The Heart Team Summit joins Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery faculty at Washington University, St. Louis, Ascension/St. Vincent in Indianapolis, and Northwestern University. This educational initiative was developed to provide a forum for discussing and presenting laboratory and clinical research concerning the care of patients through case-based coronary and structural heart intervention cases. This initiative strives to help those treating cardiology patients with the latest updates. Meet the course directors below.
Ralph Damiano Jr., MD
Division Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Washington University in St. Louis
Barnes-Jewish Hospital
James D. Flaherty, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Northwestern University
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
James Hermiller, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Interventional Cardiology
Ascension
Ascension St. Vincent Hospital
Nishath Quader, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Washington University in St. Louis
Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Charles J. Davidson, MD
Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs
Northwestern University
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
David Heimansohn, MD
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Ascension
Ascension St. Vincent Hospital
Patrick McCarthy, MD
Chief of Cardiac Surgery
Northwestern University
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
