2025 Faculty
SYMPOSIUM CHAIRMEN
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ANTHONY ESTRERA, MD
Professor and Chair of the Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery Hazim J. Safi Distinguished Chair UTHealth Houston, McGovern Medical School Memorial Hermann Heart and Vascular Institute Houston, TX |
ALI AZIZZADEH, MD
Professor & Director, Division of Vascular Surgery Vice Chair, Department of Surgery Associate Director, Smidt Heart Institute Associate Dean, Faculty Affairs Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA |
PROGRAM DIRECTORS
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GUSTAVO S. ODERICH, MD
John P. and Kathrine G. McGovern Professor of Surgery and Distinguished Chair of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Chief, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Director of Aortic Center UTHealth Houston, McGovern Medical School Memorial Hermann Heart and Vascular Institute Houston, TX |
DANNY RAMZY, MD, PHD, FACC
Professor and Chief of Cardiac Surgery UTHealth Houston Chair in Cardiac Surgery UTHealth Houston, McGovern Medical School Medical and Surgical Director Memorial Hermann Memorial City Heart and Vascular Institute Houston, TX |
HONORARY CHAIRMEN
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HAZIM J. SAFI, MD
Clinical Professor of Surgery University of Houston Medical School Chief of Aortic Surgery HCA Medical Center Houston, TX |
DAVID D. MCPHERSON, MD
Professor and Chair, Department of Internal Medicine UTHealth Houston, McGovern Medical School Chief, Cardiology Memorial Hermann Heart and Vascular Institute Houston, TX |
INVITED FACULTY
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George Arnaoutakis, MD
UT Austin Dell Med Austin, TX |
Joseph Bavaria, MD
Jefferson Health Philadelphia, PA |
Edward Chen, MD
Duke University Medical Center Durham, NC |
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Jennifer Chung, MD
Toronto General Hospital Toronto, ON Canada |
Joseph Coselli, MD
Baylor College of Medicine Houston, TX |
R. Clement Darling III, MD
Albany Medical Center Albany, NY |
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Nimesh Desai, MD, PhD
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA |
Joseph DuBose, MD
University of Texas - Austin Austin, TX |
Matthew Eagleton, MD
Mass General Brigham Boston, MA |
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Marek Ehrlich, MD
University of Vienna Vienna, Austria |
Kyle Eudailey, MD
University of Alabama Birmingham Birmingham, AL |
Javairiah Fatima, MD
Georgetown University Washington, DC |
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Uwe Fischer, MD, PhD
Yale School of Medicine New Haven, CT |
Fernando Fleischman, MD
Keck School of Medicine University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA |
Mehrdad Ghoreishi, MD
Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute Miami,FL |
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Joshua Goldberg, MD
Weill Cornell Medical Center New York, NY |
Sukgu Han, MD
Keck Medical Center University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA |
Daniel Hermann, MD
Memorial Hermann Dallas, TX |
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Dawn Hui, MD
UT Health San Antonio San Antonio, TX |
Dimitrius Iliopoulos, MD
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens / HYGEIA Hospital Athens, Greece |
Karen Kim, MD
UT Health Austin Dell Medical School Austin, TX |
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Steven Lansman, MD
Westchester Medical Center Valhalla, NY |
Bradley Leshnower, MD
Emory Atlanta, GA |
Michael Mack, MD
Baylor Scott & White Health Plano, TX |
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Tomas Martin, MD
University of Florida Gainesville, FL |
Bernardo Mendes, MD
Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN |
Nupoor Narula, MD
Weill Cornell Medical College New York, NY |
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Tom C. Nguyen, MD
Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute Miami, FL |
Maral Ouzounian, MD, PhD
University Health Network Toronto, ON, Canada |
Jean Panneton, MD
Eastern Virginia Medical School Norfolk, VA |
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Davide Pacini, MD, PhD
IRCC S. Orsola Hospital University of Bologna Bologna, Italy |
Himanshu Patel, MD
University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI |
Ourania Preventza, MD, MBA
University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA |
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Animesh Rathore, MBBS
Eastern Virginia Medical School at Old Dominion University Norfolk, VA |
T. Brett Reece, MD, MBA
University of Colorado Aurora, CO |
Evelio Rodriguez, MD
Ascension Saint Thomas Heart Nashville, TN |
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Luis Sanchez, MD
Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, MO |
Darren Schneider, MD
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine Philiadelphia, PA |
Aamir Shah, MD
Scripps Clinic La Jolla, CA |
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Sherene Shalhub, MD, MBA
Oregon Health & Science University Portland, OR |
Malakh Shrestha, MBBS, PhD
Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN |
Robert L. Smith, MD
Baylor Scott and White, The Heart Hospital Plano Plano, TX |
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Ibrahim Sultan, MD
University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA |
Bradley S. Taylor, MD, MPH
University of Maryland School of Medicine Baltimore, MD |
Elaine Tseng, MD
UCSF San Francisco VA San Francisco, CA |
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Grace Wang, MD
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA |
Sabine Helena Wipper, MD, PhD
University Hospital Innsbruk Innsbruk, Austria |
Bo Yang, MD, PhD
University of Michigan Michigan Medicine Ann Arbor, MI |
Local Faculty
Rana Afifi, MD
Alana Cecchi, MS, CGC
Vijay Govindarajan, PhD
Steven Maximus, MD
Charles C. Miller III, PhD
David Murdock, MD
Siddharth Prakash, MD, PhD
Naveed Saqib, MD
Akiko Tanaka, MD, PhD
S. Keisin Wang, MD
Alana Cecchi, MS, CGC
Vijay Govindarajan, PhD
Steven Maximus, MD
Charles C. Miller III, PhD
David Murdock, MD
Siddharth Prakash, MD, PhD
Naveed Saqib, MD
Akiko Tanaka, MD, PhD
S. Keisin Wang, MD