2026 SCIENTIFIC SYMPOSIUM
Advisory Committee
Richard Channick, MD
Pulmonary & Critical Care
UCLA Medical Center
Ken Rosenfield, MD
Interventional Cardiology
Massachusetts General Hospital
Rachel Rosovsky, MD
Hematology
Massachusetts General Hospital
Charles Ross, MD
Vascular Surgery
Piedmont Hospital
Seth Sokol, MD
Cardiology
Jacobi Medical
Thomas Todoran, MD
Interventional Cardiology
Medical University of South Carolina
Frances ‘Mae’ West, MD
Pulmonary & Critical Care
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Course Directors
Brett Carroll, MD
Cardiology
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Beverley Hunt, MD
Thrombosis and Haemostasis
Guys’ and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
Jeffrey A. Kline, MD
Emergency Medicine
Wayne State University
Patrick Muck, MD
Vascular Surgery
TriHealth Heart & Vascular Institute
Parth Rali, MD
Pulmonology & Critical Care
Temple University System
Planning Committee
Allison Burnett, PharmD, PhC, CACP
University of New Mexico
Alexander Phan
The PERT Consortium Trainee Council
Ayesha Zia, MD
University of Texas Southwestern
Cam McGuire, MD, MPH
University of North Carolina
Dan Schimmel, MD
Northwestern University Medicine
Dogan Polat
The PERT Consortium Trainee Council
Frances Ogunnaya
The PERT Consortium Trainee Council
Jerome Crowley, MD, MPH
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Maryam Shams
The PERT Consortium Trainee Council
Michael Cuttica, MD
Northwestern University Medicine
Michael Troy, MD
UCLA Health
Pavan Kavali, MD
Washington University St. Louis
Sameh Sayfo, MD, MBA, FACC, FSCAI
Baylor, Scott & White Heart Center
Shiavax Rao
The PERT Consortium Trainee Council
Sidney Kisala
The PERT Consortium Trainee Council
Vivian Bishay, MD
Mount Sinai Health System
Invited Faculty
+ Dawn Abbott, MD, Brown University Health
+ Bindu Akkanti, MD, UTHealth Houston
+ David Andrews, Former NFL Player
+ Jenelle Badulak, MD, University of Washington Medicine
+ Milagros Baez, MD, Buenos Aires British Hospital
+ Lauren Baker, PhD, Insight Medical Consulting
+ Sripal Bangalore, MD, NYU Langone Health
+ Geoff Barnes, MD, University of Michigan
+ Shannon Bates, MDCM, MSc, FRCPC, DRCPSC, FACP, McMaster University
+ Vivian Bishay, MD, Mount Sinai
+ Julie Bulman, MD, Harvard
+ Charles Burch, MD, Methodist Healthcare
+ Allison Burnett, PharmD, PhC, CACP, University of New Mexico
+ Brett Carroll, MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
+ Richard Channick, MD, University of California, Los Angeles
+ Jerome Crowley, MD, MPH, Mass General Brigham
+ Amir Darki, MD, Loyola Medicine
+ George Davis, PharmD, University of Kentucky
+ Kerstin DeWit, MD, Queen's University
+ Vivian Dimas, MD, MBA, Medical City Healthcare
+ Suhail Dohad, MD, Cedars Sinai
+ Anahita Dua, MD, MBA, Massachusetts General Hospital
+ David Dudzinski, MD, JD, Massachusetts General Hospital
+ Anna Dunn, MD, University Hospital Geelong
+ Jane Ehret, MD, University of Vermont
+ Mahir Elder, MD, Wayne State University
+ Gabe Fontaine, PharmD, Intermountain Health
+ Ann Gage, MD, HCA Healthcare
+ Brian Ghoshhajra, MD, MBA, Massachusetts General Hospital
+ Brian Gilbert, PharmD, Wesley Medical Center
+ Shenise Gilyard, MD, UCLA
+ Jay Giri, MD, University of Pennsylvania
+ Carin Gonsalves, MD, FSIR, Thomas Jefferson University
+ Emily Gundert, MD, UT Southwestern
+ Bassell Hassouna, MD, Corewell Health
+ Stan Henkin, MD, Mayo Clinic
+ Samuel Horr, MD, TriStar Centennial Medical Center
+ James Horowitz, MD, NYU Langone Health
+ Albert Hsiao, MD, University of California San Diego
+ Ali Huda, MD, Corewell Health
+ Menno Huismann, MD, Leiden University Medical Center
+ Beverley Hunt, OBE, King's College
+ Elias Iliadis, MD, Cooper University Cardiology
+ Joseph Ingrassia, MD, Hartford Hospital
+ Hillary Johnston-Cox, MD, PhD, Northwell Health
+ Daniella Kadian Dodov, MD, Mount Sinai Vascular Medicine
+ Anjali Kaimal, MD, MAS, USF Health
+ Sameer Kandhar, MD, Penn Presbyterian
+ Pavan Kavali, MD, WashU Medicine
+ Brent Keeling, MD, Emory University School of Medicine
+ Misaki Kiguchi, MD, Medstar
+ Sydney Kisala, PharmD, Grady Memorial Hospital
+ Jeffrey Kline, MD, Wayne State University
+ Erik Klok, MD, Leiden University Medical Center
+ Zachary Kon, MD, Northwell Health
+ Stavros Konstantinides, MD, University of Mainz
+ Richard Krasuski, MD, Duke University
+ Arun Kumar, MD, MPH, Wayne State University
+ Tara Lech, PharmD, Lahey
+ Barbara LeVarge, MD, UNC Health
+ Robert Lookstein, MD, Mount Sinai
+ Michael Madani, MD, University of California, San Diego
+ Misty Malone, PhD
+ Jay Mathews, MD, Manatee Memorial
+ W. Cameron McGuire, MD, MPH, UC San Diego Health
+ Jairo Melo, MD, Methodist Hospital San Antonio
+ Geno Merli, MD, Jefferson Hospital
+ Bushra Mina, MD, Northwell Health
+ Jessica Mintz, DO, Lahey Hospital & Medical Center
+ Tamam Mohamad, MD, Heart & Vascular Institute
+ Stephan Moll, MD, University of North Carolina
+ Peter Monteleone, MD, University of Texas at Austin Dell School of Medicine
+ John Moriarty, MD, FSIR, FSVM, UCLA
+ Timothy Morris, MD, University of California, San Diego
+ Patrick Muck, MD, TriHealth Heart & Vascular Institute
+ Erin Murphy, MD, Atrium Health
+ Soophia Naydenov, MD, Washington University School of Medicine
+ Estefania Oliveros, MD, Columbia University
+ Kathleen Ozsvath, MD, St. Peter's Health Partners
+ Kavita Pal, MD, Pulmonary & Critical Care of Atlanta
+ Anna Parks, MD, University of Utah Health
+ Jonathan Paul, MD, University of Chicago
+ Joanna Pepke-Zaba, PhD, FRCP, Royal Papworth Hospital
+ Alexander Phan, MD, MS, Loma Linda University
+ Dogan Polat, MD, Mount Sinai Hospital
+ Madhvi Rajpurkar, MD, Detroit Medical Center
+ Parth Rali, MD, Temple Health
+ Shiavax Rao, MD, Guthrie
+ Vishal Rao, MD, MPH, Medical University of South Carolina
+ Belinda Rivera-Lebron, MD, UPMC
+ Josanna Rodriguez-Lopez, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital
+ Kenneth Rosenfield, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital
+ Rachel Rosovsky, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital
+ Charles Ross, MD, Piedmont Heart and Vascular Institute
+ Maanasi Samant, MD, Northwestern
+ Sameh Sayfo, MD, Baylor Scott & White Health
+ Robert Schainfeld, MD, Harvard
+ Daniel Schimmel, MD, MS, Northwestern
+ Eric Secemsky, MD, MSc, RPVI, Massachusetts General Hospital
+ Maya Serhal, MD, MGH
+ Denise Sese, MD, MUSC
+ Sanjum Sethi, MD, Columbia University