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Course Director
Rachel M Bond, MD, FACC
System Director, Women's Heart Health
Dignity Health, Arizona
Assistant Professor Internal Medicine, Creighton University School of Medicine
Chandler, Arizona
Keynote Speaker
Roxana Mehran, MD, FACC, FACP, FCCP, FESC, FAHA, MSCAI
Director of Interventional Cardiovascular Research and Clinical Trials, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Chief Scientific Officer, Clinical Trials Center at the Cardiovascular Research Foundation
Program Chair, Society of Cardiac Angiography and Interventions (SCAI-WIN) (Women in Innovations)
Professor of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York, New York
Program Faculty
Danielle Belardo, MD
Director of Cardiology and Co-Director of Research & Education
Institute of Plant-Based Medicine
Newport Beach, California
Pallavi Bellamkonda, MD, FACC
General Cardiologist
Dignity Health, St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center
Phoenix, Arizona
Kevin M. Brady, MD
Chief Cardiac Surgery
Director, Mechanical Circulatory Support
Dignity Health, Arizona
Co-Chairman, Mechanical Circulatory Support, CommonSpirit Health
Southwest Heart & Lung
Phoenix, Arizona
Claudia Chambers, MD, MBA, FACOG
Academic Chair, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Dignity Health, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center
Phoenix, Arizona
Nezar Falluji, MD, MPH, FACC, FSCAI
Interim Co-Chief Physician Executive, System Cardiovascular Service Line
CommonSpirit Health
Co-Director, Trans-catheter Valve Program
Catholic Health Initiatives, Saint Joseph Heart and Vascular Institute
Lexington, Kentucky
Keith C. Ferdinand, MD, FACC, FAHA, FNLA, FASH
Professor of Medicine
Gerald S. Berenson Endowed Chair in Preventive Cardiology
Tulane University School of Medicine
Tulane Heart and Vascular Institute
New Orleans, Louisiana
Ali Haider, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Springfield, MA
Mohammad R Hojjati, MD, PHD, FSCMR
Medical Director, Advanced Cardiovascular Imaging
Dignity Health, East Valley Arizona
Heart Care Center of the Valley
Gilbert, Arizona
Frances Johnson, MD, FACC
Co-Chairman, Mechanical Circulatory Support, CommonSpirit Health
Advanced Heart Failure Cardiologist, Iowa Heart Center
Chief Medical Officer, Viewpoint Molecular Targeting
Alexandra Lucas, MD, FRCP(C)
Interventional Cardiologist
Professor, Biodesign Institute/Arizona State University
Tempe, Arizona
Elizabeth Ofili, MD, MPH, FACC
Association of Black Cardiologists, Board Chair
Professor of Medicine (Cardiology), Morehouse School of Medicine
Chief Medical Officer, Morehouse Choice Accountable Care Organization
Founder and Chief Medical Officer, AccuHealth Technologies, Inc.
Atlanta, Georgia
Biljana Parapid, MD, PHD, FESC
Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine-Cardiology School of
Medicine University of Belgrade
Belgrade, Serbia
Dan Inder S. Sraow, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Medical Director, Structural Heart, Dignity Health, East Valley Arizona
Medical Director, Structural Heart, Co-Chairman Structural Heart, CommonSpirit Health
Chief Executive Officer, Sun State Cardiology
Assistant Professor Internal Medicine, Creighton University School of Medicine
Chandler, Arizona
Hursh Naik, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Director of Structural Heart Disease and Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
Dignity Health, St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center
IMS Cardiology
Phoenix, Arizona
Robert Roberts, MD, MACC
Director of Cardiovascular Genomics & Genetics
Dignity Health, St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center
Professor, University of Arizona College of Medicine
Phoenix, Arizona
Sheila Sahni, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Interventional Cardiologist
Sahni Heart Center
Chrisandra Shufelt MD, MS, FACP, NCMP
Associate Director, Barbara Streisand Women’s Heart Center
Co-Director, Prevention & Rehabilitation Cardiac Center
Director, Women’s Hormone and Menopause Program
Associate Professor, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Smidt Heart Institute
Himal Shah, MD
Chief Executive Officer, Heart & Rhythm Solutions
Chandler, Arizona
Rajakrishnan Vijaykrishnan, MD
Medical Director, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center
Phoenix, Arizona
Program Agenda
Registration, Virtual Vendor Exhibit
Rachel M Bond, MD, FACC
Sex-Focused Clinical Care: Heart Disease and Conditions Most Prevalent in Women
Rachel M Bond, MD, FACC
Alexandra Lucas, MD, FRCP(C)
Chrisandra Shufelt MD, MS, FACP, NCMP
Pallavi Bellamkonda, MD, FACC
Claudia Chambers, MD, MBA, FACOG
Moderator: Biljana Parapid, MD, PHD, FESC
Panelist: Pallavi Bellamkonda, MD; Rachel Bond, MD; Claudia Chambers, MD; Alexandra Lucas, MD; Chrisandra Shufelt, MD
Ischemic Heart Disease in Women: From Diagnosis to Best Management
Chrisandra Shufelt MD, MS, FACP, NCMP
Roxana Mehran, MD, FACC, FACP, FCCP, FESC, FAHA, MSCAI
Mohammad Hojjati, MD
Sheila Sahni, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Kevin Brady, MD
Moderator: Nezar Falluji, MD, MPH, FACC, FSCAI
Panelist: Kevin Brady, MD; Mohammad Hojjati, MD; Roxana Mehran, MD; Sheila Sahni, MD
Advancing the Journey to Equity for Women in Cardiology & Leadership to Improve Women’s Heart Health: Insight from Women as One.
Roxana Mehran, MD, FACC, FACP, FCCP, FESC, FAHA, MSCAI
20-minute presentation; 10-minute Q&A
The Impact of Screening & Prevention on Cardiovascular Disease in Women
Elizabeth Ofili, MD, MPH, FACC
Biljana Parapid, MD, PHD, FESC
Danielle Belardo, MD
Robert Roberts, MD, MACC
Moderator: Keith C Ferdinand, MD, FACC, FAHA, FNLA, FASH
Panelist: Danielle Belardo, MD; Elizabeth Ofili, MD; Biljana Parapid, MD; Robert Roberts, MD
Sex-Specific Pathways from Arrhythmias, Valves, & Heart Failure to Vascular Disease
Dan Inder S Sraow, MD, FACC, FSCAI, RPVI
Frances Johnson, MD, FACC
Hursh Naik, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Himal Shah, MD
Moderator: Ali Haider, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Panelist: Hursh Naik, MD; Himal Shah, MD; Dan Inder S Sraow, MD; Frances Johnson, MD; Rajakrishnan Vijaykrishnan, MD
Rachel M Bond, MD, FACC
