The Methodist Hospital System. Leading Medicine
The Methodist Hospital System. Leading Medicine

Methodist DeBakey Heart Center - Event

Pumps and Pipes I

Methodist DeBakey Heart Center Pumps & Pipes

Pumps and Pipes 1

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November 12, 2007
8 a.m. – 5 p.m. with reception to follow
232 Philip G. Hoffman Hall, University of Houston

This is a unique collaborative effort between Houston’s largest industries to explore potential crossover ideas and extract shared technologies. Much like moving oil through a pipeline, the heart must pump blood through the body. Our intention is to stimulate discussion, spark ideas and share new technologies between these industries that face similar challenges, even if on a very different scale. Sponsoring members include ExxonMobil, the Methodist DeBakey Heart Center of The Methodist Hospital and the University of Houston.

Held at the University of Houston this conference will provide common language and terminology to all parties, as well as provide a platform to discuss the hurdles facing each discipline. Talks will focus on anatomy, pathophysiology, how the petroleum industry maintains flow in the pipeline infrastructure, and other topics with potential crossover. The intended audience includes researchers from medical device manufacturers, computer scientists, imaging specialists, physicists, and engineers from academia; geologists, physicists, and researchers from the oil and gas industry; and vascular biologists, researchers, and clinicians interested in cardiovascular disease.

When one thinks of Houston, its most famous industries are medicine and petroleum. We hope to bring the resources of Houston’s most prestigious industries together and stimulate new avenues for research and collaboration.

Program Directors:
Alan B. Lumsden, MD
Professor of Surgery, Methodist DeBakey Heart Center

Bill E. Kline, PhD
Manager of Wells and Materials Division, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company

Ioannis Kakadiaris, PhD
Eckhard Pfeiffer Professor, University of Houston

By invitation only. For more information, contact Susan McRee at 713.441.3018 or E-mail .

Parking Information

Guests are asked to park in the Welcome Center garage on the University of Houston campus and to bring their parking ticket with them to the symposium. The garage is a short walk from Hoffman Hall. We will give you a prepaid ticket and you will need both tickets to exit the garage.

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