CONFERENCE CHAIRS

Erick Alexanderson, MD, FACC
President, Mexican Society of Cardiology
Chairman of the Nuclear Cardiology Department
Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia
Mexico City, Mexico

Robert A. Harrington, MD, MACC
Chair, Department of Medicine
Arthur L. Bloomfield Professor of Medicine
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, CA

REGIONAL CONFERENCE PLANNING GROUP

Roberto Kalil-Filho, MD, FACC
ACC Brazil Chapter Governor
Heart Institute-FMUSP
Sao Paulo, Brazil

Gustavo Restrepo, MD, FACC
ACC Colombia Chapter Governor (President Elect, Inter-American Society of Cardiology)
Director Echocardiography Laboratory, Clinica Medellin
Director Fellowship Program, CES University
Medellin, Colombia

Ursulo Juarez, MD, FACC
ACC Mexico Chapter Governor
National Institute of Cardiology "Ignacio Chavez"
Mexico City, Mexico

Daniel J. Piñeiro, MD, FACC
Chair of the Assembly of International Governors of ACC
Professor of Medicine
University of Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Hector Michelena, MD, FACC
Associate Professor of Medicine
Director of Intra-operative Echocardiography
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN

Fatima Rodriguez, MD
Fellow-in-Training
Stanford University Medical Center
Stanford, CA

FEATURED PLENARY SPEAKERS

Visionary leaders in cardiology will inspire us all with their engaging messages about the future path of cardiology, including pioneering efforts to reduce premature Cardiovascular Disease morbidity and mortality.

Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD, MACC Director, Mount Sinai Heart Physician-in-Chief, Mount Sinai Hospital Director, Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute and Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Center for Cardiovascular Health Richard Gorlin, MD Heart Research Foundation Professor of Cardiology Mount Sinai Health System and Icahn School of Medicine New York General Director, Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (CNIC) Madrid

Robert O. Bonow, MD, MACC Goldberg Distinguished Professor of Cardiology Vice Chairman, Department of Medicine Director, Center for Cardiovascular Innovation Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Chicago

ADDITIONAL INVITED FACULTY

Erick Alexanderson Rosas, MD, FACC
President, Mexican Society of Cardiology
Chair-Elect Assembly of International Governors of ACC
Chairman of the Nuclear Cardiology Department
Instituto Nacional de Cardiologìa “Ignacio Chàvez”
México City, México 

Alexandra Arias-Mendoza, MD, FACC
Cardiologist
Instituto Nacional de Cardiologìa “Ignacio Chàvez”
México City, México 

Rafael Barraza Félix, MD
Instituto Mexican del Seguro Social
México City, Méxic

Fernando Batiz, MD
Hospital Español
México City, México

David de Padua Brasil, MD
Assistant Professor II
Faculdade de Ciencias Medicas de Minas Gerais (FCMMG) School of Medicine
FASEH School of Medicine
Brazil

Robert O. Bonow, MD, MACC    United States
Goldberg Distinguished Professor of Cardiology
Vice Chairman, Department of Medicine
Director, Center for Cardiovascular Innovation
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, IL

Gabriela Borrayo Sanchez, MD, FACC
Social Security Institute of México
México City, México

Jesús Bueno Campa, MD
La Raza Medical Center / Social Security Institute of México
México City, México

Ramon Corbalan, MD, FACC
ACC Chile Chapter Governor
Professor of Medicine
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Santiago, Chile

Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD, MACC
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Director, Mount Sinai Heart
Physician-in-Chief, Mount Sinai Hospital
Director, Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute and
Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Center for Cardiovascular Health
Richard Gorlin, MD Heart Research Foundation Professor of Cardiology
Mount Sinai Health System and Icahn School of Medicine
New York, NY
General Director, Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (CNIC)
Madrid, Spain

Armando García Castillo, MD, FACC
Director de Cardiología y Hemdinamia en Doctors Hospital
Monterrey Area, México

Jorge Gaspar-Hernandez, MD
Instituto Nacional De Cardiologia
México City, México

Efrain Gaxiola, MD, FACC
Chief of Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
Jardines Hospital de Especialidades
Guadalajara, México

Narcisa Celina Gutiérrez Carrillo, MD, FACC
Argentine Federation of Cardiology
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Robert A. Harrington MD, MACC
Chair, Department of Medicine
Arthur L. Bloomfield Professor of Medicine
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, CA

Edgar Alexander Illescas Gonzàlez, MD
Instituto Nacional de Cardiologìa “Ignacio Chàvez”
México City, México

Roy M. John, MD, FACC
Associate Director, Electrophysiology Laboratory
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, MA

Antonio Jordan-Rios, MD
Instituto Nacional de Cardiologìa “Ignacio Chàvez”
México City, México

Ursulo Juarez, MD, FACC
ACC México Chapter Governor
Instituto Nacional de Cardiologìa “Ignacio Chàvez”
México City, México

Roberto Kalil-Filho, MD, FACC
ACC Brazil Chapter Governor
Professor
Instituto do Coração da Universidade de São Paulo
São Paulo, Brazil

Felipe A. Martinez, MD, FACC
ACC Argentina Chapter Governor
Professor
Instituto DAMIC
Argentina

Matthew W. Martinez, MD, FACC
Medical Director
Lehigh Valley Health Network
Allentown, PA

Marco Antonio Martinez-Rios, MD, FACC
Director Genera
Instituto Nacional de Cardiologìa “Ignacio Chàvez”
México City, México

Aloha Meave, MD
Instituto Nacional de Cardiologìa “Ignacio Chàvez”México City, México

Enrique Melgarejo Rojas, MD, FACC
President, Colombian Society of Cardiology
Bogota, Colombia

Mauricio Lòpez Meneses Sr., MD, FACC
Professor
Instituto Nacional de Cardiologìa “Ignacio Chàvez”
México City, México

Hector I. Michelena, MD, FACC
Associate Professor of Medicine
Director of Intra-operative Echocardiography
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN

Pamela Bowe Morris, MD, FACC
Associate Professor
Medical University of South Carolina
Mt. Pleasant, SC

Santiago Nava, MD
Instituto Nacional de Cardiologìa “Ignacio Chàvez”
México City, México

Ileana Piña, MD, MPH, FACC
Associate Chief for Academic Affairs, Cardiology
Montefiore Medical Center
Bronx, NY 

Juan P. Verdejo, MD, FACC
Instituto Nacional de Cardiologìa “Ignacio Chàvez”
México City, México

Marco Antonio Peña Cabral, MD
Instituto Nacional de Cardiologìa “Ignacio Chàvez”
México City, México

Marco Antonio Peña Duque, MD, FACC
Instituto Nacional de Cardiologìa “Ignacio Chàvez”
México City, México

Daniel José Piñeiro, MD, FACC
Chair of the Assembly of International Governors of ACC
Professor of Medicine
Universidad de Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Gustavo A. Restrepo Molina, MD, FACC
ACC Colombia Chapter Governor (President Elect, Inter-American Society of Cardiology)
Director Echocardiography Laboratory, Clinica Medellin
Director Fellowship Program, CES University
Medellin, Colombia

Alejandro Ricalde, MD
Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubiràn
México

Agustín R. Rivera, MD
Instituto Nacional de Cardiologìa “Ignacio Chàvez”
México City, México

Shashank Sinha, MD
University of Michigan Health Systems
Ann Arbor, MI 

Francisco Martin Baranda Tovar Sr., MD
Hospital Ángeles Acoxpa
México City, México

C. Michael Valentine, MD, FACC
ACC Board of Trustees, Vice President
Stroobants Cardiovascular Center-Centra
Lynchburg, VA

Kim Allan Williams Sr., MD, MACC
Immediate Past President, American College of Cardiology
Chief, Division of Cardiology
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, IL

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