2026 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

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George S. Chrysant, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FSCCT

Chief Medical Officer
INTEGRIS Heart Hospital
Oklahoma City, OK

CORONARY DIRECTORS

Sudeshna Banerjee

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

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George S. Chrysant, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FSCCT

Chief Medical Officer
INTEGRIS Heart Hospital
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Prashanth D. Thakker

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

Mohammed Ahmed, MD

Interventional Cardiology Fellow
WashU School of Medicine / Barnes-Jewish Hospital
St. Louis, MO

Richard G. Bach, MD, FACC, FAHA, FSCAI

Professor of Medicine; Section Chief, Critical Care Cardiology; Medical Director, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit; Director, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center
Washington University School of Medicine/Barnes-Jewish Hospital
St. Louis, MO

Alan Braverman

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

Frederick Brown, MD,

Interventional Cardiology Fellow
WashU School of Medicine / Barnes-Jewish Hospital
St. Louis, MO

Phillip S. Cuculich, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine
Washington University School of Medicine Barnes-Jewish Hospital
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
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

Andrew Kates, MD

Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO

Pavan Kavali

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

Sopan Lahewala, MD

Interventional Cardiology Fellow
WashU School of Medicine / Barnes-Jewish Hospital
St. Louis, MO

Majesh Makan, MD, FACC, FASE

Professor of Medicine
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, mo

Christian McNeely, MD, FACC, FSCAI

Interventional Cardiologist
WashU School of Medicine / Barnes-Jewish Hospital
St. Louis, MO

J. Westley Ohman, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery/Associate Program Director
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

Nishath Quader, MD, FACC

Associate Professor of Medicine
WashU School of Medicine / Barnes-Jewish Hospital
St. Louis, MO

Marcos Rothstein, MD

Professor of Medicine, Nephrology
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO

Juhi Thaman, PharmD

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

Samer Abbas, MD

Director of Structural Heart and Valve Institute
Community Healthcare System
Munster, IN

Amod Amritphale, MD, MBA, FACC, FSCAI

Advanced Medical Researcher and Interventional Cardiologist
Mercy Hospital & Clinics
Springfield, MO

Davinder Singh Chadha, MD, DM

Professor
Manipal Hospital
Bengaluru, India

Georges Chahoud, MD, FACC, FAHA, FHFSA, FASE

Regional Director, Heart Failure Clinical Program-SSM Health.
St. Louis and Southern Illinois Director, Cardiology Services. SSM Health.
St Joseph Hospital-Lake St Louis

Nishith Chandra, MD, DM, FACC, FESC, FSCAI

Director
Fortis Escorts Heart Institute
New Delhi, India

Stanley J. Chetcuti, MD

Director Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Director Structural Heart Service
University of Michigan
Arbor, MI

Sanah Christopher

Sanah Christopher, MD, FACC, FSCAI

Assistant Professor of Medicine, John A. Burns SOM University of Hawaii
Hawaii Pacific Health
Honolulu, HI

Matthew J. Chung, MD, FACC

Structural Interventional Cardiologist, Director of Structural Heart BSMH Richmond Market
Virginia Cardiovascular Specialists
Richmond, VA

Bryan D. Cogar, MD, FSCAI

Interventional Cardiologist
INTEGRIS Cardiovascular Physicians
Oklahoma City

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 SCAI Past President 2018-2019
Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute
Charlotte, NC

Deepak Davidson, MD, DNB, DM

Chief Interventional Cardiologist
Caritas Hospital
Kottayam, India

Kara Denby, MD

Interventional Cardiologist
Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center
Boise, ID

Vivian Dimas

Vivian Dimas, MD, MBA, FSCAI, FACC, FPICS

Director, Pediatric Cardiac Catheterization Medical Director, ACHD
Medical City Children's Hospital/Medical City Dallas
Dallas, Texas

Eric J. Dippel, MD, FACC, FSCAI

President
Vascular Institute of the Midwest
Bettendorf, IA

Stilianos Efstratiadis, MD, FACC, FSCAI

Director, Division of Cardiology
Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
Interventional Cardiology
Phelps Health
Rolla, MO

Tim A. Fischell, MD, FACC, FSCAI

CMO, Vantis Vascular and Ablative Solutions, Inc. Professor of Medicine Director, Cardiovascular Research
Vantis Vascular and Ablative Solutions, Inc. Borgess Heart Institute Michigan State University
Kalamazoo, MI

Corey Foster

Corey G. Foster, MD

Interventional Cardiologist
Imperial Health - Cardiovascular Specialists
Lake Charles, LA

Shinichi Fukuhara, MD

G. Michael Deeb, M.D., and Nancy Deeb Research Professor of Cardiac Surgery
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI

Santiago Garcia, MD

Medical Director, Structural Heart Program
The Christ Hospital
Cincinnati, OH

Nicolas Gausserand, MBA

CEO
Medinbox
Toulouse, France

Ali Golshan, MD, MBA

CEO/Founder
SOLVEIN
Cypress, CA

J. Aaron Grantham, MD, FACC, FSCAI

Associate Professor, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine; Director, Cardiovascular Medical Education
Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute
Overland Park, KS

Paul Michael Grossman, MD

Professor of Internal Medicine
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI

Karthik Gujja, MD, MPH

Director of Endovascular Program, Cardiac Cath Lab
Mount Sinai South Nassau
Westbury, NY

Timothy D. Henry, MD, FACC, MSCAI

Medical Director, The Carl and Edyth Lindner Center for Research and Education at The Christ Hospital
The Christ Hospital Heart & Vascular Insitute
Cincinnati, OH

Douglas Horstmanshof, MD

Regional Director for Advanced Heart Failure
Corewell Health
Birmingham, MI

Allen Jeremias, MD, MSc, FSCAI

Associate Director, Cardiac Cath Lab
St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center
New York, NY

Daniella Kadian-Dodov, MD, FACC, FAHA, FSVM

Associate Professor of Medicine
Mount Sinai Fuster Heart Hospital
New York, NY

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, FACC, FSCAI, FAHA

Interventional Cardiologist
Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center
Poplar Bluff, MO

Samuel M. Lindner, MD

Interventional Cardiology, Structural Cardiology
St. Louis Veterans Hospital
St. Louis, MO

Wei Liu, MD, FACC

Director
Beijing Jishuitan Hospital
Beijing, China

Yves R. Louvard, MD

Interventional Cardiologist
Institut Cardiovasculaire Paris Sud (ICPS)
Massy, France

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

Maciej Marciniak, MD, PhD

Consultant Cardiologist
St. George's University Hospital
London, UK

Daniel S. Menees, MD

Assistant Professor, Cardiovascular Medicine
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI

James K. Min, MD

Director of the Dalio Institute of Cardiovascular Imaging Professor
Weill-Cornell Medical Center Weill Cornell Medical College New York-Presbyterian
New York, NY

Madan Mohan, MD

HOD of Cardiology
MGM Hospital
Chennai, India

Sandeep Nathan, MD, MSc

Associate Professor of Medicine Co-Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory Director, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program Director, Coronary Care Unit
University of Chicago Medicine
Chicago, IL

Sukhjinder S. Nijjer, BSc, MBChB, FRCP, PhD

Consultant Cardiologist
Imperial College London
Hammersmith Hospital
London, United Kingdom

Roland Njoh, MD, FACC, RPVI, FSCAI

Interventional Cardiologist
Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center
Poplar Bluff, MO

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

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

Kirti Punamiya, MBBS, MD, DM

Cardiologist
Breach Candy Hospital
Mumbai, India

Ravi K. Ramana, DO

Interventional Cardiologist
Heart Care Centers of Illinois
Palos Park, IL

David G. Rizik, MD, FACC, MSCAI

Physician Executive, Banner Cardiovascular Service Line and Physician Executive, Banner Community Cardiovascular Research
Banner University Medicine Cardiology - Scottsdale
Scottsdale, AZ

Kenneth Rosenfield, MD, MSc

Section Head, Vascular Medicine and Intervention
Chairman, STEMI & Acute MI Quality Improvement Committee
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA

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

Raman Sharma, MD, FACC, RPVI

Assistant Director of Endovascular Interventions Program, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology
The Mount Sinai Hospital
New York, NY

Richard A. Shlofmitz, MD, FACC, FSCAI

Chairman, Department of Cardiology
St. Francis Hospital, The Heart Center
Roslyn, NY

Prof. James C. Spratt, BSc, MBChB, MD, FRCP, FESC, FACC

Professor of Interventional Cardiology
St. George's University Hospital
London, United Kingdom

Gregg W. Stone, MD, FACC, MSCAI

Director of Academic Affairs for the Mount Sinai Heart Health System; Professor of Medicine, Cardiology; Professor of Population Health Sciences and Policy
Mount Sinai Health System
New York, NY

Alan Taxman, CRPC, CPFA

Financial Advisor
Merrill Lynch Wealth Management
Clayton, MO

Col. Donald Taylor, MHA

Professor of Practice
UT Dallas
Dallas, TX

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
Straub Benioff Medical Center, Hawaii Pacific Health
Honolulu, HI

Simon Wilson, MD, Phd

Consultant Cardiologist
St. George's University Hospitals
London, United Kingdom

Jason R. Wollmuth

Jason R. Wollmuth, MD

Director, Complex Coronary Interventions
Providence Heart Institute
Portland, OR

Garrett B. Wong, MD, FACC, FSCAI

Clinical Professor of Medicine
UC Davis Medical Center
Sacramento, CA