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Adult Cardiac

Hands-On Course: Aortic Annular Enlargement

Friday, January 24, 2025
1:00pm - 2:30pm PT
Location: Exhibit Hall

Non-CME Ticket (red)

Sponsored By: Johnson & Johnson MedTech

    Course Director(s)

  • Karen Kim, MD

    Associate Professor of Surgery and Perioperative Care
    UT Health Austin / Dell Medical School
    Austin, Texas, United States

    Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

  • Michael Reardon, MD

    Faculty
    Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center
    Houston, Texas, United States

    Disclosure(s): , Medtronic, Edwards, Boston Scientific, Abbott: Consultant (Ongoing)

  • Bo Yang, MD, PhD

    Professor
    University of Michigan / Michigan Medicine
    Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

    Disclosure(s): Artivion: Consultant (Ongoing); Balance: Consultant (Ongoing); Edwards: Consultant (Ongoing); Ethicon: Consultant (Ongoing); Medtronic: Consultant (Ongoing)

  • Marvin Atkins, Jr., MD

    Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeon
    Houston Methodist DeBakey Cardiovascular Associates
    Houston, Texas, United States

    Disclosure(s): , Medtronic: Consultant (Ongoing), Speaker (Ongoing); W.L.Gore: Advisory Board (Ongoing), Consultant (Ongoing), Research Grant (includes principal investigator, collaborator or consultant and pending grants as well as grants already received) (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing)

  • Marc Pelletier, MD, MSc, FRCSC (he/him/his)

    Chief, Division of Cardiac Surgery
    University Hospitals Case Western Reserve University
    Cleveland, Ohio, United States

    Disclosure(s): Edwards Lifeciences: Consultant (Ongoing); Medtronic Inc: Consultant (Ongoing)

    • Faculty(s)

  • Muhammad Aftab, MD (he/him/his)

    Associate Professor
    University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Center, Aurora, CO
    Aurora, Colorado, United States

    Disclosure(s): Aortic Terumo: Consultant (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing); Artivion Inc.: Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing); W.L Gore & Associates: Consultant (Ongoing)

  • George Arnaoutakis, MD

    Associate Professor
    University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School
    Austin, Texas, United States

    Disclosure(s): Abbott: Consultant (Ongoing); Artivion: Advisory Board (Ongoing); Medtronic: Consultant (Ongoing); Terumo Aortic: Advisory Board (Ongoing)

  • Alexander Brescia, MD, MSc

    Assistant Professor, Cardiac Surgery
    Washington University in St. Louis
    St. Louis, Missouri, United States

    Disclosure(s): Edwards Lifesciences: Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing)

  • Derek Brinster, MD

    Professor of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Director of Aortic Surgery
    Northwell Health - Lenox Hill
    New York, New York, United States

    Disclosure(s): Cook Medical: Consultant (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing); Cryolife/Artivion: Consultant (Ongoing); Endospan: Consultant (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing); Terumo Medical: Consultant (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing)

  • Thomas Caranasos, MD

    Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Vice President of the Rooney Heart Institute
    Naples Comprehensive Health
    Naples, Florida, United States

    Disclosure(s): No relevant disclosure to display

  • Luis Castro, MD (he/him/his)

    Chief, Cardiothoracic Surgery - Sequoia Hospital Redwood City, CA
    CommonSpirit
    Redwood City, California, United States

    Disclosure(s): Abbott: Consultant (Ongoing)

  • Woodrow Farrington, II, MD

    Emory University
    Atlanta, Georgia, United States

    Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

  • John Frederick, MD

    Chief, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery
    Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute
    Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

    Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

  • Joshua Goldberg, MD

    Cardiothoracic Surgeon
    Weill Cornell Medicine/New York Presbyterian Hospital
    New York, New York, United States

    Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

  • Juan Grau, MD (he/him/his)

    Chairman of CT surgery and Professor of Surgery
    The Valley Health Care System in alliance with Cleveland Clinic Foundation
    Ridgewood , New Jersey, United States

    Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

  • Joshua Grimm, MD

    Assistant Professor
    Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin
    Austin, Texas, United States

    Disclosure(s): Cook: Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing); Terumo: Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing)

  • Kenneth Hassler, DO

    Adult Cardiac and Aortic Surgeon
    Danbury Hospital - Nuvance Health

    Disclosure(s): Edwards Life Science: Consultant (Ongoing)

  • Puja Kachroo, MD (she/her/hers)

    Associate Professor, Cardiac Surgery
    Washington University School of Medicine
    St. Louis, Missouri, United States

    Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

  • Tsuyoshi Kaneko, MD (he/him/his)

    Washington University in St. Louis
    St. Louis, Missouri, United States

    Disclosure(s): Abbott: Advisory Board (Ongoing); Edwards Lifesciences: Advisory Board (Ongoing), Consultant (Ongoing); Johnson and Johnson: Advisory Board (Ongoing); Medtronic, Inc.: Consultant (Ongoing)

  • Bradley Leshnower, MD

    Director of Thoracic Aortic Surgery, Emory Healthcare, Professor of Surgery
    Emory University School of Medicine
    Atlanta, Georgia, United States

    Disclosure(s): Endospan: Consultant (Ongoing); Medtronic Inc: Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing)

  • Francis Pagani, MD, PhD

    Otto Gago, MD Professor of Cardiac Surgery
    University of Michigan Hospital
    Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

    Disclosure(s): BrioHealth Solutions: Travel (Ongoing)

  • Himanshu Patel, MD (he/him/his)

    Section Head, Adult Cardiac Surgery
    University of Michigan Medical Center
    Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

    Disclosure(s): , Medtronic, Edwards, Boston Scientific, Abbott: Consultant (Ongoing); Endospan: Consultant (Ongoing); GORE: Consultant (Ongoing)

  • Stefano Schena, MD, PhD

    Associate Professor of Surgery
    Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery - Medical College of Wisconsin
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

    Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

  • William Shi, MD PhD

    Cardiovascular Surgeon
    Northwell Health System, New York, USA

    Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

  • Ibrahim Sultan, MD

    Professor and Chief, Division of Cardiac Surgery
    University Of Pittsburgh Medical Center
    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

    Disclosure(s): Abbott, Artivion, Medtronic, Atricure, Gore, Terumo Aortic: Consultant (Ongoing)

  • Hiroo Takayama, MD, PhD

    Columbia University
    New York, New York, United States

    Disclosure(s): Artivion: Consultant (Ongoing); Edwards: Consultant (Ongoing)

  • Daniel Tang, MD

    Inova Heart and Vascular Institute
    Falls Church, Virginia, United States

    Disclosure(s): Abiomed Inc.: Consultant (Ongoing)

  • Prashanth Vallabhajosyula, MD MS

    Associate Professor
    Yale University School of Medicine
    New Haven, Connecticut, United States

    Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

  • Sarah Palmer, MD

    Cardiac Surgeon
    Minneapolis Heart Institute
    Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

    I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests..

  • Thomas MacGillivray, MD

    Physician Executive Director and Chair, Cardiac Surgery
    MedStar Washington Hospital Center
    Washington, District of Columbia, United States

    Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

  • Jeff Schneider, PA-C

    University of Michigan /Michigan Medicine, Michigan, United States

    Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

  • Thuy Le, PA-C

    APP Cardiac Surgery OR Manager
    University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, United States

    Disclosure(s): Baxter Pharmaceutical: Consultant (Ongoing); Edwards Life Science: Consultant (Ongoing)

  • Lindsay Nitsche, BS

    Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

    I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests..

  • Sarah Bond, MS, PA-C

    Physician Assistant
    The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

    Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

  • Kevin Goodwin, MD, MBA, MS, MA

    Cardiac Surgery Associates, Edward Hospital, Naperville, IL
    Naperville, Illinois, United States

    Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

  • Tessa Watt, MD, MSc (she/her/hers)

    Assistant Professor of Cardiac Surgery
    University of Minnesota
    Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

    Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

  • DJ

    Douglas Johnston, MD

    Northwestern Medicine
    Chicago, Illinois, United States

    I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests..

Disclosure(s):
Karen M. Kim, MD: No financial relationships to disclose
Michael J. Reardon, MD: , Medtronic, Edwards, Boston Scientific, Abbott: Consultant (Ongoing)
Bo Yang, MD, PhD: Artivion: Consultant (Ongoing); Balance: Consultant (Ongoing); Edwards: Consultant (Ongoing); Ethicon: Consultant (Ongoing); Medtronic: Consultant (Ongoing)
Marvin D. Atkins, MD, Jr.: , Medtronic: Consultant (Ongoing), Speaker (Ongoing); W.L.Gore: Advisory Board (Ongoing), Consultant (Ongoing), Research Grant (includes principal investigator, collaborator or consultant and pending grants as well as grants already received) (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing)
Marc P. Pelletier, MD, MSc, FRCSC: Edwards Lifeciences: Consultant (Ongoing); Medtronic Inc: Consultant (Ongoing)
Muhammad Aftab, MD: Aortic Terumo: Consultant (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing); Artivion Inc.: Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing); W.L Gore & Associates: Consultant (Ongoing)
George John Arnaoutakis, MD: Abbott: Consultant (Ongoing); Artivion: Advisory Board (Ongoing); Medtronic: Consultant (Ongoing); Terumo Aortic: Advisory Board (Ongoing)
Alexander A. Brescia, MD, MSc: Edwards Lifesciences: Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing)
Derek R. Brinster, MD: Cook Medical: Consultant (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing); Cryolife/Artivion: Consultant (Ongoing); Endospan: Consultant (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing); Terumo Medical: Consultant (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing)
Thomas Caranasos, MD: No relevant disclosure to display
Luis J. Castro, MD: Abbott: Consultant (Ongoing)
Woodrow Farrington, MD, II: No financial relationships to disclose
John R. Frederick, MD: No financial relationships to disclose
Joshua Goldberg, MD: No financial relationships to disclose
Juan B. Grau, MD: No financial relationships to disclose
Joshua Grimm, MD: Cook: Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing); Terumo: Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing)
Kenneth Hassler, DO: Edwards Life Science: Consultant (Ongoing)
Puja Kachroo, MD: No financial relationships to disclose
Tsuyoshi Kaneko, MD: Abbott: Advisory Board (Ongoing); Edwards Lifesciences: Advisory Board (Ongoing), Consultant (Ongoing); Johnson and Johnson: Advisory Board (Ongoing); Medtronic, Inc.: Consultant (Ongoing)
Bradley Leshnower, MD: Endospan: Consultant (Ongoing); Medtronic Inc: Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing)
Francis D. Pagani, MD, PhD: BrioHealth Solutions: Travel (Ongoing)
Himanshu Patel, MD: , Medtronic, Edwards, Boston Scientific, Abbott: Consultant (Ongoing); Endospan: Consultant (Ongoing); GORE: Consultant (Ongoing)
Stefano Schena, MD, PhD: No financial relationships to disclose
William Shi, MD PhD: No financial relationships to disclose
Ibrahim Sultan, MD: Abbott, Artivion, Medtronic, Atricure, Gore, Terumo Aortic: Consultant (Ongoing)
Hiroo Takayama, MD, PhD: Artivion: Consultant (Ongoing); Edwards: Consultant (Ongoing)
Daniel Tang, MD: Abiomed Inc.: Consultant (Ongoing)
Prashanth Vallabhajosyula, MD MS: No financial relationships to disclose
Thomas E. MacGillivray, MD: No financial relationships to disclose
Jeff Schneider, PA-C: No financial relationships to disclose
Thuy Le, PA-C: Baxter Pharmaceutical: Consultant (Ongoing); Edwards Life Science: Consultant (Ongoing)
Sarah Bond, MS, PA-C: No financial relationships to disclose
Kevin Goodwin, MD, MBA, MS, MA: No financial relationships to disclose
Tessa M. F Watt, MD, MSc: No financial relationships to disclose