TCTAP & AP VALVES 2020 - Highlight Session 5 CTO

Dr. AK does his best to treat patients on the basis of appositeness of the procedure and not... Dr. AK does his best to treat patients on the basis of appositeness of the procedure and not technical intricacy. He strongly thinks that the focus is on the interventional cardiologist to be reliably trained so that the right patients (irrespective of the intricacy of the procedure) could be treated, and not only the ones the cardiologist is able to do due to his/her limited competences. This central philosophy has allowed Dr. AK to not just be a distinguished operator but also train thousands of cardiologists worldwide in intricate coronary interventions, such as chronic total occlusion PCI (believed to be the most intricate angioplasty process), over the past six years. He has carried out several extremely intricate procedures in Asia and the United States with great success and a flawless safety record. Furthermore, he has been trained in structural interventions and peripheral angioplasties at the Cleveland Clinic. After completing his MBBS from Madras Medical College in India, he became a part of several renowned institutes like the Geisinger Medical Center, University of Maryland, and Cleveland Clinic (all in the United States). Moreover, he is a member of the American College of Cardiology and Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions. Today, Arun Kalyanasundaram is a renowned leader in the domain of Chronic Total Occlusion Interventions in the United States and rest of the world. He has served in many leadership roles such as Chief of Cardiology and Cath Lab Director at Highline Medical Centre and Head of the CTO PCI programme at Swedish Medical Centre (both in the United States). He acts as a consultant to many firms in the domain of CTOs and is one of the most popular proctors for teaching this process in the United States and globally. Apart from holding an academic position at the University of Washington, Seattle, he has also been a full-time proctor for CTOs in Asia Pacific and has assisted in propagating the “Hybrid CTO” methodology. He also has several publications in the domain and has carried out chaired sessions and live cases. He is a revered speaker in this domain. Currently, he is the chief of Cardiology at Chennai’s Promed Hospital. He is also an Honorary Director, Interventional Cardiology at Fortis Escorts Heart Institute (New Delhi), and the Head of the CTO PCI program as well, which is the first of its kind in the country. He has established the CHIP-CTO INDIA [COMPLEX HIGH RISK INDICATED PATIENTS (CHIP) – CHRONIC TOTAL OCCLUSION (CTO)] conference, along with some other leaders in interventional cardiology in India, to teach cardiologists how to tackle intricate coronary interventions, which are high-risk and chronic total occlusions. Read more Show less

Emmanouil S. Brilakis, MD, PhD, FACC, FAHA, FESC, FSCAI is Director of the Center for Complex... Emmanouil S. Brilakis, MD, PhD, FACC, FAHA, FESC, FSCAI is Director of the Center for Complex Coronary Interventions at the Minneapolis Heart Institute and Chairman of the Center for Coronary Artery Disease at the Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation. After graduating from Lycee Leonin de Patissia, Dr. Brilakis received his medical degree from the National Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. He trained in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Diseases and Interventional Cardiology at the Mayo Clinic. He also completed a Masters in Clinical Research at the Mayo Clinic and a PhD in Clinical Research at the National Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. He served as director of the cardiac catheterization laboratories at VA North Texas Health Care System from 2004-2016. He was on the faculty of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School from 2004-2018. Dr. Brilakis leads a large clinical trial group investigating treatment of chronic total occlusions, prevention and treatment of saphenous vein graft disease, prevention and management of complications, intracoronary imaging, antiplatelet treatment optimization post coronary stenting, radiation safety in the catheterization laboratory, and implementation of novel technologies in healthcare. Dr. Brilakis has authored or co-authored over 600 manuscripts and has written the Manual of CTO Interventions, now in its second edition. He directs the Complex Coronary Interventions Webcast series and is on the Board of the Cardiovascular Innovations Foundation. He is an associate editor for Circulation and an editorial board member and reviewer for several journals and grant agencies. He is lecturing and proctoring at several institutions in the United States and abroad. Read more Show less

An interventional cardiologist at Toyohashi Heart Center, Toyohashi, Japan. Features in 3 videos... An interventional cardiologist at Toyohashi Heart Center, Toyohashi, Japan. Features in 3 videos on Wondr Medical. Kenya Nasu generally speaks on Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO), Cardiac Valves, Cardiovascular Surgery – Valves, Imaging, and Orbital Atherectomy . Read more Show less

An interventional cardiologist at National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan. Features... An interventional cardiologist at National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan. Features in 4 videos on Wondr Medical. Paul Hsien-Li Kao generally speaks on Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO), Cardiac Valves, Cardiovascular Surgery – Valves, Coronary Interventions, and Stable Coronary Artery Disease (CAD). Read more Show less

An assistant professor of cardiology at Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea. Features in 7... An assistant professor of cardiology at Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea. Features in 7 videos on Wondr Medical. Pil Hyung Lee generally speaks on Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy, Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO), Cardiac Valves, Cardiovascular Surgery – Valves, and Live Cases. Read more Show less

A pediatric cardiologist at Wellington Hospital, Wellington, New Zealand. Features in 4 videos on... A pediatric cardiologist at Wellington Hospital, Wellington, New Zealand. Features in 4 videos on Wondr Medical. Scott Harding generally speaks on Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO), Cardiac Valves, Cardiovascular Surgery – Valves, Coronary Interventions, and Stable Coronary Artery Disease (CAD). Read more Show less

A chief director of cardiovascular intervention at Tokyo General Hospital, Tokyo, Japan. Features... A chief director of cardiovascular intervention at Tokyo General Hospital, Tokyo, Japan. Features in 4 videos on Wondr Medical. Toshiya Muramatsu generally speaks on Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO), Cardiac Valves, Cardiovascular Surgery – Valves, Coronary Interventions, and Stable Coronary Artery Disease (CAD). Read more Show less

An interventional cardiologist at Tokeidai Memorial Hospital, Sapporo, Japan. Features in 3... An interventional cardiologist at Tokeidai Memorial Hospital, Sapporo, Japan. Features in 3 videos on Wondr Medical. Yasumi Igarashi generally speaks on Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO), Cardiac Valves, Cardiovascular Surgery – Valves, Imaging, and Orbital Atherectomy . Read more Show less