2nd Annual Georgia Heart & Vascular Symposium

An Associate Professor of Medicine from the University of Massachusetts, Dr. Giugliano served as the Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Mass., where he practiced for 19 years. He also directed the Heart & Vascular Clinical Trials Program at Baystate, where he participated in a number of impactful multi-centered clinical trials encompassing all facets of cardiovascular diseases. Dr. Giugliano received his medical degree from Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern in Dallas, Texas, and then pursued a cardiovascular disease fellowship at University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver, Co. He completed his Masters in Epidemiology and Statistics at the Harvard School of Public Health and subsequently completed an interventional cardiology fellowship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Mass.

Dr Habib Samady is an interventional cardiologist and serves as President of the Georgia Heart Institute, the heart and vascular program of Northeast Georgia Health System. He is also Director of the Georgia Center for Cardiovascular Biomechanics and Modeling and Adjunct Professor of Medicine at Emory University. Dr Samady is recognized as one of the foremost international experts in coronary physiology. He earned his medical degree from the University of Sheffield in England, and completed his residency training in both London and in Sheffield. He subsequently completed an internal medicine residency and chief residency at the University of Connecticut, before his fellowship in general cardiology, nuclear cardiology, and interventional cardiology at Yale University in Connecticut.

Jaime Burkle, MD, FACC, is the Director of the Prevention Center at Georgia Heart Institute. He received his medical degree from LaSalle University School of Medicine in Mexico City, Mexico. He completed his residency in internal medicine and fellowship in cardiovascular diseases and imaging at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach, Florida, and the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Dr. Burkle previously served as the Medical Director of the Executive Health program at Piedmont Heart Institute, where he established a reputation as the cardiologist of choice for Fortune 500 CEOs in the greater Atlanta area. An expert who is fluent in Spanish and specializes in cardiovascular disease prevention, metabolism and lipids, Dr. Burkle provides a variety of services, including cardiovascular wellness screenings, disease management and diagnostic services like echocardiography and nuclear imaging.