GIS Guests

ANTOINE LAFONT
France
Professor of Cardiology and Head of Interventional Cardiology at Hôpital Georges Pompidou, Co-Founder Arterial Remodelling Technologies, Past President ESC Working Group of Interventional Cardiology, ESC Co-founder EAPCI

DANIEL WEILENMANN
Switzerland
Head of the interventional cardiology department, Kantonsspital St. Gallen and Senior Staff, responsible for complex PCI/ CTO University Hospital Zürich,

GUANGYUAN SONG
Chinese
Associate Chief Physician of Cardiology
Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
HAO LU
Chinese
Associate Chief Physician of Cardiology
Department of Cardiology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University
Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Disease

IMAD SHEIBAN
Italy
Director of Interventional Cardiology Pederzoli Hospital Peschiera del Garda (Verona)
Associate Professor of Cardiology at the University of Turin
Owner of international patents on stent delivery system and stents for bifurcation lesions

JIANFANG LUO
Chinese
Director of Interventional Cardiology Pederzoli Hospital Peschiera del Garda (Verona)
Associate Professor of Cardiology at the University of Turin
Owner of international patents on stent delivery system and stents for bifurcation lesions

JINGHUA LIU
Chinese
Professor of Medicine, Mentor of M.D. and Ph.D. students
Chairman of CTO-PCI Summit (CPS), CTO-ART (CTO Antegrade & Retrograde Therapeutics), ICE (Interactive Cardiovascular Expertise) and EPCR (Early Prevention of sudden Cardiac death after Revascularization)

JUNQING YANG
Chinese
Consultant of Cardiology,
Associate Supervisor, Department of Cardiology 3rd Section, Guangdong General Hospital
His major fields are Complex coronary artery disease and Invasive coronary physiology and intraluminal imaging

KAMAL CHITKARA
United Kingdom
Consultant Cardiologist & research lead at Royal Derby Hospital, United Kingdom since 2010. He has continued to deliver high-quality Primary PCI service at Royal Derby.
The research lead and the Principal Investigator for various CRN & commercial multi-center studies including Ulti-Master registry, SENIOR-RITA, BRICCS, RIPCORD, EMMACE4 and EAST to name a few

LEI GE
Chinese
Cardiologists, Vice Director of Catheter Lab of Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases Institute, China

NADEEM RIZVI
Professor of Intervention Cardiology, Director of Interventional Program and Cardiac Cath Lab,
Director of Satellites and Rehabilitation, Chairman of Academic Faculty, National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Karachi, Pakistan.
President Elec, Pakistan Society of Interventional Cardiology

NEIL STRICKMAN
USA
Hall-Garcia Cardiology Associates at the Baylor College of Medicine
CEO and Chief of Peripheral Vascular HGCA Services, Full Clinical Professor @Baylor College of Medicine, Co-Chairman of Endovascular PV Department at the Texas Heart Institute /Baylor St Lukes Medical Center

ÖMER GÖKTEKİN
Turkey
Dean, Professor of Cardiology, Memorial Bahçelievler Hospital
Board Member of Turkish Society of Cardiology till 2018
President of Turkish Working group of Interventional Cardiology (2014-2016)
President-Elect of Turkish Working group of Interventional Cardiology (2012-2014)

TAREK HELMY
USA
Professor of cardiology and director of the J. Gerard Mudd Cardiac Catheterization Lab at Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis Missouri