Faculty
Cleveland Clinic Course Directors
Lars G. Svensson, MD, PhD
Chairman, Miller Family Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute
Milind Desai, MD, MBA
Director, Clinical Operations
Tomsich Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Miller Family Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute
Brian Griffin, MD
Section Head, Cardiovascular Imaging
Tomsich Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Miller Family Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute
Samir Kapadia, MD
Chairman, Tomsich Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Miller Family Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute
Katherine J. Hoercher, RN, FACC, FAHA
Senior Director
Miller Family Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute Administration
Guest Faculty
Patrick T. O’Gara, MD
Director, Strategic Planning
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, MA
Martin Leon, MD
Mallah Family Professor of Cardiology
Director, Columbia Interventional Cardiovascular Care
Columbia University Medical Center
New York, NY
Vinod H. Thourani, MD
Piedmont Heart Institute
Piedmont Healthcare
Atlanta, GA
Cleveland Clinic Faculty
Leslie Cho, MD
Director, Cleveland Clinic Women’s Cardiovascular Center
Section Head, Preventative Cardiology and Chief Quality Officer
Tomsich Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Miller Family Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute
Christine Jellis, MD, PhD
Tomsich Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Miller Family Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute
Marijan Koprivanac, MD
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Miller Family Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute
Amar Krishnaswamy, MD
Section Head, Invasive & Interventional Cardiology
Tomsich Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Miller Family Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute
Grant Reed, MD, MSc
Tomsich Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Miller Family Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute
L. Leonardo Rodriguez, MD
Tomsich Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Miller Family Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute
Nicholas Smedira, MD, MBA
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Miller Family Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute
Shinya Unai, MD
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Miller Family Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute