Faculty
Summit Director
Allan L. Klein, MD
Past President, American Society of Echocardiography
Secretary/Treasurer, National Board of Echocardiography
Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
Director, Pericardial Disease Center
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Summit Co-Directors
Christine Jellis, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
Cardiologist & Vice Chair
Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Samir Kapadia, MD
Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
Chair, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute
Cleveland Clinic
L. Leonardo Rodriguez, MD
Program Director, Advanced Imaging Fellowship
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Planning Committee
Debra Kangisser, PA-C
Director of Education, Clinical Affairs
Cleveland Clinic
Katherine J. Hoercher, RN, FAHA, AACC
TRF Executive Administrator
Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Faculty
Craig Asher, MD
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Florida
Anne Campbell, MS, RDCS
Coordinator of Education and Training
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute
Milind Desai, MD, MBA
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute
Amy Dillenbeck, MS, RDCS
Program Director, School of Cardiac Ultrasound
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute
Jerry Estep, MD
Chair, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Florida
A. Marc Gillinov, MD
Chair, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute
Neil Greenberg, PhD
Department of Cardiovascular Imaging
Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute
Rhonda Miyasaka, MD
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute
Lars Svensson, MD, PhD
Institute Chair, Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute
Guest Faculty
Mario Garcia, MD
Chief, Division of Cardiology and Co-Director,
Montefiore-Einstein Center for Heart and Vascular Care
Bronx, NY
Paul A. Grayburn, MD
Cardiovascular Disease, Internal Medicine
Baylor Scott & White Heart and Vascular Hospital
Dallas, TX
Jared Klein, MD, MPH
Pediatric Cardiac Imaging Specialist
Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital
Hollywood, FL
Stephen H. Little, MD
President, American Society of Echocardiography
John S. Dunn Chair in Clinical Cardiovascular Research and Education,
DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center
Professor of Cardiology, Academic Institute
Full Member, Research Institute
Program Director, Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship, Department of Cardiology
Houston Methodist
Weill Cornell Medical College
Houston, TX
Sherif Nagueh, MD
Professor of Cardiology, Academic Institute
Full Member, Research Institute
Houston Methodist
Weill Cornell Medical College
Houston, TX
Nishath Quader, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO