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
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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
