Northwell Health Cardiovascular Fellows Course
2027 AGENDA COMING SOON!
General Session Agenda - Coronary Continued
Friday, May 8, 2026
Registration / Scan Badge
7:30 am
Azure Foyer, Level 4
Continental Breakfast
7:30 am
Exhibit Hall
Welcome & Introduction
8:25 am
Puneet Gandotra, MD
SESSION V | MANAGEMENT OF CARDIOGENIC SHOCK
Moderator: Miguel A. Alvarez Villela, MD
Panel: Chowdhury H. Ahsan, MD, PhD; Michael C. Kim, MD; Arber Kodra, MD; Andrew Eli Persits, MD;
Deane Edgar Smith, MD
Management of Cardiogenic Shock in 2026
8:30 am
Miguel A. Alvarez Villela, MD
Practical Approach to Advanced Therapies in Shock
8:45 am
+ Advanced Options for Our Ischemic CM Patients
Deane Smith, MD
Q&A / Panel Discussion
9:00 am
The Science and Superstition of the Cath Lab
9:15 am
Sripal Bangalore, MD
10 Things They Didn’t Teach in Fellowship
9:30 am
Rajiv Jauhar, MD
BREAK / VISIT EXHIBITS & SIMULATORS
9:45 am
Multidisciplinary Case Presentation & Discussion: Structural, EP, Coronary
10:00 am
Raman L. Mitra, MD, PhD; Bruce J. Rutkin, MD; Avneet Singh, MD; William Shi, MD, PhD
Q&A / PANEL DISCUSSION
10:45 am
Peripheral Session
Welcome & Introduction
11:00 am
Ibrahim M. Ali, MD
SESSION I | DIAGNOSTIC TESTING AND FUNDAMENTALS OF DIAGNOSTIC ANGIOGRAMS
Moderator: Ibrahim M. Ali, MD
Panel: Rohit Maini, MD; Sean Robert Wilson, MD; Ramzan M. Zakir, MD
Peripheral Artery Anatomy Review: Normal, Anomalies and Pathology
11:05 am
Sean Robert Wilson, MD
Noninvasive Diagnostic Testing and Interpretations of Findings:
11:15 am
Case-Based Review
Ramzan M. Zakir, MD
Basic Techniques of Diagnostic Angiograms: Is There Still a Need?
11:25 am
Rohit Maini, MD
Alternative Vascular Access:
11:35 am
Techniques and Tips for Antegrade and Pedal Approaches
Ibrahim M. Ali, MD
Q&A / PANEL DISCUSSION
11:45 am
LUNCH / VISIT EXHIBITS & SIMULATORS
12:00 pm
SESSION II |
PRINCIPLES OF OCCLUSIVE AORTOILIAC DISEASE AND VASCULAR ACCESS
Moderator: Serdar Farhan, MD
Panel: Apurva Patel, MD; Mitchell D. Weinberg, MD
Iliac Interventions: Case-Based Review
12:45 pm
Mitchell D. Weinberg, MD
Destination Therapy in the Aortoiliac Space
12:55 pm
Serdar Farhan, MD
Large-Bore Access and Closure Devices
1:05 pm
Apurva Patel, MD
SPECIAL SESSION | FELLOWS CASE COMPETITION: MY WORST VASCULAR COMPLICATION
Moderator: Ibrahim M. Ali, MD
Judges: Serdar Farhan, MD; Jon C. George, MD; Vladimir Lakhter, DO; Gregg S. Landis, MD;
Mitchell D. Weinberg, MD
Case Presentation #1
1:15 pm
Anish Adhikari, MD, MBChB – Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY
Case Presentation #2
1:25 pm
Sai Rohit Mekala, MD – University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, TN
Case Presentation #3
1:35 pm
Pratheesh Mathen George, MD – Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY
Q&A / PANEL DISCUSSION
1:45 pm
BREAK / VISIT EXHIBITS & SIMULATORS
2:00 pm
SESSION III | FEM-POP INTERVENTIONS
Moderator: Ibrahim M. Ali, MD
Panel: Gregg S. Landis, MD
Basics of Fem-Pop Intervention: Case-Based Approach
2:15 pm
Ibrahim M. Ali, MD
Benefits of Choosing Surgery: Is Endo-First Even the Best Option?
2:30 pm
Gregg S. Landis, MD
HANDS-ON ROTATIONS
2:45 pm
- Up and Over / Diagnostics: Gregg S. Landis, MD; Sean Robert Wilson, MD
- CTO Crossing: Tips, Tricks, Wires, Reentry, Safari: Asma Khaliq, MD; Rohit Maini, MD
- Lesion Modification / Calcium: Jon C. George, MD; Mitchell D. Weinberg, MD
- Alternative Access: Radial / Pedal: Avneet Singh, MD; Ramzan M. Zakir, MD
- Stenting / DCB: Serdar Farhan, MD; Vladimir Lakhter, DO
- Closure Devices: Ibrahim M. Ali, MD; Apurva Patel, MD
SESSION IV | PULMONARY EMBOLISMS
Moderator: Asma Khaliq, MD
Facilitators: Ibrahim M. Ali, MD; Jon C. George, MD; Vladimir Lakhter, DO; Avneet Singh, MD ; Sean Robert Wilson, MD
PE Thrombectomy a Growing Niche: Case-Based Review
4:15 pm
Asma Khaliq, MD
PE Interventional Strategies:
4:25 pm
Catheter-Directed Lysis, Pulmonary Thrombectomy, and ECMO Support
Suhail Dohad, MD
Pulmonary Balloon Angioplasty and Open Pulmonary Endarterectomy:
4:35 pm
Treating CTEPH
Vladimir Lakhter, DO
HANDS-ON ROTATIONS
4:45 pm
- Stryker: Asma Khaliq, MD; Avneet Singh, MD
- Penumbra: Ibrahim M. Ali, MD; Vladimir Lakhter, DO
- AngioDynamics: Jon C. George, MD; Sean Robert Wilson, MD
- Boston Scientific: Suhail Dohad, MD; Mitchell D. Weinberg, MD
PICK-UP APPETIZERS / RETURN TO BALLROOM
5:30 pm
SHOCKWAVE FELLOWS EVENING SYMPOSIUM
Faculty: Sripal Bangalore, MD; Puneet Gandotra, MD; Rajiv Jauhar, MD; Michael C. Kim, MD; Arber Kodra, MD; Tak Kwan, MD; Emily Schultz, DO
Fireside Chat with Faculty: Mapping Your Future
5:45 pm
Faculty
Roundtable Discussion / Interactive Q&A
6:30 pm
Adjourn
6:45 pm