Large Bore Access, Post TAVR PCI

Chris Brown is a Interventional Cardiologist and Vascular Medicine Specialist at Swedish Heart and Vascular Institute. He graduated from medical school at Oregon Health and Sciences university. He went on to complete his residency at Vanderbilt University medical center, cardiology fellowship at Cedars Sinai and Interventional cardiology fellowship at Scripps Clinic La Jolla. His areas of interest are complex PCI, TAVR, endovascular interventions and outcomes research.

Curtiss T. Stinis, MD, is an interventional cardiologist who is nationally recognized for his expertise in minimally invasive catheter-based procedures for the treatment of coronary heart disease, valvular heart disease and peripheral arterial disease (PAD).   Dr. Stinis specializes in percutaneous procedures for the treatment of coronary artery disease with a particular focus on complex cases, chronic total occlusions (CTO) and catheter-based valve replacement procedures, including transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). Dr. Stinis also performs percutaneous procedures for the treatment of peripheral arterial disease and blockages in the arteries of the arms, kidneys, intestines and legs. He has special interest and expertise in complex procedures for lower extremity limb salvage, wound healing and amputation avoidance. Dr. Stinis joined Scripps Clinic in 2007 and is director of peripheral interventions in the Division of Cardiology. He is also program director for the Scripps Clinic Interventional and Structural Cardiology Fellowship Program and has helped train multiple generations of physicians to become interventional cardiologists.  In addition to his clinical practice, Dr. Stinis conducts research on peripheral vascular disease and minimally invasive treatments for valvular heart disease. His research has been published extensively in medical journals. He is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology and the Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions.

Pratik Sandesara is a Complex and High-Risk Interventional Procedures (CHIP) fellow and a Senior Associate at Emory University School of Medicine. He graduated from the combined 6-year BA/MD program at University of Missouri-Kansas City. He went on to complete internal medicine residency and general and interventional cardiology fellowships at Emory University. His areas of clinical interest are complex coronary intervention including chronic total occlusion PCI, structural heart intervention (TAVR, ASD and PFO closure) and coronary intravascular imaging.