On November 5, 2021, Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, NY, in collaboration with the Paul Koors Foundation, hosted a conference to raise awareness and discuss aortic disease and dissection. News 12 covered the event and you can watch the story here. 

In advance of the opening of the Paul Koors Aortic Clinic in December, 2021, the conference about aortic disease and dissection was sponsored by Albert Einstein College of Medicine and the Paul Koors Memorial Foundation on November 5, 2021.  Three topics were covered in the conference: 

• Evolution of Marfan Syndrome in Pediatric Patients and Current Treatment Options (Bradley Clark, Montefiore-Einstein 
• Surgical Treatment Aortic Dissection (Joseph Derose, Montefiore-Einstein) 
• Genetic Aspects Aortic Dissection (Dianna Milewitz, University of Texas)