Bakken Heart-Brain Institute Leadership
Directors
Marc Penn, MD, PhD
Director, Bakken Heart-Brain Institute; Staff, the Robert and Suzanne Tomsich Department of Cardiovascular Medicine; Staff, Biomedical Engineering; Staff, Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine; Staff, Critical Care Center
Katherine J. Hoercher, R.N.
Sr. Director Special Programs, Executive Board Office, Kaufman Center for Heart Failure, Bakken Heart-Brain Institute, Director Heart & Vascular Institute CME
Steering Committee
Marc Penn, MD, PhD
Director, Bakken Heart-Brain Institute; Staff, The Tomsich Family Department of Cardiovascular Medicine; Staff, Biomedical Engineering; Staff, Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine; Staff, Critical Care Center
Paul Citron
Industry Advisor, Biomedical Engineering
James Young, MD
Professor of Medicine and Executive Dean, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, George & Linda Kaufman Chair, Chairman, Endocrinology & Metabolism Institute
Thomas F. Peterson, Jr.
Cleveland Ohio
Associate Directors
Kamal Chemali, MD
Associate Director, Bakken Heart-Brain Institute
Staff, Neuromuscular Center
Christine Moravec, PhD
Associate Director, Bakken Heart-Brain Institute; Associate Staff, The Tomsich Family Department of Cardiovascular Medicine; Associate Staff, Molecular Cardiology; Associate Staff, Center for Integrative Medicine
Leopoldo Pozuelo, MD, FACP
Associate Director, Bakken Heart-Brain Institute; Staff, Psychiatry and Psychology; Staff, The Tomsich Family Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Javier Provencio, MD, FCCM
Associate Director, Bakken Heart-Brain Institute Research; Staff, Cerebrovascular Center; Staff, Neurosciences
Industry Advisory Council
Kenneth Riff, MD, FACP
Chairman, Industry Advisory Council
Executive Director, Heart Brain Center at North Hawaii Community Hospital
