# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Sleep Apnea, Arrhythmias and Sudden Cardiac death
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 23 Jan, 2026 at 12:00 pm – Fri, 23 Jan, 2026 at 01:00 pm
- **Event Description**: DVC Guest Lecture by Professor Virend Somers. Virend K. Somers is a cardiologist in the Department of Cardiovascular Diseases at Mayo Clinic in Rochester. He is
recognized with the distinction of a named Mayo professorship, the Alice Sheets Marriott Professorship. Dr. Somers
earned the MBChB degree at the University of Natal in South Africa. He received a Nuffield Dominions Scholarship
to Oxford University where he obtained his Doctor of Philosophy degree. He then completed a residency in internal
medicine and a cardiology fellowship at the University of Iowa. His translational research program focuses on an
integrated approach to cardiometabolic control and vascular and adipocyte biology, in normal and disordered sleep.
His program is funded by 3 NIH RO1 grants as well as grants from the AHA. His H-index is 111 with >65,000 citations.

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- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/durban/sleep-apnea-arrhythmias-and-sudden-cardiac-death/200029134705414
- **Event Categories**: 
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 47

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Durban
- **state**: NL
- **country**: South Africa
- **location**: Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine - UKZN
- **lat**: -29.881419820195
- **long**: 30.988190233848
- **full address**: Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine - UKZN, 719 Umbilo Road, Congella, Durban, South Africa

## Event gallery

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## Comments

- [Vanessa Pillay | 2026-01-29 13:10:13] Is ther any other dates or any other areas in Durban that Professor Virend Somers is conducting this talk.  

I would like more information on how I can get a hold of Professor Virend Somers my contact details are:

Name:  Vanessa Naidoo
Contact:  +27 62 522 1861
Email: vanessapillay2908@gmail.com

Sincere thanks

## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Sleep Apnea, Arrhythmias and Sudden Cardiac death being held?
  - **A:** Sleep Apnea, Arrhythmias and Sudden Cardiac death takes place on Fri, 23 Jan, 2026 at 12:00 pm to Fri, 23 Jan, 2026 at 01:00 pm at Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine - UKZN, 719 Umbilo Road, Congella, Durban, South Africa.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Sleep Apnea, Arrhythmias and Sudden Cardiac death?
  - **A:** Sleep Apnea, Arrhythmias and Sudden Cardiac death is organized by UKZN's College of Health Sciences.

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