Women in Intervention Symposium (Non-CME)
The Emory Percutaneous Intervention Course is the longest running annual interventional cardiology event in the world. Based on the teachings of founder Dr. Andreas Gruentzig, EPIC has provided...
The Emory Percutaneous Intervention Course is the longest running annual interventional cardiology event in the world. Based on the teachings of founder Dr. Andreas Gruentzig, EPIC has provided training for thousands of interventional cardiologists from the United States and abroad since 1981.
The meeting’s mission is to engage interventional cardiologists and cardiac surgeons specializing in coronary and structural heart disease to further enhance the care of their patients, mentor and train future generations of cardiovascular specialists, and lead front-line clinical research in the field.
Speakers
Isida Byku
Speaker
Isida Byku, MD, FACC is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Emory University, specializing in... Isida Byku, MD, FACC is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Emory University, specializing in coronary and structural heart intervention. Dr. Byku also serves as the fellowship program director for the Structural Heart and Valve fellowship. After receiving her medical degree from Dartmouth Medical School, Dr. Byku completed residency training in internal medicine at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, followed by fellowship training in cardiovascular disease at the University of Chicago. She then came to Emory for a two-year fellowship in interventional cardiology and structural heart and valve disease, upon completion of which she joined as faculty. As a member of the cutting-edge structural team at Emory, Dr. Byku's areas of interest include advancements in the field of transcatheter therapies for structural heart and valve disease.
Kendra Grubb
Speaker
Dr. Kendra Grubb is the surgical director of the Emory Structural Heart and Valve Center. Prior... Dr. Kendra Grubb is the surgical director of the Emory Structural Heart and Valve Center. Prior to joining Emory in 2018, she was the director of minimally invasive cardiac surgery and the surgical director of the heart valve program at the University of Louisville. Dr. Grubb is a champion for combating women's heart disease and is dedicated to improving the lives of all patients, both male and female, through innovation and by building collaborative teams to promote a patient-centered approach to the treatment of cardiovascular disease. Dr. Grubb has led and participated in multiple clinical trials of innovative cardiac surgery technologies, including studies of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), MitraClip percutaneous therapy, and the GORE conformable TAG thoracic endoprosthesis for the primary treatment of aneurysms of the descending thoracic aorta. Dr. Grubb received her MD degree from the Keck School of Medicine and her Master of Health Administration from the Sol Price School of Public Policy. She completed her general surgery residency at the University of Illinois at Chicago, her fellowship in cardiothoracic surgery at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, and her fellowship in interventional cardiology and transcatheter therapies at New York Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center.
