Speakers

Prof. Dr. Victor Costache
- University professor, Titu Maiorescu University Bucharest
 - Member of the French Academy of Surgery (https://www.academie-chirurgie.fr)
 - Former Minister of Health in Romania 2019, 2020
 - President of the Romanian Society of Vascular Surgery
 - Medical Director and Head of the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery at Sanador Clinical Hospital, Bucharest
 - Executive Director for Eastern Europe within the International Society of Endovascular Specialists
 

Prof. Dr. Horatiu Moldovan
- MD. PhD Habil
 - University Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery – Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy
 - Qualified Doctor in Medical Sciences
 - Full Member of the Romanian Academy of Medical Sciences
 - Head of the Cardiovascular Surgery Clinic, Bucharest Emergency Clinical Hospital
 - Associate Member of the Romanian Academy of Scientists
 

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Silviu Dumitrescu
- Senior cardiology consultant, MD PHD
 - Cardiologist primary doctor
 - Doctor of Medical Sciences
 - Head of Cardiology Section 1 at the Military Emergency University Hospital “Dr. Carol Davila”
 

Prof. Subramanian Valavanur
- The inventor of Mitral Bridge for the treatment of Mitral Regurgitation
 - Chairman of the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan
 - Cardiac and thoracic surgeon
 

Prof. Guillermo Escobar
- Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine
 - Program Director, Vascular Surgery Fellowship and Residency, Emory University School of Medicine
 

Prof. James Fonger
- Chief Medical Officer for Platinum Training Innovation Perspectives LLC
 - Leading the development of a minimally invasive device system for the injection of the epicardial surface of the failing left ventricle
 - CEO of CardioScout LLC
 - Atlanta GA
 

Prof. Palma Shaw
- MD
 - ISEVS President
 - State University of New York
 - General and Vascular Surgery
 - Upstate Medical Center Syracuse, NY
 - Fellow of the American College of Surgeons
 - Distinguished Fellow of the Society for Vascular Surgery
 - President Elect for the International Society for Endovascular Specialists
 

Prof. Dr. Ivo Petrov
- Professor at Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”
 - University Hospital Acibadem City Clinic Sofia
 - Cardiology, electrophysiology and angiology
 

Prof. Jacques Busquets
- Private practitioner – Val d’Or Surgical Clinic – Saint-Cloud
 - Winner of the Hospitals
 - Former head of clinics at the Hospitals of Bordeaux
 - Member – French Society of Vascular Surgery (SCVCE)
 

Prof. Dr. Rodney White
- M.D
 - ISEVS Vice-President
 - Past President of the American Society of Cardiovascular Surgery
 - Cardiovascular surgeon at UCLA
 

Prof. Adrian Molnar
- M.D
 - President SRCCMI
 - Medical director of the Heart Institute “Niculae Stancioiu” Cluj-Napoca
 - UMF “Iuliu Hatieganu” Cluj
 

Prof. Dr. Kak Khee Yeung
- M.D., Ph.D., FEBVS
 - Vascular Surgeon
 - President ESVS
 - Full Prfessor Personalized Therapy in Vascular Surgery
 - Department of Vascular Surgery and Physiology
 - ACS: Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences
 - Amsterdam UMC location VUmc and AMC
 

Dr. Eric Arnaud Crozat
- Cardiac surgeon at Grenoble Alpes University
 

Dr. Daniel Fudulu
- Consultant Adul Cardiac Surgeon, Bristol Heart Institute
 - Senior Lecturer, Bristo Medical School, Universtity of Bristol, UK
 

Dr. Dumitrascu-Ioana Biris
- Specialist in fetal and pediatric cardiology
 - Pediatric cardiology
 - Fetal Cardiology Trainer at Kings College Hospital London
 

Prof. Peter Lukas Haldenwang
- Ruhr University Bochum | RUB
 - Clinic for cardiac and thoracic surgery
 - Doctor of Medicine
 

Dr. Nathalie Dedieu
- Pediatric cardiology consultant
 - Great Ormond Street Hospital
 - United Kingdom
 

Prof. Dr. Ioannis Tzanavaros
- Adult and Pediatric Cardiac Surgeon
 - Director of Cardiac Innovation Center
 - Clinical Professor at the University of Nicosia Medical School
 

Prof. Dr. Lucian Dorobantu
- University Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery at Titu Maiorescu University
 - Scientific Director at Monza Hospital
 - Head of the Cardiovascular Surgery Clinic at Monza Hospital
 - Cardiomyopathy Center Coordinator at Monza Hospital
 

Dr. Trifan Catalin
- Cardiovascular surgeon
 - Ponderas Hospital, Bucharest
 

Prof. Dr. Theodora Benedek
- Cardiologist primary doctor and internal medicine
 - Competence in interventional cardiology
 - Proficiency in pacemaker implantation
 - Competence in transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography
European 

Dr. Konstantinos Spargias
- Clinical Cardiologist
 - Director, Transcatheter Heart Valves Department
 

Dr. Arjan Hoksbergen
- Aortic surgery, open and endovascular
 - Aortic aneurysms, dissections and ruptures
 - Thoracic and thoraco-abdominal aortic pathology
 - Kidney transplant
 - Varicose Vein Surgery
 - Thoracic outlet syndrome
 - Amsterdam UMC
 

Prof. Radu Vătășescu
- Cardiology primary physician
 - Internal medicine primary physician
 - European skills in interventional electrophysiology and pacing, internal defibrillators and resynchronization therapy
 - SANADOR Clinical Hospital
 

Dr. Jean Paul Couetil
- Chief of cardiac surgery
 - Professor of Cardiac Surgery
 - Head of the Cardiac Surgery Department.
 - Henri Mondor University Hospital, Créteil
 

Prof. Dr. Claudia Gherman
- Primary physician surgeon
 - Professor at UMF “Iuliu Hatieganu”
 - Manager of the Cluj-Napoca Emergency County Hospital
 

Prof. Dr. Mihai Ionac
- Head of discipline: vascular surgery, microsurgery
 - Vascular surgery primary care physician
 - Plastic and reconstructive surgery
 - General surgery
 - Head of the Vascular Surgery Department (2006 – 2020)
 - Emergency County Clinical Hospital “Pius Branzeu” Timisoara
 

Dr. Frank Criado MD
- Endovascular Surgery
 
- Aneurysm-Abdominal & Thoracic Aortic
 
- Carotid Endarterectomy
 - MedStar Union Memorial Hospital
 

Dr. Rodica Niculescu
- Cardiology primary doctor
 - Head of Interventional Cardiology Department, SANADOR Clinical Hospital
 - Competence in invasive and interventional cardiology
 - SANADOR Clinical Hospital, SANADOR Buzești Clinic
 

Dr. Cristina Pitis
- Cardiology primary doctor
 - Competencies in: vascular ultrasound, transesophageal echocardiography
 - SANADOR Clinical Hospital
 

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Eliza Cinteza
- Primary physician Pediatrics and Pediatric Cardiology
 - Emergency Clinical Hospital for Children “Marie Sklodowska Curie”
 

Professor. Petru Liuba
- Pediatric and Adult Congenital Cardiology
 - Director Cardiac Catheterization Lab
 - Lund University Hospital
 

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Serban Stoica
- Consultant Cardiac Surgeon
 - Honorary Associate Professor
 - Bristol Children’s Hospital and the Heart Institute at the Bristol Royal Infirmary
 

Dr. Anatolie Cazacu
- Medical Doctor at the German Diagnostic Center
 - Chisinau, Moldavia
 

Dr. Mihai Cucu
- Medic Specialist, Chirurgie vasculara
 

Prof. Dr. Popa Radu
- Head of the Department of Vascular Surgery Hospital “Sf
Spiridon” Iasi - Primary doctor of vascular surgery
 - Assoc. Prof. UMF “Grigore.T.Popa” Iasi
 

Prof. Adrian Muresan
- Head of the cardiovascular surgery clinic of the County Hospital in Targu Mures
 

Dr. Andrada Guta
- Cardiology
 

Dr. Claude Vaislic
- Cardiovascular and Thoracic surgeon
 - Member of the National Academy of Surgery
 - Expert witness for the Court of Cassation
 - First vice president for the expert company for the Court of Cassation
 

Dr. Pavel Heghi
- Cardiac technician
 - Stuttgart, DE
 

Dr. Sharif Elshafei
- Consultant of Vascular/Endovascular surgery
 - University Klinik Gießen (UKGM)
 

Prof. Daniela Branzan
- Head of the Clinic for Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
 - University Hospital of TUM
 

Assoc. Dr. Horatiu Coman
- Vascular surgeon
 

Dr. Eliza Mikus
- Maria Cecilia Hospital, Cotignola, Ravenna, Italy
 - Cardiovascular surgery
 

Dr. Lucian Stoica
- Cardiovascular surgeon
 

M.D. Markus Kofler
- Adult cardiac surgery
 - Medical University of Innsbruck University Clinic of Cardiac Surgery Anichstrasse 35 6020, Innsbruck Austria
 

Dr. Benedek Imre
- 
Head physician in cardiology and internal medicine
Expertise in interventional cardiology - Mures County Emergency Clinical Hospital
 

Prof. Olinic Dan
- Primary physician Cardiologist
 - Cluj County Emergency Clinical Hospital, Head of the Angiography and
Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Coordinating Physician of the Interventional Cardiology Clinical Department Interventional Cardiology 

Prof. Catalina Arsenescu
- Professor Emeritus – UMF “Gr.T.Popa” Iași
 - Full Member of ARSM – Romanian Academy of Medical Sciences
 - Vice President of the Society of Physicians and Naturalists in Iași
 - Doctoral Supervisor – UMF “Gr.T.Popa” Iași
 

Dr. Strobescu Cristina
- Vascular Surgery Clinic
 - Emergency Hospital “Sf. Spiridon” Iasi
 

Dr. Gaina Marcel Alexandru
- Specialist psychiatrist, integrative psychotherapist
 

Dr. Baila Mihnea
- Radiology specialist
 - Emerald Medical Center, Bucharest
 

Prof. Cimpoiesu Diana
- University professor, chief physician of the Emergency Department (UPU) at the “Sf Spiridon” Emergency Clinical Hospital in Iaşi
 - Head of SMURD Iaşi
 

Dr. Bataila Vlad
- Interventional Cardiology Expertise
 - Primary Care Physician Cardiology
 - Sanador, Bucharest
 

Dr. Trofin Monica
- Primary Cardiology Doctor
 - Head of Cardiology Department and USTACC coordinato
 - SANADOR, Bucharest
 
                                            