Robert Carey Innovation Symposium

The inaugural Robert M. Carey, MD, Innovation Symposium will be held on May 4 from 1 to 3 PM in the third-floor conference room in the Claude Moore Education Building and will be available via ZOOM*. The inaugural theme is Innovations in Hypertension: Journey from Genetics to Pathophysiology to Clinical Care. Three internationally renowned, plenary speakers include: Dr William Young, Past-president of the Endocrine Society and Chair of the Department of Endocrinology at the Mayo Clinic; Dr. Rhian Touyz, Chief Scientific Officer, Research Institute, McGill University and Editor in Chief of the Journal Hypertension, and Dr. R. Ariel Gomez, Harrison Distinguished Professor of Pediatric and Director, Child Health Research Center, UVA. The plenary lectures will be followed by a panel and question-and-answer discussion chaired by Dr. Suzanne Jan de Beur with Drs. Erik Hewlett, Helmy Siragy, Alan Rogol, and Richard Santen as contributors.

The Robert M. Carey Innovation Symposium will be an enduring tribute to one of the University of Virginia’s most visionary leaders, honoring Dr. Robert Carey’s legacy of excellence in research, education, and innovation. Designed as a high-profile, hybrid event featuring world-renowned innovators and a distinguished UVA faculty member, the symposium will showcase cutting-edge advances in medicine while strengthening UVA’s reputation as a leader in discovery and collaboration. Supported by an endowment, the Carey Innovation Symposium will create a lasting platform to celebrate scientific innovation, foster partnerships, and inspire future generations of medical leaders at UVA and beyond.

Dr. Robert M. Carey served as Dean of the University of Virginia Medical School from 1986 to 2002. During his tenure as Dean, Carey founded four departments, initiated five centers, and constructed four new research buildings and a conference center. His research career included seminal discoveries on the role of the intrarenal renin-angiotensin system in hypertension and contributions to several clinical guidelines on the treatment of hypertension. He served as the president of the Endocrine Society and as  Past-Chair of the American Heart Association Hypertension Council. It is eminently appropriate that this inaugural, biennial symposium be devoted to the innovations in hypertension.

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