Role of intravascular imaging in optimizing complex PCI procedures (including LMCA, bifurcation and calcified lesions)

Dr. Ozan Demir is a Structural and Interventional Cardiology Fellow at Hammersmith Hospital London. He recently completed post as Clinical Research Fellow at St Thomas’ Hospital and King’s College London, where he is undertook a PhD in coronary physiology under the supervision of Professor Divaka Perera. He studied Medicine at King’s College London and trained in London prior to undertaking Interventional Cardiology Fellowships at Hammersmith Hospital, London and San Raffaele, Milano. During his Fellowship in Milano, under the supervision of Professor Antonio Colombo and Professor Azeem Latib, he undertook an MSc in Interventional Cardiology at the Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele. He is currently involved in various clinical research studies on cardiovascular physiology.

Asst. Prof. Pawel Gasior is an interventional cardiology fellow in Division of Cardiology and Structural Heart Diseases, Medical University of Silesia in Poland. He is a Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology and the currently act as co-chair of the EAPCI New Initiatives for Young Interventionalists Committee. Following graduation from Medical University of Silesia he undertook research fellowship at Cardiovascular Research Foundation in New York under supervision of Dr. Juan Granada. Besides clinical medicine, he is also engaged in both clinical and preclinical research on intravascular imaging, new intravascular technologies, coronary physiology and coronary artery disease.

Dr Tom Johnson is an interventional cardiologist and recently appointed Associate Professor at the Bristol Heart Institute & University of Bristol, UK. He is an active member of the EAPCI, currently sitting on the Education & Training, and the Scientific programme committees, with responsibilities for writing the new interventional curriculum and exam. He is a member of the European Bifurcation Club, the ESC ACCA SCAD study group, co-authoring the European position paper, and sits on the UK Societi scientific committee for Kawasaki disease. His academic interests include developing the role of intracoronary imaging in PCI, optimising bifurcation results and platelet pharmacology in acute coronary syndromes. He plays an active role in local, national, and international educational initiatives in developing PCI skills.