Faculty
Directors
Martin B. Leon, MD
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
New York, NY
Mark Reisman, MD
Swedish Heart and Vascular Institute
Seattle, WA
Gregg W. Stone, MD
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
New York, NY
John G. Webb, MD
St. Paul's Hospital
Vancouver, Canada
Faculty
Alexandre Abizaid, MD, PhD
Instituto Dante Pazzanese de Cardiologia
São Paulo, Brazil
Leslie Achtem
St. Paul's Hospital
Vancouver, Canada
David H. Adams, MD
Mount Sinai Medical Center
New York, NY
Andrei V. Alexandrov, MD
University of Alabama School of Medicine
Birmingham, AL
Grant Anderson, MD
Seattle Science Foundation
Seattle, WA
Suzanne V. Arnold, MD, MHA
Saint Luke's Hospital
Kansas City, MO
Anita Asgar, MD
Montreal Heart
Montreal, Canada
Vasilis Babaliaros, MD
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA
Vinayak Bapat, FRCS, CTh
Guy's and St. Thomas'
London, United Kingdom
Marco Barbanti, MD
St Paul's Hospital, University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Nirat Beohar, MD
Columbia University Division of Cardiology at Mount Sinai Medical Center
Miami Beach, FL
Ronald K. Binder, MD
University of Zurich
Zurich, Switzerland
Steven F. Bolling, MD
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
Robert H Boone, MD
Providence Health
Vancouver, Canada
Russell A. Brandwein, PA-C
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
New York, NY
Maurice Buchbinder, MD
Foundation for Cardiovascular Medicine
San Diego, CA
Lutz Buellesfeld, MD
Bern University Hospital
Bern, Switzerland
Louis A. Cannon, MD
McLaren Northern Michigan
Petoskey, MI
Ronald G. Carere, MD
St Paul's Hospital
Vancouver, BC, Canada
John D. Carroll, MD
University of Colorado Denver
Aurora, CO
Bernard R. Chevalier, MD
Institut Cardiovasculaire Paris Sud
Massy, France
David J. Cohen, MD
Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute
Kansas City, MO
Antonio Colombo, MD
Columbus Hospital/San Raffaele Hospital
Milan, Italy
Richard Cook, MD
tbd
Vancouver, Canada
Alain G. Cribier, MD
Hôpital Charles Nicolle
Rouen, France
Charles J. Davidson, MD
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Chicago, IL
Todd M. Dewey, MD
Medical City Dallas
Dallas, TX
Danny Dvir, MD
St. Paul's Hospital
Vancouver, Canada
Helene Eltchaninoff, MD
Hôpital Charles Nicolle
Rouen, France
Stephan M. Ensminger, MD, DPhil
Heart and Diabetes Center NRW
Bad Oeynhausen, Germany
Michael D. Ezekowitz, MB, ChB, DPhil
Lankenau Medical Center
Wynnewood, PA
Ted E. Feldman, MD
Evanston Hospital
Evanston, IL
Olaf Franzen, MD
Rigshospitalet Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Diego Gaia, MD PhD
Federal University of São Paulo
São Paulo, Brazil
Philippe Généreux, MD
Columbia University Medical Center
New York, NY
Isaac George, MD
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
New York, NY
Steven L. Goldberg, MD
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
William A. Gray, MD
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
New York, NY
Paul A. Grayburn, MD
Baylor University Medical Center
Dallas, TX
Philip Green, MD
Columbia University Medical Center
New York, NY
Eberhard Grube, MD
University Hospital Bonn
Bonn, Germany
Rebecca T. Hahn, MD
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
New York, NY
Marian C. Hawkey, RN
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
New York, NY
James B. Hermiller Jr, MD
St. Vincent Hospital/The Heart Center of Indiana
Indianapolis, IN
Amanda Hill, MD
St. Paul's Hospital
Vancouver, Canada
Thomas K. Jones, MD
Seattle Children's Hospital
Seattle, WA
Samir R. Kapadia, MD
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, OH
A. Pieter Kappetein, MD, PhD
Thoraxcenter
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Saibal Kar, MD
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
Martina Kelly Speight, MSN, NP
Stanford University Medical Center
Stanford, CA
Joerg Kempfert, MD
Kerckhoff Clinic Bad Nauheim
Bad Nauheim, Germany
Patricia E. Knipper, RN
Columbia University Medical Center
New York, NY
Susheel Kodali, MD
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
New York, NY
Karl-Heinz Kuck, MD
Asklepios Hospital St. Georg
Hamburg, Germany
Jean-Claude Laborde, MD
St George's Hospital
London, United Kingdom
Sandra Lauck, PhD
St. Paul's Hospital
Vancouver, Canada
Thierry Lefevre, MD
Institut Hospitalier Jacques Cartier
Massy, France
Jonathon A. Leipsic, MD
St. Paul's Hospital
Vancouver, Canada
Martin B. Leon, MD
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
New York, NY
Dmitry B Levin
Seattle Science Foundation
Seattle, WA
Scott Lim, MD
UVA Medical Center
Charlottesville, VA
Axel Linke, MD
University of Leipzig Heart Center
Leipzig, Germany
Karen Holst Lisby, MSN
Copenhagen University Hospital
Copenhagen, Denmark
Michael J. Mack, MD
The Heart Hospital Baylor Plano
Plano, TX
Francesco Maisano, MD
San Raffaele Hospital
Milan, Italy
Raj Makkar, MD
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
Ganesh Manoharan, MD
Royal Victoria Hospital
Belfast, United Kingdom
Christopher U. Meduri, MD, MPH
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
Ian T. Meredith, MBBS, PhD
Monash Medical Centre Clayton
Melbourne, Australia
Neil E. Moat, MD
Royal Brompton Hospital
London, United Kingdom
Helge Moellmann, MD
Kerckhoff Heart Center
Bad Nauheim, Germany
Jeffrey W. Moses, MD
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
New York, NY
Robert R. Moss, MB Bs
St. Paul's Hospital
Vancouver, Canada
Brad I. Munt, MD
St. Paul's Hospital
Vancouver, Canada
Tamim Nazif, MD
Columbia University Medical Center
New York, NY
Georg Nickenig, MD
University of Bonn
Bonn, Germany
Fabian Nietlispach, MD
Bern University Hospital
Bern, Switzerland
Patrick T. O'Gara, MD
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
Jean-Michel Paradis, MD
Columbia University Medical Center
New York, NY
Elizabeth M Perpetua, DNP, ARNP
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
Madalina Petrescu, MD
Swedish Medical Center
Seattle, WA
Nicolo Piazza, MD, PhD
McGill University Health Center
Montreal, Canada
Philippe Pibarot, DVM, PhD
Quebec Heart and Lung Institute
Quebec City, Canada
Augusto D. Pichard, MD
Washington Hospital Center
Washington, DC
Jeffrey J. Popma, MD
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Newton, MA
Matthew J. Price, MD
Scripps Clinic
La Jolla, CA
Ardawan Rastan, MD, PhD
Heart Center Rotenburg
Rotenburg, Germany
Michael J. Reardon, MD
The Methodist Hospital
Houston, TX
Mark Reisman, MD
Swedish Heart and Vascular Institute
Seattle, WA
Chet Rihal, MD
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
Josep Rodes-Cabau, MD
Quebec Heart and Lung Institute/Laval University
Quebec, Canada
Jason H. Rogers, MD
UC Davis Medical Center
Sacramento, CA
Carlos E. Ruiz, MD, PhD
Lenox Hill Hospital and North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System
New York, NY
Maurice E. Sarano, MD
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
Jacqueline Saw, MD
Vancouver General Hospital
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Susan J. Schnell, ACNP-BC
Meridian Health Systems
Neptune, NJ
Joachim Schofer, MD
Hamburg University Cardiovascular Center
Hamburg, Germany
Allan Schwartz, MD
Columbia University Medical Center
New York, NY
Horst Sievert, MD
CardioVascular Center Frankfurt, Sankt Katharinen
Frankfurt, Germany
Niel F. Starksen, MD
Guided Delivery Systems Inc.
Santa Clara, CA
Eric C. Stecker, MD, MPH
Oregon Health and Science University
Portland, OR
Gregg W. Stone, MD
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
New York, NY
Corrado Tamburino, MD, PhD
Ferrarotto Hospital
Catania, Italy
John Tan, MD
St. Paul's Hospital
Vancouver, Canada
Martyn R. Thomas, MD
St. Thomas' Hospital
London, United Kingdom
Christopher R. Thompson, MD, CM
St. Paul's Hospital
Vancouver, Canada
Vinod H. Thourani, MD
Emory University Hospital Midtown
Atlanta, GA
Hendrik Treede, MD
University Heart Center Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany
E. Murat Tuzcu, MD
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, OH
Alec S. Vahanian, MD
Hôpital Bichat
Paris, France
Nicolas M. van Mieghem, MD
Erasmus Medical Center
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Julie K. Veasey, BSN
Methodist Hospital
Houston, TX
Elizabeth Walsh, RN
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Thomas Walther, MD
Kerckhoff Klinik Bad Nauheim
Bad Nauheim, Germany
John G. Webb, MD
St. Paul's Hospital
Vancouver, Canada
Darryl S Wells, MD
Swedish Heart and Vascular Institute
Seattle, WA
Olaf Wendler, MD, PhD, FRCS
King's College Hospital
London, United Kingdom
Brian K. Whisenant, MD
Intermountain Medical Center
Salt Lake City, UT
Mathew Williams, MD
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
New York, NY
David A. Wood, MD
St. Paul's and Vancouver General Hospital
Vancouver, Canada
Larry L. Wood
Edwards Lifesciences
Irvine, CA
Steven J. Yakubov, MD
Riverside Methodist Hospital
Columbus, OH
Jian Ye, MD
St. Paul's Hospital
Vancouver, Canada

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