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2026 SCIENTIFIC SYMPOSIUM

Advisory Committee

Thomas Todoran, MD

Interventional Cardiology
Medical University of South Carolina

Seth Sokol, MD

Cardiology
Jacobi Medical

Richard Channick, MD

Pulmonary & Critical Care
UCLA Medical Center

Rachel Rosovsky, MD

Hematology
Massachusetts General Hospital

Ken Rosenfield, MD

Interventional Cardiology
Massachusetts General Hospital

Frances ‘Mae’ West, MD

Pulmonary & Critical Care
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

Charles Ross, MD

Vascular Surgery
Piedmont Hospital

Course Directors

Patrick Muck, MD

Vascular Surgery
TriHealth Heart & Vascular Institute

Parth Rali, MD

Pulmonology & Critical Care
Temple University System

Jeffrey A. Kline, MD

Emergency Medicine
Wayne State University

Brett Carroll, MD

Cardiology
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Beverley Hunt, MD

Thrombosis and Haemostasis
Guys’ and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

Planning Committee

Allison Burnett, PharmD, PhC, CACP

University of New Mexico

Frances Ogunnaya

The PERT Consortium Trainee Council

Sameh Sayfo, MD, MBA, FACC, FSCAI

Baylor, Scott & White Heart Center

Alexander Phan

The PERT Consortium Trainee Council

Jerome Crowley, MD, MPH

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Shiavax Rao

The PERT Consortium Trainee Council

Ayesha Zia, MD

University of Texas Southwestern

Maryam Shams

The PERT Consortium Trainee Council

Sidney Kisala

The PERT Consortium Trainee Council

Cam McGuire, MD, MPH

University of North Carolina

Michael Cuttica, MD

Northwestern University Medicine

Vivian Bishay, MD

Mount Sinai Health System

Dan Schimmel, MD

Northwestern University Medicine

Michael Troy, MD

UCLA Health

Dogan Polat

The PERT Consortium Trainee Council

Pavan Kavali, MD

Washington University St. Louis

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

A generous thank you to all of our sponsors.

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