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HFA Young Committee

Representing those under 40 in the Heart Failure Association (HFA)

The HFA Young Committee works to:

Create an active and engaged community of young professionals who can further develop the HFA young community and the HFA in general. 

Develop and disseminate good-quality science and widely accessible education for healthcare professionals in training and those under the age of 40.

The 2024-2026 Committee

Who is on the committee

Chairperson

Assoc. Prof. Jozine Ter Maaten
Cardiologist, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen (Netherlands (The)) 
Areas of interest: advanced and acute heart failure and acute heart failure (diuretic response/congestion) and cardiorenal interaction

Co-Chairperson
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Dr. Henrike Arfsten
Resident Department of Internal Medicine II / Division of Cardiology Medical University of Vienna, Austria.

Areas of interest: Heart Failure, Biomarker/Neurohumoral regulation, HFrEF, Echocardiography and Valvular Heart disease

Committee Members
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Dr. Emanuele Bobbio
Cardiology consultant at Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg (SE)
Areas of interest: cardiomyopathies, myocarditis, advanced heart failure, heart transplantation

 

Dr. Felix Lindberg
Postdoctoral researcher at Karolinska Institute and intern physician at Karolinska University Hospital.

 

Dr. Sotiria Liori
Cardiologist/Heart Failure speacialist at Attikon University Hospital, Athens (GR)
Areas of interest: Chronic and acute heart failure, comorbidities, heart and brain, HFpEF

 

Dr. Cornelia Margineanu,
HF consultant and Advanced imaging training at St George’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London)
Areas of interest: acute and chronic heart failure, CS, iron deficiency, CMR, CCT

 

Dr. Floran Sahiti
University Hospital Wurzburg and Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, Wurzburg, Germany
Areas of interest: CV Imaging (main focus Echocardiography), Acute and Chronic Heart Failure, Acute Cardiovascular Care

 
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Dr. Mateusz Sokolski, MD, PhD.
Cardiology intern at Wroclaw Medical University, Institute of Heart Diseases (PL)
Areas of interest: Intensive cardiac care, acute and advanced HF, COVID-19 and heart failure, heart transplant/MCS

 
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Dr. Shirley Sze
Cardiology trainee at Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Glenfield Hospital, University of Leicester (UK)
Areas of interest: chronic heart failure; comorbidities, frailty, malnutrition, sarcopaenia, cardiogeriatrics, clinical trials 
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Dr. Jozine Ter Maaten, MD, PhD.
Cardiology intern at University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen (NL)
Areas of interest: acute and advanced heart failure, heart transplant/MCS 
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Dr. Daniela Tomasoni
Cardiologist at ASST Spedali Civili, Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences and Public Health, University of Brescia (IT)
Areas of interest: cardiac amyloidosis, HFpEF, advanced HF, valvular heart disease 

 
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Dr. Han Naung Tun
Cardiologist and cardiovascular researcher at UVM Health, Larner College of Medicine's University of Vermont , Burlington, VT, (USA)
Areas of interest: acute and chronic heart failure (HFrEF, HFpEF), cardiomypathies, cardiac imaging in heart failure and VHDs and preventive cardiology 
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