Faculty
Activity Directors
Lars Svensson, MD, PhD
Chairman
Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute
Katherine Hoercher, RN, FACC, AACC
Senior Director
Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute
Cleveland Clinic Faculty
Faisal Bakaeen, MD
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute
Sanjeeb Bhattacharya, MD
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute
Dennis Bruemmer, MD, PhD
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute
Daniel Burns, MD
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute
Leslie Cho, MD
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute
Milind Desai, MD, MBA
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute
Brian Griffin, MD
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute
Mohamed Kanj, MD
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute
Samir Kapadia, MD
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute
Jaikirshan Khatri, MD
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute
Amar Krishnaswamy, MD
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute
Shady Nakhla, MD
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute
Randall Starling, MD, MPH
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute
Michael Zhen-Yu Tong, MD
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute
Khaled Ziada, MD
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute
Additional Planners/Reviewers
Debra Kangisser, PA-C
Cindy Willis, DNP