Course Directors


Dr. Al-Azizi is an Interventional Cardiologist and Structural Heart Disease specialist at Baylor Scott & White Health - The Heart Hospital in Plano, TX. He serves as the Medical Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories and the Associate Program Director of the Cardiovascular disease fellowship and a clinical assistant professor at the Texas A&M College of Medicine.

Karim Al-Azizi, MD

Dr. Srini Potluri is an interventional cardiologist based in Plano, Texas, with extensive clinical experience and leadership roles at Baylor Scott & White Heart Hospital. Dr. Potluri has been the Chairman of the Department of Cardiology at Baylor Scott & White Heart Hospital Plano and the Regional Director of Cardiology and Catheterization Laboratories for multiple Baylor Scott & White hospitals.

Srini Potluri, MD

Associate Course Directors


Dr. Aqtash is an Interventional cardiologist on the medical staff at Baylor Scott & White The Heart Hospital – Plano and director of structural heart services at HeartPlace. Dr. Aqtash earned his medical degree from the University of Jordan. He completed his internal medicine training, including his chief residency year, at Marshall University in West Virginia.

Obadah Aqtash, MD

Dr. Baig is a board certified interventional and structural cardiologist. He specializes in minimally invasive valvular heart disease and complex coronary interventions. He has advanced training in aortic TAVR treatment, complex mitral valve disease and opening coronary chronic total occlusions.

Imran Baig, MD

Dr. Thomas is board certified in both interventional cardiology and cardiovascular disease. He has pursued advanced fellowship training in structural heart disease and complex coronary intervention, further honing his expertise in transcatheter therapies for valvular heart disease, percutaneous left atrial appendage and ASD/PFO closure, high-risk coronary interventions, coronary physiology, and ultra-low contrast PCI.

Sibi Thomas, DO

Invited Faculty


Aasim Afzal, MD

Salman Allana, MD, FSCAI

Chadi Alraies, MD, FSCAI

Amro Alsaid, MD

Salman Arain, MD

Jay Ashmore, PhD

Subhash Banerjee, MD

George S. Chrysant, MD

Carlos Collet, MD

Tony Das, MD

Rhian Davies, DO, FSCAI

Chadi Dib, MD

Haroon Faraz, MD

Roberto Garbo, MD

Ali Haider, MD

Haydar Hashim, MD

Raja Hatem, MD

Dany Jacob, MD

Farouc Jaffer, MD, PhD, FSCAI

Amir Kaki, MD, FSCAI

Sanjog Kalra, MD

Ahmed Kazem, DO

Jesse Kane, MD, FSCAI

Jimmy Kerrigan, MD, FSCAI

Amir Lotfi, MD

Issam Moussa, MD

Sandeep Nathan, MD

Bill Nicholson, MD

Chintan Patel, MD

Thuy Pham Ryan, DO

Natalia Pinilla-Echeverri, MD

Megha Prasad, MD

Azizul Rehman, MD

Zachary Rosol, MD, FSCAI

Akash Rusia, MD

Yader Sandoval, MD, FSCAI

Sam Sayfo, MD

Alpesh Shah, MD, FSCAI

Jasvinder Singh, MD

Shai Singh, MD

Laura Sprenger, RCIS, CIRCC

Robert Stoler, MD

Prashanth Thakker, MD, FSCAI

Sanjeev Trehan, MD

Cole Tunnel, MD

Robert J. Widmer, MD, PhD, FSCAI

Garret Wong, MD