Full Schedule

Course Director: Michael Lanuti, MD – Massachusetts General Hospital

Course Director: Douglas Mathisen, MD (he/him/his) – Massachusetts General Hospital

Course Director: Robert E. Merritt, MD, MBA (he/him/his) – The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

Course Director: Christina L. Costantino, MD – Massachusetts General Hospital

Faculty: Andrea L. Axtell, MD, MPH (she/her/hers) – University of Wisconsin

Faculty: Pierre de Delva, MD, FACS – University of Mississippi Medical Center

Faculty: Paul W. Furlow, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Massachusetts General Hospital

Faculty: Samuel S. Kim, MD – Northwestern University

Faculty: Jules Lin, MD (he/him/his) – University of Michigan Medical Center

Faculty: Natalie Lui, MD – Stanford University

Faculty: Philicia Moonsamy, MD MPH – Cedars Sinai Medical Center

Faculty: Joseph D. Phillips, MD – Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

Faculty: Luis F. Tapias, MD – Mayo Clinic

Faculty: John C. Wain, MD (he/him/his) – Brigham and Women" Hospital

Faculty: Andrea Wolf, MD, MPH (she/her/hers) – The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Faculty: Stephanie G. Worrell, MD – University of Arizona

Faculty: Douglas E. Wood, MD, FACS, FRCSEd – University of Washington

Faculty: Jarrod Predina, MD – University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Faculty: Nikhil Panda, MD MPH – Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Faculty: Varun Puri, MD, MSCI – Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine

Faculty: Leonidas Tapias, MD – University Hospitals - Case Western Reserve University

Faculty: Henning A. Gaissert, MD (he/him/his) – Massachusetts General Hospital

Faculty: John D. Mitchell, MD – University of Colorado School of Medicine

Faculty: Smita Sihag, MD – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Faculty: Walter Klepetko, MD

Faculty: Nathaniel R. Evans, III, MD (he/him/his) – Thomas Jefferson University

Faculty: Harald C. Ott, MD – Massachusetts General Hospital

Faculty: Sidhu P. Gangadharan, MD, MHCM – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA

Faculty: Mohsen Ibrahim, Md, PhD (he/him/his) – Sapienza University of Rome, Sant Andrea Hospital, Rome

Faculty: Lindsay J. Nitsche, BS – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Faculty: Sarah Bond, MS, PA-C – The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Course Director: Steven F. Bolling, MD (he/him/his) – University of Michigan Hospital

Course Director: Stephanie Mick, MD (she/her/hers) – New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell

Faculty: Michael A. Acker, MD – University of Pennsylvania Medical Center

Faculty: Pavan Atluri, MD – University of Pennsylvania

Faculty: Vinay Badhwar, MD – West Virginia University

Faculty: Joanna Chikwe, MD, FRCS – Cedars-Sinai

Faculty: Ralph Damiano, Jr., MD (he/him/his) – Washington University School of Medicine

Faculty: Dominic Emerson, MD, FACS – Cedars Sinai

Faculty: Arnar Geirsson, MD (he/him/his) – Columbia University Medical Center

Faculty: T. Sloane Guy, MD – Georgia Heart Institute

Faculty: Michael E. Halkos, MD – Emory University

Faculty: Gerald M. Lawrie, MD (he/him/his) – Houston Methodist Hospital Specialty Physician Group

Faculty: Tom C. Nguyen, MD – Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute

Faculty: Danny Ramzy, MD PhD (he/him/his) – UT Health Houston McGovern School of Medicine

Faculty: Matthew Romano, MD – University of Michigan Medical Center

Faculty: Ahmad Y. Sheikh, MD (he/him/his) – Kaiser Permanente

Faculty: Moritz C. Wyler von Ballmoos, MD, PhD, MPH – Texas Health Resources

Faculty: Sabet W. Hashim, MD – Hartford HealthCare

Faculty: Alexander A. Brescia, MD, MSc – Washington University in St. Louis

Faculty: Barbara C. S. Hamilton, MD, MS – University of Michigan

Faculty: Tessa M. F Watt, MD, MSc (she/her/hers) – University of Minnesota

Faculty: Jeff Schneider, PA-C – University of Michigan /Michigan Medicine

Faculty: Thuy Le, PA-C – University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Faculty: Lindsay J. Nitsche, BS – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Faculty: Sarah Bond, MS, PA-C – The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Course Director: Ismail El-Hamamsy, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – The Mount Sinai Hospital

Course Director: Vaughn A. Starnes, MD (he/him/his) – Keck School of Medicine, USC

Faculty: Craig Baker, MD – University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine

Faculty: Luke Wiggins, MD – Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Faculty: Yakov Elgudin, MD PhD (he/him/his) – University Hospitals Cleveland

Faculty: Cristian R. Baeza, MD – University Hospitals

Faculty: Marc P. Pelletier, MD, MSc, FRCSC (he/him/his) – University Hospitals Case Western Reserve University

Faculty: Cynthia S. Herrington, MD – Children's Hospital Los Angeles/USC

Faculty: Demetrios N. Mallios, MD (he/him/his) – CHLA/Univeristy of Southern California

Faculty: Elbert Williams, MD – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Faculty: Michael Ibrahim, MBBS, PhD – University of Pennsylvania

Faculty: Christopher R. Burke, MD – University of Washington Hospital

Faculty: Jordan P. Bloom, MD, MPH – Corrigan Minehan Heart Center, Division of Cardiac Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital

Faculty: Shinichi Fukuhara, MD – University of Michigan

Faculty: Katherine B. Harrington, MD – Baylor Scott & White - The Heart Hospital Plano

Faculty: William T. Brinkman, MD (he/him/his) – The Heart Hospital Baylor Scott and White Plano

Faculty: Marko Boskovski, MD, MHS, MPH – University of California San Francisco

Faculty: Maral Ouzounian, MD, PhD – Toronto General Hospital, University of Toronto

Faculty: Eric Smith, PA-C – University of Michigan

Faculty: Lindsay J. Nitsche, BS – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Faculty: Sarah Bond, MS, PA-C – The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Moderator: Castigliano M. Bhamidipati, DO, PhD, MSc, FACS (he/him/his) – Oregon Health and Science University

Moderator: Joseph A. Dearani, MD – Mayo Clinic

Invited Speaker: Joseph A. Dearani, MD – Mayo Clinic

Invited Speaker: Jeffrey Zampi, MD (he/him/his) – University of Michigan

Invited Speaker: Jennifer S. Nelson, MD, MS (she/her/hers) – Nemours Children's Hospital

Invited Speaker: Edward Hickey, FRCSC – Texas Children's Hospital

Presenting Author: Jonathan Afoke, MD FRCS (he/him/his) – Mayo Clinic

Submitter: Alexander P. Nissen, MD – Emory University

Moderator: Alessandro W. Mariani, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – InCor Hospital das Clinicas Faculdade de Medicina de São Paulo

Moderator: Dan J. Raz, MD MAS (he/him/his) – City of Hope

Submitter: David C. Rice (he/him/his) – The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Dept. of Thoracic

Submitter: Andrew R. Brownlee, MD – Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Submitter: Bong Soo Son, MD – Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital

Submitter: Matthew D. Stanley, MD – Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian

Submitter: Justin G. Miller, MD, FACS – Loyola University Medical Center

Submitter: Raffaele Rocco, MD – Cedars Sinai

Submitter: Camille Crisafi Yongue, MD (she/her/hers) – NYU Langone

Submitter: Shuben Li (he/him/his) – the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University

Submitter: Shinsuke Uchida, MD, PhD – Department General Thoracic Surgery, Juntendo University School of Medicine

Submitter: Camille Crisafi Yongue, MD (she/her/hers) – NYU Langone

Moderator: Karen M. Kim, MD – UT Health Austin / Dell Medical School

Moderator: Kevin D. Accola, MD – Adventhealth CardioThoracic Surgery

Submitter: Nathaniel Robinson, MD – Mayo Clinic College of Medicine

Submitter: Jonathan Putnam, BS (he/him/his) – Cleveland Clinic

Submitter: Stevan S. Pupovac, MD – Northwell, Northshore University Hospital

Submitter: Suguru Ohira, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Westchester Medical Center

Submitter: HyeonA Kim (she/her/hers) – Ewha Womans University Seoul Hospital

Submitter: Kevin E. Hodges, MD – Northwestern Memorial Hospital

Submitter: Xiang Wei – Tongji Hospital affiliated to Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science & Technology

Submitter: Paulo Gregorio, MD (he/him/his) – University of Pennsylvania

Submitter: Gianluca Torregrossa, MD – Lankenau Heart Institute

Moderator: Milan Milojevic, MD, PhD, MSCE, FESC – Dedinje Cardiovascular Institute Belgrade

Moderator: Ahmet Kilic, MD (he/him/his) – The Johns Hopkins Hospital

Invited Speaker: Sameer Hirji, MD MPH – Brigham and Women's Hospital

Invited Speaker: Irsa Hasan, MD – University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Invited Speaker: Subhasis Chatterjee, MD – Baylor College of Medicine

Presenting Author: Alex M. Wisniewski, MD, MSc – University of Virginia

Invited Speaker: Natalie Roy, MD – Boston Children's Hospital

Invited Speaker: Dave C. Fitzgerald, DHA,MPH,CCP – Medical University of South Carolina

Presenting Author: Deep P. Vakil, MD (he/him/his) – Memorial Healthcare System

Invited Speaker: Osamudiamen Obanor, MD (he/him/his) – University of Texas Health Sciences- Houston

Invited Speaker: Glenn Whitman, MD (he/him/his) – Johns Hopkins Hospital

Moderator: Emily A. Farkas, MD – Indiana University

Moderator: Kathleen Fenton, MD – National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

Invited Speaker: Dominique Vervoort, MD, MPH, MBA (he/him/his) – University of Toronto

Invited Speaker: Marcelo Cardarelli, MD, MPH – Johns Hopkins Children Center

Invited Speaker: Stephen Ekure Takow, MD, MMed (he/him/his) – Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital

Invited Speaker: Jaymie A. Henry, MD, MPH – Baylor College of Medicine

Presenting Author: W Samir Cubas (he/him/his) – Cardiovascular Surgery National Institute, Uruguay.

Invited Speaker: Nuria M. Novoa, MD, PhD, FEBTS (she/her/hers) – Puerta de Hierro-Majadahonda University Hospital, Madrid. Spain

Moderator: Matthew Hartwig, MD (he/him/his) – Duke University Medical Center

Moderator: Errol L. Bush, MD (he/him/his) – Johns Hopkins

Presenting Author: J.W. Awori Hayanga, MD MPH MHL FACS FRCS FCCP FCCM – WVU Medicine

Presenting Author: Liam R. Kugler, BS – University of Florida

Presenting Author: Amer Alzahrani, MD, RRT (he/him/his) – UPMC

Presenting Author: Theodore M. Lin, MD (he/him/his) – Creighton University School of Medicine

Presenting Author: Lynette A. Lester, MD (she/her/hers) – University of Southern California

Presenting Author: Peter D. Cho, BS (he/him/his) – Drexel University College of Medicine

Presenting Author: Matthew P. Weber, MD – University of Virginia

Invited Speaker: Stephanie H. Chang, MD (she/her/hers) – NYU Langone Health

Invited Speaker: Gabriel Loor, MD (he/him/his) – Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Moderator: Brittany Zwischenberger, MD – Duke University

Moderator: Michael E. Bowdish, MD, MS (he/him/his) – Smidt Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Presenting Author: Thomas A. Schwann, MD, MBA – William Beaumont University Hospital

Presenting Author: Thais Faggion Vinholo, MD, MSc (she/her/hers) – Brigham & Women’s

Presenting Author: James Mehaffey, MD – West Virginia University

Presenting Author: Michael Salna, MD MBA – Columbia University Medical Center

Presenting Author: Derrick Tam, MD – Cedars Sinai Medical Center

Presenting Author: Kevin R. An, MD, MPH (he/him/his) – Weill Cornell Medicine

Presenting Author: Mahmoud Alhussaini, MBBch, MS, MD (he/him/his) – Cardiothoracic surgery department, Faculty of Medicine. Assiut University

Presenting Author: Yong Cui – Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital (Affiliated People's Hospital)

Moderator: Irsa Hasan, MD – University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Moderator: Kimberly A. Holst, MD (she/her/hers) – Mayo Clinic

Presenting Author: Zachary Brennan, DO – Cedars-Sinai

Presenting Author: Anh Nguyen, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Baylor College of Medicine

Presenting Author: Tom Liu, MD, MS – Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Presenting Author: Joel C. Boudreaux, MD – University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics

Presenting Author: Takuya Ogami – University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Presenting Author: John J. Kelly, MD – University of Pennsylvania

Moderator: Jennifer C. Romano, MD, MS (she/her/hers) – University of Michigan

Moderator: Cherie Erkmen, MD (she/her/hers) – Temple University Hospital, Lewis Katz School of Medicine

Invited Speaker: Michael J. Mack, MD – BSWH

Invited Speaker: Shanda H. Blackmon, MD, MPH (she/her/hers) – Baylor College of Medicine

Invited Speaker: Michael J. Mack, MD – BSWH

Invited Speaker: Tom C. Nguyen, MD – Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute

Invited Speaker: Stephen Yang, MD – The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Moderator: John W. Entwistle, III, MD PhD (he/him/his) – Thomas Jefferson University

Invited Speaker: John W. Entwistle, III, MD PhD (he/him/his) – Thomas Jefferson University

Invited Speaker: Danton Char, MD, MAS – Stanford University Medical School

Invited Speaker: Thaddeus M. Pope, JD, PhD, HEC-C (he/him/his) – Mitchell Hamline School of Law

Panelist: John W. Entwistle, III, MD PhD (he/him/his) – Thomas Jefferson University

Panelist: Danton Char, MD, MAS – Stanford University Medical School

Panelist: Thaddeus M. Pope, JD, PhD, HEC-C (he/him/his) – Mitchell Hamline School of Law

Panelist: Scott Silvestry, MD (he/him/his) – University of Arizona

Panelist: Kathleen Fenton, MD – National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

Moderator: Courtney Maxey-Jones, MD – CNY Medical Services, PLLC

Moderator: Jeffrey Javidfar, MD – Emory School of Medicine

Invited Speaker: Courtney Maxey-Jones, MD – CNY Medical Services, PLLC

Invited Speaker: Joseph B. Zwischenberger, MD, FACS – University of Kentucky

Invited Speaker: Leora T. Yarboro, MD – University of Virginia Medical Center

Invited Speaker: Anna L. Ciullo, MD – Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Utah

Invited Speaker: Richard lee, MD, JD, MBA – Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University

Moderator: Alexander J. Gregory, MD, FRCPC – Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary

Moderator: Aaron W. Eckhauser, MD (he/him/his) – University of Utah and Primary Children's Hospital

Invited Speaker: Aaron W. Eckhauser, MD (he/him/his) – University of Utah and Primary Children's Hospital

Invited Speaker: Dustin M. Walters, MD (he/him/his) – University of Connecticut

Invited Speaker: Rakesh C. Arora, MD, PhD, FRCSC (he/him/his) – University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

Invited Speaker: Vicki Morton, DNP, AGNP-BC (she/her/hers) – Novant Health

Invited Speaker: Christopher A. Caldarone, MD (he/him/his) – Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine

Moderator: Mara B. Antonoff, MD (she/her/hers) – UT MD Anderson Cancer Center

Moderator: Brian Mitzman, MD, MS – University of Utah

Invited Speaker: Stephen Broderick, MD, MPHS – Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions

Invited Speaker: Daniel Boffa, MD – Yale University School of Medicine

Invited Speaker: Linda W. Martin, MD, MPH (she/her/hers) – University of Virginia

Invited Speaker: DuyKhanh P. Ceppa, MD (she/her/hers) – Indiana University School of Medicine

Moderator: Ibrahim Sultan, MD – University Of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Moderator: George John Arnaoutakis, MD – University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School

Invited Speaker: Arminder S. Jassar, MBBS, FRCS – Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Invited Speaker: Sara Pereira, MD (she/her/hers) – University of Utah

Invited Speaker: John D. Puskas, MD MSc PhD(hc) – Emory University Hospital Midtown

Invited Speaker: Fernando Fleischman, MD (he/him/his) – Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California

Invited Speaker: Michael A. Acker, MD – University of Pennsylvania Medical Center

Moderator: Rita Milewski, MD, PhD – Yale University

Moderator: Wanda M. Popescu, MD – Yale University School of Medicine

Moderator: Rita Milewski, MD, PhD – Yale University

Invited Speaker: Sarah D. Schettle, PA-C, MS, MBA – Mayo Clinic

Invited Speaker: Joel Bierer, MD – Dalhousie University

Invited Speaker: Kirsten A. Freeman, MD – University of Florida

Presenting Author: Megan Schultz, MD (she/her/hers) – University of Michigan

Panelist: Stephen Yang, MD – The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Panelist: Shari Meyerson

Moderator: Kyle G. Mitchell, MD, MSc – University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Moderator: Elliot Servais, MD – Lahey Hospital & Medical Center

Presenting Author: Nikki E. Rossetti, MD, MS – Washington University School of Medicine

Presenting Author: Xun Luo, MD, MPH – West Virginia University

Presenting Author: Christina S. Boutros, DO – University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center/ Case Western Reserve University

Presenting Author: Alyssa Murillo, MD, MS, MA.Ed (she/her/hers) – University of California San Francisco (UCSF)

Presenting Author: Ryan C. Jacobs, MD, MS (he/him/his) – Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Presenting Author: Arsalan A. Khan, MD (he/him/his) – Rush University Medical Center

Presenting Author: Rajika Jindani, MD, MPH (she/her/hers) – Montefiore Medical Center/ Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Invited Speaker: Raja Flores, MD – Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Invited Speaker: Nathaniel R. Evans, III, MD (he/him/his) – Thomas Jefferson University

Moderator: Vicki Morton, DNP, AGNP-BC (she/her/hers) – Novant Health

Moderator: Daniel T. Engelman, MD (he/him/his) – Baystate Medical Center

Invited Speaker: Michael C. Grant, MD, MSE – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Invited Speaker: Cheryl Crisafi, MSN – Baystate Medical Center

Presenting Author: Alexandra A. Rizaldi, BA (she/her/hers) – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Invited Speaker: Amanda Rea, DNP, CRNP – Univ of Maryland St Joseph Medical Center

Invited Speaker: Abirami Kumaresan, MD – Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Invited Speaker: Rakesh C. Arora, MD, PhD, FRCSC (he/him/his) – University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

Invited Speaker: Kevin W. Lobdell, MD – Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute

Moderator: Andrew Goldstone, MD, PhD – New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center

Moderator: Joseph Bavaria, MD, FACS, FRCS (Edin) ad hom – Jefferson Health

Invited Speaker: Andrew Goldstone, MD, PhD – New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center

Invited Speaker: Amro Alsaid, MD – Baylor Scott & White - The Heart Hospital Plano

Invited Speaker: William T. Brinkman, MD (he/him/his) – The Heart Hospital Baylor Scott and White Plano

Invited Speaker: S. Chris Malaisrie, MD – Northwestern Medicine/Northwestern University

Invited Speaker: Stephanie M. Fuller, MD (she/her/hers) – The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Invited Speaker: Katherine B. Harrington, MD – Baylor Scott & White - The Heart Hospital Plano

Invited Speaker: Ismail El-Hamamsy, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – The Mount Sinai Hospital

Invited Speaker: Emile A. Bacha, MD – New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center

Invited Speaker: Duke Cameron, MD – Johns Hopkins Hospital

Presenting Author: Varun Shetty, DNB (CVTS) FRCS (CTS) (he/him/his) – Narayana Health

Moderator: Vinay Badhwar, MD – West Virginia University

Moderator: Joanna Chikwe, MD, FRCS – Cedars-Sinai

Presenting Author: Tedy Sawma, MD (he/him/his) – Mayo Clinic

Invited Speaker: Michael J. Mack, MD – BSWH

Invited Speaker: Bob Kiaii, MD (he/him/his) – UC Davis Health

Presenting Author: Didier F. Loulmet, MD – NYU Langone Health

Invited Speaker: Arman Arghami, MD MPH – Mayo Clinic

Invited Speaker: Danny Ramzy, MD PhD (he/him/his) – UT Health Houston McGovern School of Medicine

Invited Speaker: Feras Khaliel, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center

Moderator: Michael S. Mulligan, MD (he/him/his) – University of Washington Medical Center

Moderator: Leora T. Yarboro, MD – University of Virginia Medical Center

Invited Speaker: Pedro Catarino, MD – Department of Cardiac Surgery, Smidt Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Invited Speaker: Konrad Hoetzenecker, MD PhD (he/him/his) – Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Presenting Author: Shi Nan Feng, BPSH (she/her/hers) – Divison of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Invited Speaker: Jordan R.H Hoffman, MD – University of Colorado

Invited Speaker: Varun Puri, MD, MSCI – Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine

Presenting Author: Sooyun Caroline Tavolacci, MD, MSCR (she/her/hers) – Westchester Medical Center, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Invited Speaker: Maria E. Currie, MD, PhD – Stanford University