Heart Valve Society of America (HVSA)

Valves in the Heart of the Big Apple VI will be the Sixth Annual Scientific Meeting of The Heart Valve Society of America (and Heart Valve Trialists Society).

The Society has been formed to:

• advance development of new knowledge of valvular heart diseases through promotion, organization and support of research (basic, pre-clinical, clinical, and epidemiological);
• facilitate transfer of research results to clinical practice; and,
• promote dissemination of knowledge about valvular heart diseases to medical, scientific, and general audiences.

Our four previous conferences have been very successful, drawing more than 1,500 attendees from around the nation and the world. The 2007 conference was held in New York in conjunction with Weill Medical College of Cornell University; the 2008 conference took place in Las Vegas in conjunction with Mayo Medical School. Our 2009 scientific session will be co-sponsored with the Society of Heart Valve Disease (SHVD) in Berlin.

Since its founding, HVSA membership has grown to over 225 medical professionals in the field of heart valve disease from the US and abroad. Members have joined several councils — Clinical Trials & Registries, Therapeutic Interventions and Cardiac Imaging — and work is underway focus on initiating HVSA projects in those areas. In addition, there is an Allied Health Associates group in formation.

More information on HVSA can be found on the HVSA Website.