Refer to the STS Education Disclosure Policy. The individuals below have disclosed whether they have financial relationships with ineligible companies in the past 24 months. All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.

Planning Committee

Rakesh Arora, MD, PhD (Co-chair)
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Financial Relationships: Edwards Lifesciences, HLS Therapeutics, Inc., Bioporto – Consultant/Advisory Board

Subhasis Chatterjee, MD (Co-chair)
Baylor College of Medicine 
Financial Relationships: Nothing to Disclose

Daniel Engelman, MD
UMASS Chan medical School – Baystate
Financial Relationships: Edwards Lifesciences, Medela, Arthrex, Atricure, Pharmacosmos – Consultant/Advisory Board, Alexion, Genentech, RenalGuard – Research 

Michael Grant, MD, MSE
Johns Hopkins University
Financial Relationships: Nothing to Disclose 

Alexander Gregory, MD
Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary
Financial Relationships: Edwards Lifesciences – Research Grant

Sameer Hirji, MD, MPH
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Financial Relationships: Nothing to Disclose

Bo Kim, MD
University of Texas – Austin
Financial Relationships: Nothing to Disclose

Mark Martin, CCP
HCA North Florida
Financial Relationships: Nothing to Disclose

Vicki Morton-Bailey, DNP, APRN, AGNP-BC
Providence Anesthesiology Associates
Financial Relationships: Edwards Lifesciences – Consultant 

Amanda Rea, DNP, CRNP
University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center
Financial Relationships: Edwards Lifesciences – Speakers Bureau

Amanda Rhee, MD, MS
Mount Sinai Hospital
Financial Relationships: Nothing to Disclose

Faculty

Christian Bermudez, MD
University of Pennsylvania
Financial Relationships: Abbott, Abiomed – Consultant/Advisory Board

Mauer Biscotti, MD
University of Pennsylvania
Financial Relationships: Nothing to Disclose

Marisa Cevasco, MD
University of Pennsylvania
Financial Relationships: Abiomed – Speakers Bureau/Honoraria

Sung-Min Cho, DO, MHS
Johns Hopkins University
Financial Relationships: Nothing to Disclose

Cheryl Crisafi, MSN, RN, CNL
Baystate Medical Center
Financial Relationships: Nothing to Disclose

Kari DiVito, DPT
West Virginia University
Financial Relationships: Nothing to Disclose

Emily Gordon, MD, MSEd
University of Pennsylvania
Financial Relationships: Nothing to Disclose

Matthew Griffee, MD
University of Utah
Financial Relationships: Nothing to Disclose

Jeremiah A. Hayanga, MD, MPH, FACS, FRCS, FCCP, FCCM
West Virginia University
Financial Relationships: Nothing to Disclose

Steven Keller, MD, PhD
Johns Hopkins University
Financial Relationships: Abiomed – Consultant, X-COR Therapeutics, Inc. – Ownership Interest

Pinki Patel, DNP, CRNP, APC-HQS
University of Pennsylvania
Financial Relationships: Nothing to Disclose

Rawn Salenger, MD
University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center
Financial Relationships: Arthrex, Encare, Zimmer, La Jolla – Consultant, Atricure – Speakers Bureau/Honoraria and Consultant/Advisory Board, Artivion – Speakers Bureau/Honoraria

Andrew Shaw, MD
Cleveland Clinic
Financial Relationships: Edwards Lifesciences, Genentech, Novartis, Retia, Alexion, Abiomed, RenalGuard – Consultant/Advisory Board

Audrey Spelde, MD
University of Pennsylvania
Financial Relationships: Nothing to Disclose

Wilson Szeto, MD
University of Pennsylvania
Financial Relationships: Abbott, Artivion, Edwards Lifesciences, Medtronic, Terumo Aortic –Research Grant, Speakers Bureau/Honoraria, Consultant/Advisory Board 

Nicholas Teman, MD
University of Colorado
Financial Relationships: Alexion Pharmaceuticals – Research Grant, Speakers Bureau/Honoraria, Consultant/Advisory Board

Asad Usman, MD, MPH
University of Pennsylvania
Financial Relationships: Nothing to Disclose

Melissa Vogelsong, MD
Stanford University
Financial Relationships: Nothing to Disclose

Alison Ward, MD
Emory University
Financial Relationships: Nothing to Disclose

Glenn J.R. Whitman, MD
Johns Hopkins University
Financial Relationships: Avania – Consultant, GWBN, LLC – Ownership Interest

Akram Zaaqoq, MD
University of Virginia
Financial Relationships: Nothing to Disclose

STS Staff

The following staff have NOT had any financial relationships with any ineligible companies in the past 24 months.

Anne Friedman 
Education Manager

Meredith Herzog
Associate Director of Education

Scott Bradbury
Vice President of Education

Elisa Robles-Gnet
Meetings & Conventions Manager

Melisa Puthenmadom
E-Learning Coordinator

Caitlin Golden
Marketing Manager

Chris Bukowski
Meeting Coordinator