Dr Magdi El-Omar is a consultant interventional cardiologist at the Manchester Heart Centre and an honorary senior lecturer at the University of Manchester, Manchester, UK. He graduated from St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, UK, in 1988 and undertook his postgraduate general medical training in London and Oxford. He then completed his general cardiology training in Birmingham, Oxford and Wales before subspecializing in coronary intervention. The latter included a 2.5-year clinical/research fellowship in interventional cardiology at the Cardiovascular Research Foundation and the New York University Medical Centre, New York, NY, USA. During his time there, he worked closely with leaders in the field, including doctors Greg Stone, Martin Leon, Gary Roubin, Frederick Feit and Aaron Marcus. Dr El-Omar has been involved in research for over 25 years. He undertook a 2-year British Heart Foundation Junior Research Fellowship in basic science (diabetic cardiomyopathy in a rat model) in 1997–8, which led to the award of an MD degree from the University of London. He has since been actively involved in clinical research, especially in the fields of acute coronary syndromes and coronary intervention. He has authored more than 70 peer-reviewed articles, mostly in high-impact journals. He has been a local principal investigator for several landmark, international, multicentre trials (e.g. HORIZONS-AMI, INFUSE-AMI, TOTAL, TWILIGHT, etc.). He is actively involved in education and training and is a course co-director of the International Complex Cardiovascular Catheter Therapeutics Conference in the USA.

Professor Gustavo Samaja PhD is an interventional cardiologist from Argentina, with more than 25 years in the field of coronary and peripheral and structural interventions. He is the Chief of Department of Interventional Cardiology at Poba and Head of Cath Lab at Sanatorio Colegiales, in Buenos Aires Argentina. He has an extensive career as docent and active participation as faculty and member of scientific committees at the important cardiology and interventional cardiology congresses around the world. He has published in reputed journals and has been serving as an editorial board member of repute.

Dr Timir Paul is a Professor of Medicine and Founding Program Director for Cardiology Fellowship at University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center at Nashville. After receiving MD, he was awarded PhD and MPH in Cardiovascular Epidemiology by Tulane University. He has served as the Founding Co-Director of the Center for Cardiovascular Risk Research at East Tennessee State University.  He has authored and coauthored more than 200 publications and book chapters.  He serves as an academic editor for PLOS ONE Journal and on the Editorial Board for several Cardiology Journals including Journal of the Society of Coronary Angiography and Intervention, Catheterization and Cardiovascular Intervention, Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine and Heart International. His research and recommendations changed the 2021 ACC/AHA 2021 and 2018 European Society of Cardiology guidelines on coronary revascularization by downgrading the use of embolic protection device in vein graft intervention from Class I to Class IIa. He received several grants including a PCORI grant and a 4.5 million dollars AHRQ grant as a co-investigator. His research interests include vein graft interventions, embolic protection devices in coronary and peripheral interventions, subclinical atherosclerosis, coronary microvascular disease, and renal artery interventions. He was recognized as SCAI-Emerging Leader Mentorship Program Circle member and Young Leader by the Cardiovascular Revascularization Technologies. He is an invitee of the 2022 and 2023 ACC Leadership Forum. He received the best teaching award given by cardiology fellows for the 4 consecutive years. He was inducted by Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society as a faculty member. He received Dean’s distinguished research award. He is an invited faculty for national and international scientific conferences including SCAI, ACC, AHA and CRT. He serves on the SCAI QI and International Committee and ACC PDGME Leadership Council.

Bryan W Kluck, DO, FACC, FSCAI is a practicing interventional cardiologist in Allentown and Harrisburg, PA, USA, for 40 years. Strong interest in both fellow and continuing education as  the 15 year Co-Director of the C3 International Cardiovascular Conference and 4 time teacher of the year at Lehigh Valley Hospital. Current clinical interests include endovenous intervention and treatment of patent foramen ovale and atrial septal defect.

Dr. Rajesh Davé is a recognized leader in cardiovascular intervention, and currently serves as Chairman, Department of Cardiology and Chief Medical Executive of Holy Spirit Cardiovascular Institute at Holy Spirit Hospital, Camp Hill, PA, USA. He is founder and chairman of the Complex Cardiovascular Catheter Therapeutics congress, known as C3. He is a frequent speaker for cardiovascular conferences around the world and has given hundreds of lectures. He is a pioneer in endovascular intervention, especially critical limb ischemia, limb salvage and carotid artery stenting. He has performed over 10,000 interventional procedures in his career. He has advised medical device start-ups regarding the designs of current and future products. He has served as Principal Investigator for a variety of clinical trials. He has authored many manuscripts and book chapters, and he serves on the editorial boards of numerous medical journals.

Prof. (Dr.) Ashok Seth is one of the world’s leading interventional cardiologists and a pioneer in complex coronary and structural heart interventions. He is the Chairman of Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, New Delhi, one of Asia’s largest and most respected cardiac care centers.

With over four decades of experience, Dr Seth has performed more than 80,000 angiographies and over 25,000 angioplasties, including a significant number of complex high-risk and chronic total occlusion procedures. He has played a seminal role in introducing and advancing several interventional techniques in India and the Asia-Pacific region.

Dr Seth is a past President of the Asian Pacific Society of Interventional Cardiology and the Cardiological Society of India, and he is the Founder and Course Director of several internationally recognized educational programs. Dr Seth has delivered over 600 lectures at major cardiology conferences globally and performed live case demonstrations at more than 150 scientific meetings worldwide. He has authored and co-authored over 500 scientific publications and serves on the editorial boards of multiple peer-reviewed journals.

His contributions to medicine have been recognized with several prestigious national and international honors, including the Padma Bhushan, Padma Shri and BC Roy National Award – India’s highest civilian awards.

A revered teacher, Dr Ashok Seth has trained over 500 cardiologists from India and abroad in advanced interventional techniques and continues to inspire generations through his tireless dedication to clinical excellence, education, and innovation in cardiovascular care.

Dr Balar has 25 years of experience in treating vascular diseases, with administrative experience at different levels, including hospital management, private practice with outpatient centers, research in basic sciences with animal labs, clinical trials and dealing with FDA and regulatory issues.

Dr Uretsky is an interventional and clinical cardiologist. He is Professor of Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and the Chief, Cardiology Section, and Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, at the Central Arkansas Veterans Administration Hospital in Little Rock, AR, USA. Prior to coming to Little Rock, he was Chief of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory and Director, Division of Cardiology at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) in Galveston, TX, USA. He was President of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Intervention in 2005-2006. He has had over 40 years of experience in clinical and interventional cardiology. He has authored over 400 peer-reviewed articles and a textbook on diagnostic cardiac catheterization. He serves on several editorial boards.

Dr Garcia received his training in Cardiology at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City, IA, USA and as an interventional cardiologist at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School. Further, he received his peripheral vascular training at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center, Tufts University, Boston, MS, USA. Dr Garcia then served at the Beth Israel Hospital as a full-time interventional cardiologist and Director of the Peripheral Cardiovascular Program and Peripheral Interventions at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, as well as the Director of the Interventional Fellowship Program and recently served at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center as Chief of the Section of Interventional Cardiology and Vascular Medicine Programs for the past 15 years. He is a Professor of Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine. He now has joined Catholic Health Services in Long Island New York as Director of Network Vascular Services through St. Francis Hospital, one of the premier cardiovascular centers in the nation.

Dr Garcia continues his research interests in a wide variety of studies including peripheral vascular interventional trials and has served as national or global principal investigator on several trials. He is widely regarded as an expert in peripheral vascular disease and specifically in atherectomy for lower extremity revascularization. His work has been presented in numerous manuscripts, abstracts, textbooks and textbook chapters.