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Member Spotlight: Dr. Howaida El-Said

By Shea Palmer posted 11-18-2025
2025's November spotlight is Dr. Howaida El-Said! They would like to ask the community several questions: 1. How can we expand global access to life-saving interventions like PDA stenting, so geography is never a barrier to survival? 2. What are we doing today to ensure the next generation of interventionists are more skilled, supported, and inspired than we were? 3. If you could change one thing in our field to improve long-term outcomes for congenital heart disease patients, what would it be? Reply here . Tell us about yourself. I am the Director of the Cardiac ...

Member Spotlight: Dr. Islam Abudayyeh

By Shea Palmer posted 11-12-2025
2025's October spotlight is Dr. Islam Abudayyeh! What they would like to know about the community is: How well have we managed to separate confidence from hubris and therapy for the patient or support for colleagues from advantage for the physician? Reply here . Tell us about yourself. My background is in Engineering and Physics, I completed my structural fellowship at UCLA and prior to that at Rush University. Now I work at the Veterans Administration, and at regional and community facilities where I manage programs building. I operate with multiple fellowship programs and research ...

Member Spotlight: Dr. Gurumurthy Hiremath

By Shea Palmer posted 11-12-2025
2025's September spotlight is Dr. Gurumurthy Hiremath! What they would like to know about the community is: I'm curious to learn about the secret to achieving a good work-life balance and to hear how many people believe they can actually manage it. Reply here . Tell us about yourself. "Dr. Gurumurthy 'Guru' Hiremath completed his pediatric cardiology training and a fourth year of interventional training at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Hiremath is currently the director of the pediatric cardiac catheterization laboratories and cardiopulmonary exercise testing at the University ...

Member Spotlight: Dr. Audrey C. Marshall

By Shea Palmer posted 11-12-2025
2025's August spotlight is Dr. Audrey C. Marshall! What they would like to know about the community is: Have you talked to the person sitting next to you? Reply here . Tell us about yourself. I'm currently leading the interventional cath service at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Ontario. I was born in the US Midwest, moved to the East Coast for college and med school, and did my core pediatric cardiology and interventional fellowships at Boston Children's Hospital. I spent most of my career there, with 17 years on staff, including serving as Chief of Invasive Cardiology. In 2018 ...

Member Spotlight: Dr. Sridevi Pitta

By Shea Palmer posted 11-12-2025
2025's July spotlight is Dr. Sridevi Pitta! Their question for the community is: As we stand at the intersection of revolutionary technological advances-from AI-guided procedures to expanded structural heart interventions-and a critical workforce crisis where women represent less than 5% of our specialty despite being 50% of medical graduates, how can we fundamentally reimagine interventional cardiology to create an inclusive, sustainable future that not only attracts and retains the diverse talent our patients deserve, but also ensures that groundbreaking innovations like TAVR and tricuspid interventions reach all populations equitably? Reply ...

Member Spotlight: Dr. Chowdhury H. Ahsan

By Shea Palmer posted 11-12-2025
2025's June spotlight is Dr. Chowdhury H. Ahsan! If they could address the entire interventionist community, they would say: A tincture in time saves nine: Think logically, decide and act fast for the work you are trained for. Reply here . Tell us about yourself. Professor of Medicine, Program Director, Cardiovascular Disease, Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine, University of Nevada Las Vegas Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories, University Medical Center, Ls Vegas. A native of Bangladesh, I received my medical degree from Dhaka Medical College and was awarded the Gold Medal in Medicine. I received ...

Member Spotlight: Dr. Timir K. Paul

By Shea Palmer posted 11-12-2025
2025's May spotlight is Dr. Timir K. Paul! What they would like to know about the community is: Can you increase the usage of intravascular imaging during PCI? Reply here . Tell us about yourself. I am an interventional cardiologist and currently work at Ascension St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville. I am a Professor and Program Director for Cardiovascular Diseases Fellowship at University of Tennessee Health Science Center at Nashville. After receiving MD from Bangladesh, I was awarded PhD and MPH in Cardiovascular Epidemiology by Tulane University, New Orleans, LA. I completed cardiology fellowship at Ochsner ...

Member Spotlight: Dr. Sinjini Biswas

By Shea Palmer posted 11-12-2025
2025's April spotlight is Dr. Sinjini Biswas! What they would like to know about the community is: What do you think will be the next biggest change in the practice of interventional cardiology? Reply here . Tell us about yourself. I am an interventional cardiologist working at Royal Melbourne Hospital, in Melbourne, Australia. I completed my physician and cardiology training at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, before completing a PhD at Monash University, supported by scholarships from the National Heart Foundation and NHMRC. I also did my initial interventional cardiology fellowship at The Alfred Hospital ...

Member Spotlight: Dr. Shahab Moossavi

By Shea Palmer posted 11-12-2025
2025's March spotlight is Dr. Shahab Moossavi! What they would like to know about the community is: Wouldn't it be nice to brainstorm to come up with the interventional cardiology procedures that eventually nobody gets any radiation. Any solutions? Reply here . Tell us about yourself. Currently working at Concord Hospital in Concord New Hampshire which is a community-based hospital. I completed my fellowship in University of Vermont Medical Center. Fellowship in University of Vermont gave me the opportunity to do significant number of peripheral vascular interventions with vascular surgery as well as structured ...

Member Spotlight: Dr. Adhir Shroff

By Shea Palmer posted 11-12-2025
2025's February spotlight is Dr. Adhir Shroff! What they would like to know about the community is: What is the most important thing you have learned in the cath lab - other than the fact that coffee is sometimes more important than skill? Reply here . Tell us about yourself. I have worked for the University of Illinois Chicago for the past 20 years. I also have an appointment at the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center. My current duties are split between my interventional practice and my role as the Clinical Chief of Cardiology. I completed my medical degree from the University of Chicago. I did my medicine residency ...

Member Spotlight: Dr. Alex Truesdell

By Shea Palmer posted 11-10-2025
2024's December spotlight is Dr. Alex Truesdell! What they would like to know about the community is: I would love to know more about each of my community colleagues' individual (medical and non-medical) dreams and passions. Reply here . Tell us about yourself. I am currently part of a large private practice cardiac group, Virginia Heart, in Northern Virginia, and work primarily out of Inova Schar Heart and Vascular Institute. On a day-to-day basis I work mostly in the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory (where I focus on complex coronary interventions and chronic total occlusions), the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (where I focus ...

Member Spotlight: Dr. Giorgio A. Medranda

By Shea Palmer posted 11-10-2025
2024's November spotlight is Dr. Giorgio A. Medranda! Their question for the community is: How can we improve for our patients and for our families? Reply here . Tell us about yourself. I am currently a board-certified Structural Interventional Cardiologist and Clinical Assistant Professor, NYU Grossman Long Island School of Medicine born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, receiving medical school training at Downstate College of Medicine in Brooklyn, NY. I previously completed my Internal Medicine Residency and Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship at NYU Langone Hospital - Long Island, followed by a two-year Interventional ...

Member Spotlight: Dr. Dennis Kim

By Shea Palmer posted 11-10-2025
2024's October spotlight is Dr. Dennis Kim! Their question for the community is: How are we going to continue to foster the mindset of innovation with future generations of interventionalists given the continuing evolution of medical training and will this affect Kurzweil's law of exponentially accelerating returns in any way? Reply here . Tell us about yourself. I am the Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Labs at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta and am a Professor of Pediatrics at Emory University School of Medicine. I completed my fellowship in pediatric cardiology as well as congenital interventional cardiology ...

Member Spotlight: Dr. David Kandzari

By Shea Palmer posted 11-10-2025
2024's September spotlight is Dr. David Kandzari! Their question for the community is: Envision your profession 10 years from now. How will it be different than today? Reply here . Tell us about yourself. I am the Chief of the Piedmont Heart Institute and Cardiovascular Service Line; Director, Interventional Cardiology of the Piedmont Heart Institute; and Chief Scientific Officer for Piedmont Healthcare in Atlanta, Georgia. I specialize in cardiovascular disease, peripheral arterial disease and interventional cardiology. As leader of the Heart Institute, my areas of focus include innovation and research, enhancing quality ...

Member Spotlight: Dr. Tanveer Rab

By Shea Palmer posted 11-10-2025
2024's July spotlight is Dr. Tanveer Rab! His question for the community is: You are in this world for a reason. How do you plan your journey as an interventional cardiologist and leave your mark in this world? Reply here . Tell us about yourself. I am a Professor of Medicine (Interventional Cardiology) at Emory University, recently honored as an MSCAI and host of the SCAI Bifurcation Club Webinar Series. My training in Cardiology and Interventional Cardiology was at Emory University and I have interests in treatment of patients with Left Main and Coronary Bifurcation Lesions, Cardiac arrest, Cardiogenic Shock, plaque modification ...

Member Spotlight: Dr. Tejas M. Patel

By Shea Palmer posted 11-10-2025
2024's June spotlight is Dr. Tejas M. Patel! Their question for the community is: If we all focus on one important thing in preventive cardiology, what should it be, and how can we make sure it's a bigger part of our daily work? Reply here . Tell us about yourself. It's quite humbling to reflect on the journey that has led to where I am today. Serving as the Chairman & Chief Interventional Cardiologist at the Apex Heart Institute in Ahmedabad since August 2012 has been a privilege, building on my previous role as the Professor & Head of Cardiology at Smt. NHL Municipal Medical College, Ahmedabad until October ...

Member Spotlight: Dr. Wally A. Omar

By Shea Palmer posted 11-10-2025
2024's April spotlight is Dr. Wally A. Omar! Their question for the community is: I believe there is a strong connection between art and the human body. As someone who in entrusted with human life, what is your creative outlet? Reply here . Tell us about yourself. I am an Assistant Professor at Hofstra School of Medicine/Northwell Health, where I practice as Interventional and Structural Cardiology. I serve as the director of structural heart interventions for Northwell Health's Eastern Region in New York. I completed separate interventional and structural fellowships at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center where I fell in love ...

Member Spotlight: Dr. James Blankenship

By Shea Palmer posted 11-10-2025
2024's February spotlight is Dr. James Blankenship! Their question for the community is: Who should you be thanking for helping you get to where you are today? Reply here . Tell us about yourself. Currently Director of Cardiology and invasive cardiac labs at the University of New Mexico. Completed fellowship under Drs. Eric Topol and William O'Neill at the University of Michigan in 1987. Practiced interventional cardiology at Geisinger Medical Center (PA) for 31 years before moving to Albuquerque to be near our 2 grandchildren. What are you most passionate about? Faith Family (3 children, 3 grand-daughters) Hiking/climbing ...

Member Spotlight: Dr. Michael Levy

By Shea Palmer posted 11-07-2025
2023's November spotlight is Dr. Michael Levy! They would like to ask the community: What is the best career advice you have ever received? Reply here . Tell us about yourself. I am currently the Chief of Vascular Medicine and program director for the interventional cardiology and vascular medicine fellowships at Lahey Hospital and Medical Center in Burlington, MA (greater Boston area). My days are balanced between coronary and vascular intervention, reading in the vascular lab, doing procedures in vein clinic, and teaching fellows. I am originally from Canada and did the early part of my cardiology and interventional training at McMaster ...

Member Spotlight: Dr. Nadia Sutton

By Shea Palmer posted 09-26-2025
2023's October spotlight is Dr. Nadia Sutton! They would like to ask the community: How many times have you been asked, "So, do you do surgery?" ;) Reply here . Tell us about yourself. I am an Assistant Professor and Director of Interventional Cardiology Research in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. My clinical and research activities are thematically linked and focus on complex coronary artery disease, understanding vascular aging, and promoting healthy ...