Founder and Course Director
Organizing Committee
BIFURCATION Faculty
Operators
MIRVAT ALASNAG,
King Fahad Armed Forces Hospital,
Jeddah, SAUDI ARABIA
KHALDOON ALASWAD,
Henry Ford Hospital,
Detroit, USA
OMAR AL FAZIR
Cardiac Vascular Sentral Kuala Lumpur,
MALAYSIA
MARCO ALCANTARA,
Hospital Medica Sur,
Mexico City, MEXICO
FRANCESCO BURZOTTA,
Gemelli Hospital,
Rome, ITALY
STEPHANE CARLIER,
CHU Ambroise Paré,
Mons, BELGIUM
ANTONIO COLOMBO,
Humanitas Research Hospital,
Milan, ITALY
RICARDO COSTA,
Dante Pazzanese Institute,
Sao Paulo, BRAZIL
MOHANED EGRED,
Freeman Hospital,
Newcastle, UNITED KINGDOM
BENJAMIN FAURIE,
Cardiovascular Institute, Groupe Hospitalier Mutualiste,
Grenoble FRANCE
OMER GOKTEKIN,
Memorial Bahçelievler Hospital,
Istanbul, TURKEY
BERNHARD REIMERS,
Humanitas Research Hospital,
Milan, ITALY
BEATRIZ VAQUERIZO,
Hospital del Mar,
Barcelona,SPAIN
CHRIS ZAMBAKIDES,
Netcare Union Hospital,
Alberton, SOUTH AFRICA
CTO Faculty
Operators
ALEXANDRE AVRAN,
Pasteur Institute, Nancy,
FRANCE
AMHED ELGUINDY,
Aswan Heart Centre- Magdi Yacoub Foudation,
EGYPT
GABRIELE L. GASPARINI,
Humanitas Research Hospital,
Milan, ITALY
SCOTT HARDING,
Wellington Hospital,
NEW ZEALAND
KAMBIS MASHAYEKHI,
University Heart Center Freiburg,
Bad Krozingen, GERMANY
LUCIO PADILLA,
ICBA Instituto Cardiovascular,
Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA
STEPHANE RINFRET
Emory Heart & Vascular center,
Atlanta, USA
KHALID TAMMAM,
International Medical Center,
Jeddah, SAUDI ARABIA
MASAHISA YAMANE,
Saitama Sekishinkai Hospital,
JAPAN
Moderators
ADRIAN BANNING, Oxford University Hospital, U.K.
ABU HANTASH HADY, Arab Medical Center, Ammam, JORDAN
PATRIZIA PRESBITERO, Humanitas Research Institute, Milan, ITALY
ELLIOT SMITH, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK
MARCO VALGIMIGLI, Swiss Cardiovascular Center Bern, SWITZERLAND
DOBRIN VASSILEV, Aleksandrovska University Hospital, Sofia, BULGARIA
AHMAD WAN AZMAN WAN, University of Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA
Moderators
JO DENS, ZOL (Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg), Genk, BELGIUM
ROBERTO GARBO, San Giovanni Bosco Hospital, Turin, ITALY
PAUL KNAAPEN, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam ,THE NETHERLANDS
GEORGE SIANOS, AHEPA University Hospital, Thessaloniki, GREECE
ELLIOT SMITH, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK
Commentators
REMO ALBIERO, General Hospital, Sondrio, ITALY
RASHA AL-LAMEE, Imperial College School of Medicine, London, UK
MAX AMOR, Clinique Louis Pasteur, Nancy, France
MARIO ARAYA, German Clinic, Santiago, CHILE
JURI AVRAMOVIC, Hospital IzolA, Izola, SLOVENIA
GILL LOUISE BUCHANAN, Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust, Carlisle, UNITED KINGDOM
SONYA BURGESS, Nepean Hospital, Sydney, Australia
ALAIDE CHIEFFO, San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, ITALY
GEORGE DANGAS, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, USA
OLIVIER DARREMONT, Saint Augustin Clinic, Bordeaux, France
MUZAFFER DEGERTEKIN, Istanbul Yeditepe University Hospital, TURKEY
ERIC EECKHOUT, CHU Lausanne, SWITZERLAND
AMR ELHADIDY, Cairo medical Cardiac Center, EGYPT
HUSSIEN HESHMAT KASSEM, Fujairah Hospital, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
MIROSLAW FERENC, University Heart center Freiburg-Bad Krozingen, GERMANY
GIUSEPPE FERRANTE, Humanitas Research Hospital, Humanitas University, Milan, ITALY
NIEVES GONZALO, Hospital Clinico San Carlos, Madrid, SPAIN
DAVID HILDICK SMITH, Sussex Cardiac Centre, Brighton, UNITED KINGDOM
JENS LASSEN, The Heart Centre Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, DENMARK
SARA MARTINEZ, Providence Centralia Hospital, Olympia, USA
JOLANTA SILLER-MATULA, Medical University, Vienna, AUSTRIA
ROXANA MEHRAN, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, USA
DEJAN MILASINOVIC, University Clinical Center Of Serbia, Belgrade, SERBIA
DIMITRIOS NIKAS, Ioannina University Hospital, GREECE
JALAL NOROUZI, Milad Hospital, Tehran, IRAN
VALERIA PARADIES, Maasstad Hospital, Rotterdam, THE NETHERLANDS
RAJAGOPAL RAJINIKANTH, Gleneagles JPMC, Jerudong, BRUNEI
JOSE RUMOROSO, Hospital Galdacano, Vizcaya, SPAIN
ZOLTAN RUZSA, University of Szeged, Budapest, HUNGARY
JORGE SANZ SANCHEZ, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Valencia, SPAIN
RICARDO SANTIAGO, PCI Cardiology Group, Bayamon Heart and Lung Institute, San Juan Puerto Rico
GUNASEKARAN SENGOTTUVELU, Apollo Hospitals, Chennai, INDIA
ABDULLA SHEHAB, Mediclinic and Royal Burjeel Hospital, Al ain, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
KHALED SHOKRY, Kobry El Kobba Military Hospital, Cairo, EGYPT
PAVEL SOMOV, GKB S.S. Yudina, Moscow, RUSSIAN FED
GIULIO STEFANINI, Humanitas Research Hospital, Milan, ITALY
GIUSEPPE TARANTINI, Padua University hospital, ITALY
JOAO TINOCO, Unicor-Es, Linhares, BRAZIL
CARLOS URIBE, CardioVID Clinic, Medellín, COLOMBIA
NICOLAS VEAS, Hospital Sótero del Rio, Santiago, CHILE
POONAM VELAGAPUDI, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, USA
Commentators
PIERFRANCESCO AGOSTONI, ZNA – Ziekenhuis Netwerk, Antwerpen, BELGIUM
NICOLAS BOUDOU, Clinique Saint-Augustin, Bordeaux, FRANCE
NENAD BOZINOVIC, Clinical Center, Nis, SERBIA
EMMANOUIL BRILAKIS, Minneapolis Heart Institute, USA
CARLOS CAMPOS, Heart Institute (InCor), Sao Paulo, BRAZIL
ROBERTO DILETTI, Thoraxcenter Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, THE NETHERLANDS
CARLO DI MARIO, University Hospital Careggi, Firenze, ITALY
SERGEJ FURKALO, National Institute of Surgery and Transplantation, Kiev, UKRAINE
ANDREA GAGNOR, Maria Vittoria Hospital, Turin, ITALY
ALFREDO GALASSI, University Hospital Paolo Giaccone, Palermo, ITALY
ALEXANDER GEPPERT, Clinic Ottakring, The Vienna Health Care Group, AUSTRIA
JUAN FERNANDO IGLESIAS, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, SWITZERLAND
ARUN KALYANASUNDARAM, Promed Hospital, Chennai, INDIA
ANDREW LADWINIEC, Glenfield Hospital. Leicester, UNITED KINGDOM
ALESSIO LA MANNA, Policlinico University Hospital, Catania, ITALY
DANTE LINDEFJELD, Clinica Universidad de los Andes, Santiago, CHILE
MARGARET McENTEGART, Golden Jubilee National Hospital, Glasgow, UNITED KINGDOM
MIHAJLO KOVACIC, County Hospital, Cakovec, CROATIA
AFSANEH MOHAMMADI, Razavi Hospital, Mashhad, IRAN
GORAN OLIVECRONA, Skane University Hospital, Lund, SWEDEN
JIE QIAN, FuWai Hospital, Beijing, CHINA
TIM SCHAEUFELE, Kardiologie Innenstadt, Berne, SWITZERLAND
PAVEL SOMOV, CCH S.S. Yudina, Moscow, RUSSIA
JAMES SPRATT, St George’s University Hospital, London, U.K
JOAO TINOCO, UNICOR & LMC Hospital, Linhares-Es, BRAZIL
CARLOS URIBE, Cardio Clinical VID, Medellín, COLOMBIA
DANIEL WEILENMANN, Kantonsspital, St. Gallen, SWITZERLAND
EUGENE B WU, Prince Of Wales Hospital, Shatin, HONK HONG