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Ajay J. Kirtane, MD, SM, is a Professor of Medicine at Columbia University Medical Center and Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories at New York Presbyterian Hospital. Dr. Kirtane is a graduate of Princeton University and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, and completed his residency in Internal Medicine at the University of California – San Francisco. Dr. Kirtane is a practicing Cardiologist with an interest in coronary and peripheral intervention and assumed the directorship of the NYP/Columbia cardiac catheterization laboratories in 2015. In addition to his clinical commitments at CUMC, Dr. Kirtane has a strong interest in clinical education and research, serving as Chief Academic Officer of the Center for Interventional Vascular Therapy. On the national and international level, he is a co-director of the Cardiovascular Research Foundation’s Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics meeting, has served as a director of several international, national, and regional educational meetings, and has participated on the program committees for the scientific sessions of both the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association. Dr. Kirtane’s research interests are in clinical trial methodology and outcomes of device-based and pharmacologic interventions in Interventional Cardiology. He has authored/co-authored >150 original manuscripts and >50 reviews and chapters including the “Coronary Stenting” chapters of the two most widely used textbooks in Interventional Cardiology.

Works at Montefiore Medical Center, New York, NY, US. Features in 40 videos on Wondr Medical. Azeem Latib generally speaks on Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold (BVS), Drug Eluting Stents (DES), Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS), Bifurcation, and Intracoronary Imaging.

Dr. Devireddy is an Associate Professor of medicine of Interventional Cardiology at Emory University. He received his medical degree from the University of Michigan in 1998 and completed Internal Medicine training at Duke University in 2001. In 2005, he completed fellowship training in both Cardiovascular Medicine and Interventional Cardiology at Emory University. He proudly joined the faculty upon completion of fellowship. Dr. Devireddy's primary focus is on patient-centered and thoughtful care of those suffering from the effects of cardiovascular disease. As an interventional cardiologist with nearly 15 years of experience, he understands that all patients are unique and require customized care. He is comfortable addressing highly complex cases requiring advanced diagnostic intuition and technical precision that are referred from throughout the Southeast U.S. Dr. Devireddy actively participates in the Interventional Cardiology research department, which has substantially contributed to many groundbreaking clinical trials. His individual research interests include structural heart and valvular disease, minimally invasive therapies to lower blood pressure, and novel solutions for complex cardiovascular disease. His work has led to multiple publications in leading medical journals.

An internationally recognized interventional cardiologist, Dr. Moses has performed more than 15,000 interventional procedures, authored over 600 publications, and served as lead investigator for numerous national and international clinical studies that have demonstrated the effectiveness and safety of coronary stent placement. In 2002, Dr. Moses was the lead investigator on a large clinical trial, the first in the U.S. that demonstrated the enormous benefit that led to FDA approval of the first drug-coated stent now used in the majority of interventional procedures in the U.S. Most recently in on the Executive Committee of PARTNER trial; they brought the first transcatheter aortic valve to clinical use in the U.S. He currently serves as Director of Interventional Cardiovascular Therapeutics at Columbia University Medical Center and as Director of Advanced Cardiac Interventions at St Francis Hospital and Heart Center in Roslyn, NY. He is also a pioneer in developing approaches involving minimally invasive surgery, angioplasty, gene therapy, novel imaging technologies and various support devices that allow for wider application of interventional cardiovascular procedures.

Dr. Kendra Grubb is the surgical director of the Emory Structural Heart and Valve Center. Prior to joining Emory in 2018, she was the director of minimally invasive cardiac surgery and the surgical director of the heart valve program at the University of Louisville. Dr. Grubb is a champion for combating women's heart disease and is dedicated to improving the lives of all patients, both male and female, through innovation and by building collaborative teams to promote a patient-centered approach to the treatment of cardiovascular disease. Dr. Grubb has led and participated in multiple clinical trials of innovative cardiac surgery technologies, including studies of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), MitraClip percutaneous therapy, and the GORE conformable TAG thoracic endoprosthesis for the primary treatment of aneurysms of the descending thoracic aorta. Dr. Grubb received her MD degree from the Keck School of Medicine and her Master of Health Administration from the Sol Price School of Public Policy. She completed her general surgery residency at the University of Illinois at Chicago, her fellowship in cardiothoracic surgery at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, and her fellowship in interventional cardiology and transcatheter therapies at New York Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center.

Dr. Reisman received his Medical Degree from Sackler School of Medicine, New York State Program. He did his Internship at Robert Wood Johnson Hospital in New Brunswick. He finished both Residency in Internal Medicine and Cardiology Fellowship at St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital in New York. Dr. Reisman completed Interventional Cardiology at University of California San Diego Medical Center in San Diego. Dr. Reisman has a very productive career as exemplified by authorship and co-authorship of over 100 publications. He is a highly regarded practitioner in the field of interventional cardiology and a leader in national education forum. Dr. Reisman serves as Director of Structural Heart Disease at Weill Cornell Medicine