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Plenary
Wanda M. Popescu, MD (she/her/hers) – Yale University School of Medicine
Michael C. Grant, MD, MSE – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Critical Care and Perioperative Management
S. Adil Husain, MD – University of Utah School of Medicine
Elizabeth A. David, MD, MAS – University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus
Education/Quality/Wellness
Joseph B. Zwischenberger, MD, FACS – University of Kentucky
Education/Quality/Wellness
Robert E. Merritt, MD – Thoracic Surgery Division, Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Jason Long, MD, MPH (he/him/his) – University of North Carolina Department of Surgery
General Thoracic
Bahaaldin Alsoufi, n/a (he/him/his) – University of Louisville
Michael Mitchell, MD – Children's Hospital of Wisconsin
Congenital
Karen M. Kim, MD – University of Michigan
Felix G. Fernandez, MD, MSc – Emory University
Adult Cardiac
Steven F. Bolling, MD – University of Michigan Hospital
Joanna Chikwe, MD – Department of Cardiac Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Health System
Gerald M. Lawrie, MD (he/him/his) – Houston Methodist Hospital Specialty Physician Group
Pavan Atluri, MD – University of Pennsylvania
Arnar Geirsson, MD – Yale University
Marc Gillinov, MD – Cleveland Clinic
T. Sloane Guy, IV, MD, MBA – Georgia Heart Institute, Northeast Georgia Medical Center
Tom C. Nguyen, MD – Baptist Health
Matthew Romano, MD – University of Michigan Medical Center
Patrick M. McCarthy, MD – Northwestern Medicine/Northwestern University
Michael E. Halkos, MD – Emory University
Gorav Ailawadi, MD, MBA – University of Michigan
Dominic Emerson, MD, FACS – Cedars Sinai
Karen A. Gersch, MD, FACC, FACS – Georgia Heart Institute
Danny Ramzy, MD PhD (he/him/his) – UT Health Houston McGovern School of Medicine
Tessa Watt, MD, MSc (she/her/hers) – University of Michigan
Thuy Le, PA-C – University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Jeffrey Schneider, PA-C – Michigan Medicine
Öztekin Oto, Professor (he/him/his) – Dokuz Eylul University/İzmir
Adult Cardiac
David M. Overman, MD – Children's Minnesota
Damien J. LaPar, MD, MSc – University of Texas - Houston
Congenital
Daniel T. Engelman, MD – Baystate Medical Center
Alison Ward, MD – Emory University/Grady Memorial Hospital
Critical Care and Perioperative Management
Joseph S. Coselli, MD – Baylor College of Medicine
Maral Ouzounian, MD, PhD – Toronto General Hospital, University of Toronto
Joseph Bavaria, MD, FACS, FRCS (Edin) ad hom – Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Dept. of Cardiovascular S
Leonard N. Girardi, MD – New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center
Ourania Preventza, MD, MBA – Baylor College of Medicine,Texas Heart Institute
Adult Cardiac
Paula Ugalde Figueroa, MD – Brigham and Women's Hospital
Arthur Vieira, MD – CHAUR - University of Montreal
Mark Onaitis, MD – University of California San Diego
General Thoracic
Joseph D. Phillips, MD – Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
David Tom Cooke, MD (he/him/his) – University of California, Davis Medical Center
David D. Odell, MD, MMSc – Canning Thoracic Institute, Department of Surgery, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine
Education/Quality/Wellness
Joshua Goldberg, MD – Westchester Medical Center
Kevin D. Accola, MD – AdventHealth Orlando
Adult Cardiac
Ahmet Kilic, MD (he/him/his) – The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Margarita Camacho, MD, MBA, MS – Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
Adult Cardiac
Thomas E. MacGillivray, MD – MedStar Washington Hospital Center
Joseph F. Sabik, III, MD – University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University
Phillip J. Hess, MD – Indiana University IU SOM
Sara Pereira, MD (she/her/hers) – University of Utah
Joshua Baker, MD (he/him/his) – Missouri Baptist Medical Center
Adult Cardiac
Roberto Lorusso, Full Professor PhD – Maastricht University Medical Centre
Christian A. Bermudez, MD – Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Critical Care and Perioperative Management
Moritz C. Wyler von Ballmoos, MD, PhD, MPH – -
Armin Kiankhooy, MD – Adventist Health - St Helena
Education/Quality/Wellness
Joseph A. Dearani, MD – Mayo Clinic
Joanna Chikwe, MD – Department of Cardiac Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Health System
Vinay Badhwar, MD – West Virginia University
Adult Cardiac
Elisabeth Dexter, MD – Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Clauden Louis, MD MS FACC – BayCare Medical System
Education/Quality/Wellness
Nicholas Oh, MD – Cleveland Clinic
Robert J. Dabal, MD (he/him/his) – University of Alabama at Birmingham/Children's of Alabama
Congenital
Joseph Bavaria, MD, FACS, FRCS (Edin) ad hom – Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Dept. of Cardiovascular S
Davide Pacini, MD, PhD – S. Orsola Hospital, University of Bologna
Adult Cardiac
Melanie Edwards, MD (she/her/hers) – Trinity Health Ann Arbor
Smita Sihag, MD, MPH (she/her/hers) – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
General Thoracic
Marisa Cevasco, MD (she/her/hers) – Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Edward G. Soltesz, MD – Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Critical Care and Perioperative Management
Victor Morell, MD – University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Carlos M. Mery, MD, MPH – University of Texas Dell Medical School / Dell Children's Hospital
Congenital
Douglas J. Minnich, MD – Ascension St. Vincent's Birmingham
Luis J. Herrera, MD (he/him/his) – Orlando Health
General Thoracic
S. Christopher Malaisrie, MD – Northwestern University
Wilson Szeto, MD – University of Pennsylvania
Adult Cardiac
Joseph A. Dearani, MD – Mayo Clinic
Joanna Chikwe, MD – Department of Cardiac Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Health System
Vinay Badhwar, MD – West Virginia University
Adult Cardiac
Tom C. Nguyen, MD – Baptist Health
Katherine Harrington, MD – Baylor Scott & White The Heart Hospital
Donnell K. Bowen, DO – Houston Methodist Sugar Land / Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular
Adult Cardiac
Cherie Erkmen, MD – Temple University Health System, Fox Chase Cancer Center
Clauden Louis, MD MS FACC – BayCare Medical System
Education/Quality/Wellness
Plenary
James L. Cox, MD (he/him/his) – Northwestern University
Vinay Badhwar, MD – West Virginia University
Karen M. Kim, MD – University of Michigan
