Welcome Greeting

Toyoaki Murohara, M.D., Ph.D., FJCS.

Congress Chairperson of the 89th Annual Scientific Meeting of
the Japanese Circulation Society (JCS2025)
(Professor and Chairperson, Department of Cardiology,
Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya)

We are pleased to announce that the 89th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Circulation Society (JCS) will be held at the Pacifico Yokohama for three days from March 28, 2025. The JCS is now in its 90th anniversary year since it was founded in 1935. It is a great honor to serve as the President of the annual academic meeting of the JCS, which has such a long history and tradition.

We believe that academic meetings are of great significance when members of the society meet face-to-face in order to gather the latest information on cardiology and deepen mutual exchange. Concerned about the recent trend of young doctors moving away from cardiology and even internal medicine, we have decided to set the main theme of this congress as "We Love Cardiovascular (CV) Science" in order to return to the spirit of young doctors aiming to major cardiology. We hope to share the cutting-edge science and technology of cardiology, both basic and clinical, with young doctors, researchers, and various medical staff. The highlight of the conference will be the Mikamo Lecture delivered by Prof. Kenneth Walsh (University of Virginia, USA), who is a mentor to many Japanese international fellows, and the Mashimo Memorial Lecture delivered by Prof. Tatsuhiko Kodama (University of Tokyo). In addition, we would like to focus on "disasters," especially "earthquake," as a sub-theme of this academic conference. Having witnessed many large-scale earthquake disasters in Japan recently, we have come to constantly think about a possibility of huge earthquake or tsunami warning during the academic congress. Therefore, we would like to set up an emergency evacuation simulation during the conference. For the special lecture, we have invited Professor Nobuo Fukuwa (Nagoya University), an authority on earthquake engineering and disaster prevention, to give us a speech.

Finally, we encourage all members to return to our roots, "We Love CV Science," and attend the 89th Annual Meeting of the JCS, where you can experience cutting-edge cardiology and enjoy lively discussions and exchanges. We look forward to seeing you at the venue in Yokohama, where spring is in full bloom.