NCKSAP Authors
Program Authors
Brian G. Abbott, MD, FASNC
Rhode Island Hospital, East Greenwich, RI
Mouaz Al-Mallah, MD
Henry Ford Hospital, Canton, MI
Karthikeyan Ananthasubramaniam, MD, FASNC
Henry Ford Hospital, West Bloomfield, MI
Stephen L. Bacharach, MD
UCSF, San Francisco, CA
Nathan Better, MD
Cabrini Medical Centre, Victoria, Australia
Ron Blankstein, MD
Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Cambridge, MA
Salvador Borges-Neto, MD
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
Jean M. Cacciabaudo, MD, FASNC
South Bay Cardiovascular Associates, West Islip, NY
Dennis A. Calnon, MD, FASNC
MidOhio Cardiology Consultants, Columbus, OH
Panithaya Chareonthaitawee, MD
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Mylan C. Cohen, MD, MPH, FASNC
Maine Cardiology Associates, Portland, ME
S. James Cullom, PhD
Cardiovascular Imaging Technologies, Kansas City, MO
E. Gordon DePuey, MD, FASNC
St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY
Marcelo F. Di Carli, MD
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
Abdou Elhendy, MD, PhD
Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield, WI
Fabio Esteves, MD
Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Edward P. Ficaro, PhD
University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI
Guido Germano, PhD
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Myron C. Gerson, MD, FASNC
University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
Shawn Gregory, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Janet Hays, MD, FASNC
University of Texas HSC at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
Diwakar Jain, MD, FASNC
Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Sujith Kalathiveetil, MD
Cardiovascular Consultants of Naperville, Ltd., Naperville, IL
Elizabeth Klodas, MD
Cardiovascular Imaging Consultants, PA, Edina, MN
Dominique Le Guludec, MD
Bichat Hospital, Paris, France
Jennifer H. Mieres, MD, FASNC
New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY
Edward Miller, MD, PhD
National Naval Medical Center, Washington, DC
Todd D. Miller, MD
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Vahini Naidoo, MD, FASNC
Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK
Kenneth Nichols, PhD
Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde, NY
Oberdan Parodi, MD
Clinical Physiology Institute CNR, Viareggio, Italy
Michael Rehling, MD, PhD
Skejby University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
Jeffrey A. Rosenblatt, MD, FASNC
Maine Cardiology Associates, Portland, ME
Gary Sayed, PhD
Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, CA
Matthew Schumaecker, MD
Lehigh Valley Hospital & Health Network, Allentown, PA
Roberto Sciagra, MD
University of Florence, Florence, Italy
Maria Sciammarella, MD
San Francisco, CA
Reimer H.J.A. Slart, MD
University Hospital Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
Prem Soman, MD, PhD
Presbyterian University Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA
Mark I. Travin, MD, FASNC
Montefiore Medical Center, New York, NY
David Wolinsky, MD, FASNC
Prime Care Physicians/Albany Associates in Cardiology, Albany, NY
Nili Zafrir, MD
Rabin Medical Center, Petah-Tikva, Israel
Pierluigi Zanco, MD
Medicina Nucleare, Vicenza, Italy
Disclosures of Possible Conflicts of Interest
ASNC is pledged to insure balance, independence, objectivity and scientific rigor in all its sponsored educational activities. All faculty participating in a sponsored activity are expected to disclose to the audience any significant financial interest or other relationship with the manufacturer(s) of any commercial product(s) and/or providers of commercial services discussed in an educational presentation. Significant financial interests or other relationships can include such things as: grants or research support, employee, consultant, major stockholder, member of speakers’ bureau for a company, etc. The intent of this disclosure is not to prevent a speaker with a significant financial or other relationship from making a presentation, but rather to provide listeners with information upon which to make their own judgments. It remains for the audience to determine whether the speaker’s interest or relationships may influence the presentation with regard to exposition or conclusion.
All ASNC staff members and the following faculty members have stated that they have no significant financial interest or other relationship with the manufacturer(s) of any products or providers of services discussed:
- Aman M. Amanullah, MD, PhD
- Brian G. Abbott, MD, FASNC
- Stephen L. Bacharach, MD
- Ron Blankstein, MD
- Jean M. Cacciabaudo, MD, FASNC
- S. James Cullom, PhD
- Fabio Esteves, MD
- Edward P. Ficaro, PhD
- Guido Germano, PhD
- Myron C. Gerson, MD, FASNC
- Shawn Gregory, MD
- Janet Hays, MD, FASNC
- Sujith Kalathiveetil, MD
- Dominique Le Guludec, MD
- Edward Miller, MD, PhD
- Vahini Naidoo, MD, FASNC
- Oberdam Parodi, MD
- Michael Rehling, MD, PhD
- Jeffrey A. Rosenblatt, MD, FASNC
- Gary Sayed, PhD
- Matthew Schumaecker, MD
- Roberto Sciagra, MD
- Maria Sciammarella, MD
- Reimer H. J. A. Slart, MD
- Nili Zafrir, MD
- Pierluigi Zanco, MD
Relationships with commercial interests have been stated by the following faculty members:
- Mouaz Al-Mallah, MD: Grant or Research Support: AHA, BCBS Foundation of Michigan, Astellas
- Karthikeyan Ananthasubramaniam, MD, FASNC: Grant or Research Support: American Society of Echocardiography, Astellas Pharma, GE Healthcare, CVT; Speakers Bureau: Astellas Pharma
- Nathan Better, MD: Grant Support: BMS
- Salvador Borges-Neto, MD: Grant Support: GE Healthcare, Fujisawa; Speakers’ Bureau: GE Healthcare, Fujisawa; Stock Ownership: Ultraspect; Advisory Board: BOD – Cardiovascular Council (SNM)
- Dennis A. Calnon, MD, FASNC: Speakers Bureau: BMS, Fujisawa HealthCare, Inc.
- Panithaya Chareonthaitawee, MD: Grant Support: Medtronic; Stock Ownership: Medtronic; Other: Wyeth-Ayerst, Radiant Medical, Innercool Therapies, Boston Scientific, Boehringer Ingelheim, Spectranetics, KAI Pharmaceuticals, TargeGen
- Mylan C. Cohen, MD, MPH, FASNC: Speakers Bureau: BMS, Fujisawa HealthCare, Inc.
- E. Gordon DePuey, MD, FASNC: Grant Support: GE, BMS; Speakers Bureau: BMS, Fujisawa; Advisory Board: BMS, GE Healthcare; Honoraria: BMS, GE Healthcare, Siemens
- Marcelo F. Di Carli, MD: Grant Support: Bracco Diagnostics Inc, BMS; Speakers Bureau: GE Healthcare, Fujisawa USA, BMS
- Abdou A. Elhendy, MD, PhD: Grant Support: GE Healthcare; Speakers Bureau: BMS
- Diwakar Jain, MD, FASNC: Grant Support: BMS; Speakers Bureau: GE Healthcare, Astellas; Honoraria: King Pharmaceutical, GE Healthcare, Astellas
- Elizabeth Klodas, MD: Speakers Bureau: BMS; Guidant
- Jennifer H. Mieres, MD, FASNC: Grant Support: GE Healthcare; Speakers Bureau and Consultant: BMS, Fujisawa HealthCare, Inc., Astellas; Advisory Board: CVT
- Todd D. Miller, MD: Grant Support: Philips Medical Systems, Inc.; Royalties: Syntermed, Inc.
- Kenneth J. Nichols, PhD: Grant Support: Philips Medical Systems, Inc.; Royalties: Syntermed, Inc.
- Prem Soman, MD, PhD: Speakers Bureau: BMS; Honoraria: BMS
- Mark I. Travin, MD, FASNC: Grant Support: BMS, Fujisawa, Astellas Pharama; Speakers Bureau: BMS, Fujisawa, Astellas Pharma
- David Wolinsky, MD, FASNC: Speakers Bureau: BMS, Fujisawa; Advisory Board: BMS; Honoraria: BMS
