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Valvular Heart Disease


Robert O. Bonow, MD
Goldberg Distinguished Professor
Chief, Division of Cardiology
C-Director Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University Medical School
"Evidence-based Management and Quality Outcomes in Valvular Heart Disease. Timing of Intervention"

James B. Hermiller, Jr., MD
Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Labs
The Care Group, LLC
St. Vincent Heart Center of Indiana
"Mitral Valve Disease - when to operate? Minimally Invasive or Percutaneous Intervention?

Peter S. Rahko, MD
Director Adult Echo Lab
Professor of Medicine
Cardiovascular Medicine Division
Department of Medicine, G7/343
University of Wisconsin Hospital
"Scope of the Problem - the "Epidemic" of Valvular Heart Disease"

Joseph F. Sabik, MD
Chairman, Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
"Aortic Valve Disease - morphologic variants - when to operate? Case-based Approach"