Panel Discussion | Will Angio FFR Become the Dominant Test for Physiology?

Sunday, March 9, 2025

4:02 PM – 4:20 PM ET

Panel Moderator(s)

Habib Samady, MD, FACC

President, Georgia Heart Institute
Georgia Heart Institute, Northeast Georgia Health System
Gainesville, Georgia, United States

Disclosure information not submitted.
Pieter C. Smits, PhD, FESC

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

Disclosure information not submitted.
Janet Wei, MD

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

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

Panel Discussant(s)

Hector M. Garcia-Garcia, MD, PhD

Director of Invasive Imaging Core Laboratory
MedStar Washington Hospital Center
Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Disclosure information not submitted.
Jason Galo, MD

Interventional Cardiology Fellow
Georgetown/Medstar Washington Hospital Center
Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Jennifer Jones-McMeans, PhD

Divisional Vice President, Global Clinical Affairs
Abbott Vascular, Inc.
Santa Clara, California, United States

Disclosure information not submitted.
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)
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)
Odayme Quesada, MD, MHS, FACC, FAHA, FESC

Medical Director, Women’s Heart Center; Ginger Warner Endowed Chair in Women’s Cardiovascular Health; Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati
The Christ Hospital
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Bruce Samuels, MD

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

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Olga Toleva, MD, MPH

Lead of Advanced Coronary Physiology Program
Georgia Heart Institute
ATLANTA, Georgia, United States

Disclosure information not submitted.
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):

Janet Wei, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Jason Galo, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

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)

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

Odayme Quesada, MD, MHS, FACC, FAHA, FESC: No financial relationships to disclose

Bruce Samuels, 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)