2025 Faculty
CHAIRMAN
Jasvindar Singh, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Professor of Medicine Director, ARCH Consortium Section Chief, Interventional & Structural Cardiology WashU Medicine / Barnes-Jewish Hospital St. Louis, Missouri
COURSE DIRECTOR
George S. Chrysant, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FSCCT
Chief Medical Officer INTEGRIS Heart Hospital Oklahoma City, OK
CORONARY DIRECTORS
Sudeshna Banerjee, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Director, Invasive Cardiology and Structural Heart Interventional Cardiologist Sacred Heart Medical Center - Oregon Heart & Vascular Institute Springfield, OR
Prashanth D. Thakker, MD, MHPE, FACC, FSCAI
Assistant Professor of Medicine WashU School of Medicine Barnes-Jewish Hospital St. Louis, Missouri
John M. Lasala, MD, PhD, FACC, MSCAI
Professor of Medicine
Director, Structural Heart Disease Program
WashU School of Medicine / Barnes-Jewish Hospital
St. Louis, MO
PERIPHERAL DIRECTORS
Prakash Krishnan, MD, FACC
Director, Endovascular Services The Mount Sinai Hospital New York, New York
Craig M. Walker, MD, FACC, FACP, FACA
President, Founder and Medical Director Cardiovascular Institute of the South Gray, LA
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
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 WashU School of Medicine Barnes-Jewish Hospital St. Louis, Missouri
Marc A. Sintek, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Director of BJH Cardiac Cath Lab
Director of Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program
Director of Structural Fellowship Program
WashU School of Medicine / Barnes-Jewish Hospital
St. Louis, MO
STRUCTURAL DIRECTORS
Marc A. Sintek, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Director of BJH Cardiac Cath Lab
Director of Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program
Director of Structural Fellowship Program
WashU School of Medicine / Barnes-Jewish Hospital
St. Louis, MO
Alan M. Zajarias, MD, FACC
Professor of Medicine; Director, Structural Heart Disease Program;
Director Interventional and Structural Research WashU School of Medicine / Barnes-Jewish Hospital
St. Louis, Missouri
WASHU MEDICINE AND BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL
Carrie L. Batty, PharmD, BCPS, BCCP
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Cardiology/Transitions of Care
Barnes-Jewish Hospital
St. Louis, MO
Alan C. Braverman, MD, FACC
Alumni Endowed Professor in Cardiovascular Diseases
WashU School of Medicine / Barnes-Jewish Hospital
St. Louis, MO
Alexander A. Brescia, MD, MSc
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery WashU School of Medicine / Barnes-Jewish Hospital St. Louis, MO
Nathan L. Frogge, MD, MBA
Assistant Professor, Interventional & Structural Cardiology, Director of Clinical Outreach and Expansion WashU School of Medicine / Barnes-Jewish Hospital St. Louis, MO
Puja Kachroo, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery WashU School of Medicine / Barnes-Jewish Hospital St. Louis, MO
Tsuyoshi Kaneko, MD
Chief, Cardiac Surgery Section WashU School of Medicine St. Louis, MO
Pavan K. Kavali, MD
Associate Professor of Radiology and Surgery
WashU School of Medicine / Barnes-Jewish Hospital
St. Louis, MO
Howard I. Kurz, MD, MSE, FACC
Emeritus Professor of Medicine
WashU School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO
Christian McNeely, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Interventional Cardiologist WashU School of Medicine / Barnes-Jewish Hospital St. Louis, MO
Sumanth D. Prabhu, MD, FAHA, FACC
Professor and Chief of Cardiology WashU School of Medicine / Barnes-Jewish Hospital St. Louis, MO
Nishath Quader, MD, FACC
Associate Professor of Medicine
WashU School of Medicine / Barnes-Jewish Hospital
St. Louis, MO
Harold G. Roberts, Jr., MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
WashU School of Medicine / Barnes-Jewish Hospital
St. Louis, MO
Rahul Singh, MD
Interventional Cardiology Fellow
WashU School of Medicine / Barnes-Jewish Hospital
St. Louis, MO
Jeffery S. Tran, MD
Interventional Cardiology Fellow
WashU School of Medicine / Barnes-Jewish Hospital
St. Louis, MO
INVITED FACULTY
Samer Abbas, MD
Director of Structural Heart and Valve Institute Community Healthcare System Munster, IN
Amod Amritphale, MD, MBA, FACC, FSCAI
Interventional Cardiologist Mercy Hospital & Clinics Springfield, MO
Karim Al-Azizi, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FESC
Medical Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories Baylor Scott & White The Heart Hospital - Plano Plano, TX
Ahmed Ashraf Eissa, MD
Consultant of Interventional Cardiology, Cardiac Academy Ain Shams University Cairo, Egypt
Adnan K. Chhatriwalla, MD, FACC
Medical Director, Structural Intervention Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute Kansas City, MO
Matthew J. Chung, MD, FACC
Structural Interventional Cardiologist, Director of Structural Heart BSMH Richmond MarketVirginia Cardiovascular Specialists Richmond, VA
Bryan D. Cogar, MD, FSCAI
Interventional Cardiologist INTEGRIS Cardiovascular Physicians Oklahoma City, OK
Edward Coverstone, MD
Cardiovascular Procedures Council Lead; Medical Director Cardiac Cath Lab - 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
Justin E. Davies, MBBS, MRCP, PhD
Honorary Consultant Cardiologist Foundation for Circulatory Health London, UK
Vivian Dimas, MD, MBA, FSCAI, FACC, FPICS
Director, Pediatric Cardiac Catheterization Medical Director, ACHD Medical City Children's Hospital/Medical City Dallas Dallas, Texas
Stilianos Efstratiadis, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Director, Division of Cardiology
Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
Interventional Cardiology
Phelps Health
Rolla, MO
Gennaro Giustino, MD
Structural Interventional Cardiologist
Gagnon Cardiovascular Institute
Atlantic Health System
Morristown, New Jersey
Ali Golshan, MD, MBA
CEO/Founder SOLVEIN Cypress, CA
Vishal Kapur, MD, FACC, RPVI
Director, Endovascular Services Mount Sinai Morningside New York, NY
Annapoorna S. Kini , MD, MRCP, FACC
Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory Director, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program
Interventional Director, Structural Heart Disease
Mount Sinai Health System
New York, NY
Michael J. Lim, MD, FSCAI, FAHA, FACC
Interventional Cardiologist
Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center
Poplar Bluff, MO
Wei Liu, MD, FACC
Director Beijing Jishuitan Hospital Beijing, China
James Long, MD, PhD
Emeritus Director
INTEGRIS Advanced Cardiac Care / ICP
Oklahoma City, OK
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
Prof. Ahmed Magdy, Sr., 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
Shahbaz A. Malik, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory Director
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, Nebraska
Maciej Marciniak, MD, PhD
Consultant Cardiologist St. George's University Hospital London, UK
Martin Maron, MD
Director, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center Lahey Clinic Burlington, MA
Jamie M. McCabe, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Section Chief, Interventional Cardiology University of Washington Medical Center Seattle, WA
Sukhjinder S. Nijjer, BSc, MBChB, FRCP, PhD
Consultant Cardiologist
Imperial College London
Hammersmith Hospital
London, United Kingdom
Roland Njoh, MD, FACC, RPVI, FSCAI
Chief of Staff, Interventional Cardiologist
Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center
Poplar Bluff, MO
Peter O'Kane, MD
Consultant Interventional Cardiologist University Hospitals DorsetRoyal Bournemouth HospitalDorset, United Kingdom
Manish A. Parikh, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Chief, Division of Cardiology Brooklyn Methodist Hospital Brooklyn, NY
Srini Potluri, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Chairman of Cardiology Baylor Scott & White The Heart Hospital - Plano Plano, TX
Jie Qian, MD
Interventional Cardiologist Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases Beijing, China
Arthur B. Reitman, MD, FACC
Chief Cardiology Officer WellStar Health System Marietta, GA
Stéphane Rinfret, MD, SM, FRCPC
Medical Director, Complex Coronary Interventions Georgia Heart Institute Gainsville, GA
Jason H. Rogers, MD
Professor and Director, Interventional and Structural Fellowships University of California, Davis Medical Center Sacramento, CA
Kenneth Rosenfield, MD, MSc
Section Head, Vascular Medicine and Intervention
Chairman, STEMI & Acute MI Quality Improvement Committee
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Carlos E. Sanchez, MD, FSCAI
Interventional Cardiologist OhioHealth Heart And Vascular Physicians Columbus, OH
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
Samin K. Sharma, MD, FACC, MSCAI
Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
Director, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program
Interventional Director, Structural Heart Disease
The Mount Sinai Health System
New York, NY
Evan Shlofmitz, DO, FACC
Director of Intravascular Imaging St. Francis Hospital, The Heart Center Roslyn, NY
Richard A. Shlofmitz, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Chairman, Department of Cardiology
St. Francis Hospital, The Heart Center
Roslyn, NY
Jeffrey M. Sparling, MD, FACC, FSCAI
President INTEGRIS Heart Hospital Oklahoma City, OK
Prof. James C. Spratt, BSc, MBChB, MD, FRCP, FESC, FACC
Professor of Interventional Cardiology 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
Viji Samuel Thomson, MD, DM
Professor and Head of Cardiology
Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore
Vellore, India
Rayji S. Tsutsui, MD, MPH, FACC, FSCAI
Structural and Interventional Cardiologist, Director of Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes Straub Benioff Medical Center, Hawaii Pacific Health Honolulu, HI
Simon Wilson, MD, Phd
Consultant CardiologistSt. George's University HospitalsLondon, United Kingdom
Enhua Wang, MD
Fellow in Training
Jefferson Einstein Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
Garrett B. Wong, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Clinical Professor of Medicine UC Davis Medical Center Sacramento, CA
Steven J. Yakubov, MD, FACC, MSCAI
System Chief, Structural Heart Disease
John H McConnell Chair of Advanced Structural Heart Disease,
Medical Director, Ohio Health Research Institute OhioHealth Research Institute, Riverside Methodist Hospital
Columbus, OH
Tao Ye, MD, PhD
Director, Cardiovascular Hospital Xiamen University Xiamen, Fujian, China
