2024 Faculty
CHAIRMAN
Jasvindar Singh, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Professor of Medicine Director, ARCH Consortium Section Chief, Interventional & Structural Cardiology Washington University School of Medicine/ Barnes-Jewish Hospital St. Louis, Missouri
CORONARY DIRECTORS
Sudeshna Banerjee, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Director, Invasive Cardiology and Structural Heart Sacred Heart Medical Center Oregon Heart & Vascular Institute Springfield, Oregon
Manish A. Parikh, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Chief, Division of Cardiology Brooklyn Methodist Hospital New York, New York
Howard I. Kurz, MD, MSE, FACC
Medical Director,Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory Director, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program Professor of Medicine
PERIPHERAL DIRECTORS
George S. Chrysant, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FSCCT
Chief Medical Officer INTEGRIS Heart Hospital Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
S. Jay Mathews, MD, MS, FACC, FSCAI
Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory; Director, Structural Heart Program Director, PERT Program; Bradenton Cardiology Center; Manatee Memorial Hospital Bradenton, Florida
Prakash Krishnan, MD, FACC
Director, Endovascular Services The Mount Sinai Hospital New York, New York
FELLOWS COURSE DIRECTORS
George S. Chrysant, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FSCCT
Chief Medical Officer INTEGRIS Heart Hospital Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Prashanth D. Thakker, MD, MHPE, FACC, FSCAI
Assistant Professor of Medicine Washington University School of Medicine Barnes-Jewish Hospital St. Louis, Missouri
Marc A. Sintek, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine Washington University School of Medicine Barnes-Jewish Hospital St. Louis, Missouri
STRUCTURAL DIRECTORS
David G. Rizik, MD, FACC, MSCAI
Chief Scientific Officer; Director, Structural and Coronary Interventions; Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program Director
Alan Zajarias, MD, FACC
Professor of Medicine Director, Structural Heart Disease Fellowship Program Associate Director, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program Washington University School of MedicineBarnes-Jewish Hospital St. Louis, Missouri
Marc A. Sintek, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine Washington University School of Medicine Barnes-Jewish Hospital St. Louis, Missouri
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL
Ali Alakhtar, MD, MSc, FRCSC
Structural Heart Fellow Washington University School of Medicine / Barnes-Jewish Hospital St. Louis, MO
Alan Braverman, MD, FACC
Alumni Endowed Professor in Cardiovascular Diseases Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis,, MO
Alexander A. Brescia, MD, MSc
Assistant Professor of Surgery Washington University School of Medicine / Barnes-Jewish Hospital St. Louis, MO
Angela L. Brown, MD
Professor, Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Division Director, Hypertension Clinic Washington University School of Medicine / Barnes-Jewish Hospital St. Louis, MO
Daniel H. Cooper, MD
Professor of Medicine Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship Program Washington University School of Medicine / Barnes-Jewish Hospital St. Louis, MO
Ralph J. Damiano, Jr., MD, FACC
Evarts A. Graham Professor of Surgery Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery Co-Chair, Heart & Vascular Center Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, MO
Gregory A. Ewald, MD, FACC
Associate Chief, Division of Cardiology and Director of Section of Heart Failure/Transplant Professor of Medicine Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, MO
Nathan L. Frogge, MD, MBA
Assistant Professor, Interventional & Structural Cardiology Director of Clinical Outreach and Expansion Washington University School of Medicine Barnes-Jewish Hospital St. Louis, MO
Jenna Goetz, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP
Pharmacist, Cardiothoracic Surgery Critical Care Barnes-Jewish Hospital St. Louis, MO
Meghan Jones, BSN, MSN, NP-C
Nurse Practitioner Barnes Jewish Hospital St. Louis, MO
Puja Kachroo, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery Washington University School of Medicine / Barnes-Jewish Hospital St. Louis, MO
Tsuyoshi Kaneko, MD
Chief, Cardiac Surgery Section Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, MO
Farhan M. Katchi, MD, FACC
Assistant Professor of Medicine Washington University School of Medicine / Barnes-Jewish Hospital St. Louis, MO
Daisuke Kobayashi, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Pediatrics Washington University School of Medicine / Barnes-Jewish Hospital St. Louis, MO
Kunal Kotkar, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, MO
Howard I. Kurz, MD, MSE, FACC
Professor of Medicine; Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory; Director, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program Washington University School of Medicine / Barnes-Jewish Hospital St. Louis, MO
John M. Lasala, MD, PhD, FACC, MSCAI
Professor of Medicine Director, Structural Heart Disease Program Washington University School of Medicine / Barnes-Jewish Hospital St. Louis, MO
Adam Lick, MD
Advanced Heart Failure Fellow Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, MO
Majesh Makan, MD, FACC, FASE
Professor of Medicine Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, MO
Christian McNeely, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Assistant Professor of Medicine Washington University School of Medicine Barnes-Jewish Hospital St. Louis, MO
Amit Pawale, MBBS, FRCS
Surgical Director of Heart Failure and ECMO Program Associate Professor of Surgery Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, MO
Sumanth D. Prabhu, MD
Professor and Chief of Cardiology Washington University School of Medicine / Barnes-Jewish Hospital St. Louis, MO
Nishath Quader, MD, FACC
Associate Professor of Medicine Washington University School of Medicine Center for Advanced Medicine St. Louis, MO
Harold G. Roberts, Jr., MD
Associate Professor of Surgery Washington University School of Medicine / Barnes-Jewish Hospital St. Louis, MO
Joel D. Schilling, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine Medical Director, Heart Transplantation Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, MO
Vince Siebert, MD
Interventional Cardiology Fellow Washington University School of Medicine / Barnes-Jewish Hospital St. Louis, MO
Jasvindar Singh, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Professor of Medicine Director, ARCH Consortium Section Chief, Interventional & Structural Cardiology Washington University School of Medicine / Barnes-Jewish Hospital St. Louis, MO
Marc A. Sintek, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine Director of Structural Heart Fellowship Program Washington University School of Medicine / Barnes-Jewish Hospital St. Louis, MO
Robert "Casey" Sullivan, MD
Fellow in Structural Intervention Washington University School of Medicine / Barnes-Jewish Hospital St. Louis, MO
Prashanth D. Thakker, MD, MHPE, FACC, FSCAI
Assistant Professor of Medicine Washington University School of Medicine / Barnes-Jewish Hospital St. Louis, MO
Justin Marinus Vader, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, MO
Amanda K. Verma, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, MO
Noah "Nick" Williford, MD
Interventional Cardiology Fellow Washington University School of Medicine / Barnes-Jewish Hospital St. Louis, MO
Alan Zajarias, MD, FACC
Professor of Medicine Director, Structural Heart Disease Fellowship Program Associate Director, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program Washington University School of Medicine / Barnes-Jewish Hospital St. Louis, MO
INVITED FACULTY
Karim Al-Azizi, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FESC
Medical Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories Baylor Scott & White The Heart Hospital - Plano Plano, TX
Amod Amritphale, MD, MBA, FACC, FSCAI
Advanced Medical Researcher and Interventional Cardiologist Mercy Hospital & Clinics Springfield, MO
Tim Andreas, BS Accounting AIF(R)
President / CEO Global Asset Management Group, LLC Lake Charles, LA
Sudeshna Banerjee, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Interventional Cardiologist, Director Invasive Cardiology and Structural Heart Sacred Heart Medical Center - Oregon Heart & Vascular Institute Springfield, OR
Vigyan Bang, MD
Interventional Cardiologist Freeman Heart Institute Joplin, MO
Georges Chahoud, MD, FACC, FAHA, FHFSA, FASE
Regional Director, Heart Failure Clinical Program-SSM Health. St. Louis and Southern Illinois Director, Cardiology Services St. Louis Cardiology Consultants SSM Health-Heart & Vascular St. Louis, MO
George S. Chrysant, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FSCCT
Chief Medical Officer INTEGRIS Heart Hospital Oklahoma City, OK
Matthew J. Chung, MD, FACC
Structural Interventional Cardiologist Co-Director Structural Heart Program BSMH Richmond MarketVirginia Cardiovascular Specialists Richmond, VA
Bryan D. Cogar, MD, FSCAI
Interventional Cardiologist INTEGRIS Cardiovascular Physicians Oklahoma City, OK
Edward Coverstone, MD
CV Procedures Council Lead; Medical Director CCL-South Mercy Clinic Heart and Vascular, Mercy South St. Louis, MO
David A. Cox, MD, FACC, MSCAI
Interventional Cardiologist Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute Charlotte , NC
Michael Daniel, MD, FACC
Structural Interventional Cardiologist Vital Heart & Vein Humble, TX
Sam Dawkins, MBBS, BSc, MRCP, Dphil
Consultant Cardiologist John Radcliffe Hospital Oxford, United Kingdom
Stilianos Efstratiadis, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Interventional Cardiologist Phelps Health Rolla, MO
Tim A. Fischell, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Professor of Medicine Director, Cardiovascular Research Borgess Heart Institute Michigan State University Kalamazoo, GA
Corey G. Foster, MD
Interventional Cardiologist Imperial Health - Cardiovascular Specialists Lake Charles, LA
Nicolas Gausserand
CEO Medinbox Toulouse, France
Mark Gdowski, MD
Interventional Cardiologist St. Luke's Hospital Chesterfield, MO
Philippe Genereux, MD
Director, Structural Heart Program Morristown Medical Center Morristown, NJ
Ali Golshan, MD,MBA
Vascular and Interventional Radiologist PIH Health Cypress, CA
James B. Hermiller, MD, FACC, MSCAI
Director, Interventional Cardiology Director, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Ascension St. Vincent Heart Center Indianapolis, IN
Stuart T. Higano, MD, FACC
Medical Director, Heart LifeLine Alliance Missouri Baptist Medical Center St. Louis, MO
Douglas Horstmanshof, MD
Director, INTEGRIS Advanced Cardiac Care INTEGRIS Baptist Medical Center Oklahoma City, OK
Ahmed Kamel, MD, PhD, FSCAI
Vice Dean of the National Heart Institute Associate Professor of Cardiology National Heart Institute Cairo, Egypt
Vishal Kapur, MD, FACC, RPVI
Director, Endovascular Services Mount Sinai Morningside New York, NY
Annapoorna S. Kini , MD, MRCP, FACC
Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory Director of Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program The Mount Sinai Hospital Director of Interventional Structural Heart Disease Program Director of Process Optimization System Catheterization Laboratories Mount Sinai Health System The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY
Prakash Krishnan, MD, FACC
Director, Endovascular Services, Mount Sinai Health System The Mount Sinai Hospital New York, NY
Paul M. Lavigne, MD
Director - Advanced Coronary Therapeutics Program Sentara Cardiology Specialists Norfolk, VA
Lionel Leroux, MD, PhD
Interventional Cardiologist Bordeaux Hospital University Center Bordeaux, France
Chien-Jung Lin, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine SSM-Saint Louis University Hospital St. Louis, MO
Samuel Lindner, MD
Interventional Cardiology, Structural Heart Fellow Memorial Hospital, Belleville Belleville, IL
Yves R. Louvard, MD
Interventional Cardiologist Institut Cardiovasculaire Paris Sud (ICPS) Massy, France
Akiko Maehara, MD
Professor of Medicine, Cardiology Columbia University Medical Center New York, NY
Ahmed Magdy, MD, PhD, FACC, MSCAI, FESC, FRCP
Chairman of the Egyptian Board of Interventional Cardiology, Egyptian Society of Cardiology Board Co-Chairman EgIC (Egyptian Working Group of Interventional Cardiology) Chairman COMBATMI, Egyptian Ischemia Summit, Egyptian Bifurcation Club, SCAI International Ambassador, European ACVC (Egypt National Representative) National Heart Institute, Cairo Cairo, Egypt
Maciej Marciniak, MD
Consultant Cardiologist St. George's University Hospital London, United Kingdom
Jean Marco, MD
Professor Emeritus, Cardiology University of Toulouse-France Toulouse, France
S. Jay Mathews, MD, MS, FACC, FSCAI
Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory Director, Structural Heart Program Director, PERT Program Bradenton Cardiology CenterManatee Memorial Hospital Bradenton, FL
Manuel Rivera Maza, MD, FACC
Assistant Professor of Medicine Indiana University Health Muncie, IN
Nirav Mehta, MD
Interventional Cardiologist Peak Heart & Vascular Phoenix, AZ
Thomas Modine, MD, PhD, MBA
Cardiovascular Surgeon and Heart Valve Specialist Bordeaux Hospital University Center Bordeaux, France
Sukhjinder S. Nijjer, BSc, MBChB, FRCP, PhD
Consultant Cardiologist Imperial College London Hammersmith Hospital London, United Kingdom
Manish A. Parikh, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Chief, Division of Cardiology Brooklyn Methodist Hospital Brooklyn, NY
Ankitkumar K. Patel, MD, MPH, FACC, FSCAI, RPVI
Director, Mountainside Medical Center Cardiac Cath Laboratories Hackensack Meridian Health Hackensack, NJ
Nileshkumar J. Patel, MD
Interventional Cardiology Springfield Clinic Springfield, IL
Srini Potluri, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Chariman of Cardiology Baylor Scott & White The Heart Hospital - Plano Plano, TX
Arthur B. Reitman, MD, FACC
Chief, Inpatient Cardiology Services WellStar Health Systems Marietta, GA
Stéphane Rinfret, MD, SM, FRCPC
Medical Director, Complex Coronary Interventions Georgia Heart Institute Gainesville, GA
Kenneth Rosenfield, MD, MHCDS, MSCAI, FACC
Section Head, Vascular Medicine and Intervention Chairman, STEMI & Acute MI Quality Improvement Committee Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA
John D. Sadoff, MD
Interventional Cardiologist Prairie Cardiovascular Consultants O’Fallon, IL
Habib Samady, MD, FACC
President, Georgia Heart Institute Northeast Georgia Health System Gainesville, GA
Mohamed Seleem, MD, PhD, FSCAI, FESC
Consultant Cardiologist, Interventional Cardiologist Head of Cath Unit National Heart Institute New Cairo, Egypt
Alpesh Shah, MD
Director of Coronary Interventions, Associate Professor Houston Methodist Hospital Houston, TX
Robert L. Shapiro, MD, MS, FACC
Interventional Cardiologist Boulder Community Health Boulder, CO
Rahul P. Sharma, MBBS, FRACP
Director of Structural Interventions Associate Professor of Medicine Stanford Hospital Stanford, CA
Samin K. Sharma, MD, FACC, MSCAI
Director, Mount Sinai Cardiovascular Clinical Institute Director, Interventional Cardiology, Mount Sinai Health System President, Mount Sinai Heart Network Anandi Lal Sharma Professor of Medicine, Cardiology The Mount Sinai Hospital New York, NY
Jeffrey M. Sparling, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Director, Noble Cardiac Catheterization Lab & Structural Heart Programs INTEGRIS Heart Hospital Oklahoma City, OK
James C. Spratt, BSc, MBChB, MD, FRCP, FESC, FACC
Consultant Interventional Cardiologist St. George's University Hospital London, United Kingdom
Rajiv Tayal, MD, MPH, FSCAI
Director, Cardiac Catheterization Lab Director Structural Heart Disease Valley Health System Ridgewood, NJ
Gus Theodos, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory and Medical Director, Structural Heart and Complex Coronary Intervention Missouri Baptist Medical Center St. Louis, MO
Anish J. Thomas, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Interventional Cardiologist, Vascular/Endovascular Medicine Mercy Clinic Heart and Vascular St. Louis, MO
Rayji S. Tsutsui, MD, MPH, FACC, FSCAI
Structural and Interventional Cardiologist, Director of Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes Hawaii Pacific Health Straub Medical Center Honolulu, HI
Craig M. Walker, MD, FACC, FACP, FACA
President, Founder and Medical Director Cardiovascular Institute of the South Houma, LA
Harindra C. Wijeysundera, MD, PhD
Chief Schulich Heart Program Canada Research Chair in Structural Heart Disease Policy & Outcomes Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center, University of Toronto Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Simon Wilson, MD
Consultant Cardiologist St. George's University Hospital London, United Kingdom
Jason R. Wollmuth, MD
Director, Complex Coronary Interventions Providence Heart and Vascular Institute Bend, OR
Garrett B. Wong, MD
Clinical Professor of Medicine UC Davis Health Sacramento, CA
Michael Yeung, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Associate Professor of Medicine UNC at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC
