ACC 2018

Ambarish Pandey is a cardiologist at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Texas, USA.

Barry Borlaug is a professor of medicine at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.

An interventional cardiology at Duke University Health System, North Carolina, USA. Features in 1 video on Wondr Medical. Christopher Granger generally speaks on Diabetes.

Works at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Newton, MA, USA. Features in 2 videos on Wondr Medical. Deepak Bhatt generally speaks on Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS), Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PPCI), Innovation, Coronary Interventions, and Interventional Cardiology Review.

Diego Ardissino is a cardiology at Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria, Parma, Italy..

Dr. Farouc Jaffer graduated from Stanford University in 1990 with a B.S. in Mathematical and Computational Sciences, and received in MD and PhD in Biophysics from the University of Pennsylvania of Medicine in 1996. He completed a residency in internal medicine at the Brigham and Women's Hospital, followed by a fellowship in cardiovascular medicine and interventional cardiology at Massachusetts General Hospital. In 2003, he joined the Cardiology Division as faculty. Dr. Jaffer is currently an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and an Attending Interventional Cardiologist at Massachusetts General Hospital. He is Director of Coronary Intervention and Director of the Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO) PCI Program at at Massachusetts General Hospital. The MGH is a leading center for treating the most complex coronary blockages, such as CTO. Many patients, previously without options, have successfully underwent CTO PCI, and have experienced marked reductions in angina (chest pain) and shortness of breath. Dr. Jaffer is also a Principal Investigator in the MGH Cardiovascular Research Center where his NIH-funded laboratory develops novel molecular imaging approaches to image high-risk plaques and blood clots, to better prevent heart attacks, strokes, and venous blood clots.

Gemma Figtree is a professor of medicine at The University of Sydney, Australia.

Hector M. Garcia-Garcia, MD, PhD, is now serving as an attending cardiologist for MedStar Heart & Vascular Institute and director of the Coronary Invasive Imaging Core Lab. Prior to joining the MHVI medical staff, Dr. Garcia-Garcia served as Director of the Core Lab of Invasive Imaging at Cardialysis—a leading cardiology clinical research organization—and as researcher at the Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam, The Netherlands and Inselspital in Bern, Switzerland. He received both a Master’s and Doctorate degree from the Erasmus University of Rotterdam. An accomplished researcher, Dr. Garcia-Garcia has widely published in many international medical journals (more than 530 publications - H-index of 61), authored book chapters in most renowned cardiovascular textbooks and has presented at cardiology conferences world-wide. He is an expert in innovative cardiovascular technology. He has mentored seven PhD students and published their thesis.

Ian Paterson is a cardiology at Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute Alberta, Canada.

Jacob Abraham is a cardiology at Providence Heart Institute, Portland, Oregon, USA.

Jay Giri works at University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

John Eikelboom is a cardiology at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

Josep Rodes-Cabau is an interventional cardiologist at Québec Heart and Lung Institute, Quebec, QC, Canada.

José Carlos Nicolau is an interventional cardiology at University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.

Dr Justin Davies is a board member of Monaco Cardio at the Princess Grace Hospital, Monaco, and an interventional cardiologist with over 15 years of experience as a leading educator in the field. His clinical and academic career was established at Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College London, where he built an international reputation for innovation in cardiovascular medicine. Over the course of his career, he has successfully mentored 15 PhD students, published more than 500 peer-reviewed papers — including landmark studies in the New England Journal of Medicine and The Lancet — and holds 20 patents in cardiovascular medicine and technology. He was the co-principal investigator of the DEFINE-FLAIR study, which helped establish iFR (Instantaneous Wave-Free Ratio), a diagnostic technique he invented, as a globally adopted standard in coronary physiology. His work reflects a unique blend of scientific innovation, academic leadership, and clinical excellence. In addition to his research and academic commitments, Justin is CEO of Cerebria AI, where he leads the development of next-generation AI-powered cardiovascular imaging and physiology tools. Under his leadership, Cerebria AI is advancing cutting-edge solutions that integrate artificial intelligence with frontline cardiology to enhance clinical decision-making and patient outcomes. Combining deep clinical expertise with entrepreneurial vision, he continues to guide international ventures through funding, regulatory pathways, and commercialization, while remaining committed to transforming cardiovascular care on a global scale.

Mandeep Mehra is a consultant cardiologist at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.

Manesh Patel is the Chief of the Division of Cardiology and the Division of Clinical Pharmacology. His clinical interests include diagnostic and interventional coronary angiography, peripheral angiography and endovascular intervention. His is involved in several clinical trials involving patients with cardiovascular disease and in cardiac imaging. He is also the Chair of the American College of Cardiology Task Force for Appropriate Use Criteria for Cardiovascular Procedures and is Chair of the American Heart Association Diagnostic and Interventional Cath Committee. Patel's interest in cardiac imaging, quality of care, cardiac devices is also evident in his research. His integration of these efforts into his roles at Duke was recognized in 2010 when he received the prestigious Duke Cardiology Fellowship Mentor Award. In 2011, Dr. Patel was named the endowed John Bush Simpson Assistant Professor of Cardiology. In 2013, Dr. Patel received the Robert M. Califf Faculty clinical research Award. Currently, Dr. Patel is leading an effort to redesign the delivery of care to patients undergoing invasive catheterization procedures in the health system with a specific aim of measure and providing individualized, patient centered, innovative, and efficient care.

Mikhail Kosiborod is a professor of medicine at University of Missouri, Kansas City School of Medicine, Missouri, USA.

Otavio Berwanger is an interventional radiology at Brazilian Clinical Research Institute, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Philip J Devereaux is a cardiology at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

Ruth Webster is a head of research programs at George Institute for Global Health, New South Wales, Australia.

Steven Steinhubl is a cardiologist at Scripps Research, La Jolla, California, USA.

Tracy Y Wang is a consultant physican at Duke Clinical Research Institute, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.