
Evan Shlofmitz, DO
St Francis Hospital
The Heart Center
Roslyn, NY

Ron Waksman, MD
MedStar Health
MedStar Heart and Vascular Institute
Washington, DC
- November 7, 2020
- November 14, 2020
- November 21, 2020

Itsik Ben-Dor, MD
MedStar Health
MedStar Heart and Vascular Institute
Washington, DC

Emmanouil S. Brilakis, MD, PhD
Minneapolis Heart Institute
Minneapolis, MN

David Erlinge, MD
Skane University Hospital
Lund, Sweden

Khady Fall, MD
Center for Interventional Vascular Therapy
Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia University
New York, NY

Hector M. Garcia-Garcia, MD
MedStar Health
MedStar Heart and Vascular Institute
Washington, DC

Allen Jeremias, MD, FSCAI
St. Francis Hospital
Roslyn, NY

Morton J. Kern, MD
VA Long Beach Health Care System
Long Beach, CA

Bruce Samuels, MD
Cedars Sinai Medical Center
Beverly Hills, CA

Lowell F. Satler, MD
MedStar Health
MedStar Heart and Vascular Institute
Washington, DC

Arnold Seto, MD
Long Beach Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Long Beach, CA
CRTvirtual: IMAGING
7:55 AM


Welcome and Introduction
Ron Waksman, MD | Evan Shlofmitz, DO
8:00 AM


Live Case: Imaging Guided PCI
Operators: Lowell Satler, MD | Itsik Ben-Dor, MD
Commentators: Emmanouil Brilakis, MD; Hayder Hashim, MD; Evan Shlofmitz, DO; Ron Waksman, MD
8:45 AM

Image Interpretation 101: What Am I Looking At?
Khady Fall, MD
9:00 AM
Panel Discussion​
9:09 AM

Can Vulnerable Plaques Be Identified?
David Erlinge, MD
9:24 AM
Panel Discussion​
9:32 AM

How Imaging Helps Me Treat CTO’s
Emmanouil Brilakis, MD
9:47 AM
Panel Discussion​
CRTvirtual: PHYSIOLOGY
10:00 AM

Basics of Invasive Physiology: When to Use What
Arnold Seto, MD
10:15 AM
Panel Discussion
10:23 AM

QFR: An In-Depth Analysis
Hector M. Garcia-Garcia, MD, PhD
10:38 AM
Panel Discussion
10:46 AM

10 Things I Hate About FFR- Pitfalls and Failings
Morton Kern, MD
11:01 AM
Panel Discussion
11:09 AM

Resting Versus Hyperemic Discordance
Bruce Samuels, MD
11:24 AM
Panel Discussion
11:32 AM

Post-PCI Physiology: Contemporary Strategies
Allen Jeremias, MD
11:47 AM
Panel Discussion
12:00 PM


Final Remarks & Adjourn​
Ron Waksman, MD | Evan Shlofmitz, DO



for supporting the CRTvirtual Imaging & Physiology Course

Kevin Croce, MD
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA

Hector M. Garcia-Garcia, MD, PhD
MedStar Health
MedStar Heart and Vascular Institute
Washington, DC

Allen Jeremias, MD
St. Francis Hospital
Roslyn, NY

Ki Park, MD
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

Judah Rauch, MD
Montefiore Medical Center
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, NY

Andrew Sharp, MD, PhD
University Hospital of Wales
Cardiff, United Kingdom

Richard Shlofmitz, MD
St Francis Hospital
The Heart Center
Roslyn, NY

Jasvindar Singh, MD
Washington University School of Medicine
Barnes Jewish Hospital
St. Louis, MO

Alexander Truesdell, MD
Virginia Heart
McLean, VA

Hiroyoshi Yokoi, MD
Fukuoka Sanno Hospital
Fukuoka, Japan
CRTvirtual: IMAGING
7:55 AM


Welcome and Introduction
Ron Waksman, MD
Evan Shlofmitz, DO
8:00 AM

Integration of Imaging for Routine PCI: Insights from LightLab
Judah Rauch, MD
8:15 AM
Panel Discussion
8:23 AM

Imaging-Guided Treatment of In-Stent Restenosis
Kevin Croce, MD
8:38 AM
Panel Discussion
8:46 AM

The Role of Imaging in Calcified Lesions
Alexander Truesdell, MD
9:01 AM
Panel Discussion
9:10 AM


Live Case: Precision PCI
Operator: Richard Shlofmitz, MD
Operator: Allen Jeremias, MD
Commentators: Kevin Croce, MD; Hayder Hashim, MD; Judah Rauch, MD; Evan Shlofmitz, DO; Alexander Truesdell, MD
CRTvirtual: PHYSIOLOGY
10:00 AM

Have we been Doing Stable Angina Wrong All Along? Vessel Level Ischemia is so Last Century!
Andrew Sharp, MD
10:15AM
Panel Discussion
10:23AM

NHPR/FFR Best Practices
Ki Park, MD
10:38AM
Panel Discussion
10:46AM

AngioFFR
Hiroyoshi Yokoi, MD
11:01 AM
Panel Discussion
11:09AM

The Future is Physiologic: Guidance Featuring the New OmniWire
Jasvindar Singh, MD
11:24 AM
Panel Discussion​
11:32AM

When Imaging and Physiology Are Discordant: How to Best Manage
Hector M. Garcia-Garcia, MD
11:47 AM
Panel Discussion​
12:00 PM


Final Remarks & Adjourn​
Ron Waksman, MD
Evan Shlofmitz, DO



for supporting the CRTvirtual Imaging & Physiology Course

Bill Gogas, MD
The Spencer B. King III Catheterization Laboratory
Nanjing First Hospital
Nanjing, China

Vamsi Krishna, MD
Ascension Medical Group
Kyle, TX

Mamas Mamas, MD
Keele University
Keele, United Kingdom

Emile Mehanna, MD
Lebanese American University Medical Center
Beirut, Lebanon

Natalia Pinilla-Echeverri, MD
McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Ron Waksman, MD
MedStar Health
MedStar Heart and Vascular Institute
Washington, DC
CRTvirtual: IMAGING
7:55 AM


Welcome and Introduction
Ron Waksman, MD
Evan Shlofmitz, DO
8:00 AM

Instead of When to Use Imaging, The Question Should be When Not To Image!
Mamas Mamas, MD
8:12 AM
Panel Discussion
8:20 AM

The Role of Imaging in High-bleeding Risk Patients
Vamsi Krishna, MD
8:32 AM
Panel Discussion
8:40 AM

Imaging in Acute MI
Natalia Pinilla-Echeverri, MD
8:52 AM
Panel Discussion
9:00 AM

Specialty Balloons for Calcified Lesions
Emile Mehanna, MD
9:12 AM
Panel Discussion
9:20 AM

Imaging-Guided Treatment of Bifurcation Lesions
Bill Gogas, MD
9:32 AM
Panel Discussion
9:40 AM

IVUS in Complex Lesions: The IMPROVE Trial
Ron Waksman, MD
9:52 AM
Panel Discussion
10:00 AM


Final Remarks and Adjourn
Ron Waksman, MD
Evan Shlofmitz, DO



for supporting the CRTvirtual Imaging & Physiology Course