2024 STS Coronary Conference

Course Directors

Marc Ruel, MD, MPH
Financial Relationships: Medtronic – Research Grant, Proctor

Joseph F. Sabik III, MD
Financial Relationships: Medtronic  – Consultant/Advisory Board

David Glineur, MD, PhD
Financial Relationships: Nothing to disclose.

Sigrid Sandner, MD
Financial Relationships: Nothing to disclose.

Faculty

The following faculty have nothing to disclose:

Ki-Bong Kim, MD
Harry Lapierre, MD, FRCSC
Massimo Lemma, MD
Patrick Myers, MD
James Tatoulis, MD
Rafael Sadaba, MD
Pierre Voisine, MD
Faisal Bakaeen, MD
Chase Brown, MD
Thomas Schwann, MD, MBA
Christopher Lau, MD
Alison Ward, MD

The following faculty have disclosed these financial relationships with ineligible companies in the past 24 months:

• Adam Dryden, MD, FRCPC
  Financial Relationships: Edwards Lifesciences – Speakers Bureau/Honoraria
• Donna Kimmaliardjuk, MD
  Financial Relationships: Medtronic – Speakers Bureau/Honoraria
• Milan Milojevic, MD, PhD, MSCE
  Financial Relationships: Medtronic – Speaker fee for cardiopulmonary bypass symposium: < €1000
• Amanda Rea, DNP, CRNP
  Financial Relationships: Edwards Lifesciences – Speakers Bureau/Honoraria 
• Daniel T. Engelman, MD
  Financial Relationships: Edwards Lifesciences – Consultant/Advisory Board; Renibus Therapeutics, Alexion, and CardioRenal – Consultant/Advisory Board; Medela, Arthrex, Bioporto, Atricure –Consultant/Advisory Board
• Gianluca Torregrossa, MD
  Financial Relationships: Atricure – Speakers Bureau/Honoraria; Peters Surgical – Speakers Bureau/Honoraria 
• Elaine Tseng, MD
  Financial Relationships: Amgen Inc. – Research Grant; Potrero Medical Inc. – Research Grant; Cellphire Therapeutics – Research Grant
• Moritz Wyler von Ballmoos, MD
  Financial Relationships: Boston Scientific – Consultant/Advisory Board
• Husam Balkhy, MD
  Financial Relationships: Intuitive Surgical – Proctor; Edwards Lifesciences – Consultant/Advisory Board
• Hirokuni Arai, MD
  Financial Relationships: Sumus Inc. – Patent Holder; Medistim– Speakers Bureau/Honoraria; Medtronic Inc – Speakers Bureau/Honoraria 
• Rashmi Yadav, MD
  Financial Relationships: NeoChord – Surgical Proctor; Medtronic – Consultant/Advisory Board
• Rakesh Arora, MD, PhD, FRCSC
  Financial Relationships: Edwards Lifesciences – Speakers Bureau/Honoraria; HLS Therapeutics – Speakers Bureau/Honoraria; Bioporto – Consultant/Advisory Board 
• Yiannis Chatzizisis, MD, PhD
  Financial Relationships: Medtronic – Consultant/Advisory Board; Boston Scientific; Consultant/Advisory Board; ComKardia – Cofounder and Shares
• Mario Gaudino, MD, PhD, MSCE
  Financial Relationships: Abbott Vascular – Consultant/Advisory Board
• Joseph Lamelas, MD
  Financial Relationships: Medtronic – Speakers Bureau/Honoraria; Edwards Lifesciences – Speakers Bureau/Honoraria; Cardiac Success – Consultant/Advisory Board
• Kieta Kikuchi, MD, PhD
  Financial Relationships: Medtronic – Speakers Bureau/Honoraria 
• Piroze Davierwala, MD
  Financial Relationships: Medtronic – Speakers Bureau/Honoraria; Minogue Medical Inc. – Speakers Bureau/Honoraria 

Abstract Presenters

The following abstract presenters have nothing to disclose:

Massimo Baudo, MD
Aleksander Dokollari, MD
Kelsey Gray, MD
Iryna Skoblenko, MD
Jordan Leith
Takashi Murashita, MD
Luca Paolo Weltert, MD
Michael Dorsey, MD
Tiffany Hsiung
Saad Salamate, MD
Zhandong Zhou, MD, PhD
Chidiebere Peter Echieh, FRCS
George Comas, MD
Theodore Koutlas, MD
Giovanna Grigsby-Rocca, BA
Maria Andrea Medina, MD
Catherine Stauber, BA
Stephen Waterford, MD
Parker Mullen, MD
Yuki Endo, MD, PhD

The following abstract presenters have disclosed these financial relationships with ineligible companies in the past 24 months:

• Neil Thomas, MD
  Financial Relationships: Rheoxtech – Ownership Interest

Poster Presenters

The following poster presenters have nothing to disclose:

Nina Delavari, DO
Serdar Gunaydin, MD, PhD
Ivan Hernandez, MD
Zivojin Jonjev, MD, PhD
Marc (Hongliang Liang) Leon, MD, PhD
Karlos Jennysson Sousa Soares, MD, MSc
Jonathan Szeto
Ahmet Can Topcu, MD

STS Staff

The following STS Staff have nothing to disclose:

Scott Bradbury, MS, Vice President of Education
Amy Cacich, CMP, Senior Manager, Meetings and Conventions
Kasia Chalko, Senior Marketing Manager
Colleen Donohoe, CMP, DES, Vice President of Meetings and Conventions 
Isabel Dunn, Education Coordinator
Meredith A. Herzog, Associate Director of Education 
Melisa Puthenmadom, Senior E-Learning Coordinator 
Michele D. Rush, Senior Manager for Education