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AATS/ACCF faculty, committee members, staff and other individuals who are in a position to control the content of this activity are required to disclose all real or apparent conflicts of interest. All relevant potential conflicts of interest that are identified are thoroughly vetted through a process that includes course directors and appropriate peer review by education committee chairs/members for fair balance, scientific objectivity and validity, patient care and safety recommendations.

Program Co- Directors

David H. Adams, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Professor and Chairman
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Mount Sinai Medical Center
New York, NY

Speaker is a Consultant and receives Royalties as an inventor for Edwards Lifesciences.
Speaker does not plan on discussing unlabeled/investigational uses of a commercial product.

Steven F. Bolling, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Professor of Adult Cardiac Surgery
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI

Speaker receives Royalties from Edwards Lifesciences.
Speaker does not plan on discussing unlabeled/investigational uses of a commercial product.

Robert O. Bonow, M.D., M.A.C.C.
Goldberg Distinguished Professor of Cardiology
Chief, Division of Cardiology
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, IL

Speaker is a Consultant for Edwards Lifesciences.
Speaker does not plan on discussing unlabeled/investigational uses of a commercial product.

Howard C. Herrmann, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Director, Cardiac Catheterization Labs
University of Pennsylvania Medical Center
Philadelphia, PA

Speaker receives Grant/Research Support from Edwards Lifesciences and Evalve. Speaker is a Stockholder of Endovalve.
Speaker plans on discussing unlabeled/investigational uses of a commercial product and will disclose this to the audience.

Nurse Planner:

Michele Langenfeld, R.N., M.S.

Administrator, Education and Outreach
Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute of Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Chicago, IL

Speaker has nothing to disclose with regard to commcercial support.
Speaker does not plan on discussing unlabeled/investigational uses of a commercial product.

Faculty:

Anelechi Anyanwu, M.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Mount Sinai Medical Center
New York, NY

Speaker has nothing to disclose with regard to commcercial support.
Speaker does not plan on discussing unlabeled/investigational uses of a commercial product.

Catherine Bingham, NP
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Mount Sinai Medical Center
New York, NY

Speaker has nothing to disclose with regard to commercial support.
Speaker does not plan on discussing unlabeled/investigational uses of a commerical product.

Jeffrey S. Borer, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Director, Howard Gilman Institute of Valvular Heart Diseases
Chief, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine

State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, NY

Speaker is a Consultant for Servier, BioMarin and ARMGO. Speaker is CBC for Pfizer and DMC for ARMGO, Merck, Celladon and Novartis. Speaker is a minor Stockholder of Metronic.
Speaker does not plan on discussing unlabeled/investigational uses of a commercial product.

Eugene Braunwald, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Distinguished Hersey Professor of Medicine, Harvard School of Medicine
Chairman, TIMI Study Group

Brigham & Women's Hospital
Boston, MA

Speaker is a Consultant, member of the Advisory Board, and receives Honoraria from the following companies: Bayer AG, CV Therapeutics, Daiichi Sankyo, Eli Lilly, Merck & Co., Momenta, Schering-Plough, sanofi-aventis, Cytokinetics, Genzyme, GlaxoSmithKline, Broadview Ventures. Speaker is the Chairman of the TIMI Study Group at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital. The Brigham and Women’s Hospital receives (or has received within the past 24 months) Grant Support for the TIMI Study Group from the following pharmaceutical companies (all > $10,000): AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, Johnson & Johnson, Beckman Coulter, Inc., Bristol Myers Squibb Pharmaceutical Research Institute, CV Therapeutics, Eli Lilly, Genentech, Integrated Therapeutics Group, Merck & Co., Inc., Novartis, Roche Diagnostics Corp., sanofi aventis, Schering Plough Research Institute, Daiichi Sankyo and Eisai Medical Research.
Speaker plans on discussing unlabeled/investigational uses of a commercial product and will disclose this to the audience.

Maurice Buchbinder, M.D., C.M., F.A.C.C.
San Diego Cardiovascular Associates
San Diego, CA

Speaker is a Consultant and Stockholder of Medtronic, Boston Scientific, Abbott, Cordis.
Speaker does not plan on discussing unlabeled/investigational uses of a commercial product.

Blasé A. Carabello, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Professor of Medicine
Baylor Medical Center
Houston, TX

Speaker has nothing to disclose with regard to commcercial support.
Speaker does not plan on discussing unlabeled/investigational uses of a commercial product.

Joseph S. Coselli, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX

Speaker is a Principal Investigator for Trifecta AV- St. Jude Medical, Cook, Inc. and Medtronic, Inc. Speaker is a Consultant for Medtronic, Inc., Vaskutek Terumo and Edwards Life Sciences, receives Grant/Research Support from Vaskutek Terumo and a member of the Speakers Bureau for Medtronic, Inc. and W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
Speaker plans on discussing unlabeled/investigational uses of a commercial product and will disclose this to the audience.

Tirone E. David, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Professor of Surgery
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada

Speaker has nothing to disclose with regard to commcercial support.
Speaker does not plan on discussing unlabeled/investigational uses of a commercial product.

Deborah Jefferson, R.N., A.P.N., M.H.A.
Clinical Nurse
Children’s Memorial Hospital
Chicago, IL

Speaker has nothing to disclose with regard to commcercial support.
Speaker does not plan on discussing unlabeled/investigational uses of a commercial product.

Roberto R. Lang, M.D., F.A.C.C., F.A.S.E.
Professor of Medicine
Director, Noninvasive Cardiac Imaging Lab

University of Chicago Medical Center
Chicago, IL

Speaker is a member of the Speakers Bureau for Philips Ultrasound.
Speaker does not plan on discussing unlabeled/investigational uses of a commercial product.

Randolph P. Martin, M.D., F.A.C.C., F.A.S.E.
Professor of Medicine
Director of Noninvasive Cardiology

Emory University
Atlanta, GA

Speaker is a Moderator for Edwards and Novartis.
Speaker does not plan on discussing unlabeled/investigational uses of a commercial product.

Patrick M. McCarthy, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Professor of Surgery, Co-Director of Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute
Chief of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Chicago, IL

Speaker is a Consultant for and receives Royalties from Edwards Lifesciences.
Speaker does not plan on discussing unlabeled/investigational uses of a commercial product.

D. Craig Miller, M.D.
Thelma and Henry Dodge Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery
Stanford University Medical School
Stanford, CA

Speaker is a Consultant for Medtronic Heart Valve Division, Inc. and St. Jude Medical. Speaker receives R01 Research Grant support from NHLBI, National Institutes of Health HL67025 & HL29589. Speaker is a member of the Executive Committee, PARTNER U.S. Trial-Percutaneous AVR, Edwards Lifesciences, LLP.
Speaker does not plan on discussing unlabeled/investigational uses of a commercial product.

Gail M. Osterman, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Surgery
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Chicago, IL

Speaker has nothing to disclose with regard to commcercial support.
Speaker does not plan on discussing unlabeled/investigational uses of a commercial product.

Hyde Russell, M.D.
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Children’s Memorial Hospital
Chicago, IL

Speaker has nothing to disclose with regard to commcercial support.
Speaker does not plan on discussing unlabeled/investigational uses of a commercial product.

Craig R. Smith, M.D.
Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University
New York, NY

Speaker is a Principal Investigator for Edwards Lifesciences Partner Trial.
Speaker plans on discussing unlabeled/investigational uses of a commercial product Sapien Valve and will disclose this to the audience.

Allan S. Stewart, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Columbia University
New York, NY

Speaker has nothing to disclose with regard to commcercial support.
Speaker plans on discussing unlabeled/investigational uses of a commercial product; combination of 3F valve and Vascutek Valsalva Graft to create bioroot and will disclose this to the audience.

Lissa Sugeng, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of Chicago Medical Center
Chicago, IL

Speaker is a Consultant and member of the Speakers Bureau for Philips Medical Imaging and receives Grant/Research Support and Software from TomTec Imaging Systems.
Speaker does not plan on discussing unlabeled/investigational uses of a commerical product.

Julie Swain, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Cardiovascular Surgery Consultant
Food and Drug Administration
La Jolla, CA

Speaker has nothing to disclose with regard to commcercial support.
Speaker does not plan on discussing unlabeled/investigational uses of a commercial product.

Mani Vannan, M.B.B.S., F.A.C.C.
Professor of Clinical Internal Medicine
Ohio State University Medical Center
Columbus, OH

Speaker is a member of the Speakers Bureau and receives Grant/Research Support from Siemens.
Speaker plans on discussing unlabeled/investigational uses of a commercial product; 3-D Echo Software and will disclose this to the audience.

ACC/AATS Staff Disclosures:

AATS/ACCF staff have nothing to disclose with regard to commercial support.

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