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Cardiac CTA Training - Course Instructors


Roger D. Bies, M.D., F.A.C.C.

Dr. Bies is the Chief Medical Officer for Dignity Health East Valley Hospitals. He Is an interventional cardiologist, and Founder and past Director of the Cardiac CTA Program in Chandler, AZ. He has been active in Cardiac CTA  education for over 10 years. He has held Cardiovascular Program positions in both academic medicine and private practice, with over 40 publications in the clinical and basic sciences. Dr. Bies was an Assistant Professor of the Division of Cardiology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. He also served as Chairman of the Cardiovascular Department and Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at Chandler Regional Medical Center.

Dr. Bies has served as Vice President for the Certification Board of Cardiovascular CT, 2011-2016 and is a Fellow of the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography. He is certified by the Society as a Level III Instructor. He has co-authored a chapter in the textbook “The Complete Guide to Cardiac CT”.

Roger D. Bies, M.D., F.A.C.C.

Dr. Bies is the Chief Medical Officer for Dignity Health East Valley Hospitals. He Is an interventional cardiologist, and Founder and past Director of the Cardiac CTA Program in Chandler, AZ. He has been active in Cardiac CTA  education for over 10 years. He has held Cardiovascular Program positions in both academic medicine and private practice, with over 40 publications in the clinical and basic sciences. Dr. Bies was an Assistant Professor of the Division of Cardiology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. He also served as Chairman of the Cardiovascular Department and Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at Chandler Regional Medical Center.

Dr. Bies has served as Vice President for the Certification Board of Cardiovascular CT, 2011-2016 and is a Fellow of the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography. He is certified by the Society as a Level III Instructor. He has co-authored a chapter in the textbook “The Complete Guide to Cardiac CT”.


Joshua Kim, DO

Dr. Joshua Kim is originally from Kentucky where he graduated from KYCOM. He completed his internal medicine residency at the University of Arizona in Tucson, AZ and cardiovascular medicine fellowship at the University of Kentucky, Lexington. He also completed an advanced cardiac imaging fellowship at the University of Kentucky with a focus on cardiac MRI and cardiac CTA.

Upon completion of his training he returned to Phoenix, Arizona where he joined St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center and serves as an assistant clinical professor in the Department of Medicine for Creighton University School of Medicine, as well as the Director of Myocardial Imaging for the Heart & Vascular Institute. His clinical and research interests include cardiovascular computed tomography, cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging, echocardiography, preventative cardiology, and resident/fellow cardiovascular medicine education.

Dr. Kim is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Medicine. He is also board certified by the National Board of Echocardiography.

Level-3 Training in Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

Level-3 Training in Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Joshua Kim, DO

Dr. Joshua Kim is originally from Kentucky where he graduated from KYCOM. He completed his internal medicine residency at the University of Arizona in Tucson, AZ and cardiovascular medicine fellowship at the University of Kentucky, Lexington. He also completed an advanced cardiac imaging fellowship at the University of Kentucky with a focus on cardiac MRI and cardiac CTA.

Upon completion of his training he returned to Phoenix, Arizona where he joined St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center and serves as an assistant clinical professor in the Department of Medicine for Creighton University School of Medicine, as well as the Director of Myocardial Imaging for the Heart & Vascular Institute. His clinical and research interests include cardiovascular computed tomography, cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging, echocardiography, preventative cardiology, and resident/fellow cardiovascular medicine education.

Dr. Kim is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Medicine. He is also board certified by the National Board of Echocardiography.

Level-3 Training in Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

Level-3 Training in Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging


Dr. Le is originally from Vietnam, and immigrated to the US when she was a teenager. She earned both her undergraduate and medical degree from Brown University and the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, graduating with honors.

She completed her Internal Medicine residency at the University of California, Sacramento, and her Cardiovascular Disease fellowship at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. She also completed the Advanced Cardiac Imaging fellowship in cardiac CTA and MRI at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago.

She then moved to Arizona and has been in clinical cardiology practice since 2007. She is board certified in Cardiovascular Disease, Echocardiography, and Nuclear Cardiology. Currently, she serves as Chair of the Cardiovascular Department and Medical Director of the Echocardiography and EKG Department at Banner Desert Medical Center.

Dr. Le is originally from Vietnam, and immigrated to the US when she was a teenager. She earned both her undergraduate and medical degree from Brown University and the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, graduating with honors.

She completed her Internal Medicine residency at the University of California, Sacramento, and her Cardiovascular Disease fellowship at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. She also completed the Advanced Cardiac Imaging fellowship in cardiac CTA and MRI at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago.

She then moved to Arizona and has been in clinical cardiology practice since 2007. She is board certified in Cardiovascular Disease, Echocardiography, and Nuclear Cardiology. Currently, she serves as Chair of the Cardiovascular Department and Medical Director of the Echocardiography and EKG Department at Banner Desert Medical Center.