Panel Discussion

Saturday, March 8, 2025

10:21 AM – 10:45 AM ET

Panel Moderator(s)

Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA

Interventional Cardiologist
VA Long Beach Health Care System
Long Beach, California, United States

Disclosure(s): hemonetics-Opsens: Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing); Medtronics-Cathworks: Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing); Philips; Abbott: Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing); Zoll- Therox: Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing)
Habib Samady, MD, FACC, FSCAI

Adjunct Professor, Emory University
Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Disclosure(s): Covanos Inc.: Ownership Interest (stocks, stock options, patent or other intellectual property or other ownership interest excluding diversified mutual funds) (Ongoing)
Pieter C. Smits, PhD, FESC

Chief Medical Director
CERC (Cardiovascular European Research Center)
Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

Disclosure(s): CERC ( centre european of cardiovascular research): Consultant (Ongoing), Stock-privately held company (Ongoing)
Janet Wei, MD

Associate Professor, Cardiology and Biomedical Sciences
Cedars-Sinai Smidt Heart Institute

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

Panel Discussant(s)

Joost Daemen, MD, PhD

Interventional Cardiologist
Erasmus MC Thoraxcenter
Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

Disclosure(s): Abbott Vascular, ACIST medical, Boston Scientific, Cardialysis BV, CardiacBooster, Kaminari Medical, ReCor Medical, Pie Medical, Sanofi, Siemens Health Care and Medtronic: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing)
David Erlinge, MD, PhD

Professor, Consultant Interventional Cardiology
Lund University
Lund, Sweden

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
William F. Fearon, MD

Professor of Medicine Director, Interventional Cardiology
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, California, United States

Disclosure(s): Abbott Vascular: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing); CathWorks: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing); HeartFlow: Stock-privately held company (Ongoing); medtronic.: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing); ShockWave: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing)
Hayder D. Hashim, MD

Interventional Cardiologist
Medstar Washington Hospital Center/Georgetown University
washington, District of Columbia, United States

Disclosure(s): Abbott Vascular, Medtronic, Boston Scientific: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing), Grant/Research Support (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing); Phillips IGT: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing); Terumo Corporation: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing)
Yuhei Kobayashi, MD

Assistant Professor
NY Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, United States

Disclosure(s): CathWorks: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing)
MP

Megha Prasad, MD

Assistant professor
Columbia university

Disclosure(s): BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM IT.SpA.: Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing); Conavi Medical: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing)
Bruce Samuels, MD

Interventional cardiologist
Cedars Sinai Medical Center
Beverly Hills, California, United States

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

Disclosure(s):

Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA: hemonetics-Opsens: Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing); Medtronics-Cathworks: Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing); Philips; Abbott: Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing); Zoll- Therox: Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing)

Habib Samady, MD, FACC, FSCAI: Covanos Inc.: Ownership Interest (stocks, stock options, patent or other intellectual property or other ownership interest excluding diversified mutual funds) (Ongoing)

Pieter C. Smits, PhD, FESC: CERC ( centre european of cardiovascular research): Consultant (Ongoing), Stock-privately held company (Ongoing)

Janet Wei, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Joost Daemen, MD, PhD: Abbott Vascular, ACIST medical, Boston Scientific, Cardialysis BV, CardiacBooster, Kaminari Medical, ReCor Medical, Pie Medical, Sanofi, Siemens Health Care and Medtronic: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing)

David Erlinge, MD, PhD: No financial relationships to disclose

William F. Fearon, MD: Abbott Vascular: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing); CathWorks: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing); HeartFlow: Stock-privately held company (Ongoing); medtronic.: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing); ShockWave: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing)

Hayder D. Hashim, MD: Abbott Vascular, Medtronic, Boston Scientific: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing), Grant/Research Support (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing); Phillips IGT: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing); Terumo Corporation: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing)

Yuhei Kobayashi, MD: CathWorks: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing)

Megha Prasad, MD: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM IT.SpA.: Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing); Conavi Medical: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing)

Bruce Samuels, MD: No financial relationships to disclose