Dr. Jerome is a Fellow of the American Heart Association and the Microscopy Society of America and a past President of the Microscopy Society of America. His research is internationally recognized and he has taught a large number of national and international workshops on confocal microscopy and he co-authored the well-received “Basic Confocal Microscopy” book. His presentation will be “Chewing the Fat: Atherosclerosis, Autophagy and Microscopy”