Dipak Ramji is Professor of Cardiovascular Science and Deputy Head at the School of Biosciences in Cardiff University. He is also Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales. He received his BSc (Hons) degree (Biochemistry) and his PhD (Molecular Biology) from the University of Leeds. This was followed by post-doctoral research at EMBL (Heidelberg) and IRBM (Rome) with fellowships from the Royal Society and the EU. His current research is focused on understanding how natural products regulate cellular processes in heart disease with the goal of attaining deeper mechanistic insight and identifying preventative/therapeutic agents. He has published over 150 research articles (h index 41 and i10 index 76 with over 8350 citations), including 880-page book in 2022 on Methods in Atherosclerosis. He is an Editorial Board member of 16 international journals; regular organising committee member, speaker, and track/session chair at international conferences on heart disease; involved in grant evaluation for over 20 organisations; and supervised over 25 PhD students

John K Maesaka was born in Hawaii, received degrees from Harvard College and Boston University School of Medicine, did his medical residencies at BarnesJewish Hospital at Washington University In St. Louis and Mount Sinai Hospital in New York and renal fellowship at Mount Sinai Hospital. His interest-driven decision to spend 5 years exclusively in the renal physiology laboratory at Mount Sinai Hospital as a renal fellow and member of the faculty proved to be the best investment he made to pursue an academic career in medicine. He was involved in developing colorimetric methods for the determination of uric acid and phosphorus in blood and urine that were applied to studying the transport characteristics of both electrolytes by renal micropuncture techniques in rat kidney. He developed several bioassays to demonstrate the presence of a natriuretic factor in the blood of patients with renal salt wasting and Alzheimer’s disease and more recently identified the elusive natriuretic factor after more than a 25-year pursuit.

John R. Dylewski, is a cardiac electro physiologist and professor of medicine in active clinical practice for the last 20+ years with an extensive and diversified background in materials engineering and medical applications of artificial intelligence to improve healthcare delivery. With the abundance of valuable data generated for patient care and the continuous production of scientific knowledge, Dr. Dylewski found it significantly challenging to deliver accurate, up-to-date and expeditious care to his tens of thousands of patients resulting in the development of the Complaint2Care model for a novel healthcare delivery platform, LifeSaver, powered by Apollo Artificial Intelligence. 

Benjamin Cooper is currently a medical resident at Aventura Hospital and Medical Center in Aventura, FL. Prior to starting medical school, He was a full-time Firefighter/Paramedic in Des Moines, Iowa. In addition, he worked at Iowa Heart Center as a Testing Paramedic for CT, Nuclear, and Ultrasound departments. He has been an American Heart Association Basic Life Support Instructor since 2007. Ben received his Doctor Osteopathic Medicine degree and Masters of Medical Science degree from Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine.

Pooja Patel completed her medical school in Mumbai, India and is currently pursuing her Internal Medicine residency at Larkin Community Hospital in South Miami, Florida. She is currently a PGY2 resident, who aspires to specialize in cardiology and critical care. She is from the Midwest, not fearing living in the oh-so-cold winters. Patel enjoys learning and improving her skills, in every aspect available. She believes ‘teaching others is the easy way to learning’. Patel also completed and received her Master’s in Biomedical Sciences. She has volunteered her time at a non-profit organization since 2017, at Waukesha Free Clinic in Waukesha, Wisconsin (former St. Joseph’s Medical Clinic), and still continues to do so whenever  possible. Patel was awarded the Director’s Coin during her rotation at the VA Medical Center in Grand Junction, Colorado for the care provided to our veterans, and for volunteering to help the community in times of the COVID surge in the late 2021. As a physician, she prides herself on serving those who have served our country.