Course Directors

Bo Yang, MD, PhD
Director of Research, Director of MIAORTA
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Disclosure(s): , Medtronic: Consultant (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing); Artivion: course instructor (Ongoing); Edwards Life Science: Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing); Ethicon: Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing)

Michael Reardon, MD
Faculty
Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center
Houston, Texas, United States
Disclosure(s): AstraZeneca; Boston Scientific; Cook Medical; Ethicon; Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA; Novartis; BMS: Consultant (Ongoing)

Karen Kim, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
UT Health Austin/Dell Medical School
Austin, Texas, United States

Faculty

Luis Castro, MD
Chief, Cardiothoracic Surgery
Sequoia Hospital/CommonSpirit Health
Redwood City, California, United States

Daniel Tang, MD
Inova Heart and Vascular Institute
Falls Church, Virginia, United States

Muhammad Aftab, MD
Associate Professor
University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Center, Aurora, CO
Aurora, Colorado, United States

Tsuyoshi Kaneko, MD
Washington University in St. Louis
St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Hiroo Takayama, MD, PhD
Columbia University
New York, New York, United States

Puja Kachroo, MD
Associate Professor, Cardiac Surgery
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Derek Brinster, MD
Professor of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Director of Aortic Surgery
Northwell Health Lenox Hill Hospital
New York, New York, United States

George Arnaoutakis, MD
Chief, Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School
Austin, Texas, United States

Joshua Grimm, MD
Assistant Professor
Dell Medical School
Austin, Texas, United States

Barbara C. Hamilton, MD, MAS
Assistant Professor of Adult Cardiac Surgery
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Thuy Le, PA-C
Physician Assistant
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Jeffrey Schneider, PA-C
Physician Assistant
Michigan Medicine

Joshua Baker, MD
Cardiovascular Surgeon
Missouri Baptist Medical Center
St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Joshua Goldberg, MD
Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Weill Cornell Medicine/New York Presbyterian Hospital
New York, New York, United States

Sarah Palmer, MD
Cardiac Surgeon
Minneapolis Heart Institute
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Alexander Brescia, MD, MSc
Assistant Professor, Cardiac Surgery
Washington University in St. Louis
St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Francis Pagani, MD, PhD
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Ibrahim Sultan, MD
Professor and Chief, Division of Cardiac Surgery
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Stefano Schena, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery - Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Marvin Atkins, Jr., MD
Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeon
Houston Methodist DeBakey Cardiovascular Associates
Houston, Texas, United States

Prashanth Vallabhajosyula, MD MS
Associate Professor
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut, United States

S. Chris Malaisrie, MD
Cardiac Surgeon and Professor of Surgery
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, Illinois, United States

Woodrow Farrington, II, MD
Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Thomas Caranasos, MD
Director of Cardiac Surgery, UNC Health
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

Juan Grau, MD
Chairman of CT surgery and Professor of Surgery
The Valley Health Care System
Ridgewood, New Jersey, United States

William Shi, MD PhD
Cardiovascular Surgeon
Northwell Health System, New York, USA

Bradley Leshnower, MD
Director of Thoracic Aortic Surgery, Emory Healthcare, Professor of Surgery
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Kenneth Hassler, DO
Aortic Fellow
University of Michigan

Lindsay Nitsche, BS
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Kirsten Young, PA-C
Physician Assistant
Children's Hosptial of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States