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  • Saturday, Mar 8th
    8:00 AM – 12:30 PM ET
    CTO Academy | Saturday Session
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    CoronaryCTO Academy Saturday
  • Saturday, Mar 8th
    8:00 AM – 8:50 AM ET
    INTRODUCTION TO CTO
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Moderator: Carlo Di Mario, MD – University of Florence
    Moderator: Jaikirshan Khatri, MD – Weill Cornell Medical Center
    Moderator: Perwaiz M. Meraj, MD, FSCAI – Northwell Health
    CoronaryCTO Academy Saturday
  • Saturday, Mar 8th
    8:00 AM – 8:50 AM ET
    Live Case Broadcasting from Wellspan York Hospital | York, PA
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Live Case Operator: Rhian E. Davies, DO MS – WellSpan York Hospital
    Moderator: Carlo Di Mario, MD – University of Florence
    Moderator: Jaikirshan Khatri, MD – Weill Cornell Medical Center
    Moderator: Perwaiz M. Meraj, MD, FSCAI – Northwell Health
    Panel Discussant: Yousif Ahmad, MRCP, PhD – UCSF
    Panel Discussant: Emmanouil S. Brilakis, MD, PhD – Minneapolis Heart Institute
    Panel Discussant: Tarek Helmy, MD, FACC, MSCAI – Ochsner LSU
    Panel Discussant: Michael J. Lim, MD – Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center
    Panel Discussant: Saroj Neupane, MD – WakeMed Hospital, Raleigh, North Carolina
    Panel Discussant: Adhir Shroff, MD, MPH – University of Illinois at Chicago/Jesse Brown Medical Center
    Panel Discussant: Catalin Toma, MD – University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
    Panel Discussant: Brett Wanamaker, MD – University of Michigan
    Panel Discussant: Gerald S. Werner, MD, PhD, FSCAI – Klinikum Darmstadt GmbH
    Panel Discussant: Masahisa Yamane, MD – Saitama Sekishinkai Hospital
    Panel Discussant: Laura Young – Cleveland Clinic
    CoronaryCTO Academy Saturday
  • Saturday, Mar 8th
    8:50 AM – 8:58 AM ET
    Radial or Femoral Access for CTO PCI
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Speaker: Stephane Rinfret, MD, SM – Georgia Heart Institute
    CoronaryCTO Academy Saturday
  • Saturday, Mar 8th
    8:50 AM – 10:20 AM ET
    CTO SETTING UP THE STAGE
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Moderator: Emmanouil S. Brilakis, MD, PhD – Minneapolis Heart Institute
    Moderator: Kevin Croce, MD, PhD – Brigham and Women's Hospital
    Moderator: Kathleen E. Kearney, MD – University of Washington
    CoronaryCTO Academy Saturday
  • Saturday, Mar 8th
    8:58 AM – 9:06 AM ET
    Primer on Collateral Physiology for the CTO Operator
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Speaker: Gerald S. Werner, MD, PhD, FSCAI – Klinikum Darmstadt GmbH
    CoronaryCTO Academy Saturday
  • Saturday, Mar 8th
    9:06 AM – 9:14 AM ET
    Introduction to CTO PCI Techniques
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Speaker: Gauravpal Singh Gill, MD – James River Cardiology
    CoronaryCTO Academy Saturday
  • Saturday, Mar 8th
    9:14 AM – 9:22 AM ET
    CTO-PCI | How to Prepare for the High CTO Score Cases
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Speaker: Masahisa Yamane, MD – Saitama Sekishinkai Hospital
    CoronaryCTO Academy Saturday
  • Saturday, Mar 8th
    9:22 AM – 9:30 AM ET
    Which is Better to Treat | The Diseased SVG or the Native CTO?
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Speaker: Lorenzo Azzalini, MD, PhD, MSc – University of Washington
    CoronaryCTO Academy Saturday
  • Saturday, Mar 8th
    9:30 AM – 9:38 AM ET
    Real-Time CT Fusion to Guide CTO PCI
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Speaker: Farouc A. Jaffer, MD, PhD – Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School
    CoronaryCTO Academy Saturday
  • Saturday, Mar 8th
    9:38 AM – 9:46 AM ET
    IVUS Guidance in CTO PCI
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Speaker: Jaikirshan Khatri, MD – Weill Cornell Medical Center
    CoronaryCTO Academy Saturday
  • Saturday, Mar 8th
    9:46 AM – 9:54 AM ET
    Selective Patient and Operator Selection for CTO Procedure
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Speaker: M. Reza Movahed, Prof. – University of Arizona, Tucson and Phoenix
    CoronaryCTO Academy Saturday
  • Saturday, Mar 8th
    9:54 AM – 10:06 AM ET
    Keynote Lecture | Coronary Stentectomy for the Management of LAD CTO
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Keynote Speaker: John Puskas, Md
    CoronaryCTO Academy Saturday
  • Saturday, Mar 8th
    10:06 AM – 10:20 AM ET
    Panel Discussion
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Panel Moderator: Emmanouil S. Brilakis, MD, PhD – Minneapolis Heart Institute
    Panel Moderator: Kevin Croce, MD, PhD – Brigham and Women's Hospital
    Panel Moderator: Kathleen E. Kearney, MD – University of Washington
    Panel Discussant: Lorenzo Azzalini, MD, PhD, MSc – University of Washington
    Panel Discussant: Gauravpal Singh Gill, MD – James River Cardiology
    Panel Discussant: Farouc A. Jaffer, MD, PhD – Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School
    Panel Discussant: Jaikirshan Khatri, MD – Weill Cornell Medical Center
    Panel Discussant: Stephane Rinfret, MD, SM – Georgia Heart Institute
    Panel Discussant: Catalin Toma, MD – University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
    Panel Discussant: Simon J. Walsh, MD – Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
    Panel Discussant: Brett Wanamaker, MD – University of Michigan
    Panel Discussant: Gerald S. Werner, MD, PhD, FSCAI – Klinikum Darmstadt GmbH
    Panel Discussant: Masahisa Yamane, MD – Saitama Sekishinkai Hospital
    Panel Discussant: Laura Young – Cleveland Clinic
    CoronaryCTO Academy Saturday
  • Saturday, Mar 8th
    10:20 AM – 10:28 AM ET
    Guidewire and Microcatheter Selection for Antegrade Approach
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Speaker: Stephane Rinfret, MD, SM – Georgia Heart Institute
    CoronaryCTO Academy Saturday
  • Saturday, Mar 8th
    10:20 AM – 12:30 PM ET
    ANTEGRADE APPROACH
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Moderator: Carlo Di Mario, MD – University of Florence
    Moderator: Allison B. Hall, MD, FRCPC – NL Health Services/Memorial University of Newfoundland
    Moderator: Jacques J. Koolen, MD, PhD, FSCAI – Catharina Hospital
    CoronaryCTO Academy Saturday
  • Saturday, Mar 8th
    10:28 AM – 10:36 AM ET
    Back to Basics ADR
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Speaker: Alpesh Shah, MD – Houston Methodist Hospital
    CoronaryCTO Academy Saturday
  • Saturday, Mar 8th
    10:36 AM – 10:44 AM ET
    Parallel-Wire Technique | A Revival With New-Generation Wires
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Speaker: Gerald S. Werner, MD, PhD, FSCAI – Klinikum Darmstadt GmbH
    CoronaryCTO Academy Saturday
  • Saturday, Mar 8th
    10:44 AM – 10:52 AM ET
    Antegrade Techniques for Coronary Chronic Total Occlusion | A 2025 Appraisal
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Speaker: Debabrata Dash, MD, DM, FICC, FSCAI, FAPSC, FCCP, FACC, FESC – Aster Hospital, Al Mankhool Dubai, UAE
    CoronaryCTO Academy Saturday
  • Saturday, Mar 8th
    10:52 AM – 11:00 AM ET
    Antegrade Dissection Re-Entry
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Speaker: Angela M. Taylor, MD, MS, MBA – University of Virginia
    CoronaryCTO Academy Saturday
  • Saturday, Mar 8th
    11:00 AM – 11:08 AM ET
    Is STAR the Way to Go to Reduce Complications with CTO PCI? When and How to Perform STAR
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Speaker: Stephane Rinfret, MD, SM – Georgia Heart Institute
    CoronaryCTO Academy Saturday
  • Saturday, Mar 8th
    11:08 AM – 11:16 AM ET
    Antegrade Wire Escalation | A Step-by-Step Approach
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Speaker: Megha Prasad, MD – Columbia university
    CoronaryCTO Academy Saturday
  • Saturday, Mar 8th
    11:16 AM – 11:24 AM ET
    Complications of Antegrade CTO PCI
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Speaker: Srini Potluri, MD – Baylor Scott and White The Heart Hospital Plano
    CoronaryCTO Academy Saturday
  • Saturday, Mar 8th
    11:24 AM – 11:32 AM ET
    What to do if a Wire and Microcather Reach to the Extra-Vessel Course in CTO-PCI?
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Speaker: Masahisa Yamane, MD – Saitama Sekishinkai Hospital
    CoronaryCTO Academy Saturday
  • Saturday, Mar 8th
    11:32 AM – 12:30 PM ET
    Live Case Broadcasting from Sunnybrook Hospital | Toronto, CA
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Live Case Operator: Harindra C. Wijeysundera, MD, PhD – Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center
    Moderator: Carlo Di Mario, MD – University of Florence
    Moderator: Allison B. Hall, MD, FRCPC – NL Health Services/Memorial University of Newfoundland
    Moderator: Jacques J. Koolen, MD, PhD, FSCAI – Catharina Hospital
    Panel Discussant: Lorenzo Azzalini, MD, PhD, MSc – University of Washington
    Panel Discussant: Kathryn Dawson, MD – Providence Heart and Vascular Institute
    Panel Discussant: Jarrod Frizzell, MD, MS – St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
    Panel Discussant: Robert Gallino, MD – Cardiology Associates, LLC
    Panel Discussant: Srini Potluri, MD – Baylor Scott and White The Heart Hospital Plano
    Panel Discussant: Tanveer Rab, MD, FACC, MSCAI – Emory University
    Panel Discussant: Stephane Rinfret, MD, SM – Georgia Heart Institute
    Panel Discussant: Alpesh Shah, MD – Houston Methodist Hospital
    Panel Discussant: Angela M. Taylor, MD, MS, MBA – University of Virginia
    Panel Discussant: Masahisa Yamane, MD – Saitama Sekishinkai Hospital
    CoronaryCTO Academy Saturday
  • Saturday, Mar 8th
    12:30 PM ET
    Adjourn
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    CoronaryCTO Academy Saturday