RDN:FDA - An Interview with Dr. David Kandzari & Prof. Felix Mahfoud
Hypertension and Renal Denervation. This resource helps non-invasive cardiologists, hypertension specialists, general practitioners, and nephrologists understand the benefits of Renal Denervation...
Hypertension and Renal Denervation. This resource helps non-invasive cardiologists, hypertension specialists, general practitioners, and nephrologists understand the benefits of Renal Denervation as an adjunctive therapy for treating Hypertension.
It answers frequently asked questions with the latest expert opinions, guideline summaries, and essential information for practical adoption in managing uncontrolled and resistant Hypertension.
Learn about patient selection, key evidence for safety, effectiveness, durability, and integrating Renal Denervation into your practice.
Supported by an educational grant from Medtronic.
Speakers
David Kandzari
Speaker
Dr. David E. Kandzari is the Chief of the Piedmont Heart Institute and Cardiovascular Service... Dr. David E. Kandzari is the Chief of the Piedmont Heart Institute and Cardiovascular Service Line; Director, Interventional Cardiology of the Piedmont Heart Institute; and Chief Scientific Officer for Piedmont Healthcare in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Kandzari specializes in cardiovascular disease, peripheral arterial disease and interventional cardiology. A graduate of Duke University School of Medicine, he completed his internship and residency at The John Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. Following his residency, he completed his general and interventional cardiology fellowship at Duke University where he joined the faculty as the John B. Simpson Assistant Professor of Interventional Cardiology and Genomic Sciences. Dr. Kandzari is the former Director of Interventional Cardiology Research at the Scripps Clinic in La Jolla, California. Before joining the Scripps faculty, he also served as Chief Medical Officer for the Cordis Corporation, a Johnson & Johnson Company. He has also served as a Medical Officer for the Center for Devices and Radiological Health for the United States Food and Drug Administration. Board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and its subspecialty Board of Cardiovascular Disease and Board of Interventional Cardiology, Dr. Kandzari has held national and international leadership roles in clinical trials in cardiovascular disease and has participated in national and international program committees in cardiology. He has authored and coauthored more than 400 studies, book chapters and scientific reviews, and has delivered more than 700 lectures, both nationally and internationally, on a variety of issues related to both interventional and general cardiology. Dr. Kandzari has been consecutively voted as one of Atlanta's Top Doctors by Atlanta Magazine from 2011 to 2021, and is peer-nominated in the top 1% of cardiologists by U.S News and World Report.
Felix Mahfoud
Speaker
Professor Felix Mahfoud is an Associate Professor and senior physician of Internal Medicine and... Professor Felix Mahfoud is an Associate Professor and senior physician of Internal Medicine and Cardiology at Saarland University Hospital, and Affiliate/Visiting Professor Harvard-MIT Biomedical Engineering, Institute of Medical Engineering and Science, Cambridge, US. Professor Mahfoud completed training in Cardiology and Interventional Cardiology at the Department for Internal Medicine III, Saarland University Hospital, Germany in 2014. Since 2017, he has served as Vice Chairman of the ‘Working Group on Interventional Hypertension Treatment’ for the European Society of Hypertension, and as a Committee Member of the 2018 Hypertension Guidelines.
