Faculty
Cleveland Clinic Miller Family Heart and Vascular Institute Activity Directors
Francis Caputo, MD
Vascular Surgery Director, Aorta Center
Milind Desai, MD, MBA
Director of Clinical Operations, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Medical Director, Aorta Center
Sagar Kalahasti, MD
Director, Marfan Syndrome & Connective Tissue Disorder Clinic
Venu Menon, MD
Section Head, Clinical Cardiology
Director, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
Eric E. Roselli, MD
Surgical Director, Aorta Center
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Cleveland Clinic Planning Committee and Reviewers
Angelia Nadiak, NP
James Schrader, PA
Guest Faculty
AtlantiCare
Joseph Lombardi, MD
Henry Ford Health
Kyle G. Miletic, MD
Toronto University Health Network
Sean Crawford, MD
University of Texas
Anthony L. Estrera, MD
Siddharth K. Prakash, MD, PhD
Naveed U. Saqib, MD
Washington University
Alan Braverman, MD
Patient, Family and Provider Education and Advocacy Session
Heart-Valve-Surgery.com: Adam Pick
John Ritter Foundation:Ellen Hostetler and Meredith O’Neal
Marfan Foundation: Eileen Novins
Invited Cleveland Clinic Faculty
Ravi Ambani, MD
Suneel Apte, PhD
Krishna Aragam, MD
Faisal Bakaeen, MD
Brian Baskin, MD
Andrew Bauer, MD
Jeffrey Bennett, MD, PhD
Frank Birchfield, RN
Abigail Brown, DNP, MBA
Nicole Byram, PhD
Scott Cameron, MD, PhD
Ryan Carter, RNFA
Jeffrey Claridge, MD
William Frankel, MD
Thomas Fraser, MD
Mariya Geube, MD
Joanna Ghobrial, MD
Courtney Hanak, MD
Jennifer Hargrave, DO
Andrew Higgins, MD
M. Shazam Hussain, MD
Christine Jellis, MD, PhD, MBA
Kim Karl, RN
Marta Kelava, MD
Susan Keen, MD
Ali Khalifeh, MD
Bryan Kolar, RT (R)(VI)
Marijan Koprivanac, MD
Benjamin Kramer, DO, PhD
David Laczynski, MD
Ran Lee, MD
Xiaoying Lou, MD
Sean Lyden, MD
Donn Marciniak, MD
Leo Pozuelo, MD
Neha Quatromoni, MD
Jay Ramchand, MD, PhD
Grant Reed, MD
Christina Rigelsky, MS
Nick Ruthmann, MD
Iliana Santiago, MSN, RN
Paul Schoenhagen, MD
Nabin Shrestha, MD
Jeanna Sigmund, RN, CNS
Robert Simon, MD
Edward Soltesz, MD, MPH
Carmela Tan, MD
Justin Tretter, MD
Shinya Unai, MD
Patrick Vargo, MD
Amanda Vest, MBBS, MPH
Per Wierup, MD, PhD
Anthony Zaki, MD