International Congress

ISCVDP is pleased to announce the 29th Annual International Congress on Cardiovascular Disease Prevention. Japan May 30th to June 7th (Brochure Coming Soon). Our Conference will be hosted by our World-Renowned Faculty who will be presenting up-to-date innovation, research, oral presentations, and recent advancements in Cardiovascular Disease. We are delighted to introduce our prestigious speakers.

Click here to read a letter from the President of ISCVPD


Mahfouz El Shahawy, MD, MS, FACP, FESC, FASPC, FASH, FSCCT, FAHA, FACC, Program Director
President International Society for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention (ISCVDP)
Fellow American Society of Preventive Cardiology
Clinical Professor of Medicine, Universities of Florida and South Florida,
Golden Doctor Diploma University of Vienna Austria 2014
Member Board of Trustee American society of Preventive Cardiology [ASPC]
Member Board of Trustees Association of Black Cardiologists [ABC]
Medical Director, Cardiovascular Health Assessment Center
President, Cardiovascular Center of Sarasota
Medical Director and Founder SMH Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Center 2007 - 2010
Sarasota, Florida.


Jay N. Cohn, M.D. FACC <
Program Co-Director
Vice President International Society for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention (ISCVDP)
Professor of Medicine,
Director, Rasmussen Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention
University of Minnesota Medical School, Cardiovascular Division,
Minneapolis, MN
President American Society of Hypertension, 1990-1992
President International Society of Hypertension, 1996-1998 President Heart Failure Society of America, 1995-1998
President International Society of Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy, 2008-2010
Past President, American Society of Hypertension and Heart Failures Society of America
Minneapolis, Minnesota


Michael E. Cain, MD, FHRS, FACC, FAHA
Professor of Medicine and Biomedical Engineering
Past President Heart Rhythm Society
Vice President for Health Sciences and Dean, Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, New York


Anne B. Curtis, MD, MACP, FACC, FHRS, FAHA
Program Co-Director
Board Member International Society for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention (ISCVDP)
Past President Heart Rhythm Society
Immediate Past President of the Association of University of Cardiologists
Immediate Past President of the Cardiac Electrophysiology Society
SUNY Distinguished Professor
Charles and Mary Bauer Professor and Chair
Department of Medicine
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, New York


Anthony DeMaria, MD, FACC
Vice President International Society for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention (ISCVDP)
Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Disease, U.C. San Diego, CA
Past President American College of Cardiology1989-1990
Editor in Chief of American Journal of Cardiology 2002-2014
San Diego, California.


Robert Gillespie, MD, FACC, FASE, FASNC
Director of Nuclear Imaging, Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group
Immediate Past Chairman of the Board, Association of Black
Cardiologists, ABC
San Diego, California


Thomas Kelly, MD, FACS
Secretary/Treasurer International Society for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention (ISCVDP)
Cardiovascular Surgeon,
Sarasota Memorial Hospital
Sarasota, Florida


Chamberlain Obialo, MD
Professor of Medicine and Chief Nephrology Section
Morehouse School of Medicine,
Atlanta, Georgia.


Elizabeth O. Ofili, MD, FACC
Program Co-Director
Board Member International Society for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention (ISCVDP)
Professor of Medicine (Cardiology), Director of Clinical Research Center
Morehouse School of Medicine
Past President, Association of Black Cardiologists, "ABC"
Atlanta, Georgia


Marc A. Pohl, MD
The Ray W. Gifford Endowed Chair in Hypertension,
Former Head, Section of Clinical Hypertension and Nephrology,
Director Center for Blood Pressure Disorders,
Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Cleveland Clinic,
Cleveland, Ohio


William C. Roberts, MD, MACC
Board Member International Society for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention (ISCVDP)
Executive Director, Baylor Heart and Vascular Institute
Dean, A. Webb Roberts Center for Continuing Medical Education
Baylor University Medical Center
Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
Texas A&M Health Science Center, College of Medicine, Dallas Campus
Editor in Chief, The American Journal of Cardiology and the Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings
Dallas, Texas


Nanette K. Wenger, MD, MACC, MACP, FAHA
Program Co-Director
Vice President International Society for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention (ISCVDP)
Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) Emeritus
Emory University School of Medicine
President Society of Geriatric Cardiology 1994-1995
AHA Chair, Task Force, Heart Education for Women 1990-1999
Past Chief of Cardiology Grady Memorial Hospital
Consultant, Emory Heart and Vascular Center
Atlanta, Georgia


Zlatko Fras, MD, PhD, FESC
Board Member International Society for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention (ISCVDP)
Chief of Cardiology at Ljubljana Medical School
President Slovenian Society of Cardiology
Chair Euro prevent 2018
Ljubljana, Slovenia