Dr. Florian Rader is the Medical Director of the Hypertension Center of Excellence, Co-Director of the Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center, and Associate Director of the Noninvasive Laboratory at Cedars-Sinai Smidt Heart Institute. He ranks as Associate Professor at Cedars-Sinai and UCLA. Dr. Rader graduated from medical school at the University of Vienna, Austria. He completed the Physician Scientist Program at Case Western Reserve University, MetroHealth Campus and Cleveland Clinic. His clinical and research interests focus on new treatment options for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and novel device-based treatment options for hypertension and valvular heart disease. He has published over 120 manuscripts focusing on Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, hypertension, and valvular heart disease and is principal investigator on several ongoing past in these areas.