Academic Section Leadership Council Members

Title/Institution: Associate Professor, Columbia University Irving Medical Center and New York-Presbyterian Hospital
Clinical/Research Interests: Nuclear cardiology, cardiac CT, cardiac MRI, clinical cardiology, patient safety

Twitter: @anna_bortnick
Title/Institution: Associate Professor of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Clinic/Research Interests: Interventional cardiology, critical care cardiology, STEMI, shock, biomarkers of coronary artery and valvular calcification, cardio obstetrics

Twitter: @MichaelPGannon1
Title/Institution: Assistant Professor, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
Clinic/Research Interests: I am cardiac imager interested in the use of Cardiac CT and Cardiac MRI for risk stratification of sudden cardiac death. Further interests include hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and myocardial infarction with nonobstructive coronary arteries (MINOCA)

Twitter: @KendraGrubb
Title/Institution: Associate Professor, Surgery & Medicine; Surgical Director, Structural Heart and Valve Center; Program Director, Advanced Cardiac Surgery Fellowship and Structural Heart and Valve Fellowship, Emory University
Clinic/Research Interests: Structural Heart and Valve Disease

Twitter: @DineshKalra
Title/Institution: Chief of Cardiology, University of Louisville School of Medicine and Director of Advanced Cardiac Imaging, Lipid Clinic
Clinical/Research Interests: Cardiac CT and MRI for plaque regression and evaluation of cardiomyopathies, and Lipidology, preventive therapies in high-risk individuals

Twitter: @AdhirShroff
Title/Institution: Professor of Medicine, Clinical Chief of Cardiology, and Interventional Fellowship Program Director, University of Illinois
Clinic/Research Interests: PCI economic outcomes, vascular access safety/quality, professional education

Twitter: @stavrosstavrak1
Title/Institution: Electrophysiologist, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Clinical/Research Interests: I am a clinical electrophysiologist and physician scientist. My clinical interest is in arrhythmias. My research is focused on autonomic neuromodulation for the treatment of atrial fibrillation and heart failure, in both animal models and in humans.

Twitter: @yalecardiology
Title/Institution: Robert W. Berliner Professor of Medicine Chief, Cardiovascular Medicine, Yale School of Medicine
Clinical/Research Interests: Acute Heart Failure/Cardiovascular Medicine

Twitter: @kewatson
Title/Institution: Co-director, UCLA Program in Preventive Cardiology and Director of UCLA Barbra Streisand Women's Heart Health Program
Clinical/Research Interests: Clinical/Research Interests: vascular biology, lipids, atherosclerosis, prevention, population health

Twitter: @williamzoghbi
Title/Institution: Professor and Chair, Department of Cardiology, Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center
Clinical/Research Interests: Cardiovascular Imaging, Valvular Heart Disease, Cardiac Function, and General Cardiology