Society

Structural Heart Disease Interventions (Non-TAVR) (Chief)
Mehmet Cilingiroglu, MD, FSCAI, FACC, FESC, FAHA
Professor of Medicine and Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Structural Heart Interventionalist
UT Health San Antonio
MD Anderson Cancer Center UT Houston, Tx

Structural Heart Disease Interventions (TAVR) (Chief)
Konstantinos Toutouzas MD, FESC, FSCAI
Associate Professor of Cardiology, Athens University,
1st University Cardiology Dept, Hippokration
Athens, Greece

Endovascular Interventions Section (Chief)
Nishit Choksi, M.D., FACC, FSCAI
Chief of Cardiovascular Services, Ascension Providence Hospital
Rochester, MI

Endovascular Imaging Section (OCT) (Chief)
Hiram G. Bezerra, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine, MCOM
Director of Interventional Cardiology
USF Health and Tampa General Hospital
Tampa FL

Vascular Surgery Interventions Section (Chief)
George A. Pliagas, MD, FACS, FRCSC
Advanced Cardiac and Vascular Centers for Amputation Prevention
Las Vegas, Nevada

Mechanical Support Section (Chief)
Konstantinos Dean Boudoulas, MD
Professor of Medicine
Section Head, Interventional Cardiology
Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories
The Ohio State University
Colombus, OH

Endovascular Imaging Section (IVUS) (Chief)
Massoud Leesar, MD
Professor of Medicine
Baker-Dean Endowed Professor in Interventional Cardiology
Co-Director Heart & Vascular Center
University of Alabama
Birmingham, AL

Non-invasive Imaging Section (Chief)
Juan C. Lopez-Mattei, MD, FACC, FASE, FSCCT, FSCMR
Associate Professor, Department of
Cardiology, Division of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Co-Director, Cardiac Radiology Services, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Division of Diagnostic Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX

Contact: Jlopez9@mdanderson.org

Myocardial Toxicity Section (Chief)
Nicolas Palaskas, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Cardiology, Division of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Co-Director, Cardiac Catherization Laboratory, Department of Cardiology, Division of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX

Vascular Toxicity (Chief)
Joerg Herrmann, MD,
Professor of Medicine
Director, Cardio Oncology Clinic
 Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN

Preventive Cardio-Oncology Section (Chief)
Susan C. Gilchrist, M.D., M.S.
Professor, Department of Clinical Cancer
Prevention and Department of Cardiology, The University of Texas
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX

Community Program Development Section (Chief)
William O. Ntim, MD, FACC, FACP, FASE.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine (Adjunct)
Wake Forest University School of Medicine, NC
Medical Director, Noninvasive Cardiology Lab,
Novant Health Heart & Vascular Institute Charlotte, NC

Statistics and Ethics Section (Chief)
Dominique J Monlezun, MD, PhD, PhD, MPH
GSAS + Global System Analytics & Structures, LLC
CEO | Chief Data Scientist | AI+MD
Houston, TX

Social Media and Public Relations Section (Chief)
Konstantinos Charitakis MD, FACC, FSCAI
Associate professor of Medicine, Department of Cardiology, McGovern Medical School
The University of Texas Health Science Center Houston, TX

Rare Diseases Section (Cardiac Amyloidosis, Erdheim-Chester, Rosai-Dorfman Disease) (Chief)
Saamir Hassan, MD
Associate Professor, Cardiology
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

ECG abnormalities and QT Prolongation (Chief)
Peter Kim, MD
Associate Professor, Cardiology
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Fellowship and Training Programs (Chief)
Lauren M. Sutton, BBA
Program Coordinator, Cardiology
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Community Outreach and Events (Chief)
Kawana M. Guillory
Operations Manager, Cardiology
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Suspicion of Cancer/Cardio-Oncology Section (Chief)
Gloria Iliescu, MD
Assistant Professor, General Internal Med,
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Vascular/Cardiac Surgery/Cardio-Oncology (Chiefs)
Igor Gregoric, MD
Mehmet Hakan Akai, MD

Personalized Cardio-Oncology Care (Chiefs)
Naval Daver, MD
Naveen Pemmaraju, MD

Emergency Medicine/Cardio-Oncology (Chief)
Patricia Block, MD

Critical Care/Cardio-Oncology Section (Chiefs)
not assigned

Pulmonary Medicine/Cardio-Oncology Section (Chiefs)
Saadia Faiz, MD
Horiana Grosu, MD

Social Disparities/Cardio-Oncology Section (Chiefs)
Saleema Wajeedah Smith, MD
Dominique Monlezun, MD

Advance Nurse Practitioner (APP) / Cardio-Oncology Section (Chief)
Anecita P Fadol, MSN, PHD, RN
Associate Professor, Nursing Department
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Nursing/Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory/Recovery/ICU/Telemetry Section (Chief)
Gerryross Tomakin, RN

Interventional Section (Chief)
Serban Balanescu

Echo Section (Chief)
Ruxandra Jurcut

Cardioprotection (Chief)
Adrian Mereuta

Section Chief
David Doundoua

Section Chief
Zaza Iakobishvili

Section Chief
Andrea Maurea

Echo Section Chief
Chiara Lestuzzi

CardioprotectionSection Chief
Irma Bisceglia

HypertensionSection Chief
Maria Laura Canale

Section Chief
To be announced

Section Chief
Ludhmila Abrahao Hajjar

Section Chief
Jun-Ichi Abe