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  • Saturday, Mar 9th
    8:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    CTO Academy | Saturday Session
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Program Director: Emmanouil S. Brilakis, MD, PhD – Minneapolis Heart Institute
    Program Director: Carlo Di Mario, MD – University of Florence
    Program Director: Gerald S. Werner, MD, PhD, FSCAI – Klinikum Darmstadt GmbH
    CoronaryCTO Academy | Saturday Session
  • Saturday, Mar 9th
    8:00 AM – 8:50 AM ET
    INTRODUCTION TO CTO
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Moderator: Carlo Di Mario, MD – University of Florence
    Moderator: Jaikirshan Khatri, MD – Cleveland Clinic
    Moderator: Stephane Rinfret, MD, SM – Georgia Heart Institute
    CoronaryCTO Academy | Saturday Session
  • Saturday, Mar 9th
    8:00 AM – 8:50 AM ET
    Live Case from Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Live Case Operator: Robert-Jan M. van Geuns, MD, PhD – RadboudUMC
    Moderator: Carlo Di Mario, MD – University of Florence
    Moderator: Jaikirshan Khatri, MD – Cleveland Clinic
    Moderator: Stephane Rinfret, MD, SM – Georgia Heart Institute
    Panel Discussant: Emmanouil S. Brilakis, MD, PhD – Minneapolis Heart Institute
    Panel Discussant: Tarek Helmy, MD, FACC, MSCAI – Ochsner LSU
    Panel Discussant: Michael J. Lim, MD – Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center
    Panel Discussant: Tanveer Rab, MD, FACC, FSCAI – Emory University
    Panel Discussant: Alpesh Shah, MD – Houston Methodist Hospital
    Panel Discussant: Gerald S. Werner, MD, PhD, FSCAI – Klinikum Darmstadt GmbH
    Panel Discussant: Masahisa Yamane, MD – Saitama Sekishinkai Hospital
    CoronaryCTO Academy | Saturday Session
  • Saturday, Mar 9th
    8:50 AM – 8:58 AM ET
    Radial or Femoral Access for CTO PCI
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Speaker: Stephane Rinfret, MD, SM – Georgia Heart Institute
    CoronaryCTO Academy | Saturday Session
  • Saturday, Mar 9th
    8:50 AM – 10:17 AM ET
    CTO SETTING UP THE STAGE
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Moderator: Emmanouil S. Brilakis, MD, PhD – Minneapolis Heart Institute
    Moderator: Kathleen E. Kearney, MD – University of Washington
    CoronaryCTO Academy | Saturday Session
  • Saturday, Mar 9th
    8:58 AM – 9:06 AM ET
    Primer on Collateral Physiology for the CTO Operator
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Speaker: Gerald S. Werner, MD, PhD, FSCAI – Klinikum Darmstadt GmbH
    CoronaryCTO Academy | Saturday Session
  • Saturday, Mar 9th
    9:06 AM – 9:14 AM ET
    How Stoic Principles Apply to CTO PCI
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Speaker: Emmanouil S. Brilakis, MD, PhD – Minneapolis Heart Institute
    CoronaryCTO Academy | Saturday Session
  • Saturday, Mar 9th
    9:14 AM – 9:22 AM ET
    CTO-PCI: How to Prepare for the High CTO Score Cases
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Speaker: Masahisa Yamane, MD – Saitama Sekishinkai Hospital
    CoronaryCTO Academy | Saturday Session
  • Saturday, Mar 9th
    9:22 AM – 9:30 AM ET
    Which is Better to Treat: The Diseased SVG or The Native CTO?
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Speaker: Lorenzo Azzalini, MD, PhD, MSc – University of Washington
    CoronaryCTO Academy | Saturday Session
  • Saturday, Mar 9th
    9:30 AM – 9:38 AM ET
    Real-Time CT Fusion to Guide CTO PCI
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Speaker: Farouc A. Jaffer, MD, PhD – Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School
    CoronaryCTO Academy | Saturday Session
  • Saturday, Mar 9th
    9:38 AM – 9:46 AM ET
    Clinical Benefits of CTO Intervention
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Speaker: Michael Ragosta, MD – University of Virginia
    CoronaryCTO Academy | Saturday Session
  • Saturday, Mar 9th
    9:46 AM – 9:54 AM ET
    Three Years of Consensus Documents from the EuroCTO CLUB: From Dual-Lumen to Guide-Extension Catheters, Calcium Treatment and Beyond
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Speaker: Carlo Di Mario, MD – University of Florence
    CoronaryCTO Academy | Saturday Session
  • Saturday, Mar 9th
    9:54 AM – 10:02 AM ET
    IVUS Guidance in CTO PCI
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Speaker: Jaikirshan Khatri, MD – Cleveland Clinic
    CoronaryCTO Academy | Saturday Session
  • Saturday, Mar 9th
    10:02 AM – 10:17 AM ET
    Panel Discussion
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Panel Moderator: Emmanouil S. Brilakis, MD, PhD – Minneapolis Heart Institute
    Panel Moderator: Kathleen E. Kearney, MD – University of Washington
    Panel Discussant: Lorenzo Azzalini, MD, PhD, MSc – University of Washington
    Panel Discussant: Kathryn Dawson, MD – Providence Heart and Vascular Institute
    Panel Discussant: Carlo Di Mario, MD – University of Florence
    Panel Discussant: Farouc A. Jaffer, MD, PhD – Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School
    Panel Discussant: Jaikirshan Khatri, MD – Cleveland Clinic
    Panel Discussant: Michael Ragosta, MD – University of Virginia
    Panel Discussant: Tanveer Rab, MD, FACC, FSCAI – Emory University
    Panel Discussant: Stephane Rinfret, MD, SM – Georgia Heart Institute
    Panel Discussant: Gerald S. Werner, MD, PhD, FSCAI – Klinikum Darmstadt GmbH
    Panel Discussant: Masahisa Yamane, MD – Saitama Sekishinkai Hospital
    CoronaryCTO Academy | Saturday Session
  • Saturday, Mar 9th
    10:17 AM – 10:25 AM ET
    Guidewire and Microcatheter Selection for Antegrade Approach
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Speaker: Stephane Rinfret, MD, SM – Georgia Heart Institute
    CoronaryCTO Academy | Saturday Session
  • Saturday, Mar 9th
    10:17 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    ANTEGRADE APPROACH
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Moderator: Carlo Di Mario, MD – University of Florence
    Moderator: Allison B. Hall, MD, FRCPC – NL Health Services/Memorial University of Newfoundland
    Moderator: Giorgio A. Medranda, MD – NYU Langone Hospital - Long Island
    CoronaryCTO Academy | Saturday Session
  • Saturday, Mar 9th
    10:25 AM – 10:33 AM ET
    Solutions to ADR Technique
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Speaker: Alpesh Shah, MD – Houston Methodist Hospital
    CoronaryCTO Academy | Saturday Session
  • Saturday, Mar 9th
    10:33 AM – 10:41 AM ET
    Parallel-Wire Technique - A Revival with New-Generation Wires
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Speaker: Gerald S. Werner, MD, PhD, FSCAI – Klinikum Darmstadt GmbH
    CoronaryCTO Academy | Saturday Session
  • Saturday, Mar 9th
    10:41 AM – 10:49 AM ET
    Antegrade Techniques for Coronary Chronic Total Occlusion: A 2024 Appraisal
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Speaker: Debabrata Dash, MD, DM, FICC, FSCAI, FAPSC, FCCP, FACC, FESC – Aster Hospital, Al Mankhool Dubai, UAE
    CoronaryCTO Academy | Saturday Session
  • Saturday, Mar 9th
    10:49 AM – 10:57 AM ET
    Modern Approach to Antegrade Dissection Reentry
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Speaker: Taishi Hirai, MD – University of Missouri
    CoronaryCTO Academy | Saturday Session
  • Saturday, Mar 9th
    10:57 AM – 11:05 AM ET
    Is STAR the Way to Go to Reduce Complications with CTO PCI? When and How to Perform Star
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Speaker: Stephane Rinfret, MD, SM – Georgia Heart Institute
    CoronaryCTO Academy | Saturday Session
  • Saturday, Mar 9th
    11:05 AM – 11:13 AM ET
    Antegrade Wire Escalation: A Step-by-Step Approach
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Speaker: Megha Prasad, MD – Columbia university
    CoronaryCTO Academy | Saturday Session
  • Saturday, Mar 9th
    11:13 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    Live Case from Emory University | Atlanta, GA
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    Live Case Operator: Bill Nicholson, MD – Emory Healthcare
    Panel Moderator: Carlo Di Mario, MD – University of Florence
    Panel Moderator: Allison B. Hall, MD, FRCPC – NL Health Services/Memorial University of Newfoundland
    Panel Moderator: Giorgio A. Medranda, MD – NYU Langone Hospital - Long Island
    Panel Discussant: Lorenzo Azzalini, MD, PhD, MSc – University of Washington
    Panel Discussant: Kathryn Dawson, MD – Providence Heart and Vascular Institute
    Panel Discussant: Taishi Hirai, MD – University of Missouri
    Panel Discussant: Jaikirshan Khatri, MD – Cleveland Clinic
    Panel Discussant: Megha Prasad, MD – Columbia university
    Panel Discussant: Tanveer Rab, MD, FACC, FSCAI – Emory University
    Panel Discussant: Stephane Rinfret, MD, SM – Georgia Heart Institute
    Panel Discussant: Gerald S. Werner, MD, PhD, FSCAI – Klinikum Darmstadt GmbH
    Panel Discussant: Masahisa Yamane, MD – Saitama Sekishinkai Hospital
    CoronaryCTO Academy | Saturday Session
  • Saturday, Mar 9th
    12:00 PM ET
    CTO Day 1 Adjourn
    Location: International Ballroom Center
    CoronaryCTO Academy | Saturday Session
  • Sunday, Mar 10th
    2:00 PM – 5:51 PM ET
    CTO Academy | Sunday Session [Non-CME]
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Program Director: Emmanouil S. Brilakis, MD, PhD – Minneapolis Heart Institute
    Program Director: Carlo Di Mario, MD – University of Florence
    Program Director: Gerald S. Werner, MD, PhD, FSCAI – Klinikum Darmstadt GmbH
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 10th
    2:00 PM – 2:45 PM ET
    HOT TOPICS FOR CTO
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Moderator: Kevin Croce, MD, PhD – Brigham and Women's Hospital
    Moderator: Carlo Di Mario, MD – University of Florence
    Moderator: Arasi Maran, MD – Medical University of South Carolina
    Moderator: Megha Prasad, MD – Columbia university
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 10th
    2:00 PM – 2:45 PM ET
    Live Case from Sunnybrook Hospital | Toronto, ON Canada
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Live Case Operator: Harindra C. Wijeysundera, MD, PhD – Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center
    Moderator: Kevin Croce, MD, PhD – Brigham and Women's Hospital
    Moderator: Carlo Di Mario, MD – University of Florence
    Moderator: Arasi Maran, MD – Medical University of South Carolina
    Panel Discussant: Lorenzo Azzalini, MD, PhD, MSc – University of Washington
    Panel Discussant: Emmanouil S. Brilakis, MD, PhD – Minneapolis Heart Institute
    Panel Discussant: Allison B. Hall, MD, FRCPC – NL Health Services/Memorial University of Newfoundland
    Panel Discussant: Tarek Helmy, MD, FACC, MSCAI – Ochsner LSU
    Panel Discussant: Gautam Kumar, MD, FSCAI – Emory University / Atlanta VA Medical Center
    Panel Discussant: Shigeru Saito, MD, FACC, FSCAI – Shonan Kamakura General Hospital
    Panel Discussant: Alpesh Shah, MD – Houston Methodist Hospital
    Panel Discussant: Gerald S. Werner, MD, PhD, FSCAI – Klinikum Darmstadt GmbH
    Panel Discussant: Masahisa Yamane, MD – Saitama Sekishinkai Hospital
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 10th
    2:45 PM – 2:53 PM ET
    STAR or Retrograde Epicardial?
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Speaker: Farouc A. Jaffer, MD, PhD – Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 10th
    2:45 PM – 4:48 PM ET
    RETROGRADE APPROACH
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Moderator: Lorenzo Azzalini, MD, PhD, MSc – University of Washington
    Moderator: Robert W. Yeh, MD, MSc – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 10th
    2:53 PM – 3:01 PM ET
    Tools and Step by Step for Successful Retrograde Approach
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Speaker: Carlo Di Mario, MD – University of Florence
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 10th
    3:01 PM – 3:09 PM ET
    Safety First - SPM, STAR is Safer than Retrograde PCI
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Speaker: Arasi Maran, MD – Medical University of South Carolina
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 10th
    3:09 PM – 3:17 PM ET
    Avoiding Collateral Damage in Retrograde Approach
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Speaker: Gerald S. Werner, MD, PhD, FSCAI – Klinikum Darmstadt GmbH
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 10th
    3:17 PM – 3:25 PM ET
    What to Do When the Micro-Catheter Won't Cross the Collateral: Septal and Epicardial
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Speaker: Rajan Patel, MD – Ochsner Medical Center, Ochsner Clinical School, Univ. of Queensland
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 10th
    3:25 PM – 3:33 PM ET
    Solutions to Difficult RDR
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Speaker: Robert F. Riley, MD, MS – Overlake Medical Center & Clinics
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 10th
    3:33 PM – 3:48 PM ET
    Panel Discussion Consensus on Retrograde Approach
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Panel Moderator: Lorenzo Azzalini, MD, PhD, MSc – University of Washington
    Panel Moderator: Robert W. Yeh, MD, MSc – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
    Panel Discussant: Carlo Di Mario, MD – University of Florence
    Panel Discussant: Gautam Kumar, MD, FSCAI – Emory University / Atlanta VA Medical Center
    Panel Discussant: Arasi Maran, MD – Medical University of South Carolina
    Panel Discussant: Rajan Patel, MD – Ochsner Medical Center, Ochsner Clinical School, Univ. of Queensland
    Panel Discussant: Stephane Rinfret, MD, SM – Georgia Heart Institute
    Panel Discussant: Robert F. Riley, MD, MS – Overlake Medical Center & Clinics
    Panel Discussant: Gerald S. Werner, MD, PhD, FSCAI – Klinikum Darmstadt GmbH
    Panel Discussant: Masahisa Yamane, MD – Saitama Sekishinkai Hospital
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 10th
    3:48 PM – 4:48 PM ET
    Live Case from MedStar Washington Hospital Center | Washington, DC
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Live Case Operator: Nelson L. Bernardo, MD, FSCAI – MedStar Heart and Vascular Institute at MedStar Washington Hospital Center
    Live Case Operator: Itsik Ben-Dor, MD – MedStar Washington Hospital Center
    Live Case Operator: Lowell F. Satler, MD, FSCAI – MedStar Washington Hospital Center, MedStar Heart and Vascular Institute
    Moderator: Emmanouil S. Brilakis, MD, PhD – Minneapolis Heart Institute
    Moderator: Rhian E. Davies, DO MS – WellSpan York Hospital
    Panel Discussant: Darshan Doshi, MD, MS – Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School
    Panel Discussant: Manish A. Parikh, MD – The New York Presbyterian-Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
    Panel Discussant: Rajan Patel, MD – Ochsner Medical Center, Ochsner Clinical School, Univ. of Queensland
    Panel Discussant: Rajesh Sachdeva, MD – Atlanta VA Medical Center
    Panel Discussant: Masahisa Yamane, MD – Saitama Sekishinkai Hospital
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 10th
    4:48 PM – 4:56 PM ET
    Clinical Benefits of CTO Intervention
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Speaker: Michael Ragosta, MD – University of Virginia
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 10th
    4:48 PM – 5:51 PM ET
    HOT TOPICS IN CTO
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Moderator: Tarek Helmy, MD, FACC, MSCAI – Ochsner LSU
    Moderator: Stephane Rinfret, MD, SM – Georgia Heart Institute
    Moderator: Jason Wollmuth, MD – Providence Heart and Vascular Institute
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 10th
    4:56 PM – 5:04 PM ET
    Perforation Management
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Speaker: Taishi Hirai, MD – University of Missouri
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 10th
    5:04 PM – 5:12 PM ET
    Crossing the Balloon-Uncrossable and Undilatable Coronary Lesions: Unravelling the Mystique
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Speaker: Debabrata Dash, MD, DM, FICC, FSCAI, FAPSC, FCCP, FACC, FESC – Aster Hospital, Al Mankhool Dubai, UAE
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 10th
    5:12 PM – 5:20 PM ET
    Case Demonstration: How Imaging Guided Saved My CTO Procedure
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Speaker: Masahisa Yamane, MD – Saitama Sekishinkai Hospital
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 10th
    5:20 PM – 5:28 PM ET
    Intravascular Imaging Should Be Mandatory for CTO PCI
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Speaker: Allen Jeremias, MD, FSCAI – St. Francis Hospital, Roslyn, NY
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 10th
    5:28 PM – 5:36 PM ET
    The Role of DCB for CTO
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Speaker: Bernardo Cortese, MD, FESC, FSCAI – Fondazione Ricerca e Innovazione Cardiovascolare
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 10th
    5:36 PM – 5:51 PM ET
    Panel Discussion
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Panel Moderator: Tarek Helmy, MD, FACC, MSCAI – Ochsner LSU
    Panel Moderator: Stephane Rinfret, MD, SM – Georgia Heart Institute
    Panel Moderator: Jason Wollmuth, MD – Providence Heart and Vascular Institute
    Panel Discussant: Florim Cuculi, MD – Heart Center Lucerne
    Panel Discussant: Debabrata Dash, MD, DM, FICC, FSCAI, FAPSC, FCCP, FACC, FESC – Aster Hospital, Al Mankhool Dubai, UAE
    Panel Discussant: Farouc A. Jaffer, MD, PhD – Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School
    Panel Discussant: Allen Jeremias, MD, FSCAI – St. Francis Hospital, Roslyn, NY
    Panel Discussant: Jaikirshan Khatri, MD – Cleveland Clinic
    Panel Discussant: Gautam Kumar, MD, FSCAI – Emory University / Atlanta VA Medical Center
    Panel Discussant: Rajesh Sachdeva, MD – Atlanta VA Medical Center
    Panel Discussant: Gerald S. Werner, MD, PhD, FSCAI – Klinikum Darmstadt GmbH
    Panel Discussant: Masahisa Yamane, MD – Saitama Sekishinkai Hospital
    Coronary
  • Sunday, Mar 10th
    5:51 PM ET
    Adjourn
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Coronary
  • Monday, Mar 11th
    8:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    CTO Academy | Monday Session
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Program Director: Emmanouil S. Brilakis, MD, PhD – Minneapolis Heart Institute
    Program Director: Carlo Di Mario, MD – University of Florence
    Program Director: Gerald S. Werner, MD, PhD, FSCAI – Klinikum Darmstadt GmbH
    CoronaryCTO Academy | Monday Session
  • Monday, Mar 11th
    8:00 AM – 8:08 AM ET
    Extra-Plaque vs. Intra-Plaque Wiring: Should Lesion Preparation Be Different?
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Speaker: Florim Cuculi, MD – Heart Center Lucerne
    CoronaryCTO Academy | Monday Session
  • Monday, Mar 11th
    8:00 AM – 10:15 AM ET
    CHALLENGING CTO SCENARIOS
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Moderator: Lorenzo Azzalini, MD, PhD, MSc – University of Washington
    Moderator: Carlo Di Mario, MD – University of Florence
    Moderator: Megha Prasad, MD – Columbia university
    CoronaryCTO Academy | Monday Session
  • Monday, Mar 11th
    8:08 AM – 8:16 AM ET
    CTO Revascularization: Does It Help Improve EF?
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Speaker: Alpesh Shah, MD – Houston Methodist Hospital
    CoronaryCTO Academy | Monday Session
  • Monday, Mar 11th
    8:16 AM – 8:24 AM ET
    Ostial CTO
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Speaker: Jason Wollmuth, MD – Providence Heart and Vascular Institute
    CoronaryCTO Academy | Monday Session
  • Monday, Mar 11th
    8:24 AM – 8:32 AM ET
    High-Risk CTO-PCI in Japanese Expert Registry
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Speaker: Masahisa Yamane, MD – Saitama Sekishinkai Hospital
    CoronaryCTO Academy | Monday Session
  • Monday, Mar 11th
    8:32 AM – 8:40 AM ET
    The Impact of CTO Thrombus Content on Revascularization
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Speaker: On Topaz, FACC, FSCAI,FACP – Duke University School of Medici
    CoronaryCTO Academy | Monday Session
  • Monday, Mar 11th
    8:40 AM – 8:48 AM ET
    Hemodynamic Support in Complex CTO Procedures: IMPELLA or ECMO
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Speaker: Florim Cuculi, MD – Heart Center Lucerne
    CoronaryCTO Academy | Monday Session
  • Monday, Mar 11th
    8:48 AM – 8:56 AM ET
    Donor Vessel Injury
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Speaker: Rajan Patel, MD – Ochsner Medical Center, Ochsner Clinical School, Univ. of Queensland
    CoronaryCTO Academy | Monday Session
  • Monday, Mar 11th
    8:56 AM – 9:04 AM ET
    Importance of Occluded Vein Graft in CTO PCI
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Speaker: Rajesh Sachdeva, MD – Atlanta VA Medical Center
    CoronaryCTO Academy | Monday Session
  • Monday, Mar 11th
    9:04 AM – 9:12 AM ET
    Complications of CTO PCI
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Speaker: Tarek Helmy, MD, FACC, MSCAI – Ochsner LSU
    CoronaryCTO Academy | Monday Session
  • Monday, Mar 11th
    9:12 AM – 10:15 AM ET
    Live Case from WellSpan York Hospital | York, PA
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Live Case Operator: Rhian E. Davies, DO MS – WellSpan York Hospital
    Moderator: Emmanouil S. Brilakis, MD, PhD – Minneapolis Heart Institute
    Moderator: Darshan Doshi, MD, MS – Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School
    Moderator: Jaikirshan Khatri, MD – Cleveland Clinic
    Panel Discussant: Saroj Neupane, MD – WakeMed Hospital, Raleigh, North Carolina
    Panel Discussant: Seung-Woon Rha, MD, PhD, FACC – Korea University Guro Hospital
    CoronaryCTO Academy | Monday Session
  • Monday, Mar 11th
    10:15 AM – 10:23 AM ET
    Case Presentation #1
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Speaker: Srini Potluri, MD – Baylor Scott and White The Heart Hospital Plano
    CoronaryCTO Academy | Monday Session
  • Monday, Mar 11th
    10:15 AM – 10:51 AM ET
    MY MOST CHALLENGING CTO CASE
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Moderator: Jonathan M. Hill, MD – Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals
    Moderator: Michael Megaly, MD – Ascension St John Medical Center
    Moderator: Seung-Woon Rha, MD, PhD, FACC – Korea University Guro Hospital
    Moderator: Gerald S. Werner, MD, PhD, FSCAI – Klinikum Darmstadt GmbH
    CoronaryCTO Academy | Monday Session
  • Monday, Mar 11th
    10:23 AM – 10:27 AM ET
    Case Discussion with the Moderators
    Location: International Ballroom East
    CoronaryCTO Academy | Monday Session
  • Monday, Mar 11th
    10:27 AM – 10:35 AM ET
    Case Presentation #2
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Speaker: Masahisa Yamane, MD – Saitama Sekishinkai Hospital
    CoronaryCTO Academy | Monday Session
  • Monday, Mar 11th
    10:35 AM – 10:39 AM ET
    Case Discussion with the Moderators
    Location: International Ballroom East
    CoronaryCTO Academy | Monday Session
  • Monday, Mar 11th
    10:39 AM – 10:47 AM ET
    CTO Success and Complications Scores: Helping to Find a Balance Between Risk and Benefit
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Speaker: Carlo Di Mario, MD – University of Florence
    CoronaryCTO Academy | Monday Session
  • Monday, Mar 11th
    10:47 AM – 10:51 AM ET
    Case Discussion with the Moderators
    Location: International Ballroom East
    CoronaryCTO Academy | Monday Session
  • Monday, Mar 11th
    10:51 AM – 10:59 AM ET
    Tips and Tricks for Stented CTO
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Speaker: Seung-Woon Rha, MD, PhD, FACC – Korea University Guro Hospital
    CoronaryCTO Academy | Monday Session
  • Monday, Mar 11th
    10:51 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    FINAL ISSUES AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Moderator: Edward Koifman, MD – Meir Medical Center, and Tel Aviv University, Israel
    Moderator: Michael Ragosta, MD – University of Virginia
    Moderator: Robert W. Yeh, MD, MSc – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
    CoronaryCTO Academy | Monday Session
  • Monday, Mar 11th
    10:59 AM – 11:07 AM ET
    Radiation Safety for Patient and Personnel
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Speaker: Gerald S. Werner, MD, PhD, FSCAI – Klinikum Darmstadt GmbH
    CoronaryCTO Academy | Monday Session
  • Monday, Mar 11th
    11:07 AM – 11:15 AM ET
    Radial or Femoral Access for CTO PCI
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Speaker: Stephane Rinfret, MD, SM – Georgia Heart Institute
    CoronaryCTO Academy | Monday Session
  • Monday, Mar 11th
    11:15 AM – 11:23 AM ET
    Contemporary Indication for CTO PCI
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Speaker: Edward Koifman, MD – Meir Medical Center, and Tel Aviv University, Israel
    CoronaryCTO Academy | Monday Session
  • Monday, Mar 11th
    11:23 AM – 11:31 AM ET
    CTO Intervention Is Now Pretty Good | Which Patients Should Have It?
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Speaker: Neal S. Kleiman, MD, FACC, MSCAI – Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center
    CoronaryCTO Academy | Monday Session
  • Monday, Mar 11th
    11:31 AM – 11:39 AM ET
    New Technology and Techniques for CTO PCI
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Speaker: Darshan Doshi, MD, MS – Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School
    CoronaryCTO Academy | Monday Session
  • Monday, Mar 11th
    11:39 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    Panel Discussion | Final Issues and Future Directions
    Location: International Ballroom East
    Panel Moderator: Edward Koifman, MD – Meir Medical Center, and Tel Aviv University, Israel
    Panel Moderator: Michael Ragosta, MD – University of Virginia
    Panel Moderator: Robert W. Yeh, MD, MSc – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
    Panel Discussant: Emmanouil S. Brilakis, MD, PhD – Minneapolis Heart Institute
    Panel Discussant: Darshan Doshi, MD, MS – Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School
    Panel Discussant: Jonathan M. Hill, MD – Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals
    Panel Discussant: Farouc A. Jaffer, MD, PhD – Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School
    Panel Discussant: Neal S. Kleiman, MD, FACC, MSCAI – Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center
    Panel Discussant: Robert-Jan M. van Geuns, MD, PhD – RadboudUMC
    Panel Discussant: Gerald S. Werner, MD, PhD, FSCAI – Klinikum Darmstadt GmbH
    CoronaryCTO Academy | Monday Session
  • Monday, Mar 11th
    12:00 PM ET
    Adjourn
    Location: International Ballroom East
    CoronaryCTO Academy | Monday Session