Unless otherwise noted, the individuals below have had no commercial relationships with ineligible companies in the past 24 months. All commercial relationships have been mitigated.

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Course Directors 

• Marc Ruel, MD, MPH 
  Financial Relationships: Medtronic - Research Grant, Speakers Bureau/Honoraria 

• Joseph F. Sabik III, MD 
  Financial Relationships: Medtronic - Other Research Support, Speakers Bureau/Honoraria, Consultant/Advisory Board 

• David Glineur, MD, PhD 
  Financial Relationships: Nothing to disclose 

• Sigrid Sandner, MD 
  Financial Relationships: Nothing to disclose 

Faculty 

The following faculty have nothing to disclose: 

Jennifer Lawton, MD 

Brittany Zwischenberger, MD 

Menaka Ponnambalam, NP 

Mario Gaudino, MD, PhD, MSCE, FEBCTS, FACC, FAHA 

Christopher Lau, MD 

Faisal Bakaeen, MD 

Thomas Schwann, MD, MBA 

Chase Brown, MD 

Gianluca Torregrossa, MD 

Torsten Doenst, MD, Phd 

James Tatoulis, MBBS, MS, MD, FRACS, FCSANZ 

Viviany Taqueti, MD, MPH, FACC 

Patrick Myers, MD 

Ellen Sabik, MD 

The following faculty have disclosed these financial relationships with ineligible companies in the past 24 months: 

• Piroze Davierwala, M.Ch., DNB, MD 
  Financial Relationships: Medtronic – Speakers Bureau/Honoraria 

• Stephen Fremes, MD 
  Financial Relationships: Medtronic – Research Grant; Boston – Research Grant 

• Michael Vallely, BMBS 
  Financial Relationships: Getinge – Consultant/Advisory Board; Medtronic – Consultant/Advisory Board 

• Joseph McGinn, MD 
  Financial Relationships: Medtronic – Speakers Bureau/Honoraria 

• Husam Balkhy, MD 
  Financial Relationships: Edwards Lifesciences – Speakers Bureau/Honoraria; Intuitive – Proctor; Atricure – Proctor  

• David Taggart, MD 
  Financial Relationships: Medistim – Consultant, Research Funding, Speaker/Honoraria; Medtronic – Speaker/Honoraria, Speaker's Bureau; VGS – Advisory Board, Ownership Interest (stocks, stock options or other intellectual property excluding diversified mutual funds), Speaker/Honoraria 

• Niv Ad, MD 
  Financial Relationship: Atricure – Consultant/Advisory Board; Medtronic – Speakers Bureau/Honoraria; VGS – Consultant/Advisory Board 

• Roxana Mehran, MD, FACC, FACP, FCCP, FESC, FAHA, FSCAI 

Financial Relationships: Abbott – Consultant, Institutional research payments; Abiomed – Institutional research payments; Alleviant – Institutional research payments; AM-Pharma – Institutional research payments; Applied Therapeutics – Institutional research payments, Ownership interest (stocks, stock options, excludes diversified mutual funds); Arena – Institutional research payments; AstraZeneca – Institutional research payments; BAIM Institute – Institutional research payments; Bayer – Institutional research payments; Biosensors International – Institutional research payments; BIOTRONIK – Institutional research payments; Boston Scientific – Institutional research payments; Bristol Myers Squibb – Institutional research payments; Cardiawave – Institutional research payments; CellAegis – Institutional research payments; CeloNova BioSciences – Institutional research payments; Chiesi – Institutional research payments; CineMed Research – Personal fees; Concept Medical – Institutional research payments; CSL Behring – Institutional research payments; CytoSorbents – Institutional research payments; DSI – Institutional research payments; Element Science – Institutional research payments; Elixir Medical – Consultant; Faraday Pharmaceuticals – Institutional research payments; Humacyte – Institutional research payments; Idorsia Pharmaceuticals – Institutional research payments; Insel Gruppe AG – Institutional research payments; Janssen – Consultant; Magenta – Institutional research payments; Medtronic – Consultant, Institutional research payments; Novartis – Consultant, Institutional research payments; OrbusNeich – Institutional research payments; Philips – Institutional research payments; RenalPro Medical, Inc. – Institutional research payments; Stel – Consultant; Vivasure Medical – Institutional research payments; ZOLL Medical – Institutional research payments 

• Nirav Patel, MD 
  Financial Relationships: Heart Inc. – Founder; Vascular Graft Solutions LTD – Consultant/Advisory Board; Medtronic – Consultant/Advisory Board  

• Michael Halkos, MD 
  Financial Relationships: Medtronic, Inc – Consultant/Advisory Board 

Abstract Presenters 

The following abstract presenters have nothing to disclose: 

Elizabeth Norton, MD  

Arnaldo Dimagli, MD 

Les James, MD, MPH 

Giovanni Jr Soletti, MD 

Andrew Young, Resident  

Zeke Pullan, MBChB 

Lamia Harik, MD  

Zain Khalpey, MD, PhD, FACS 

Doosang Kim, MD 

Aleksander Dokollari, MD  

Zhandong Zhou, MD, Phd 

The following abstract presenters have disclosed these financial relationships with ineligible companies in the past 24 months: 

• Andrea Garatti , MD, PhD 
  Financial Relationships: Abbot Tendyne – Consultant  

Poster Presenters 

The following poster presenters have nothing to disclose: 

Qianyun Luo, BS 

Aleksander Dokollari, MD 

Dwight Harris, MD 

Renxi Li, BS 

Eishan Ashwat, BS 

Joseph Arcidi, MD, FACS, FACC 

Andrew Rabenstein, MD 

Nader Aboelnazar, MD, MSc 

Natalia Roa-Vidal, BS 

Jared Cappelli, MD 

Jay Patel, Medical Student 

Tulio Caldonazo, Cardiothoracic Fellow 

David Yaffee, MD 

Michael Halbreiner, MD 

Zain Khalpey, MD, PhD, FACS 

Ian Nickel, MD 

The following poster presenters have disclosed these financial relationships with ineligible companies in the past 24 months: 

• Armin Kiankhooy, MD 
  Financial Relationships: ArtiCure - Consultant; Speakers Bureau 

STS Staff 

The following STS Staff have nothing to disclose: 

Scott Bradbury, MS, Vice President of Education 

Amy Cacich, CMP, Senior Manager, Meetings and Conventions 

Colleen Donohoe, CMP, DES, Vice President of Meetings and Conventions  

Isabel Dunn, Education Coordinator 

Meredith A. Herzog, Associate Director of Education  

Melisa Puthenmadom, Senior E-Learning Coordinator  

Michele D. Rush, Senior Manager for Education