Program Committee & Faculty

Course Directors

Maurice E. Sarano, MD, Mayo Clinic
Hartzell Schaff, MD, Mayo Clinic
Jeffrey S. Borer, MD, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, HVSA President
José-Luis Pomar, MD, Hospital Clinico de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, SHVD President

Program Executive Committee

David Adams, MD, Mount Sinai Medical Center
Cary W. Akins, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital
Joseph E. Bavaria, MD, University of Pennsylvania
Robert O. Bonow, MD, Northwestern University
Michael A. Borger, MD, PhD, Leipzig Heart Center, Germany
Blase A Carabello, MD, Baylor College of Medicine
Adrian Chester, PhD, Heart Science Centre, London, UK
W. Randolph Chitwood, MD, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University
Robert Emery, MD, HealthEast Heart Care
Gino Gerosa, MD, Padua University, Padua, Italy
Judy Hung, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital
O. Wayne Isom, MD, New York-Presbyterian Hospital
Bernard Iung, MD, Bichat Hospital, Paris University, Paris, France
Friedrich W. Mohr, MD, PhD, Herzzentrum Universitaet, Germany
Jagat Narula, MD, PhD, Mount Sinai Medical Center
Yutaka Okita, MD, PhD, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
Phillippe Pibarot, DVM, PhD, Laval University, Quebec, Canada
Rakesh M. Suri, MD DPhil, Mayo Clinic
Mark Starling, MD, Banner Baywood Heart Hospital
A Jamil Tajik, MD, Aurora Health Systems,
Johanna J.M. Takkenberg, MD, PhD,
Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Faculty

Martin Abel, MD, Mayo Clinic
Elena Aikawa, MD, PhD, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Raja Parvez Aktar, MD, Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Centre, Lahore, Pakistan
Thomas Allison, MD, Mayo Clinic
Aubrey Almeida, MD, Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, Australia
Marco Barbanti, MD, Ferrarotto Hospital, University of Catania, Italy
Marcia Barbosa, MD, PhD, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Arsene Basmadjian, MD, Montreal Heart Institute/Université de Montréal
Soraya Benyoussef, MD, Hôpital des Forces de Sécurité Intérieure, La Marsa, Tunisa
Alain Berrebi, MD, Hôpital Européen G.Pompidou and Institut Mutualiste Montsouris, Paris
Jutta Bergler-Klein, MD, Medizinische Universitat Wein, Vienna, Austria
Peter Brady, MD, Mayo Clinic
Johan Brink, MD, University of CapeTown, Cape Town, South Africa
Antonio Maria Calafiore, MD, Prince Sultan Cardiac Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Taweesak Chotivatanapong, MD, Chest Disease Institute, Nonthaburi, Thailand
Lawrence Cohn, MD, Harvard Medical School
Stuart J. Connolly, MD, McMaster University, Hamiton,ONT, Canada
Salvatore Costa, MD, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Todd Dewey, MD, Medical City Dallas Hospital
Jestwant Dillon, MD, National Heart Institute, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Gilles Dreyfus, MD, Dentre Cardio-Thoracique de Monaco
Jean Dumesnil, MD, Quebec Heart Institute and Laval University, Sainte-Foy, Quebec
Uri Elkayam, MD, University of Southern California
Gebrine El-Khoury, MD, St-Luc Hospital, Brussels, Belgium
Trevor Fayers, FRACS, Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Australia
Ted Feldman, MD, Evanston Hospital
Gregory Fontana, MD, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Elyse Foster, MD, University of California, San Francisco Medical Center
James Gammie, MD, University of Maryland Heart Center
Linda Gilliam, MD, Morristown Medical Center, Gagnon Cardiovascular Institute
Paul Grayburn, MD, Baylor Heart and Vascular Institute
Kevin Greason, MD, Mayo Clinic
Eugene Grossi, MD, NYU Langone Medical Center
Rebecca Hahn, MD, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospita, Columbia University Medical Center
Clark Hargrove, MD, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
Simon P. Hoerstrup, MD, PhD, University and University Hospital Zurich
Matthew Hillebrenner, MSE, US Food & Drug Administration
Eric Jamieson, MD, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, Canada
Samir Kapadia, MD, Cleveland Clinic
Saibal Kar, MD, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Gad Keren, MD, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Yong-Jin Kim, MD, PhD, Seoul National University Children's Hospital, Seoul, Korea
Robert Klautz, MD, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
Susheel Kodali, MD, NewYork-PresbyterianHospital, Columbia University Medical Center
A. Sampath Kumar, MCh, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
Patrizio Lancelloti, MD, PhD, University of Liege, Belgium
Emmanuel Lansac, MD, PhD, Institut Mutualiste Montsouris, Paris
Thierry Le Tourneau, MD, Hôpital Cardiologique, Lille, France
Artur Lichtenberg, MD, University Hospital Düsseldorf. Germany
Lieng Hsi Ling, MD, National University Heart Centre, Singapore
Didier Loulmet, MD, NYU Langone Medical Center
Georg Lutter, MD, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
Joseph Maalouf, MD, Mayo Clinic
Raj Makkar, MD, Cedar-Sinai Medical Center
Sunil Mankad, MD, Mayo Clinic
Randy Martin, MD, Piedmont Heart Institute
Patrick Mathieu, MD, Laval Hospital, Quebec, Canada
William Mauermann, MD, Mayo Clinic
Domenico Mazzitelli, MD, Deutsches Herzzentrum München, Munich, Germany
Patrick McCarthy, MD, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
David Messika-Zeitoun, MD, PhD, Bichat Hospital, Paris, France
Hector Michelena, MD, Mayo Clinic
Tomislav Mihajevic, MD, Cleveland Cinic
Jordan Miller, MD, Mayo Clinic
Neil Moat, MD, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK
Douglas Murphy, MD, Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta
Francesco Musumeci, MD, San Camillo Hospital, Rome, Italy
Wiley Nifong, MD, East Carolina Heart Institute
Vuyisile Nkomo, MD, Mayo Clinic
Jean Francois Obadia, MD, Hôpital Louis Pradel, Lyons, France
Elijah Nyainda Ogola, MD, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya
Jae Oh, MD, Mayo Clinic
Yukikatsu Okada, MD, Kobe General Hospital, Kobe, Japan
Igor Palacios, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital
Soon Park, MD, Mayo Clinic
Michel Pellerin, MD, Montreal Heart Institute
Luc Pierard, MD, PhD, University Hospital Sart Tilman, Liege, Belgium
Rodolfo Pizzaro, MD, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Robinson Poffo, MD, Hospital Israelita, São Paulo, Brazil
Ehud Raanani, MD, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
Kent Rehfeldt, MD, Mayo Clinic
Amanda J. Rhee, MD, Mount Sinai Medical Center
Chet Rihal, MD, Mayo Clinic
Josep Rodes-Cabau, MD, Quebec Heart & Lung Institute and Laval University
Evelio Rodriquez, MD, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina Heart Institute
Raphael Rosenhek, MD, Vienna General Hospital, Vienna, Austria
Carlos Ruiz, MD, PhD, Lenox Hill Hospital
Allan Schwartz, MD, NewYork-PresbyterianHospital, Columbia University Medical Center
Dan T. Simionescu, Ph.D., Clemson University, Clemson, SC
Leland Siwek, MD, Northwest Heart & Lung Surgical Associates, Spokane, WA
James Slater, MD, NYU Cardiac and Vascular Institute
Nikolaos Skubas, MD, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical Center
Craig Smith, MD, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Paul Sorajja, MD, Mayo Clinic
Gregg W. Stone, MD, Cardiovascular Research Foundation
Thoralf Sundt, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital
Rakesh Suri, MD, Mayo Clinic
Lars Svensson, MD, Cleveland Clinic
Juile Swain. MD, US Food & Drug Administration
Flavio Tarasoutchi, MD, University of São Paulo School of Medicine, Brazil
Helen Thomson, MD, Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, Australia
Vinod Thourani, MD, Emory University School of Medicine
Alfredo Trento, MD, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Murat Tuzcu, MD, Cleveland Clinic
Jean-Louis Vanoverschelde, MD, PhD, Cliniques Universitaires, St-Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
Manny Villafaña, MD, Kips Bay Medical, Inc.
Andrew Wang, MD, Duke Medical Center
Matthew R. Williams, MD, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Kiyoshi Yoshida, MD, PhD, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Japan
Cheuk-Man Yu, MD, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), Hong Kong
Kenton Zehr, MD, Texas A & M Health Science Center College of Medicine
Bram Zuckerman, MD, US Food & Drug Administration