Faculty Disclosures

Physician Faculty List & Disclosure Summary

It is the policy of the International Andreas Gruentzig Society (IAGS) to insure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all its sponsored educational programs. All speakers, chairpersons, panelists and planning committee members participating in this program are expected to disclose to the program audience all potential conflicts of interest that might introduce a bias in their presentations.

The intent of this policy is not to prevent a participant with a potential conflict of interest from making a presentation. It is merely intended that any potential conflict should be identified openly so that the listeners may form their own judgments about the presentation with the full disclosure of the facts. It remains for the audience to determine whether the participant’s outside interests may reflect a possible bias in either the exposition or the conclusions presented.

The participants listed below have disclosed if they have any existing potential conflicts of interest with respect to their participation in our program:

J. Dawn Abbott, MD, FACC, FSCAI, Providence, RI, USA, Boston Scientific, Microport, CSL Behring: research with institutional compensation; Medtronic, Philips, Abbott, Recor: consulting with personal compensation.

Khaldoon Alaswad, MD, Detroit, MI, USA, Abbott CV, Asahi Intecc, Boston Scientific, CSI, LivaNova, Teleflex: consultant and speaker.

H. Vernon (Skip) Anderson, MD, FSCAI, Houston, TX, USA, nothing to disclose.

Salman Arain, MD, Houston, TX, USA, nothing to disclose.

Herbert Aronow, MD, MPH, FACC, FSCAI, FSVM, Providence, RI, USA, SilkRoad Medical: paid consultant, Clinical Events Committee (NITE trial); Philips: paid consultant, Data Safety and Monitoring Board (ILLUMENATE studies)

Steven Bailey, MD, MSCAI, San Antonio, TX, USA, Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions (CCI) : Editor in Chief.

Theodore Bass, MD, Jacksonville, FL, USA, nothing to disclose.

Itsik Ben-Dor, MD, Washington DC, USA, nothing to disclose.

Robert Bersin, MD, FACC, Seattle, Washington, USA, Ablative Solutions,  Omeros Corp, QT Vascular: equity interest; Boston Scientific: consulting relationship, equity interest, Proctor or Training Course Sponsorships; Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.: consulting relationship; Med Alliance; SA Advisory Board, equity interest; Medtronic Inc.: consulting relationship, Proctor or Training Course Sponsorships; Nectero Inc., Transverse Medical: advisory board, equity interest, stock options or positions.

Charles Brown III, MD, Atlanta, GA, USA, nothing to disclose.

Mauricio Cohen, MD, Miami, FL, USA, Terumo Medical, Zoll, Cordis, Merit Medical, Medtronic, Abiomed: consultant, Accumed Radial Systems: ownership.

Tyrone Collins, MD, FACC, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, nothing to disclose.

Michael Cowley, MD, FSCAI, Richmond, VA, USA, nothing to disclose.

Abhijeet Dhoble, MD, Houston, TX, USA, Abbott Vascular, Edwards Lifesciences: consultant and Proctor.

Eric Dippel, MD, Davenport, IA, USA, nothing to disclose.

Tim Fischell, MD, FSCAI, Kalamazoo, MI, USA, Ablative Solutions, Inc., CrossLiner, Inc. Co-founder, shareholder, employee, royalties if and when commercialized. Angel Medical Systems, Inc: co-founder, shareholder, royalties when commercialized. Svelte Medical, Inc.: co-founder, royalties: Merit Medical, Inc, Cordis Corporation: royalties.

Kirk Garratt, MD, FSCAI, Stillwater, MN, USA, nothing to disclose.

Adam Greenbaum, MD, Atlanta, GA, USA, Edwards Lifesciences, Medtronic, Abbott: Honoraria; Transmural Systems: equity.

Cindy Grines, MD, Johns Creek, GA, USA, Abiomed, Philips: advisory board, Boston Scientific: Research Grant.

George Hanzel, MD, Atlanta, GA, USA Nothing to disclose.

Tarek Helmy, MD, FACC, FSCAI, Shreveport, LA, USA Nothing to disclose.

Timothy Henry, MD, FACC, MSCAI, Cincinnati, OH, USA, Neovasc: consultant (Reducer Trial)

Amir Lerman, MD, Rochester, MN, USA, nothing to disclose.

Victor (Sam) Lucas, Jr, MD, New Orleans, LA, USA, nothing to disclose.

Ayman Magd, MD, PhD, Cairo, Egypt, nothing to disclose.

J. Jeffrey Marshall, MD, Gainesville, GA, USA, Abiomed: Data Safety Monitoring Board.

Christopher Meduri, MD, Atlanta, GA, USA, Anteris: CMO; Boston Scientific, Vdyne, Cardiovalve, Alleviant, Abbott: consultant and speaking fees.

Michael Mooney, MD, FSCAI, Eden Praire, MN, USA, Nothing to disclose.

Jihad Mustapha, MD, Grand Rapids, MI, USA, BD Bard Peripheral Vascular, Cardiovascular Systems, Inc., Medtronic, Philips, Angiodynamics: Consultant; Boston Scientific, Terumo, PQ Bypass, Avinger: Consultant, Research; Micromedical Solutions: Consulting Chief Medical Officer (not employed), CardioFlow, Research, equity ownership.

Srihari Naidu, MD, FACC, FSCAI, Hawthorne, NY, USA, nothing to disclose.

Sigrid Nikol, Professor Dr. med., Hamburg, Germany, nothing to disclose.

E. Magnus Ohman, MD, Durham, NC, USA, Abiomed, Chiesi USA: Research; Cara Therapeutics, Cytokinetics, Milestone; Pfizer, Otsuka, Xylocor: consulting.

Brian O’Murchu, MD, Philadelphia, PA, USA, nothing to disclose.

William O’Neill, MD, FSCAI, Detroit, MI, USA, Abiomed, Abbott, Medtronic: consultant; Synchrony Labs: stock.

Rajan Patel, MD, New Orleans, LA, USA, Abiomed: speaker, advisory board; Boston Scientific, LevoNova: speaker.

Renato Ramos, MD, Royal Oak, MI, USA, nothing to disclose.

Michael Rinaldi, MD, Charlotte, NC, USA, Abbott Vascular: Speaker/consultant, teaching course, proctor, ad board, Case selection committee (Repair MR and Tendyne); Edwards: Speaker/consultant, proctor, ad board, Case Selection Committee (Pascal 2D/F); Boston Scientific: Speaker/consultant, research grant, ad board; 4C Medical: Case selection committee (AltaValve).

Gregory Robertson, MD, FACC, FSCAI, Atlanta, GA, USA, nothing to disclose.

Gary Roubin, MD, PhD, FSCAI, Birmingham, AL, USA, Cook, Inc.: royalties; Inspire MD: equity.

Carlos Sanchez, MD, Columbus, OH, USA, Medtronic: Proctor; Abbott Vascular: Medical Advisory Board/Speaker/Proctor; Boston Scientific: speaker; Edwards Lifesciences: speaker/proctor.

Janar Sathananthan, MBChB, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Edwards Lifesciences, Medtronic: consultant, Research funding, NXT medical: consultant.

Binita Shah, MD, MS, New York, NY, USA, Philips Volcano: advisory board, Terumo Medical: consultant.

Fayaz Shawl, MD, FSCAI, Takoma Park, MD, USA, nothing to disclose.

Kimberly Skelding, MD, FACC, FAHA, FSCAI, Wenatchee, WA, USA, nothing to disclose.

Richard Smalling, MD, FSCAI, Houston, TX, USA, nothing to disclose.

Molly Szerlip, MD, Plano, TX, USA, Edwards Lifesciences: speaker consulting fee, CVI, SCAI, Boston Scientific: speaker honoraria.

Charles Thompson, MD, Zachary, LA, USA, nothing to disclose.

George Vetrovec, MD, MACC, MSCAI, Richmond, VA, USA, Abiomed: consultant.

Bonnie Weiner, MD. MSEC, MBA, Harvard, MA, USA, nothing to disclose.

B. Hadley Wilson, MD, Charlotte, NC, USA, nothing to disclose.

James Zidar, MD, FACC, FSCAI, Raleigh, NC, USA, Medtronic, advisory board.

Industry Members

George Adams, MD, MHS, FACC, Raleigh, NC, USA, Cordis: Chief Medical Officer.

Seth Bilazarian, MD, FACC, FAHA, FSCAI, Danvers, MA, USA, Abiomed, Employee.

Erik Davies, Flagstaff, AZ, USA, W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., HCP Interactions Global Leader, Medical Products Division.

Regina Deible, Santa Clara, CA, USA, Abbott Vascular, Medical Science Manager.

Ryan Egeland, MD, PhD, MBA, St. Paul, MN, USA, Cardiovascular Systems, Inc., Chief Medical Officer.

Anthony Medigo, Miramar, FL, USA, East End Medical: Chief Commercial Officer, Transeptal Device, Siemens, Cardiovascular Systems: Formerly held Senior Management Positions.

Jay Meyer, Cary, NC, USA, Chiesi USA: Vice President – Business Unit Leader, Critical Care • Sales. 

Paul Puccioni, El Dorado Hills, CA, USA, Chiesi USA: Senior Director of Commercial Development.

Marvin Slosman, Tel Aviv, Israel, InspireMD, Chief Executive Officer.

David St. Denis, Eagan, MN, USA, Anteris Technologies Ltd., Chief Operating Officer.

Greg Walters, MBA, Malvern, PA, USA, Papilio Medical, Inc., CEO.

Nick West, MA, MD, FRCP, FACC, Santa Clara, CA, USA, Abbott, Chief Medical Officer & DVP, Global Medical Affairs, Vascular.