HFSA Committees

Provide oversight of federal and state legislative and regulatory issues facing the heart failure profession with the goal of improving the care and outcomes of patients with heart failure.

Chair: Khadijah Breathett, MD

• Robert Malloy, NP
• Julie Marston, RN
• Lisa Peters, PharmD
• Devika Adusumilli, MD
• Melvin Echols, MD
• Kevin Shah, MD

Develop and oversee all educational content for the HFSA Annual Scientific Meeting program, including sessions and faculty.

• Jennifer Thibodeau, MD (Chair)
• Quin Denfeld, PhD (Co-Chair)
• Aaron Bagnola, PharmD - 2026 (Co-Chair)
• Dan Judge, MD - 2026 (Co-Chair)
• Horng Chen, MD - 2027 Chair
• Craig Beavers, PharmD - 2027 Co-Chair
• Marat Fudim, MD, FHFSA - 2027 Co-Chair
• Megan Fraser, DNP - 2027 Co-Chair

Provide oversight of the annual audit of the association.

Chair: Amanda Vest, MD

• Mitch Psotka, MD, PhD, FHFSA
• Theresa Lucente Jenkins, RN
• Mike Benoudiz
• Andres Carmona Rubio, MD

Develop, provide oversight, and coordinate the selection process of HFSA Awards. Propose award nominees to the Board of Directors for approval.

Chair: Mark Drazner, MD

• Jennifer Cook, MD
• Rebecca Reay, NP
• Laura Peters, FNP
• Tamas Alexy, MD
• Viet Le, PA
• Tomacz Jurga, PharmD

Provide oversight on the heart failure clinic database.

Chair: Richard Soucier, MD

• Katie Ginder, APRN
• Danyaal Moin, MD
• Kismet Rasmusson, FNP
• Stormi Gale, PharmD
• David Kraus, MD
• Monique Robinson, MD

Provide oversight and direction to HFSA programs and initiatives on heart failure devices, including research, scientific publications, education, and other programs and initiatives.

Chair: Marat Fudim, MD

• Howard Eisen, MD
• Liviu Klein, MD
• Scott Lundgren, DO
• Himabindu Vidula, MD
• Dan Burkhoff, MD
• Jennifer Cowger, MD
• Deepak Sharma, PA
• Cynthia Wolford, APRN

To promote interest and careers of trainees and early career individuals through education, networking opportunities, and communication.

Chair: Spencer Carter, MD

• Janna Beavers, PharmD
• Jamal Mahar, MD
• Sameh Nassar, MD
• Quan Bui, MD
• Jessica Thompson, PhD, RN
• Edan Zitelny, MD

Develop, monitor and evaluate HFSA educational programs.

Chair: Amin Yehya, MD

• Lisa Bratzke, RN
• Deepa Gopal, MD
• Jason Haney, PharmD
• Elizabeth Ashley Hardin, MD
• Lena Ali, NP
• Darshak Karia, MD

Provide oversight and direction to HFSA programs and initiatives on genetics and heart failure, including research, scientific publications, education, and other programs and initiatives.

• Joshua Hare, MD
• Alison Brann, MD
• Ray Hershberger, MD
• Anjali Owens, MD
• Khanh Cao, RN
• Jasmine Luzum, PharmD
• Ana Morales, MS, CGC
• Megan Punt PA-C

Develop an annual data report on heart failure.

Chair: Eiran Gorodeski, MD

• Nancy Albert, PhD
• Ersilia DeFilippis, MD
• Nosheen Reza, MD
• Joshua Jacobs, PharmD
• Chris Lee, PhD RN
• Alex Sandhu, MD

Recruit and nominate high quality leaders for positions on the Board of Directors, officers of the association and association committees.  Leaders may also serve the association through involvement in special projects, participation on panels, and other volunteer opportunities.

Chair: Mike Felker, MD (Past President)

• Michael Givertz, MD (President-Elect)
• Larry Allen, MD
• Michelle Kittleson, MD
• Anekwe Onwuanyi, MD
• Teri Diederich, RN
• Kerry Pickworth, PharmD

Identify and develop goals and activities for the recruitment and retention of HFSA members, including a focus on member value. Provide oversight of FHFSA Program, including recommendations for new Fellows.

Chair: Kathleen Faulkenberg, PharmD

• Anita Kelkar, MD
• Lisa Mielniczuk, MD
• Melanie Madorsky, PharmD
• Arianne Clare Agdamag, MD
• Rachel Lebowitz, DNP
• Sujal Modi, MD

To increase the participation of nurses and nurse practitioners in HFSA activities to help fulfill the mission.

Chair: Ann Laramee, NP

• Avery Bechthold, PhD, RN
• Kristen Page, NP
• Heidi Roschinger, NP
• Luis Farfan, DNP
• Noelle Pavlovic, PhD, RN
• Stacey Quinones, MSN

Provide oversight of patient programs at HFSA, including patient education.

Chair: Selma Mohammed, MD, PhD

• Maria Diener, PA
• Sean Riley
• Brad Williams, PharmD
• Charina Alcain, MSN
• Daniel Silverman, MD
• Benjamin Vaccaro, MD

Promote the careers and interests of heart failure pharmacists and the heart failure pharmacist profession through education, networking opportunities and communication.

Chair: Benjamin Wang, PharmD

• Amy Schweitzer, PharmD
• Mallory Mourdijan, PharmD
• Robert Page, PharmD
• James Coons, PharmD
• Michelle Fine, PharmD
• Monique Godfrey, PharmD

Supports the program directors of AHFTC fellowship programs by fostering collaboration, sharing best practices, and providing educational resources tailored to the unique needs of this community.

Chair: Richard K. Cheng, MD

• Miriam Jacob, MD
• Renzo Loaga-Rendon, MD
• Robert Morlend, MD
• Alex Parker, MD
• Marty Tam, MD
• Megan Pelter, MD
• Stuart Prenner, MD
• Yasmin Raza, MD

Provide oversight of heart failure research activities.

Chair: Jim Fang, MD

• Zachary Cox, PharmD
• Andreas Kalogeropoulos, MD
• Kelly Cordero, NP
• Mark Belkin, MD
• Gregg Fonarow, MD
• Priya Umpathi, MD

Provide oversight and coordination of HFSA scientific statements, including generation of topics for scientific statements.

Chair: David Lanfear, MD

• Johanna Contreras, MD
• Corrine Jurgens, PhD, RN
• Kazuhiko Kido, PharmD
• Shannon Dunlay
• Senthil Selvaraj, MD
• Justin Vader, MD

Develop and provide oversight of programs to promote the careers and interest in women in heart failure.

Chair: Amanda Verma, MD

• Vanessa Blumer, MD
• Lauren Cooper, MD
• Dawn Lombardo, DO
• Lauren Eyadiel, PA
• Maghee Disch
• Dharini Ramu, MD

Provide oversight and direction on HFSA programs designed to increase the number of heart failure clinicians to address the needs of heart failure patients now and into the future.

Chair: Amrut Ambardekar, MD

• Edward "Will" Grandin, MD
• Arun Krishnamoorthy, MD
• Nicole Lohr, MD
• Quentin Youmans, MD
• Spencer Carter, MD
• Katherine Di Palo, PharmD
• Mark Drazner, MD
• Rachna Kataria, MD