SIS 2008 Course Directors

Mark Reisman, MD
Director, Cardiovascular Research
Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
Swedish Heart & Vascular Institute
Swedish Medical Center
Seattle, WA

William A. Gray, MD
Director of Endovascular Services, CRF
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, CUMC
Cardiovascular Research Foundation
Columbia University Medical Center
New York Presbyterian Hospital
New York, NY

SIS 2008 Course Co-Directors

Robert M. Bersin, MD
Director, Endovascular Services and Clinical Research
Seattle Cardiology
Seattle, WA

Thomas K. Jones, MD
Professor, Pediatrics and Medicine
University of Washington School of Medicine
Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories
Children's Hospital & Regional Medical Center
Seattle, WA

Vinay Malhotra, MD
Cardiac Study Center
Tacoma, WA

S. Chiu Wong, MD
Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
Cornell Medical Center
New York, New York

John J. Young, MD
Co-Director, Cardiovascular Research
Swedish Heart & Vascular Institute
Swedish Medical Center
Seattle, WA

SIS 2008 Guest Faculty

Stephan Achenbach, MD
Professor of Medicine
University of Erlangen-Nurenberg
Erlangen, Germany

Andrei V. Alexandrov, MD
Professor and Director
Comprehensive Stroke Center
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

Steven R. Bailey, MD
Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
Professor of Medicine and Radiology
University Hospital UTHSCSA
San Antonio, TX

Glenn R. Barnhart, MD
Medical Director, Cardiac Surgery
Swedish Heart & Vascular Institute
Swedish Medical Center
Seattle, WA

Todd Brinton, MD
Instructor
Medicine & Bioengineering
Stanford University Medical Center
Stanford, CA

Maurice Buchbinder, MD
Foundation for Cardiovascular Medicine
La Jolla, CA

Peter Casterella, MD
Director Carotid Disease Management Program
Utah Heart Clinic and LDS Hospital
Salt Lake City, UT

David J. Cohen, MD
Director of Cardiology Research
Saint Luke's Mid-America Heart Institute
Kansas City, MO

Larry Dean, MD
Professor of Surgery and Medicine
University of Washington Medical Center
Seattle, WA

Amish J. Desai, MD
Interventional Cardiology
Swedish Heart & Vascular Institute
Swedish Medical Center
Seattle, WA

Lance Diehl, MD
Vascular Surgeon
Hawthorne Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeons
Charlotte, NC

Ted Feldman, MD
Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
Associate Head, Division of Cardiology
Evanston Hospital
Evanston, Illinois

Peter Fitzgerald, MD, PhD
Director, Cardiovascular Analysis Laboratories
Stanford University Medical Center
Stanford, CA

Francisco Gensini, MD
Cardiothoracic Surgery Resident
University of Washington Medical Center
Seattle, WA

Steven L. Goldberg, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Acting Director of Cath Lab
University of Washington Medical Center
Seattle, WA

Paul P. Huang, MD
Interventional Cardiology
Cardiovascular Research & Education
Swedish Heart & Vascular Institute
Swedish Medical Center
Seattle, WA

Jill Jesurum, Ph.D.
Scientific Director
Cardiovascular Research and Scientific Development
Swedish Heart & Vascular Institute
Swedish Medical Center
Seattle, WA

Kaj H. Johansen, MD, Ph.D.
Vascular Surgery
Swedish Medical Center
Seattle, WA

Troy Johnston, MD
Associate Professor, Pediatrics
Program Director, Cardiology Education
Children’s Hospital & Regional Medical Center
Seattle, WA

Kimberly Krabill, MD
Pediatric Cardiology
Swedish Pediatric Specialty Care
Swedish Medical Center
Seattle, WA

Uma Krishnan, MD
Cardiac Study Center
Tacoma, WA

Mitchell W. Krucoff, MD
Professor Medicine/Cardiology
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC

David P. Lee, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Stanford Hospitals and Clinics
Stanford, CA

Howard Lewis, MD
Interventional Cardiology
Swedish Heart & Vascular Institute
Swedish Medical Center
Seattle, WA

William Likosky, MD
Director, Stroke Program
Swedish Neuroscience Institute
Swedish Medical Center
Seattle, WA

William Lombardi, MD
Medical Director
Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
St. Joseph Hospital
Bellingham, WA

Reginald Low, MD
Chief, Division of Cardiology
UC Davis Medical Center
Sacramento, CA

James Min, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Greenberg Division of Cardiology
New York Presbyterian Hospital
Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, NY

John V. Olsen, MD
Interventional Cardiology
Swedish Heart & Vascular Institute
Swedish Medical Center
Seattle, WA

Sanjiv R. Parikh, MD
Endovascular Medical Director
Swedish Medical Center
Seattle, WA

John L. Petersen, Jr., MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC

Michael Poon, MD
Director, Cardiovascular Medicine and Integrated Imaging
Cabrini Medical Center
New York, NY

Susan Reed, ARNP
Cardiology Nurse Practitioner
Swedish Heart & Vascular Institute
Swedish Medical Center
Seattle, WA

David K. Roberts, MD
Medical Director
Sutter Heart & Vascular Institute
Sacramento, CA

Dieter Ropers, MD
Department of Internal Medicine.
Cardiology and Angiography
University of Erlangen-Nurenberg
Erlangen, Germany

Robert S. Schwartz, MD
Director, Pre-Clinical Research
Minneapolis Heart Institute
Minneapolis, MN

Karen K. Stout, MD
Director, Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program
Children’s Hospital & Regional Medical Center
Seattle, WA

Jonathan M. Tobis, MD
Director, Interventional Cardiology Research
UCLA Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA

Jennifer Tremmel, MD
Clinical Instructor
Cardiovascular Medicine
Stanford University Medical Center
Stanford, CA

Uma Valeti, MD
Director
Advanced Cardiovascular CT/MRI Program
St. Paul Heart Clinic P.A.
St. Paul, MN

Edward D. Verrier, MD
Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
University of Washington
Seattle, WA

Needham Ward, MD
Puyallup Valley Medical
Puyallup, WA

Gary Weeks, MD
Interventional Cardiology
Summit Cardiology
Swedish Medical Center
Seattle, WA

R. Jeffrey Westcott, MD
Medical Director
Seattle Cardiology
Seattle, WA

Chun Yuan, PhD
Vascular Imaging Lab
Department of Radiology
University of Washington
Seattle, WA