SIS 2007 Course Directors

Mark Reisman, MD
Director, Cardiovascular Research
Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
Swedish Heart & Vascular Institute
Swedish Medical Center
Seattle, WA

William A. Gray, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
Director of Endovascular Services
Center for Interventional Vascular Therapies
Columbia University
Cardiovascular Research Foundation
New York, New York

John J. Young, MD
Medical Director, Academic Affairs
Co-Director, Cardiovascular Research
Swedish Heart & Vascular Institute
Swedish Medical Center
Seattle, WA

Jill Jesurum, Ph.D.
Scientific Director
Cardiovascular Research and Scientific Development
Swedish Heart & Vascular Institute
Swedish Medical Center
Seattle, WA

SIS 2007 Guest Faculty

Stephan Achenbach, MD, FESC
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine II (Cardiology)
University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Erlangen, GERMANY

Andrei V. Alexandrov, MD
Professor and Director
Comprehensive Stroke Center
The University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

Steven R. Bailey, MD
Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
Professor of Medicine and Radiology
University Hospital UTHSCSA
San Antonio, TX

Selva Baltan-Tekkok, MD, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor of Neurology
University of Washington
Seattle, WA

Kyra J. Becker, MD
Associate Professor of Neurology &
Neurological Surgery
Co-Director, Stroke Center
University of Washington
Seattle, WA

Laurie Benton, ARNP
Stroke Program
Swedish Medical Center
Seattle, WA

Daniel S. Berman, MD
Director of Cardiac Imaging and Nuclear Cardiology
Cedars-Sinai Heart Center
Los Angeles, CA

Robert M. Bersin , MD
Director, Endovascular Services and Clinical Research
Seattle Cardiology
Seattle, WA

Peter C. Block, MD
Director, Interventional Cardiology
Emory University Hospital
Atlanta, GA

Jean M. Blue MN, ARNP
Cardiology Nurse Practitioner
Swedish Physician Division/Summit Cardiology
Seattle, WA

Gregory Braden, MD
Director, Interventional Cardiology
Cardiology Specialists of North Carolina
Winston-Salem, NC

Maurice Buchbinder, MD
Medical Director
Foundation for Cardiovascular Medicine
Scripps La Jolla Memorial Hospital
La Jolla, CA

Christopher E. Buller, MD
Head, Division of Cardiology

University of British Columbia

Interventional Cardiologist

Diamond Health Care Center
Vancouver, B.C.
CANADA

Louis A. Cannon, MD
President
Cardiac and Vascular Research Center of Northern Michigan
Petoskey, MI

Peter Casterella, MD
Director, Carotid Disease Management Program
Utah Heart Clinic and LDS Hospital
Salt Lake City, UT

David J. Cohen, MD
Director of Cardiology Research
Saint Luke's Mid-America Heart Institute
Kansas City, MO

Tony Das, MD
Director, Peripheral Interventions
Presbyterian Heart Institute
Dallas, TX

Larry Dean, MD
Professor of Surgery and Medicine
University of Washington Medical Center
Seattle, WA

Michaelene Deelstra, MSN, ARNP
Cardiology Nurse Practitioner
Swedish Physician Division/ Summit Cardiology
Clinical Faculty, University of Washington School of Nursing
Seattle, WA

Amish J. Desai, MD
Swedish Heart & Vascular Institute
Swedish Medical Center
Seattle, WA

Lance Diehl, MD
Vascular Surgeon
Hawthorne Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeons
Charlotte, NC

Adrian A. Ebner, MD

Chief of Interventional Procedures and Cardiovascular Surgery

Hospital Privado Francés

Asunción, PARAGUAY

Jack Faris, Ph.D.
President
Washington Biotechology & Biomedical Assn.
Seattle, WA

Stanley Fisher, MD
Co-Director of Movement Disorders and
Neurorehabilitation Center
Methodist Neurological Institute
Houston, TX

Matthew H. French, MD
Director of The Cardiac Cath Lab
Columbus Regional Hospital and Witham Memorial Hospitals Indianapolis, IN

Steven L. Goldberg, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Acting Director of Cath Lab
University of Washington Medical Center
Seattle, WA

Leroy Hood, MD, Ph.D.

President

Institute for Systems Biology

Seattle, WA

Paul P. Huang, MD
Swedish Heart & Vascular Institute
Swedish Medical Center
Seattle, WA

Carol Jacobson, RN, MN

Director

Quality Education Services

Seattle, WA

Damir Janigro, Ph.D.
Professor of Molecular Medicine
Director of Cerebrovascular Research Center
The Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH

Kaj H. Johansen, MD, Ph.D.
Swedish Medical Center
Seattle, WA

Thomas K. Jones, MD
Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
Children's Hospital & Regional Medical Center
University of Washington School of Medicine
Seattle, WA

Francis Kim, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

University of Washington
Seattle, WA

Brian R. Kott, MD
Interventional Neuro-Endovascular Radiologist
TRA Medical Imaging
Tacoma, WA

Kimberly Krabill, MD
Swedish Pediatric Specialty Care
Swedish Medical Center
Seattle, WA

Mitchell W. Krucoff, MD
Professor of Medicine/Cardiology
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC

Michael A. LaFlamme, MD, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Department of Pathology

Center for Cardiovascular Regenerative Medicine
University of Washington
Seattle, WA

John M. Lasala, MD, Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO

Nathan Laufer, MD
Medical Director
Heart & Vascular Center of Arizona
Phoenix, AZ

David P. Lee, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Stanford Hospitals and Clinics
Stanford, CA

Pierre Leimgruber, MD
Spokane Cardiology
Spokane, WA

Norman E. Lepor, MD
Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine
Cedars Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA

William Likosky, MD
Director of Stroke Program
Swedish Neuroscience Institute
Swedish Medical Center
Seattle, WA

William Lombardi, MD
Medical Director, Cardiac Cath Lab
St. Joseph Hospital
Bellingham, WA

Reginald Low, MD
Chief, Division of Cardiology
UC Davis Medical Center
Sacramento, CA

W. Robb MacLellan, MD

Associate Professor

Maud Cady Guthman Chair in Cardiology and Medicine

UCLA School of Medicine

Los Angeles, CA

Annett Magedanz, MD
Department of Cardiovascular MRI
Cardiovascular Center Bethanien
Frankfurt, GERMANY

Rajendra Makkar, MD
Director, Cardiovascular Intervention Center
Director, Interventional Cardiology Research Program
Cedars-Sinai Heart Center
Los Angeles, CA

Vinay Malhotra, MD
CT Angiography
Cardiac Study Center
Tacoma, WA

G.B. John Mancini, MD
Director, CV Imaging Research Core Laboratory
Vancouver General Hospital
Vancouver, B.C.
CANADA

Michael Mullen, MD
Cardiologist
Royal Brompton Hospital
London, ENGLAND

Charles E. Murry, MD, Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine
Director, Center for Cardiovascular Biology & Regenerative Medicine
University of Washington
Seattle, WA

Subbarao Myla, MD
Medical Director
Hoag Memorial Hospital, Premier Heart & Vascular Care
Newport Beach, CA

David W. Newell, MD
Executive Director
Seattle Neuroscience Institute
Swedish Medical Center
Seattle, WA

John V. Olsen, MD
Swedish Heart & Vascular Institute
Swedish Medical Center
Seattle, WA

Sanjiv R. Parikh, MD
Interventional Radiologist
Swedish Medical Center
Seattle, WA

Emerson C. Perin, MD, Ph.D.
Medical Director
Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital
Houston, TX

John L. Petersen, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC

Michael Poon, MD
Director, Cardiovascular Medicine and Integrated Imaging
Cabrini Medical Center
New York, NY

Sunil V. Rao, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Director, Cardiac Cath Lab

Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC

Susan Reed, MN, ARNP
Cardiology Nurse Practitioner
Swedish Heart & Vascular Institute
Swedish Medical Center
Seattle, WA

John P. Reilly, MD
Associate Director
Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
Ochsner Clinic Foundation
New Orleans, LA

David Reuter, MD, Ph.D.
Chief Medical Officer
Cardiac Dimensions, Inc.
Kirkland, WA

David K. Roberts, MD
Medical Director
Sacramento Heart Center
Sacramento, CA

David H. Robinson, MD
Medical Director, Vascular Center
Virginia Mason Medical Center
Seattle, WA

Niel Starksen, MD
Cardiology

Guided Delivery Systems, Inc.
Santa Clara, CA

Douglas K. Stewart, MD
Professor of Medicine

Cardiology Director

University of Washington

Seattle, WA

Gregg W. Stone, MD
Vice Chairman

Cardiovascular Research Foundation

Professor of Medicine

Columbia University Medical Center
New York Presbyterian Hospital
New York, NY

Paul S. Teirstein, MD
Director, Interventional Cardiology
Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation
La Jolla, CA

S. Smiley Thakur, MD
Nephrology/ Internal Medicine

Transplant & Nephrology Northwest
Seattle, WA

Jonathan M. Tobis, MD
Director, Interventional Cardiology Research
UCLA Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA

Jennifer Tremmel, MD
Clinical Instructor

Cardiovascular Medicine
Stanford University Medical Center
Stanford, CA

George Tsivgoulis, MD
Stroke Research and Neurosonology Fellow

Comprehensive Stroke Center

Department of Neurology
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

Uma S. Valeti, MD
Director, Cardiovascular CT/MRI
St. Paul Heart Clinic, P.A
St. Paul, MN

Edward D. Verrier, MD
Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
University of Washington Medical Center
Seattle, WA

Renu Virmani, MD
President & Medical Director
CV Path Institute, Inc.
Gaithersburg, MD

Needham E. Ward, MD
Cardiac Study Center
Tacoma, WA

David Warth, MD
Interventional Cardiology
Summit Cardiology
Swedish Heart & Vascular Institute
Swedish Medical Center
Seattle, WA

Gary Weeks, MD
Interventional Cardiology
Summit Cardiology

Swedish Heart & Vascular Institute
Swedish Medical Center
Seattle, WA

R. Jeffrey Westcott, MD
Medical Director
Seattle Cardiology
Seattle, WA

Daniel Wilkinson, MD
Interventional Cardiology
Summit Cardiology
Swedish Heart & Vascular Institute
Swedish Medical Center
Seattle, WA

Chun Yuan, Ph.D.
Vascular Imaging Lab
Departments of Radiology, Electrical Engineering & Bioengineering
University of Washington
Seattle, WA

Osama O. Zaidat, MD
Associate Professor

Department of Neurology & Neurosurgery
Director, Neurointerventional Program
Froedtert Hospital & Medical College
Milwaukee, WI

Michael Zammit, MD
Vascular Surgeon
Pacific Vascular, Inc.
Swedish Medical Center
Seattle, WA

James P. Zidar, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Duke University Medical Center
Raleigh, NC