Medicine
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong, China
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Ali J. MARIAN, MD
Professor of Medicine
Section of Cardiovascular Research
Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas, USA
Jawahar (Jay) L. MEHTA, MD, PhD
Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Physiology and Biophysics
Stebbins Chair in Cardiology
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
Branislav MILOVANOVIĆ, MD, PhD
Professor of Internal Medicine and Cardiology
Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade
Head, Neurocardiology Laboratory
National Institute for Heart and Blood Vessels “Dedinje”
Belgrade, Serbia
Prof. Dr. Cristina E. MOLINA
Heisenberg Professor of Cardiac Cellular Electrophysiology
Institute of Experimental Cardiovascular Research
University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
Hamburg, Germany
Martin MORAD, PhD
Professor, Department of Regenerative Medicine and Cell Biology
Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina Endowed Chair in Cardiovascular Health
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Danina MUNTEAN, MD, PhD, Dr. Habil.
Professor of Pathophysiology
Faculty of Medicine
Victor Babeș University of Medicine and Pharmacy
Timișoara, Romania
Sanja MUSIĆ MILANOVIĆ, MD, PhD
Professor
Andrija Štampar School of Public Health
University of Zagreb School of Medicine
Zagreb, Croatia
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Marko NOVAKOVIĆ, MD, PhD
Specialist in Cardiology and Vascular Medicine
University Medical Centre Ljubljana
Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Ante OBAD, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
University Department of Health Studies, University of Split
Polyclinic Dr. Obad, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Split
Split, Croatia
Bohuslav OSTADAL, MD, DSc
Professor Emeritus
Institute of Physiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Prague, Czech Republic
Petr OSTADAL, MD, PhD, FESC
Professor and Head, Department of Cardiology
Second Faculty of Medicine, Charles University
Motol University Hospital
Prague, Czech Republic
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Zoltán PAPP, MD, PhD, DSc
Professor and Head, Division of Clinical Physiology
Institute of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine
University of Debrecen
Debrecen, Hungary
Gordana PAVLIŠA, MD, PhD
Professor
Department of Respiratory Diseases
University Hospital Centre Zagreb
University of Zagreb School of Medicine
Zagreb, Croatia
Grant N. PIERCE, PhD
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology
University of Manitoba
St. Boniface Hospital Albrechtsen Research Centre
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Raphael Sanzio PIMENTA, MSc, PhD
Professor
Federal University of Tocantins
Palmas, Tocantins, Brazil
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Inna RABINOVICH-NIKITIN, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology
Principal Investigator, Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences
St. Boniface Hospital Research Centre
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Amir RAVANDI, MD, PhD, FRCPC
Associate Professor
Section of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine
University of Manitoba / St. Boniface Hospital
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Tatiana RAVINGEROVA, MD, PhD, DSc, FIACS
Head, Department of Cardiovascular Physiology and Pathophysiology
Institute for Heart Research
Centre of Experimental Medicine, Slovak Academy of Sciences
Bratislava, Slovakia
Carol Ann REMME, MD, PhD
Associate Professor and Principal Investigator
Department of Experimental Cardiology
Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Ján SLEZÁK, MD, DSc, FIACS
Professor Emeritus
Institute for Heart Research
Centre of Experimental Medicine, Slovak Academy of Sciences
Bratislava, Slovakia
Martina SMOLIĆ, MD, PhD
Dean and Professor
Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health
Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek
Osijek, Croatia
Dejan SPIROSKI, MD, MSc, PhD
Professor of Cardiology
National Institute for Heart and Blood Vessels “Dedinje”
Belgrade, Serbia
Miloš STOJILJKOVIĆ, MD, MSc, PhD
Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology
Faculty of Medicine, University of Banja Luka
Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ranko ŠKRBIĆ, MD, PhD
Acting Rector, University of Banja Luka
Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology
Dean, Faculty of Medicine, University of Banja Luka
Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Paramjit S. TAPPIA, PhD, FIACS
Principal Investigator and Clinical Scientist
I.H. Asper Clinical Research Institute
St. Boniface Hospital
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Rhian M. TOUYZ, MBBCh, PhD, FRCP, FMedSci, FCAHS
Executive Director and Chief Scientific Officer
Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre
Professor of Medicine and Dr. Phil Gold Chair in Medicine
McGill University
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Belma TURAN, PhD
Professor of Biophysics
Faculty of Medicine
Lokman Hekim University
Ankara, Türkiye
Suresh C. TYAGI, PhD
Professor of Physiology
University of Louisville School of Medicine
Louisville, Kentucky, USA
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András VARRÓ, MD, PhD, DSc
Professor of Pharmacology
Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy
Albert Szent-Györgyi Medical School, University of Szeged
Szeged, Hungary
Vedran VELAGIĆ, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
University of Zagreb School of Medicine
Department of Cardiovascular Diseases
University Hospital Centre Zagreb
Zagreb, Croatia
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Rui-Ping XIAO, MD, PhD
Peking University Chair Professor
Dean, College of Future Technology
Peking University
Beijing, China
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Harlokesh Narayan YADAV
Associate Professor
Department of Pharmacology
All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi
New Delhi, India
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Antonio ZAZA, MD, FESC
Professor of Physiology
Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences
University of Milano-Bicocca
Milan, Italy
Ewa ZUBA-SURMA, PhD, DSc
Professor
Department of Cell Biology
Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology
Jagiellonian University
Kraków, Poland
Mirza ŽIŽAK, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Physiology and Immunology
University of Zagreb School of Medicine
Zagreb, Croatia
HONOURS AND ESTABLISHED INVESTIGATORS AWARDS
The International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences is pleased to announce the following Awards and Honours to be presented at the 12th Annual Meeting of the IACS-European Section, to be held in Zagreb, Croatia, from October 25–27, 2026.
A. Naranjan Dhalla Honorary Lecture Medal Award:
- Dr. Martin Morad, Director of Cardiac Signaling Centre, Charleston, USA
B. Established Investigators Awards:
- Bohuslav Ostadal Award for Excellence in Cardiovascular Sciences: Dr. Danina Muntean, Timisoara, Romania
- Jan Slezak Award for Excellence in Cardiovascular Sciences: Dr. Inna Rabinovich-Nikitin, Winnipeg, Manitoba
- Andras Varro Award for Excellence in Cardiovascular Sciences: Dr. Rodolphe Fischmeister, Orsay, France
- Karl Werdan Award for Excellence in Cardiovascular Sciences: Dr. Petr Ostadal, Prague, Czech Republic
- Vladimir Jakovljevic Award for Excellence in Cardiovascular Sciences: Dr. Petra Kleinbongard, Essen, Germany
- Lorrie Kirshenbaum Award for Excellence in Cardiovascular Sciences: Dr. Zoltan Papp, Debrecen, Hungary
- Norman Alpert Award for Established Investigators in Cardiovascular Sciences: Dr. Ranko Skrbic, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Dennis B. McNamara Award for Excellence in Cardiovascular Sciences: TBA
C. IACS Honours and Recognitions:
- Lifetime Achievement Award in Cardiovascular Science, Medicine and Surgery: Dr. Goran Krstačić, Zagreb, Croatia
- Distinguished Leadership Award in Cardiovascular Science, Medicine and Surgery: Dr. Antonija Krstačić, Zagreb, Croatia
- Distinguished Service Award in Cardiovascular Science, Medicine and Surgery: Dr. Ante Miljak, Zagreb, Croatia
- Exemplary Service Awards for Promoting Heart Health: Dr. Roberto Bolli, Louisville, USA