Course Director

Ashequl M. Islam, MD, MPH

Professor of Medicine & Surgery
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School – Baystate
Associate Chief of Cardiology
Baystate Medical Center
Springfield, MA

Course Co-Directors

Suzanne J. Baron, MD, MSc

Director of Interventional Cardiology Research
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA

Harold L. Dauerman, MD

Professor of Medicine and Surgery
Network Director, Interventional Cardiology
University of Vermont Health Network
Burlington, VT

John K. Forrest, MD

Professor of Medicine
Director, Interventional Cardiology
Director, Structural Heart Disease Program
Yale University School of Medicine & Yale New Haven Health System
New Haven, CT

Ansar Hassan, MD, PhD

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery
Surgical Director, Mitral Center of Excellence

Maine Medical Center
Portland, ME

Ignacio Inglessis-Azuaje, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Director, Structural Heart Disease Program
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA

Thomas C. Piemonte, MD

Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine
Tufts University School of Medicine
Director, Structural Heart Program
Director, Interventional Cardiovascular Medicine
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center
Burlington, MA

Caitlin O. Reen, ASN, BSN, MSN, RN, CNP

Clinical Lead and Coordinator for Strategic and Programmatic Initiatives, Structural Heart Disease 
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA

Immad Sadiq, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Interventional Cardiologist
Hartford Hospital
Hartford, CT

Pinak Bipin Shah, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
Section Chief, Interventional Cardiology
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, MA

Invited Faculty

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Talhat Azemi, MD

Interventional Cardiology
Hartford HealthCare Heart & Vascular Institute
Hartford, CT

Tariq M. Bhat, MD, RPVI

Director, Division of Vascular Medicine
Director, Structural Heart Program
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine
Adjunct-Assistant Professor of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Steward St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center
Boston, MA

Joseph P. Carrozza, Jr., MD

Professor of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine
Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine
Chief of Cardiovascular Medicine
St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center
Vice President, Steward Cardiovascular Network
Boston, MA

Mohiuddin Cheema, MD

Cardiac and Vascular Surgeon
Hartford Hospital 
Hartford, CT

J. Raider Estrada, MD

Interventional Cardiology
Maine Medical Center
Portland, ME

Joseph Flack, III, MD

Cardiac Surgery
St. Francis Medical Center
Hartford, CT

Gautam Gadey, MD

Director, Cardiac Catheterization Lab
Lahey Hospital and Medical Center
Burlington, MA

Aakash Garg, MD

Director of Structural Heart Program
Ellis Hospital
Niskayuna, NY

Fahad S. Gilani, MD

Director, Structural Heart Disease 
New England Heart & Vascular Institute
Manchester, NH

Paul C. Gordon, MD

Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Director, Structural Heart Program
Lifespan Cardiovascular Institute 
Providence, RI

Tanush Gupta, MD

Structural & Interventional Cardiologist
Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of Vermont Medical Center
Burlington, VT

Sabet Hashim, MD

Chairman of Cardiac Surgery Co-Physician in Chief, Heart & Vascular Institute
Hartford Hospital
Hartford, CT

Fuyuki Hirashima, MD

Division Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery
University of Vermont Medical Center
Burlington, VT

Nikolaos Kakouros, MBBS, MD(Res), PhD

Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, Structural Heart Disease (SHD) Program
Director, Advanced Interventional Cardiology SHD Fellowship
Medical Director, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Program
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Worcester, MA

Sherif Labib, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine
Director of the Echocardiography Laboratory, Lahey Hospital & Medical Center
Burlington, MA

Rony N. Lahoud, MD, MPH

Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology
University of Vermont Medical Center
Burlington, VT

Nathaniel Langer, MD, MSc

Assistant Professor of Surgery
Harvard Medical School
Surgical Director of the Structural Heart Disease Program
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA

Jacqueline Latina, MD

Mount Auburn Hospital
Watertown, MA

Evan Lau, MD

Baystate Health
Springfield, MA

Monica McDonald, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
University of Vermont, The Robert Larner College Of Medicine
University of Vermont Medical Center
South Burlington, VT

Sean McMahon, MD

Associate Director
Hartford Hospital Echocardiography Laboratory
Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Hartford, CT

Sheelagh Pousatis, MD

Cardiac Surgeon, Hartford HealthCare Heart & Vascular Institute
Assistant Professor, University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Hartford, CT

Anthony J. Rousou, MD

Cardiac Surgeon, Baystate Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Surgery
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School – Baystate
Springfield, MA

Siavash Saadat, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery 
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School – Baystate 
Cardiac Surgeon, Baystate Medical Center 
Springfield, MA

Ashraf A. Sabe, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Associate Surgeon, Department of Surgery, Division of Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery
Director, Medical Student Clerkship, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, MA

Ada Stefanescu, MD, MSc

Adult Congenital Heart Disease specialist and Interventional Cardiologist
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA

Melissa Todice, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC

Structural Heart Nurse Practitioner
Yale New Haven Hospital
New Haven, CT

Amit Vora, MD, MPH

Interventional Cardiology
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine)
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, CT

Michael N. Young, MD, RPVI

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
Director, Structural Heart Disease Program
Advanced Fellowship Director, Structural Heart Interventions
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon, NH

Evin Yucel, MD, MSc

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA