9:00 - 9:30 a.m.

Opening Statements

• Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security Administration
• Susan B. Shurin, M.D., Acting Director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health
• David A. Rust, Deputy Commissioner for Retirement and Disability Policy, Social Security Administration
• Glenn Sklar, Deputy Commissioner for Disability Adjudication and Review, Social Security Administration

9:30 - 10:45 a.m.

Overview of Adult Cardiovascular Disease

• Ileana L. Piña, M.D., MPH, Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Cardiology at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, Representative for the American Heart Association [testimony_pt1] [testimony_pt2]
• Jennifer Ellis, M.D., Adult Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Washington Hospital Center [Ellis' testimony]
• Gaby Weissman, M.D., Adult Cardiologist, Washington Hospital Center [Weissman's testimony]

10:45 - 11:00 a.m.

Morning Break 

11:00 - 12:15 p.m.

Children and Cardiovascular Disease

• Geoffrey Rosenthal, M.D. Professor of Pediatrics and Director, Pediatric and Congenital Heart Program at UMMC [Rosenthal's testimony]
• Allen Everett, M.D., Associate Professor, Pediatric Cardiology, Johns Hopkins Children’s Center [Everett's testimony]
• Jane Crosson, M.D., Director of the Pediatric Electrophysiology Service and Co-Director of the Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program, Johns Hopkins Children’s Center [Crosson's testimony]

12:15 – 1:45 p.m.

Lunch Break

2:00 – 3:15 p.m.

Living with Cardiovascular Disease or Organ Transplants

• Ralph Davis, June 2007 Heart Transplant recipient [Davis' testimony]
• Lavinia Krech, Mother/Caregiver, October 2010 Heart and Liver Transplant recipient [Krech's testimony]
• Ellen Rains Harris, Individual Diagnosed with Pulmonary Hypertension [Harris' testimony]
• Erika Feller, M.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medical Director, Heart Transplantation, Maryland Heart Center, University of Maryland Medical Center [Feller's tstimony]

3:15 - 3:30 p.m.

Afternoon Break

3:30 - 4:45 p.m.

Overview of Multiple Organ Transplants

• Clive Callender, M.D., founder and director, Transplant Center, Howard University Hospital [Callender's testimony_pt1] [Callender's testimony_pt2] [Callender's testimony_pt3]
• Monica Colvin-Adams, M.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure, Transplantation, and Mechanical Circulatory Support, University of Minnesota [Colvin-Adams's testimony]
• Janet Scheel, M.D., Pediatric Cardiologist, Director of the Pediatric Cardiac Transplant Service, Johns Hopkins Hospital [Scheel's testimony]

4:45 - 5:00 p.m. 

Closing Remarks