Course Directors

David G. Rizik

MD, FACC, MSCAI

Chief Scientific Officer
Director of Structural and Coronary Interventions
Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship Program Director
HonorHealth Medical Center
Scottsdale, Arizona

James B. Hermiller

MD, FACC, MSCAI

Director, Interventional Cardiology
Director, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship
St. Vincent Heart Center
Indianapolis, Indiana

Mark Reisman

MD, FACC

Clinical Professor of Medicine
Section Head, Interventional Cardiology
Director, Cardiovascular Emerging Therapies
David and Nancy Auth Endowed Chair in Cardiovascular Innovation
UW Medicine Regional Heart Center
Seattle, Washington

Organizing Committee

Robert F. Burke

MD, FASE, FSCAI

Director, Structural Heart Imaging
Non-Invasive Cardiologist
HonorHealth Heart Group
Scottsdale, Arizona

Kevin J. Klassen

MD, FACC

Medical Director
HonorHealth Heart Group
Scottsdale, Arizona

Ashish Pershad

MD, FACC, FSCAI

Medical Director, Structural Heart Program
Program Director, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix
Phoenix, Arizona

Robert D. Riley

MD

Medical Director & Chief of Cardiovascular Surgery
HonorHealth Heart Group
Scottsdale, Arizona

Maulik G. Shah

MD, FACC, FSCAI

Executive Director, Cardiovascular Service Line & Cardiovascular Center of Excellence
HonorHealth Heart & Vascular Institute
Scottsdale, Arizona

Scientific Content Oversight

Michael J. Reardon

MD, FACC

Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Allison Family Distinguished Chair of Cardiovascular Research
Surgical Director of Structural Heart Disease
Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center
Houston, Texas

Guest Faculty

M. Chadi Alraies

MD

Interventional Cardiology Faculty
Detroit Medical Center
Detroit, Michigan

Alphonse Ambrosia

DO, FACC

Interventional Cardiologist
Cardiovascular Associates of Mesa
Mesa, Arizona

Saif Anwaruddin

MD, FACC, FSCAI

Assistant Professor of Medicine and Surgery
Co-Director, Transcatheter Valve Program
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Robert J. Applegate

MD, FACC, MSCAI

Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine
Associate Director, Heart and Vascular Center
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Alejandro Aquino

MD

Cardiologist
HonorHealth
Scottsdale, Arizona

Sripal Bangalore

MD, MHA

Director of Complex Coronary Intervention
New York University School of Medicine
New York, New York

Emmanouil Brilakis

MD, PhD, FACC, FAHA, FSCAI, FESC

Director, Center for Complex Coronary Interventions
Minneapolis Heart Institute
Minneapolis, Minnesota

David A. Cox

MD, FACC, MSCAI

Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
Brookwood Baptist Medical Center
Birmingham, Alabama

Pratik Dalal

MD

Interventional and Structural Heart Disease
HonorHealth Medical Group
Scottsdale, Arizona

Douglas Drachman

MD, FACC, FSCAI

Director of Education, Heart Center
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts

H. Kenith Fang

MD

Division Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix
University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix
Phoenix, Arizona

Neil M. Gheewala

MD, MPH, FACC, RPVI

Assistant Director of Structural Heart Interventions
Tucson Medical Center
Pima Heart & Vascular
Tucson, Arizona

James A. Goldstein

MD, FACC, FSCAI

Director of Research and Education
Beaumont Health System
Royal Oak, Michigan

Matthias Gotberg

MD, PhD

Director Cardiac Cath Lab
Skane University Hospital
Lund, Sweden
J. Aaron Grantham, MD, FSCAI
Consulting Cardiologist
Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute
Kansas City, Missouri

J. Aaron Grantham

MD

Kendra J. Grubb

MD, MHA

Surgical Director, Structural Heart and
Valve Center
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, Georgia

Nishant Gupta

MD, FACC

Vice Chairman of Cardiology
Abrazo Arizona Heart
Arrowhead Hospital
Cardiovascular Consultants
Phoenix, Arizona

Katherine B. Harrington

MD

Medical Director, Aortic Valvular Disease
Baylor Scott & White The Heart
Hospital - Plano
Plano, Texas

Timothy D. Henry

MD, FACC, MSCAI

Medical Director, The Carl and Edyth Lindner Center for Research and Education
The Christ Hospital Health Network
Cincinnati, Ohio

Dawn Hui

MD

Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas

Srinivas Iyengar

MD

Structural Heart Director
Boulder Community Health
Boulder, Colorado

Farouc A. Jaffer

MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Medicine, Cardiology
Harvard Medical School
Director, Coronary Intervention
Director, MGH CTO PCI Program
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts

Dean J. Kereiakes

MD, FACC, FSCAI

Medical Director, The Christ Hospital Heart and Vascular Center
Medical Director, Carl and Edyth Lindner Center for Research and Education
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Ohio State University, Columbus
The Christ Hospital
Cincinnati, Ohio

Morton J. Kern

MD, FACC, MSCAI

Professor of Medicine, UC Irvine
Chief of Medicine
VA Long Beach Health Care System
Long Beach, California

Merick Kirshner

MD

Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Cardiovascular Consultants
Phoenix, Arizona

Michael A. Kutcher

MD, FACC, FSCAI

Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine
Wake Forest School of Medicine
Winston-Salem, North Carolina

John M. Lasala

MD, PhD, MSCAI

Professor of Medicine, Cardiovascular
Director, Structural Heart Disease Program
Washington University School of Medicine
Barnes-Jewish Hospital
St. Louis, Missouri

Michael J. Lim

MD, FACC, FSCAI

Jack Ford Shelby Endowed Professor of Cardiology
Director, Center for Comprehensive Cardiovascular Care
St. Louis University Hospital
St. Louis, Missouri
William L. Lombardi, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Director, Complex Coronary Artery Disease Therapies
Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology
UW Medicine Regional Heart Center
Seattle, Washington

William L. Lombardi

MD, FACC, FSCAI

Kapildeo Lotun

MD

Director, Structural Heart Disease Program
Director, Catheterization Laboratory
Carondelet St. Mary's Hospital
Tucson, AZ

Calvin G. Lui

MD

Interventional Cardiologist
HonorHealth Heart Group
Scottsdale, Arizona

Brijeshwar S. Maini

MD, FACC

National Medical Director of Structural Heart
Professor of Medicine
Tenet Healthcare Corporation, Florida Region
Florida Atlantic University
Delray Beach, Florida

Christopher U. Meduri

MD, MPH

Bernie Marcus Chief of Structural and Valvular Heart Disease
Piedmont Heart Institute
Atlanta, Georgia

Hursh Naik

MD, FSCAI

Director, Structural Heart Disease and Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
St. Joseph's Hospital
Phoenix, Arizona

Bimal B. Padaliya

MD

Interventional Cardiologist
HonorHealth Heart Group
Scottsdale, Arizona

Manish A. Parikh

MD, FACC, FSCAI

Associate Professor of Medicine
Columbia University College of
Physicians and Surgeons
Associate Director, Cardiac Cath Lab
NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center
New York, New York

Sahil A. Parikh

MD, FACC, FSCAI

Associate Professor of Medicine
Columbia University College of
Physicians and Surgeons
Director of Endovascular Services
NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center
New York, New York

Ramon Quesada

MD, FACC, FSCAI, FACP, FCCP

Medical Director of Structural Heart
Baptist Health South Florida
Miami, Florida

Sunil V. Rao

MD, FACC, FSCAI

Professor of Medicine
Associate Professor of Medicine
Duke University Health System
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Robert F. Riley

MD, MS, FACC, FSCAI, FAHA

Research and Medical Director, Complex Coronary Therapeutics Program
The Christ Hospital Health Network
Cincinnati, Ohio

Michael J. Rinaldi

MD, FACC, FSCAI

Interventional Cardiology
Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute
Carolinas Healthcare System
Charlotte, North Carolina

Sheila Sahni

MD, FACC

Interventional Cardiologist
Garden State Heart Center
Hackensack Meridian Health
Clark, New Jersey

Carlos E. Sanchez

MD

Jonathan Schwartz

MD, FACC

Structural Interventional Cardiologist
Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute
Carolinas Medical Center
Charlotte, North Carolina

Binita Shah

MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine
NYU School of Medicine
New York, New York

Alok Sharma

MD, FACC

Co-Director, Structural Heart & Valve Program
Director of Interventional / Research
Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis VA Medical Center
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Matthew W. Sherwood

MD

Director of Structural Heart Disease
Inova Heart & Vascular Institute
Falls Church, Virginia

Jasvindar Singh

MD, FACC

Director, ARCH Consortium
Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, Interventional Cardiology
Washington University School of Medicine
Medical Director, Cardiac Cath Lab
Barnes-Jewish Hospital
St. Louis, Missouri

Paul Sorajja

MD, FACC, FSCAI

Director, Center for Valve and Structural
Heart Disease
Minneapolis Heart Institute
Abbott Northwestern Hospital
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Gregg W. Stone

MD

Senior Faculty, Medicine, Cardiology, Population Health Sciences and Policy
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Director, Academic Affairs, Mount Sinai Heart
Professor of Medicine and Co-Director of Medical Research and Education
Cardiovascular Research Foundation
New York, New York

Nadia R. Sutton

MD, MPH, FACC, FSCAI

Clinical Lecturer, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Molly Szerlip

MD, FACC, FSCAI

Medical Director of the Inpatient and Outpatient Valve Service
Baylor Scott & White The Heart
Hospital - Plano
Plano, Texas

Thomas E. Waggoner

DO, FACC, FSCAI, FSVM, RPVI

Director, Structural Heart Program
Tucson Medical Center
Pima Heart & Vascular
Tucson, Arizona

Steven J. Yakubov

MD, FACC, FSCAI

System Chief, Structural Heart Disease
John H. McConnell Chair of Advanced
Structural Heart Disease
Medical Director, OhioHealth Research Institute
Riverside Methodist Hospital
Columbus, Ohio

Haidar Yassin

MD

Interventional and Structural Cardiovascular Specialist
Arizona Cardiology Group
Phoenix, Arizona