February 3-6, 2015
Hilton Hawaiian Village
Honolulu, Hawaii

Submit your study findings to the 11^th International Kawasaki Disease Symposium (IKDS)!  Abstract submission will be open July 7 - September 22, 2014!  View the Abstract Rules and Guidelines.

Join us February 3-6, 2015 at the Hilton Hawaiian Village in Honolulu, Hawaii!  IKDS is a 3 ½ day conference which includes lectures, discussions, and oral/poster presentations focusing on the latest advances in Kawasaki disease.

IKDS seeks to address the influence of genetics on KD disease susceptibility and outcomes, the mechanisms of coronary artery damage following severe acute inflammation, the role of immune modulation and other novel therapies in preventing artery damage, the potential use of serum biomarkers for diagnosis and prognosis, the use of newer imaging techniques to assess abnormalities of the coronary arteries and myocardium, and new therapies regarding anticoagulation and vascular health. Current data regarding the worldwide epidemiology of Kawasaki Disease will be highlighted, as well as psychosocial issues, guidelines and nursing practice.

Come join your peers!

• Pediatric and adult cardiologists, pediatricians, and pediatric subspecialists in immunology, infectious disease and rheumatology
• Cardiovascular surgeons
• Basic scientists in genetics, molecular biology, microbiology and cardiovascular pathophysiology
• Pathologists
• Public health officials from regional, national, and international agencies; epidemiologists
• Nurses in pediatric cardiology and public health who have an interest in Kawasaki disease

Discuss the latest-breaking science in Kawasaki Disease
research! Learn more at my.americanheart.org/ikds