International Guests
Heart Failure, Cardiomyopathies and Pericardial Diseases
Dr. Azzari, Fabián Alejandro
Former resident in Cardiology, Instituto
Cardiovascular de Buenos Aires.
Former interventional cardiologist,
Clínica Bazterrica, Santa Isabel and
Sanatorio Franchin (Buenos Aires,
Argentina)
Cardiologist at Hôpital régional de
Rimouski, (Québec,Canada) since 2008
Dr. Barriales Villa, Roberto
MD, PhD, FESC
Inherited Cardiovascular Disease Unit
Complexo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña
Dr. Brozzi, Nicolás
Cardiothoracic Surgeon at Cleveland Clinic Florida,
specialized in surgical treatment of heart failure.
Director of the Mechanical Circulatory Assistance Program.
Director of the Cardiovascular Research Program.
Dr. Cingolani, Oscar H
Associate Professor of Medicine.
Director Hypertension Program.
Associate Director Cardiac Intensive
Care Unit.
Director Cardiology Grand Rounds.
Division of Cardiology
Johns Hopkins University Hospital
Dra. Contreras, Johanna
Director of the Heart Failure Network
at Mount Sinai Health System, and the
Director of Diversity and Inclusion
Also the director of Cardiovascular
Research at Mount Sinai West and
Medical Director of the Hispanic Heart
Center
Dr. Delgado, Diego
Professor of Medicine, University of
Toronto
Director of Cardiology, Toronto General
Hospital
Specialist in heart failure and heart
transplant
Director of the Cardiac Amyloidosis
Program
Dr. Hernández-Monfort, Jaime
Director of the Failure, Recovery and Program
Cardiac Replacement at Baylor Scott and White Health
(Central Texas Region and Metropolitan Area of
Austin)
Founding Member of Cardiogenic Shock Working
group
Dr. Kazi, Dhruv
Cardiologist and health economist who
serves as the Associate Director and
Section Head of Health Economics at the
Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Center
for Outcomes Research in Boston,
Massachusetts. Dr. Kazi’s research
examines the real-world effectiveness
and cost effectiveness of clinical and
policy interventions for cardiovascular
prevention and treatment, improving
access to cardiovascular therapies.
Through his scientific leadership role in
the American Heart Association,
Dr. Kazi advocates for universal access
to affordable cardiovascular prevention
and care.
Dr. Knop, Gustavo L.
Cardiothoracic Surgeon. Assistant Professor of Surgery, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Sciences Department of Cardiovascular Surgery Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States.
Dra. Nicolis, Orietta
Dr. Nicolis was responsible for different
national ANID (National Agency for Research
and Development) projects on statistics,
data science and artificial intelligence with
applications to different fields.; co-author of
more than 70 scientific publications and
reviewer of several international scientific
journals, as well as member of the ANID
evaluation committee and co-editor of a
book and scientific journals, an elected
member of the International Statistical
Institute (ISI) and member of many other
statistical societies.
Dr. Ochoa, Juan Pablo
Specialist in Internal Medicine and
Cardiology, expert in Genetics and
Cardiovascular Diseases.
Cardiologist at the Scientific Department of
Health In Code (A Coruña, Spain).
Researcher of the Cardiovascular Research
Group (GRINCAR) of the University of A
Coruña.
Dr. Rojas Hernández, Sebastián
In 2019, he expanded his experiences
by joining the Heart and Diabetes
Centre NRW in Bad Oeynhausen as
staff cardiovascular surgeon under the
direction of Prof. J. Gummert with a
focus on adult cardiovascular surgery,
mechanical circulatory support (MCS)
and heart transplantation. In 2021,
Sebastian Rojas became faculty
member at Hannover Medical School
(MHH). His sphere of influence
expanded in 2022 when he became a
visiting professor at the Universidad de
Valparaiso in Chile. Sebastian Rojas'
clinical and research interests involve
cardiac stem cell therapy, ex vivo organ
perfusion, thoracic organ
transplantation and MCS. He is
currently science attaché for the
Spanish-speaking group of the ISHLT.
Dr. Valle Muñoz, Alfonso
Head of the Cardiology Department. Área
del Corazón. Denia
Department of Cardiology Hospital La Salud.
Valencia
Dr. Velasquez Silva, Claudio
Cardiologist at the Heart Failure Center
of the Heart Center of the federal state of
North Rhine-Westphalia (Herz- und
Diabeteszentrum Nordrhein-Westfalen), Hospital
Clinician at the Ruhr University Bochum,
Germany.
Multimodality Imaging
Dr. Asch, Federico
Director of Cardiac Imaging Research
and Cardiovascular Core Labs, MedStar
Health Research Institute
Professor of Medicine, Georgetown
University
Washington DC, USA
Dr. Chang, Su Min
Associate Professor of Medicine Weill Cornell Medical College
Associate Director of the Cardiac Computed Tomography Laboratory of the Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center
Medical Director of Cardiac Imaging Laboratory of the Methodist West Houston Hospital
Ischemic Heart Disease
Dra. Iribarren, Ana
Faculty and Research Scientist at Women 's Heart Center, Smidt Heart Institute, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, USA
Dr. Panza, Julio A., MD, FACC, FAHA
Director, Department of Cardiology, Westchester Medical Center and WMC Health Network
Professor and Vice Chairman, Department of Medicine, New York Medical College
Dr. Smits, Peter
Dr. Smits is currently Chief Medical Director
at CERC (Cardiovascular European Research
Center) a Clinical
Research Organization founded by Marie-
Claude Morice.
He has been involved in over 400 peer
reviewed papers in the field of
interventional cardiology of which he is the
first or senior author of 2 NEJM and 2 Lancet
papers.
Dr Kates, Andrew M. MD, FACC
Professor of Medicine, Associate
Chief for Education, Division of
Cardiology
Director, Cardiovascular Fellowship
Program
Washington University School of
Medicine, St. Louis MO
Chair, American College of
Cardiology Lifelong Learning
Oversight Committee
Dr. Wilson, B. Hadley MD FACC
Executive Vice Chair
Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute/Atrium
Health
Clinical Professor of Medicine
Wake Forest University School of
Medicine
President
American College of Cardiology
Arrhythmias and Electrophysiology
Dr. Eugenio Cingolani
Director del Programa de Cardiogenética y Arritmias Familiares en la Sección de Electrofisiología Cardíaca del Cedars-Sinai Smidt Heart Institute, Los Angeles, California.
La investigación y la práctica clínica del Dr. Cingolani se centran en los trastornos del ritmo cardíaco y la electrofisiología.
Miembro de la American Heart Association (AHA), Heart Rhythm Society (HRS), y American Society of Clinical Investigation (ASCI). Ha participado en múltiples proyectos de investigación, sobre los mecanismos básicos de las arritmias y en el desarrollo de terapias novedosas para los trastornos del ritmo cardíaco.
Dr. Adrián Baranchuk
MD FACC FRCPC FCCS FSIAC
Profesor de Medicina
Presidente, Sociedad Interamericana de Cardiología (SIAC)
Vice Presidente, International Society of Holter and Non-invasive Electrocardiology (ISHNE)
Dr. Adelqui Peralta:
Director Electrofisiología Cardiaca, VA Boston Healthcare System
Profesor Asistente de Medicina
Escuela Médica de Harvard
Boston, Massachusetts
EE.UU
Dr. Baranchuk, Adrián
MD FACC FRCPC FCCS FSIAC
Professor of Medicine
President, Inter-American Society of
Cardiology (SIAC)
Vice Presidente, International Society
of Holter and Non-invasive
Electrocardiology (ISHNE)
Dr. Cingolani, Eugenio
Director of the Cardiogenetics-
Familial Arrhythmia Clinic at Clinical
Cardiac Electrophysiology Section of
the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute. Dr.
Cingolani's research and clinical
practice focus on heart rhythm
disorders and electrophysiology. He is
member of the American Heart
Association (AHA), Heart Rhythm
Society (HRS), and American Society
of Clinical Investigation (ASCI). His
clinical interests are focused on
familial arrhythmia syndromes (such
as Brugada syndrome, long QT
syndrome, arrhythmogenic
cardiomyopathy), pacemaker and ICD
implantation and catheter ablation for
cardiac arrhythmias. He has been
involved in multiple research projects,
investigating basic mechanism of
arrhythmias and developing novel
therapies for heart rhythm disorders.
Dr. Peralta, Adelqui
Director Cardiac Electrophysiology, VA
Boston Healthcare System
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts
USA
Interventional and Structural Cardiology
Dr. Balaguer, Jorge M., MD
Chief of Cardiovascular and
Thoracic Surgery Bellevue
Hospital. NY.
Associate Professor of Surgery
New York University, NY
Dr. Otero Lacoste, Maximiliano
School of Medicine, UBA, 1995
Interventional echocardiography at
CopaStar Hospital - Rio de Janeiro - Brazil.
Fellow of the Research and Development
Department, Universidad Favaloro, 1992 -
2004.
Master in Cardiology Universidade Federal
Fluminense- Nitroi - Brazil - 2004 CAS
Certificate in Advanced Studies in Imaging
for Interventional Cardiology, University of
Zurich- Switzerland 2020
Pediatric Cardiology and Congenital Heart Disease in Adults
Dr. Doan, Tam T
Pediatric Cardiologist at Texas Children’s Hospital and Assistant Professor at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
He has expertise in fetal cardiology, echocardiography, cross-sectional cardiovascular imaging, and coronary artery anomalies.
Sanjay, Sinha MD, FSCAI
Assistant Professor, Pediatric Cardiology
Interventional Pediatric Cardiology
Co-Director, UCLA Congenital Lymphatic Intervention Program
CHOC/ CS cardiology, UC Irvine School of Medicine
UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital
ssinha@hs.uci.edu
ssinha@mednet.ucla.edu
Hypertension
Dr. Chirinos, Julio
Director of Cardiac Imaging at the Philadelphia Veterans Hospital. He has recently obtained a PhD from the University of Ghent in Belgium, focusing on arterial hemodynamics and ventriculo-arterial coupling. His research program is funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the American Heart Association and the American College of Radiology Network (ACRIN). He is an editor of the Cochrane Cardiovascular Group (Cochrane Systematic Review Collaboration) and serves on the editorial board of other cardiology journals. He is the author of more than
100 publications in international journals. He has won research awards from the European Society of Cardiology, the Interamerican Society of Cardiology, the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology.
