Faculty

Course Directors

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

James B. Hermiller, MD, FACC, MSCAI

Director, Structural Heart Interventions
Director, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship
Ascension St. Vincent Heart Center
Indianapolis, Indiana

Douglas E. Drachman, MD, FACC, MSCAI

Director of Education, Heart Center
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA

Robert F. Burke, MD, FACC, FASE, FSCAI

Director, Community Interventional Echocardiology & Diagnostic Imaging
CV Service Line
Banner University Medicine Cardiology – Scottsdale,
Scottsdale, Arizona

Co-Directors

Jonathon Leipsic, MD, FRCPC, MSCCT

Professor and Head, Department of Radiology
The University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC, Canada

Farouc A. Jaffer, MD, PhD, FSCAI

Director, Coronary Intervention and CTO PCI Program
Professor of Medicine
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts

Michael Morris, MD

Associate Professor of Radiology and Medicine
University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix
Phoenix, AZ

Alok Sharma, MD, FACC, FSCAI

Co-Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory and
Structural Heart & Valve Program
Minneapolis VA Medical Center
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Ankur Gupta, MD, PhD, FACC

Director of Community Interventional Cardiology
CV Service Line
Banner University Medicine Cardiology – Scottsdale
Scottsdale, Arizona

2026 Symposium Faculty

Ziad A. Ali, MD, DPhil, FSCAI

Director, DeMatteis
Cardiovascular Institute
St. Francis Heart Center
Roslyn, NY

M. Chadi Alraies, MD, FACC, FSCAI

Medical Director, Cardiac Cath Lab & Interventional Research
Detroit Medical Center/Harper University Hospital
Detroit, Michigan

Alphonse Ambrosia, DO, FACC, FSCAI

Interventional Cardiologist
Cardiovascular Associates of Mesa
Mesa, Arizona

Steven R. Bailey, MD, MSCAI, FACC, MACP

Professor of Medicine and Radiology Janey Briscoe Distinguished Chair
Professor Emeritus
UT Health San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas

Sudeshna Banerjee, MD, FACC, FSCAI

Director of Invasive Cardiology and Structural Heart, Sacred Heart Medical Center
Oregon Heart & Vascular Institute
Eugene, Oregon

Sripal Bangalore, MD, MHA, FACC, FSCAI

Director, Invasive and Interventional Cardiology (Bellevue)
New York University School of Medicine
New York, New York

Chirag Bavishi, MD, MPH

Director, Structural Heart Program
Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of Missouri-Columbia
Columbia, Missouri

Emmanouil Brilakis, MD, PhD, FACC, FAHA, FSCAI, FESC

Director, Center for Complex Coronary Interventions
Minneapolis Heart Institute at Abbott Northwestern Hospital
Minneapolis, MN

Ronald Caputo, MD

Director, Cardiovascular Services
Physician's Regional Medical Center
Naples, FL

Andrea J. Carpenter, MD, PhD

Emeritus Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Joe R and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine
San Antonio, TX

Rebecca C. Chester, MD

Interventional Cardiologist
HonorHealth Heart Care – Osborn
Scottsdale, Arizona

I-Hui Chiang, MD

Assistant Professor
Banner - University Medicine Heart Institute
Phoenix, Arizona

Lindsey A. Cilia, MD, FACC, FSCAI

Co-Director of Complex Coronary Therapeutics
Inova Schar Heart and Vascular Institute/Virginia Heart
Falls Church, VA

Modesto J. Colon, MD

Assistant Professor Banner University Medical Center Phoenix
Phoenix Cardiac Surgery
Phoenix, AZ

David A. Cox, MD, FACC, MSCAI

Interventional Cardiologist
Sanger Heart and Vascular Institute
Charlotte, North Carolina

Rhian E. Davies, DO

Director, Complex Coronary
WellSpan Health
York, PA

Peter S. Fail, MD, FACC

Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories and Interventional Research
Cardiovascular Institute of the South
Houma, LA

H. Kenith Fang, MD

Chairman, Department of Cardiovascular Services
Division Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery
Banner University Medical Center
University of Arizona College of Medicine
Phoenix, AZ

Philippe Genereux, MD

Director, Structural Heart Program
Morristown Medical Center
Morristown, New Jersey

Philip Gideon, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor, Clinical Series - Internal Medicine,
Division of Cardiology
Banner - University Medical Center Phoenix
Phoenix, Arizona

James A. Goldstein, MD, FACC, FSCAI

Director of Research and Education
Beaumont Health System
Royal Oak, Michigan

Nishant Gupta, MD, FACC

Interventional Cardiologist
Vice Chairman, Abrazo Arizona Heart/Arrowhead Hospital
Heart One Associates
Phoenix, Arizona

Timothy D. Henry, MD, FACC, MSCAI

Medical Director, The Carl and Edyth Lindner Center for Research and Education
The Christ Hospital Health Network
Cincinnati, Ohio

Dawn Hui, MD

Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
UT Health San Antonio
San Antonio, TX

Srinivas Iyengar, MD, FACC

Structural Heart Director
Boulder Community Health
Boulder, Colorado

Amir Kaki, MD, FACC, FSCAI

Director of Mechanical Circulatory Support and Complex PCI
Henry Ford St. John Hospital
Detroit, MI

Dean J. Kereiakes, MD, FACC, MSCAI

Chaiman, The Christ Hospital Heart and Vascular Institute
Medical Director, The Christ Hospital Research Institute
Professor of Clinical Medicine
The Ohio State University, Columbus
The Christ Hospital
Cincinnati, OH

Morton J. Kern, MD, FACC, MSCAI

Interventional Cardiologist
VA Long Beach Health Care System
University of California Irvine
Long Beach, CA

Imad G. Khaled, MD, FACC

Director, Ambulatory General Cardiology
Cardiologist, CV Service Line
Banner University Medicine Cardiology – Scottsdale
Scottsdale, Arizona

Kevin J. Klassen, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor
Banner University Medicine Cardiology – Scottsdale
Scottsdale, AZ

Alexandra Lansky, MD

Director of the Yale Heart and Vascular
Clinical Research Program and the
Cardiovascular Research Center
Yale-New Haven Hospital
New Haven, Connecticut

Michael J. Lim, MD, FACC, FAHA, FSCAI

Interventional Cardiologist
Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center
Poplar Bluff, Missouri

Bill L. Lombardi, MD, FACC, FSCAI

Director, Complex Coronary Artery Disease Therapies
Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology
UW Medicine Heart Institute
Seattle, Washington

Paul D. Mahoney, MD

Section Chief, Interventional Cardiology
East Carolina University
Greenville, North Carolina

Moody M. Makar, MD

Director of Cath Lab Anesthesia
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, California

Jamie M. McCabe, MD, FACC, FSCAI

Section Head Structural Heart
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Beth Israel Deaconess Lahey Health
Boston, MA

Sandeep Nathan, MD, MSc

Professor of Medicine; Co-Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
Director, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program
Director, CICU
UChicago Medicine
Chicago, IL

Saroj Neupane, MD

Director of Complex Coronary Interventions
Banner University Medical Center
Phoenix, Arizona

Ashish Pershad, MD, FACC, FSCAI

Director of Interventional Cardiology
Chandler Regional Medical Center
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center
Gilbert, Arizona

Jeffrey J. Popma, MD

Structural Cardiologist
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts

Ramon Quesada, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FACP

Director of Interventional & Structural Cardiac Innovations
Director of Cardiac Research
Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute/Baptist Health South Florida
Associate Professor of Medicine
Florida International University
Miami, FL

Sunil V. Rao, MD, FACC, FSCAI

Professor of Medicine
New York University Langone Health System
New York, NY

Michael J. Reardon, MD, FACC

Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Allison Family Distinguished Chair of Cardiovascular Research
Surgical Director of Structural Heart Disease
Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center
Houston, TX

Arthur B. Reitman, MD, FACC

Chief Cardiology Officer
Wellstar Health System
Atlanta, Georgia

Jeremy Rier, DO, FACC, FSCAI

Director, Structural Heart Disease Program
WellSpan York Hospital
York, PA

Michael J. Rinaldi, MD, FACC, FSCAI

Interventional Cardiology
Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute
Carolinas Healthcare System
Charlotte, North Carolina

Carlos E. Sanchez, MD, FSCAI

Interventional Cardiologist
OhioHealth Heart and Vascular Physicians
Columbus, Ohio

Theodore L. Schreiber, MD

Interventional Cardiology
Henry Ford St. John Hospital
Ascension St. John Detroit
Detroit, MI

Jonathan G. Schwartz, MD, FACC, FSCAI

Enterprise Director of Cardiovascular Innovation
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute
Carolinas Medical Center
Wake Forest University School of Medicine – Charlotte
Advocate Health
Charlotte, NC

Matthew W. Sherwood, MD, MHS, FACC, FSCAI

System Director of Interventional Cardiology
Inova Schar Heart & Vascular Institute
Falls Church, VA

Richard A. Shlofmitz, MD

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

Jasvindar Singh, MD, FACC, FSCAI

Chairman, ARCH Consortium
Professor of Medicine
Section Chief, Interventional & Structural Cardiology
WashU Medicine / Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Saint Louis, Missouri

Paul Sorajja, MD, FACC, FSCAI

Physician Executive- Lentsch Family Director of Valve & Structural Heart CVSL
Director, Interventional Cardiology
Associate Director, Banner Heart Institute
Professor of Medicine
Banner Heart Institute
Phoenix, AZ

Gregg W. Stone, MD, FACC, MSCAI

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

Molly Szerlip, MD, FACC, FSCAI

Associate Medical Director, Education & Research | Regional Director, Structural Heart Program | Medical Director, Percutaneous Valve Service | Program Director, Cardiology & Structural Fellowship – The Heart Hospital Baylor Plano
Baylor Scott & White The Heart Hospital - Plano
Plano, TX

Roderick Tung, MD

Chief, Division of Cardiology
Director, Cardiovascular Clinical Research
University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix
Director, Cardiovascular Center
Banner – University Medical Center Phoenix
Phoenix, AZ

Saraschandra Vallabhajosyula, MD, MSc, FACP, FCCP, FCCM, FAHA, FACC, FSCAI

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Providence, Rhode Island

Brian K. Whisenant, MD, FSCAI

Director, Structural Heart Disease
Intermountain Medical Center
Salt Lake City, Utah

Steven J. Yakubov, MD, FACC, MSCAI

System Chief, Structural Heart Disease
John H. McConnell Chair of Advanced
Structural Heart Disease
Medical Director, OhioHealth Research Institute
Riverside Methodist Hospital
Columbus, Ohio