Reviewer Relationships With Industry and Other Entities (Comprehensive) 2016 ACC/AHA/HFSA Focused Update on New Pharmacological Therapy for Heart Failure (March 2016) Reviewer Representation Employment Consultant Speakers Bureau Ownership/ Partnership/ Principal Personal Research Institutional, Organizational, or Other Financial Benefit Expert Witness Kim K. Birtcher Official Reviewer ACC/AHA Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines University of Houston College of Pharmacy Clinical Professor Jones & Bartlett Learning None None None None None Akshay S. Desai Official Reviewer HFSA Brigham and Women s Hospital Director, Heart Failure Disease Management, Advanced Heart Disease Section, Cardiovascular Division; Harvard Medical School, Associate Professor of Medicine Medscape Cardiology* Merck Novartis* Relypsa* St. Jude Medical* None None None Novartis* Thoratec None Anita Deswal Official Reviewer AHA Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center Associate Chief of Cardiology; Director, Heart Failure Program; Baylor College of Medicine Professor of Medicine None None None NIH* AHA AHA (GWTG Steering Committee) HFSA None Dipti Itchhaporia Official Reviewer ACC Board of Trustees Newport Coast Cardiology Robert and Georgia Roth Endowed Chair for Excellence in Cardiac Care; Director of Disease Management None None None None St. Jude Medical None Ileana L. Pi a Official Reviewer AHA Montefiore Medical Center Associate Chief for Academic Affairs, Cardiology Relypsa None None None None None Geetha Raghuveer Official Reviewer ACC Board of Governors University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine Professor of Pediatrics; Children s Mercy Hospital Pediatric Cardiology None None None None None None (Continued) Cheryl Westlake Azusa Pacific University Professor and Associate Dean, International and Community Programs None None None None None None None This table represents the relationships of committee members with industry and other entities that were determined to be relevant to this document. These relationships were reviewed and updated in conjunction with all meetings and/or conference calls of the writing committee during the document development process. 