Christopher M. Kramer, MD, FACC, received his medical degree from the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, and completed his residency and chief residency in internal medicine, and fellowship in cardiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. His first faculty appointment was at Allegheny General Hospital, then MCP/Hahnemann University School of Medicine, where he directed the cardiology fellowship. He then moved to the University of Virginia School of Medicine, where in 2019 he was named the George A. Beller/Lantheus Medical Imaging Distinguished Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, Chief of the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, and Medical Director of the Heart and Vascular Science Line. Kramer's principal research interest has been the application of cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) to the cardiovascular system in clinical and translational studies. Prior to serving as ACC President, Kramer served as President of the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR), ACC Treasurer and Vice President, Chair of ACC's Imaging Council, and Chair of the Clinical and Integrative Cardiovascular Sciences NIH study section. Kramer was an associate editor at JACC and previously was Executive Editor of JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging. He currently serves on the editorial boards of Circulation, Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging and Vascular Medicine. Kramer is also a member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation, Association of University Cardiologists and American Association of Physicians. He received the Gold Medal from the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance in 2015 and was named a Distinguished Mentor by the ACC in 2021. Chris is joining this year's ASM representing the American College of Cardiology, in his role as President.

Dr. Khera is a Cardiologist and Data Scientist and the Director of the Cardiovascular Data Science (CarDS) Lab, which is a multidisciplinary group focusing on data-driven discovery in cardiovascular disease. He is the Clinical Director of the Center for Health Informatics and Analytics at the Yale Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation. He is also an Associate Editor for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Health at JAMA. The CarDS Lab, which Dr. Khera leads, is developing and implementing strategies to improve outcomes for patients with or at risk for cardiovascular disease through data-driven innovations in delivering evidence-based, patient-centered care. Dr. Khera’s work focuses on novel applications in artificial intelligence to evaluate patient care and develop precision care solutions. His work spans broad digital data sources, including electronic health records, electrocardiography, cardiovascular imaging, and wearable devices, with applications to modernize US and global healthcare. The work in his Lab is supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health and the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. Dr. Khera graduated from the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences as a National Young Investigator Scholarship awardee. During his training Dr. Khera received the American College of Cardiology’s Young Investigator Award and the Francois Abboud Young Investigator Award, in addition to being inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society. For his work at Yale, Dr. Khera received the 2023 ASCI Young Physician-Scientist Award, the 2023 Blavatnik Award, and the 2021 Jeremiah Stamler Award.

Dr Andrew Lin is a Consultant Cardiologist, Academic Lead of Cardiac Imaging, and Director of the Atherosclerosis Imaging Core Laboratory at the Victorian Heart Hospital. He runs a research program focused on the discovery and application of novel imaging biomarkers to improve diagnostic and prognostic precision. He is a NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow and previous Heart Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow. His PhD applied advanced quantitative techniques and AI to phenotype plaque and pericoronary adipose tissue on coronary CT angiography. He then undertook a postdoctoral fellowship in AI-enabled coronary plaque analysis at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Biomedical Imaging Research Institute. He has received multiple international young investigator awards for his research, including from the American College of Cardiology and Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography.

Professor Clara Chow is Academic Director of the Westmead Applied Research Centre (WARC), Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney. She is a cardiologist and Clinical Lead of Community Based Cardiac Services at Westmead hospital. She was appointed to the Board of the National Heart Foundation in 2024 and is also a member of the Western Sydney Local Health District (WSLHD) Governing Board, Sydney, Australia. Professor Chow is Director of the Australian Stroke and Heart Accelerator (ASHRA). Her recent award highlights include being a finalist for the NSW Premier’s Woman of the Year - Woman of Excellence Category - in 2024 and 2020 respectively, receiving a Research Australia Digital Health Technology – Highly Commended Award, becoming an Honour of Australia recipient as well as a Fellow of the AAHMS in 2023 and being honoured with a Telstra Health - Brilliant Woman in Digital Health Award in 2022. She holds an honorary appointment as the Charles Perkins Centre Westmead Academic Co-director and is past (first female) President of the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand. Professor Chow’s research focuses on the prevention of cardiovascular disease, innovation in the delivery of cardiovascular care and the evaluation of digital health interventions. She has expertise in the design, delivery and implementation of clinical trials. Her PhD from the University of Sydney, Australia was in cardiovascular epidemiology and international public Health and her Postdoc from McMaster University, Canada in clinical trials and cardiac imaging. She has over 300 publications including papers in internationally leading medical journals NEJM, JAMA and Lancet. She is supported by an NHMRC Investigator grant.

Professor Ed Nicol KHS MStJ MD MBA DAvMed FRCP FRCR FACC FESC MSCCT is a consultant cardiologist and general internal medicine consultant who works at both the Royal Brompton and Chelsea & Westminster Hospitals in London, UK. He is head of cardiovascular CT at the Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals, Professor of Cardiovascular Imaging at King’s College, London, and an honorary fellow of the Royal College of Radiologists. He is an Honorary Surgeon to his Majesty the King and a member of the Venerable Order of St John of Jerusalem. He is the SCCT Immediate Past-President, previous Chair of the SCCT Education committee and sits on the SCCT Board of Directors. He is past Chair of the UK cardiovascular Imaging Council, is a former Royal College of Radiologists’ Travelling Professor of Cardiovascular Imaging, Past President of the British Society of Cardiovascular Imaging and British Society of Cardiovascular CT. He is an honorary senior lecturer in Healthcare Leadership at Keele University and has published over 300 original papers, book chapters and books covering cardiovascular CT, cardiology, and healthcare leadership.

A/Prof Sandhir B Prasad is a senior staff cardiologist and clinical lead in echocardiography at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital. He is a Monash medical graduate, completed his training in cardiology at Wellington Hospital (NZ), and then completed research and clinical fellowships at Westmead Hospital (Sydney), MonashHeart (Melbourne) and Princess Alexandra Hospital (Brisbane). His PhD focused on the pathophysiology and prognostic implications of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction following myocardial infarction.

Johan Verjans is a cardiometabolic and imaging cardiologist who founded and leads the Medical Machine Learning group at the Australian Institute for Machine Learning. His research focuses on developing and implementing AI methods in biomedical and clinical contexts, driving innovation, translational impact, and real-world integration of medical AI solutions.