Jacob Abraham MD

Providence Heart Institute – Portland, OR

Section Head of Advanced HF, MCS, and Transplant

Board Certifications:  Cardiovascular Medicine, Nuclear Cardiology, and Internal Medicine

Expertise:  Cardiogenic Shock, Mechanical Circulatory Support, and Ambulatory Hemodynamic Monitoring

Education

Medical School: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 

Residency: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Fellowships: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Sophia Airhart MD

Providence Heart Institute – Portland, OR

Head of the Pulmonary Hypertension Program

Board Certifications:  Internal medicine, cardiovascular disease, echocardiography, and advanced heart failure and transplantation

Expertise: hemodynamics, pulmonary hypertension, right heart failure, invasive cardiopulmonary exercise testing, and mechanical assist devices in management of shock

Education

Medical School:  Oregon Health Sciences University

Residency:  Barnes Jewish Hospital – Washington School of Medicine

Fellowships:  University of Washington; Allegheny General Hospital

Zoltan "Zolt" Arany MD, PhD

University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine – Philadelphia, PA

Board Certifications:  Medicine, Cardiology

Expertise:  CV Metabolic Pathophysiology; Metabolic Changes Underlying Heart Failure; Maternal Cardiac Diseases During and After Pregnancy

Education

Medical School: Harvard Medical School

Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital

Fellowships:  Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Dana Farber Cancer Institute

Mir Babar Basir D.O.

Henry Ford Hospital – Detroit, MI 

Board Certifications: Interventional Cardiology, Internal Medicine 

Expertise: Interventional Cardiology, Chronic Total Occlusion PCI, Complex PCI, Mechanical Circulatory Support

Education

Medical School: Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine

Residency: Indiana University

Fellowships: Henry Ford Hospital/Wayne State University

Craig Beavers Pharm.D.

University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy - Louisville, KY

Board Certifications: Pharmacotherapy with qualifications in cardiology, anticoagulation

Expertise: Anticoagulation, Women’s Heart Disease, Heart Attack Care, Health Disparities, Rural Care

Education

Pharmacy School: University of Kentucky

Residency: UK Albert B. Chandler Hospital

Christian Bermudez MD

University of Pennsylvania – Philadelphia, PA

Professor of Surgery. Surgical Director, Lung Transplantation and ECMO

Expertise: Cardiac Surgery, Thoracic Surgery

Education

Medical School: University of Concepcion

Residency: University of Chile School of Medicine

Fellowships: Hospital Clinico Universidad de Chile; Mayo Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Seth Bilazarian MD

Vice President, Medical Education and Training, Abiomed, Inc. – Danvers, MA

Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Diseases, Nuclear Cardiology, Vascular Medicine and Coronary and Peripheral Interventional Cardiology

Expertise:  Interventional Cardiology, Vascular Medicine and Vascular Ultrasound, Interventional Cardiology

Education

Medical School: University of Massachusetts Medical Center

Residency: Johns Hopkins University

Fellowship: Boston City and Boston University Medical Center

Emma Birks MD

University of Kentucky (HF) – Lexington KY

Professor of Medicine. Section Chief Heart Failure, Department of Cardiology

Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, Interventional Cardiology, Advanced Heart Failure/ Cardiac Transplant Medicine

Expertise: Heart Failure, MCS and Transplantation

Education

Medical School: Royal Free and University College Medical School/ UCL Medical School, London NW3 2PF, UK

Residency: Hammersmith Hospital, Guys Hospital, The London Chest Hospital, Hillingdon Hospital, Harefield Hospital London

Fellowships: NorthWest Thames Cardiology, London; Harefield Hospital, Uxbridge, United Kingdom

Daniel "Dan" Burkhoff MD, PhD

Columbia University Medical Center – New York, NY

Leadership: Director of Heart Failure at CRF

Specialties: Cardiology, Hemodynamics,  Advanced Heart Failure, Mechanical Circulatory Support 

Education

Medical School: Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Residency: Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Fellowships: Johns Hopkins Hospital 

Roberta "Bobbi" C. Bogaev MD

Medical Director, Heart Failure, Abiomed, Inc. – Danvers, MA

Board Certifications: Cardiology, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology

Specialties: Prevention of Heart Failure, Early Treatment of Heart Failure Patients, Optimizing Outcomes for Patients who Require Mechanical Circulatory Support

Education

Medical School: Clinical Cardiology, University of Virginia

Residency: Internal Medicine, University of Virginia

Fellowship: Clinical Cardiology, University of Virginia

Beth Towery Davidson DNP, ACNP, CHFN, CCRN, FHFSA

TriStar Centennial Medical Center – Nashville, TN

Director,  Heart Failure Disease Management Program

American Association of Heart Failure Nurses, Immediate Past President & Board Member

Certifications: Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (ACNP); Certified Heart Failure Nurse (CHFN); CCRN - American Association of Critical Care Nurses

Expertise:  Heart failure disease state education, hemodynamic monitoring and mechanical circulatory support, heart failure/cardiac transplantation

Education

Nursing School:  BSN, Western Kentucky University; MSN, Vanderbilt University

Doctor of Nursing:  University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center

Adam Devore MD, MHS

Duke Health – Durham, NC

Board Certifications: Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, Cardiovascular Disease, Internal Medicine

Expertise: Advanced Heart Failure Specialist, Transplant Cardiologist

Education

Medical School: Pritzker School of Medicine University of Chicago

Residency: Brigham and Women's Hospital (Massachusetts)

Fellowships: Duke University Medical Center

Marc L. Dickstein MD

Columbia University Medical Center – New York, NY

Board Certifications: Anesthesiology

Expertise: Anesthesiology

Education

Medical School: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

Residency: Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center

Fellowship: Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center

Laura Franey MD

Arthur Reshad Garan MD

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center – Boston, MA

Associate Professor of Medicine

Board Certifications: Cardiovascular Disease, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, Internal Medicine

Specialties: Congestive Heart Failure, LVAD, Cardiogenic Shock, Mechanical Assist Devices, Heart Transplant Management, Cardiac Surgery

Education

Medical School: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

Residency: New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia Campus

Fellowship: New York-Presbyterian Hospital/ Columbia Campus

Shelley A. Hall MD

Baylor University Medical Center / Baylor Heart & Vascular - Dallas, TX

Board Certifications: Cardiovascular Disease, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation

Expertise: Congestive Heart Failure, Transplantation, Cardiovascular Disease, LVAD

Education

Medical School: UT Southwestern Medical School

Residency: UT Southwestern Medical School

Fellowships: UT Southwestern Medical School

Jaime A. Hernandez-Montfort MD, MPH

Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Round Rock, TX

Board Certifications: Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, Cardiovascular Disease, Internal Medicine

Expertise: Heart Failure & Transplantation; Cardiac Critical Care; VAD and Heart Transplant, Inflammatory/Infiltrative Cardiomyopathies and Multi-modality Cardiac Imaging

Education

Medical School: Universidad de Monterrey (Mexico)

Residency: Baystate Medical Center

Fellowships: Baystate Medical Center, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center

Douglas Jennings PharmD, FACC, HFHSA

Columbia University Irving Medical Center - New York, NY

Board Certifications: Pharmacotherapy Specialist

Expertise: Advanced Heart Failure, Cardiac Transplantation, Mechanical Circulatory Support

Education

Pharmacy School: Wayne State University

Residency: Medical University of South Carolina, Henry Ford Hospital

Amir Kaki MD

Ascension St. John’s Hospital – Warren, MI

Board Certifications: Cardiovascular Disease, Interventional Cardiology

Expertise: IC, MSC, Large Bore Access and Endovascular Intervention

Education

Medical School: Universidad Iberoamericana School of Medicine - Dominican Republic

Residency: Erlanger Medical Center

Fellowships: Lenox Hill, University of Arizona Medical Center

Navin Kapur MD

Tufts Medical Center – Boston, MA

Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, Interventional Cardiology, Advanced Heart Failure/Cardiac Transplant Medicine

Expertise: Interventional Cardiology, Advanced Heart Failure, Mechanical Circulatory Support 

Education

Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine 

Residency: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Fellowships: Johns Hopkins Hospital

Michelle M. Kittleson MD, PhD

Cedars-Sinai Smidt Heart Institute - Los Angeles, CA

Director of Education in Heart Failure and Transplantation, Director of Heart Failure Research, and Professor of Medicine

Board Certifications: Cardiovascular Medicine and Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology

Expertise: Heart Failure, Transplantation

Education

Medical School: Yale University School of Medicine

Residency: Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Fellowships: Johns Hopkins Hospital

Alejandro Lemor MD

University of Mississippi Medical Center, MS

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, Echocardiography 

Expertise:  Interventional Cardiology, Complex PCI, Mechanical Circulatory Support, Cardiogenic Shock

Education

Medical School: Universidad de San Martin de Porres, Peru

Masters Degree: Universidad de San Martin de Porres, Peru

Residency: Mount Sinai Health System, New, York, NY

Fellowships: Henry Ford Hospital/Wayne State University, Detroit, MI

Michael Lim MD

Saint Louis University Hospital - St Louis, MO 

Hospital Leadership: Director: Division of Cardiology, Director: Cardiac Cath Lab

Board Certifications: Interventional Cardiology

Expertise: Catheter-based Heart Therapies, Interventional Cardiology, Valve Disease

Education

Medical School: Wayne State University, School of Medicine 

Residency: Indiana University School of Medicine 

Fellowships: University of Michigan Hospitals 

Robin Miller DNP, MPH, ACNP

Providence St. Vincent Medical Center - Portland, OR

Faculty: Oregon Health & Science University, Assistant Professor, AGACNP Program

Board Certifications: Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, American Nurses Credentialing Center

Expertise: MCS, AHF, Transplant

Education

MSN: Acute Care NP, UCLA

DNP – University of Arizona

Ajith P. Nair MD, FACC, FAHA

Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center – Houston, TX

Assistant Professor, Baylor College of Medicine

Board Certifications: Cardiovascular Disease, Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology

Interests: General Cardiology, Advanced Heart Failure, Cardiac Transplantation, Mechanical Assist Devices, Valvular Heart Disease, Pulmonary Hypertension

Education

Medical School: University of Texas Southwestern

Internship and Residency: Chief Resident - Mount Sinai Hospital

Fellowships: Cardiovascular Disease and Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, Mount Sinai Hospital

William "Bill" O’Neill MD

Henry Ford Hospital – Detroit, MI 

Hospital Leadership: Medical Director: Center for Structural Heart Disease

Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, Interventional Cardiology

Expertise: Cardiac Catheterization, Cardiology, Structural Heart Disease 

Education

Medical School: Wayne State University

Residency: Wayne State University, Internal Medicine 

Fellowships: University of Michigan, Cardiovascular Disease

Federico Pappalardo MD, PhD

Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy

Director of the Advanced HF and Mechanical Circulatory Program, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano

Expertise: Heart Failure and Critical Care

Education

Medical School: Catania Medical School 

Residency: Anesthesia & Intensive Care at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

Rajan "Raj" Patel MD

Ochsner Medical Center – New Orleans, LA

Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine, Interventional Cardiology

Specialties: Interventional Cardiology, Complex PCI, CTO PCI (Director), Peripheral Interventions, Mechanical Circulatory Support

Education

Medical School: Stanford University

Residency: Yale University

Fellowships: University of Virginia

Carolyn Rosner NP

Inova Heart and Vascular Institute – Fairfax, VA

Director of Innovative Programs

Certification:  Family Nurse Practitioner

Expertise: ECMO, cardiogenic shock, complex coronary artery disease, heart failure and adult congenital heart disease

Education

Nursing School: Marymount University (MSN with concentration as Family Nurse Practitioner)

Business School:  Johns Hopkins University Carey Business School (MBA)

Charles "Chuck" Simonton MD

Abiomed, Vice President and Chief Medical Officer - Danvers, MA

Leadership (past): Director, Interventional Cardiology, Sanger Heart and Vascular Institute, Charlotte, NC;

Chief Medical Officer, Abbott Vascular; PCICHUCK LLC - Charlotte, NC, USA

Board Certifications: Cardiovascular Disease, Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology

Expertise: Complex Coronary and Peripheral Vascular Intervention, Heart Failure

Education:

Medical School: Harvard Medical School 

Residency: University of California San Francisco, CA

Fellowship: Duke University Medical Center

Hemindermeet Singh MD

Mercy-Health St Vincent Medical Center - Toledo, OH 

Board Certifications: Cardiovascular Diseases, Internal Medicine, American Board of Echocardiography, American Society of Nuclear Cardiology

Expertise: Interventional Cardiology

Education

Medical School: Government Medical College - Amritsar, India 

Residency: Mercy-Health St Vincent Medical Center - Toledo, OH

Fellowships:

Cardiology - Mercy-Health St Vincent Medical Center - Toledo, OH

Interventional Cardiology - Ascension St John Hospital - Detroit, MI

Linda Suplicki MSN, ACNP, CCRN

Advanced Practice Provider, Advanced Heart Failure, Abiomed, Inc - Danvers, MA

Board Certifications: Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (ACNP), CCRN – American Association of Critical care nurses

Expertise: advanced heart failure, mechanical circulatory support – temporary and durable, cardiac transplantation, cardiogenic shock team-based approach

Education:

Nursing School: BSN, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ 07470

Master’s in Science and Nursing (MSN): University of Medicine and Dentistry, Newark, NJ

Wai Hong "Wilson" Tang MD

Cleveland Clinic Heart, Vascular and Thoracic Institute / Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU)

Research Director for Heart Failure and Transplantation / Professor of Medicine

Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine, and Advanced Heart Failure And Transplant Cardiology

Expertise: Cardiomyopathy, Heart Failure (including heart transplantation and mechanical circulatory assist devices), Cardio-Renal Diseases, and Cancer-Related Heart Diseases

Education

Medical School: Harvard Medical School

Internship and Residency: Stanford University Medical Center

Fellowships: Cleveland Clinic

Jeffrey M. Testani MD, MTR

Yale University - New Haven, CT

Director HF Research 

Board Certifications: Advanced Heart Failure, Cardiovascular Medicine

Expertise: Acute Heart Failure, Diuretic Resistance, Cardio-renal Syndrome, Congestion

Education

Medical School: University of Florida

Residency: University of Pennsylvania

Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania

Jane Wilcox MD

Northwestern Memorial Hospital – Chicago, IL

Chief of the Section of Heart Failure Treatment and Recovery, and an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Board Certifications: Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant, Cardiovascular Disease, Internal Medicine

Expertise: cardiomyopathy, advanced heart failure/transplant and mechanical assist devices

Education

Medical School: Stritch School of Medicine/Loyola University

Residency:  McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University

Fellowship:  McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University

Jason Wollmuth MD

Providence Heart and Vascular Institute – Portland, OR 

Board Certifications: Interventional Cardiology, Cardiovascular Disease

Expertise: Interventional Cardiology

Education

Medical School: Oregon Health Sciences University School Of Medicine

Residency: University of Arizona

Fellowship: Washington University