Course Directors

Jeffrey S. Borer, M.D. ; Gladys & Roland Harriman Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, Weill Medical College of Cornell University; Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine in Radiology and in Cardiothoracic Surgery, Weill Medical College; Co-Director, The Howard Gilman Institute for Valvular Heart Diseases, Weill Medical College; Chief, Division of Cardiovascular Pathophysiology, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center

O. Wayne Isom, M.D. ; Terry Allen Kramer Professor and Chairman, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Weill Medical College of Cornell University; Co-Director, The Howard Gilman Institute for Valvular Heart Diseases, Weill Medical College; Chairman, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center

Faculty

David Adams, M.D. — Mount Sinai School of Medicine; Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York City

Cary W. Akins, M.D. — Harvard Medical School; Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Jerene Bitondo, PA — Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Steven F. Bolling, M.D. — University of Michigan Medical School; University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center, Ann Arbor, MI

Robert O. Bonow, M.D. — Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine; Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL; Past president, American Heart Association

John Brown, M.D. — Indiana School of Medicine, Clarian Health Partners (Methodist, IU, Riley), Indianapolis, IN

Blase Carabello, M.D. — Baylor College of Medicine; Houston VA Medical Center, Houston, TX

Jonathan Chen, M.D. — Weill Medical College of Cornell University, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York City

Larry A. Chinitz, M.D. — New York University School of Medicine; New York University Medical Center, Bellevue Hospital Center, Manhattan VA Medical Center, New York City

Lawrence H. Cohn, M.D. — Harvard Medical School; Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA

Beth Eichhorn, RN. — Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MD

John Elefteriades, M.D. — Yale University School of Medicine; Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT

Ted Feldman, M.D. — Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine; Evanston Hospital, Evanston, IL

Michael Fifer, M.D. — Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Valentin Fuster, M.D., Ph.D. — Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Mount Sinai Medical Center; Director, New York City

Aubrey Galloway, M.D. — New York University School of Medicine; New York University Medical School, New York City

A. Mark Gillinov, M.D. — The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

Leonard Girardi, M.D. — Weill Medical College of Cornell University; NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York City

Martin E. Goldman, M.D. — Mount Sinai School of Medicine; Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York City

Edmund M. Herrold, M.D., Ph.D. — Weill Medical College of Cornell University; NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York City

Alan Hilgenberg, M.D. — Harvard Medical School; Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Clare Hochreiter, M.D. — Weill Medical College of Cornell University; NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York City

Judy Hung, M.D. — Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Paul Kligfield, M.D. — Weill Medical College of Cornell University; NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York City

Karl Krieger, M.D. — Weill Medical College of Cornell University; NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York City

Warren Laskey, M.D. — University of New Mexico School of Medicine; University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

Robert Levine, M.D. — Harvard Medical School; Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Charles A. Mack, M.D. — Weill Medical College of Cornell University; NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York City

Patrick McCarthy, M.D. — Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine; Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL

Jagat Narula, M.D. — College of Medicine, University of California, Irvine; University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Irvine, CA

Patrick O’Gara, M.D. — Harvard Medical School; Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA

Mehmet C. Oz, M.D. — Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons; NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, New York City

Ramdas G. Pai, M.D. — Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, CA

Igor F. Palacios, M.D. — Harvard Medical School; Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Philippe Pibarot, DVM, Ph.D. — Laval University; Laval Hospital, Ste.-Foy, Quebec, Canada

Shahbudin H. Rahimtoola, MD. — Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

Nalini Rajamannan, M.D. — Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine; Northwestern University Medical Center, Chicago, IL

David J. Sahn, M.D. — Oregon Health & Science University, Doernbecher Children's Hospital, Portland, OR

Maurice E. Sarano, M.D. — Mayo Clinic College of Medicine; Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Hartzell Schaff, M.D. — Mayo Clinic College of Medicine; Mayo Clinic; Rochester, MN

Allan Schwartz, M.D. — Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons; NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, New York City

Richard Shemin, M.D . — Boston University School of Medicine; Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA

Craig Smith, M.D. — Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons; Weill Medical College of Cornell University; NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, New York City

Martin G. St. John Sutton, M.D. — University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, PA

Mark Starling, M.D. — Banner Baywood Heart Hospital, Mesa, AZ

Paul Stelzer, M.D. — Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Beth Israel Medical Center, New York City

Phyllis Supino, Ed.D. — Weill Medical College of Cornell University; NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York City

A. Jamil Tajik, M.D. — Mayo Clinic College of Medicine; The Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ

Stephen Thomas, M.D. — Weill Medical College of Cornell University; NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York City

Bram Zuckerman, M.D. — US Food & Drug Administration, Rockville, MD