HCM Pills Episode 13 | Dr. Milind Desai "Gene Therapies for HCM”

HCM Pills is a series of webcasts organized by the HCM Patient Foundation. The purpose of each webcast is to pose the most burning questions from patients to world-renowned HCM experts, who reply in a clear and understandable way. Our thirteenth guest is Dr Milind Desai, MD, MBA, a prominent US-based cardiologist, Professor of Medicine, and Director of the Center for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy at the Cleveland Clinic. The primary host of HCM Pills is Dr Niccolò Maurizi, Chief Resident in Cardiology at CHUV (The Lausanne University Hospital). Previously, he worked as a researcher at the Università degli Studi di Firenze. In 2015, he co-founded D-Heart, a startup developing innovative wearable cardiology devices. He has authored and co-authored nearly 100 scientific articles focusing on HCM-related topics, including sudden cardiac arrest management, pregnancy in HCM, and the use of smart devices in clinical practice. While Niccolò normally asks the experts questions on behalf of patients, in this episode, Emil Tsenov, the General Manager of the HCM Patient Foundation, is standing in for him while he is away on family leave.