Friday, February 27, 2026

4 – 4:15 p.m. EST – Welcome/Introductions  
4:15 – 5:30 p.m. EST – General Thoracic Q&A
5:30 – 6:15 p.m. EST – Vascular Q&A 
6:15 – 7 p.m. EST – Congenital Cardiac Q&A

All of the relevant financial relationships listed for these individuals have been mitigated. Unless otherwise noted, speakers have nothing to disclose.

Speakers

Julie Painter, MBA, CCVTC, CPMA 
Medical Reimbursement Analysis & Solutions, Inc. 

Julia Jonas, CPC, CPMA
Medical Reimbursement Analysis & Solutions, Inc.

Francis C. Nichols III, MD 
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 

Daniel McCarthy, MD, MBA, MEM
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
Commercial Relationships: Atricure (Consultant); Cook Medical (Consultant); Elucent (Consultant); Cardiac Valve Innovations (Consultant); Innoblative (Royalties)

J. Matthew Reinersman, MD
University of Oklahoma/OU Health, Oklahoma City, OK
Commercial Relationships: Intuitive Surgical (Surgical Proctor, Educational Speaker)

Brian Mitzman, MD, MS
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Commercial Relationships: Intuitive Surgical (Surgical Proctor, Educational Speaker); Navigation Science (Consultant); Vascular Technology, Inc. (Consultant)

Philip Linden, MD
University Hospitals Cleveland, Cleveland, OH

Sunita Srivastava, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Jeffrey P. Jacobs, MD 
University of Florida, St. Petersburg, FL 

Joseph Turek, MD 
Duke Children’s Hospital, Durham, NC 

James D. St. Louis, MD 
Children’s Hospital of Georgia, Augusta, GA 

Vigneshwar Kasirajan, MD
VCU Health, Richmond, VA
Commercial Relationships: Atricure (Research funding PI for national trial); Carmat SA (Research funding PI for national trial)