Faculty
October 2, 2026 - Dearborn, MI
Course Directors
Milind Desai, MD, MBA
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Vice Chair of Education and CME
Miller Family Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic
Lars G. Svensson, MD, PhD
Chief, Miller Family Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Planning Committee
Angelia Nadiak, NP
James Schraider, PA
Cleveland Clinic Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute Faculty
Ben Alencherry, MD
Sean Bhattacharya, MD
Leslie Cho, MD
A. Marc Gillinov, MD
Mazen Hanna, MD
Ayman Hussein, MD
Samir Kapadia, MD
Amar Krishnaswamy, MD
Ashish Sarraju, MD
Jakub Sroubek, MD, PhD
Michael Tong, MD
Shinya Unai, MD
Amanda Vest, MBBS, MPH
Oussama Wazni, MD
Laura Young, MD
Khaled Ziada, MD
November 6, 2026 - Pittsburgh, PA
Course Directors
Milind Desai, MD, MBA
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Vice Chair of Education and CME
Miller Family Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic
Lars G. Svensson, MD, PhD
Chief, Miller Family Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Planning Committee
Angelia Nadiak, NP
James Schraider, PA
Guest Faculty
Venkat R. Machiraju, MD
Shadyside Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA
Cleveland Clinic Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute Faculty
Leslie Cho, MD
A. Marc Gillinov, MD
Michael Hill, MD, MS
Karlee Hoffman, DO
Samir Kapadia, MD
Allan Klein, MD
Xiaoying Lou, MD
Grant Reed, MD, MSc
Pasquale Santangeli, MD, PhD
Vikas Sunder, MD
Tyler Taigen, MD
Michael Tong, MD
Shinya Unai, MD
Amanda Vest, MBBS, MPH
Laura Young, MD
Khaled Ziada, MD
November 13, 2026 - Columbus, OH
Course Directors
Milind Desai, MD, MBA
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Vice Chair of Education and CME
Miller Family Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic
Lars G. Svensson, MD, PhD
Chief, Miller Family Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Planning Committee
Angelia Nadiak, NP
James Schraider, PA
Cleveland Clinic Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute Faculty
Faisal Bakaeen, MD
Andres Carmona Rubio, MD
Leslie Cho, MD
A. Marc Gillinov, MD
Serge Harb, MD
Samir Kapadia, MD
Amar Krishnaswamy, MD
Luke Laffin, MD
Xiaoying Lou, MD
Pasquale Santangeli, MD, PhD
W. H. Wilson Tang, MD
Michael Tong, MD
Shinya Unai, MD
Amanda Vest, MBBS, MPH
Oussama Wazni, MD
Laura Young, MD

