Panel Discussion | The Fundamental Concepts - Microvascular Disease

Sunday, March 9, 2025

2:25 PM – 2:50 PM ET

Moderator(s)

Shrilla Banerjee, MD FRCP FESC

Consultant Interventional Cardiologist
Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
Redhill, England, United Kingdom

Disclosure(s): Boston Scietific: Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Terminated, May 31, 2024); medtronic.: Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Terminated, June 30, 2024)
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)
Bruce Samuels, MD

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

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

Panel Discussant(s)

Alexandra Bastiany, MD

Interventional Cardiologist
Thunder Bay Regional Health Centre

Disclosure(s): Heart and Stroke: Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Terminated, January 31, 2025); Phillips: Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Terminated, May 31, 2024)
Brian C. Case, MD

Interventional Cardiologist; Assistant Professor of Medicine, Georgetown University; Director of Cath Lab, Chief of Interventional Cardiology, MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital
MedStar Heart and Vascular Institute
Bethesda, Maryland, United States

Disclosure(s): Acist Medical: Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing); Philips Medical Systems, Inc.: Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing)
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)
Ran Kornowski, MD

Chairman, Department of Cardiology
Rabin Medical Center
Petach-Tikva, Israel

Disclosure(s): Medtronics-Cathworks: Ownership Interest (stocks, stock options, patent or other intellectual property or other ownership interest excluding diversified mutual funds) (Ongoing)
Erick Schampaert, MD

Head, Division of Cardiology, Chair CV Health, HSCM, CIUSSS NIM Chair
Centre Integré Universitaire Santé Services Sociaux, Nord Ile de Montreal
Mont-Royal, Quebec, Canada

Disclosure(s): Abbott: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing); Philips: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (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
Robert J. Widmer, MD, PhD

Director Interventional Cath Labs
Baylor Scott & White Health
Belton, Texas, United States

Disclosure(s): medtronic.: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing); Philips; Abbott: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing), Grant/Research Support (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing); W. L. Gore and Associates, Inc.: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing)

Disclosure(s):

Shrilla Banerjee, MD FRCP FESC: Boston Scietific: Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Terminated, May 31, 2024); medtronic.: Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Terminated, June 30, 2024)

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)

Bruce Samuels, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Alexandra Bastiany, MD: Heart and Stroke: Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Terminated, January 31, 2025); Phillips: Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Terminated, May 31, 2024)

Brian C. Case, MD: Acist Medical: Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing); Philips Medical Systems, Inc.: Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing)

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)

Ran Kornowski, MD: Medtronics-Cathworks: Ownership Interest (stocks, stock options, patent or other intellectual property or other ownership interest excluding diversified mutual funds) (Ongoing)

Erick Schampaert, MD: Abbott: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing); Philips: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (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

Robert J. Widmer, MD, PhD: medtronic.: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing); Philips; Abbott: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing), Grant/Research Support (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing); W. L. Gore and Associates, Inc.: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing)