Course Directors

Igor Palacios, MD            
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Director, Knight Catheterization Lab, Massachusetts General Hospital          

Guilherme Silva, MD  
Director, Structural Heart Disease   
Baylor College of Medicine      

Alexander Llanos, MD, Mba
Cardiovascular and Thoracic Service Line
Jim Moran Heart and Vascular Center
Holy Cross Health

Pablo A. Rengifo-Moreno, MD, FACC
Director Structural Heart Disease
Broward Health, Fort Lauderdale

Jeffrey J. Popma, MD, FACC
Chief Scientific and Strategic Officer
Cardiovascular Research Foundation
Professor of Medicine, Emeritus
Harvard Medical School

William O’Neill, MD, FACC, MSCAI
Medical Doctor Emeritus
Henry Ford Medical Center, Henry Ford Health 

Eduardo De Marchena, MD
Prof of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, 
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Faculty

Fredrico Azpurua, MD

Moderator

South Texas Health System 

 

John Byrne, MD

Moderator

Massachusetts General Hospital

 

Jose F Conadado Conteras, MD

Moderator

Baylor Scott and White Medical Center

 

Roberto Cubeddu, MD

Moderator

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

 

Jonathan Passeri, MD

Moderator

Asst Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Director of Clinical Operations, MGH Echocardiography Lab, Mass General Heart Center, Massachusetts General Hospital

 

Elizabeth Perpetua, DNP

Moderator

Lecturer and Affiliate Instructor, University of Washington School of Nursing, Founder/CEO, Empath Health Services

 

Carlos Davila, MD

Moderator

Asst Professor of Medicine, Cardiovascular, Yale School of Medicine, Yale New Haven Health Bridgeport Hospital

 

Ali Denktas, MD

Speaker

Baylor College of Medicine 

 

Srikanth Koneru, MD

Moderator

Medical Director Structural Heart Imaging and Valve Clinic, Baylor St Luke’s medical Center at Texas Heart Institute, Baylor College of Medicine

 

Ken Liao, MD

Speaker

Northwell Health Physician Partners Cardiology, NY

 

Pedro Moreno, MD

Speaker and Moderator

Professor of Medicine, Cardiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Cardiovascular Medicine Associates, The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY

 

Jeffrey Pompa, MD 

Speaker and Moderator

Chief Scientific and Strategic Officer, Cardiovascular Research Foundation, Professor of Medicine, Emeritus, Harvard Medical School 

 

Vinod Thourani, MD

Speaker

Piedmont Heart Cardiothoracic Surgery 
 

Christian Witzke, MD

Moderator

Director Structural Heart Disease Program, Director Latin-American Cardiovascular Program, Einstein Healthcare Network

 

Ada Stefanescu Schmidt, MD

Moderator

Asst in Medicine, Cardiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Corrigan Minehan Heart Center at Mass General, Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School
 

 

Eduardo de Marchena, MD

Speaker and Moderator

University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami Health System

 

Sachin Goel, MD

Speaker

Houston Methodist

 

Ignacio Inglessis-Azuaje, MD

Speaker and Moderator

Harvard Medical School Director, Structural Heart Disease Program Massachusetts General Hospital

 

Nicolas Ruggiero, MD

Moderator

Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

 

Farouc Jaffer, MD, PhD

Moderator

Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

 

Angel Caldera, MD

Moderator

Baylor Scott and White Medical Center

 

Gaston Cudemus Deseda, MD

Moderator

Section Head Cardiovascular Critical Care Chief, Cardian Anesthesia and Cardiovascular Critical Care Director, ECMO Program, NCH Rooney Heart Institute, NCH Healthcare System

 

Bartolome Finizola, MD

Moderator

 

Gennaro Guistino, MD

Speaker

Morristown Medical Center, Atlantic Health System
 

Julio Lopez-Cuellar, MD

Moderator

 

Gilda Martinez, MD

Moderator

Baylor College of Medicine

 

Bill O'Neill, MD

Speaker and Moderator

Medical Doctor Emeritus, Henry Ford Medical Center - Royal Oak, Henry Ford Health, Royal Oak, Michigan

 

Caitlin Reen, CNP

Speaker and Moderator

Clinical Lead and Coordinator for Strategic and Programmatic Initiatives for the Massachusetts General Structural Heart Disease Program, APP Scholar

 

Pablo Rengifo-Moreno, MD, FACC

Speaker

Director Structural Heart Disease Broward Health, Fort Lauderdale, FL

 

Bobby Yeh, MD

Speaker and Moderator

Director, Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Center for Outcomes Research, Section Chief, Interventional Cardiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

 

Suzanne Baron, MD 

Moderator

Massachusetts General Hospital

 

Ariel De La Rosa, MD

Moderator

SWFCIT Institute, South Florida Interventional Cardiology