Course Directors


Michael Borger, MD
Leipzig Heart Center
Leipzig, German


David Brown, MD
The Heart Hospital Baylor Plano
Dallas, TX


Paul Grayburn, MD
The Heart Hospital Baylor Plano
Dallas, TX


Michael Mack, MD
The Heart Hospital Baylor Plano
Dallas, TX


Robert Smith, MD
The Heart Hospital Baylor Plano
Dallas, TX

Invited Faculty

Cardiothoracic Surgery

Gorav Ailawadi, MD
University of Virginia Healthcare
Charlottesville, VA

Mani Arsalan, MD
Kerckhoff Klinik
Bad Nauheim, Germany

Joseph Bavaria, MD
Penn Medicine
Philadelphia, PA

Steven Bolling, MD
University of Michigan Health
Ann Arbor, MI

William Brinkman, MD
The Heart Hospital Baylor Plano
Plano, TX

Ranny Chitwood
East Carolina Heart Institute
Greenville, NC

Michael DiMaio, MD
The Heart Hospital Baylor Plano
Plano, TX

Timothy George, MD
The Heart Hospital Baylor Plano
Plano, TX

Katherine Harrington, MD
The Heart Hospital Baylor Plano
Plano, TX

Kelley Hutchenson, MD
The Heart Hospital Baylor Plano
Plano, TX

Bruce Lytle, MD
The Heart Hospital Baylor Plano
Plano, TX

G. Burkhard Mackensen, MD
University of Washington Medicine
Seattle, WA

Michael Reardon, MD
Houston Methodist Hospital
Houston, TX

William Ryan, MD
The Heart Hospital Baylor Plano
Plano, TX

Justin Schaffer, MD
The Heart Hospital Baylor Plano
Plano, TX

Jeorg Seeborger, MD
Heart Center Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany

Vinod Thourani, MD
MedStar Washington Hospital Center
Washington, DC

Thomas Walther, MD
Kerckhoff Klinik
Bad Nauheim, Germany

Cardiology

John Alexander, MD
Novant Health Heart and Vascular
Charlotte, NC

James Choi, MD
Baylor Scott & White
Dallas, TX

Brian Deville, MD
The Heart Hospital Baylor Plano
Plano, TX

Peter Fitzgerald, MD
Stanford University Medical Center
Stanford, CA

Ambarish Gopal, MD
The Heart Hospital Baylor Plano
Plano, TX

James Hermiller Jr, MD
St. Vincent Medical Group
Indianapolis, IN

Samir Kapadia, MD
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH

Susheel Kodali, MD
NewYork-Presbyterian/
Columbia University Medical Center
New York, NY

Martin B. Leon, MD
NewYork-Presbyterian/
Columbia University Medical Center
New York, NY

Stephen Little, MD
Houston Methodist Cardiology
Houston, TX

Raj Makkar, MD
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA

Timothy Mixon, MD
Baylor Scott and White Temple
Temple, TX

Madalina Petrescu, MD
Swedish Medical Center
Seattle, WA

Srini Potluri, MD
The Heart Hospital Baylor Plano
Plano, TX

David Rizik, MD
HonorHealth Scottsdale
Scottsdale, AZ

Anna Sannino, MD
Baylor Scott & White
Dallas, TX

Sam Sayfo, MD
The Heart Hospital Baylor Plano
Plano, TX

Rahul Sharma, MD
Cedars-Sinai Medical Group
Los Angeles, CA

Robert Stoler, MD
Baylor Scott & White
Dallas, TX

Molly Szerlip, MD
The Heart Hospital Baylor Plano
Plano, TX