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