Introducing the Editorial Board of Heart International, who support our mission to advance medical knowledge and practice by ensuring the integrity, relevance, and impact of the content we publish. Together, we strive to foster a vibrant academic community and contribute to the continuous improvement of healthcare worldwide.
Interventional Cardiology
Chairman, Department of Cardiology and Chief Medical Executive of Holy Spirit Cardiovascular Institute at Holy Spirit Hospital, Camp Hill, PA, USA
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.
Interventional Cardiology
Consultant Interventional Cardiologist, Manchester Heart Centre and Honorary Senior Lecturer, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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.
Interventional Cardiology
Chief of the Department of Interventional Radiology and Cardiology, Policlinico Bancario, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Dr Samaja is a distinguished cardiologist and interventional radiologist, currently serving as the Chief of the Department of Interventional Radiology and Cardiology at Policlinico Bancario in Buenos Aires, Argentina. In addition, he is the Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at “Sanatorio Colegiales” in Buenos AiresConsultant in Cardiovascular Disease at the “Dirección General de Obra Social del Servicio Penitenciario Federal” and various other public, union, and private health structures throughout Argentina.
Dr Samaja is an active member of several prestigious professional organizations, including the Sociedad Argentina de Cardiología (SAC), Colegio Argentino de Cardioangiólogos Intervencionistas (CACI), and Sociedad Latinoamericana de Cardiología Intervencionista (SOLACI). Additionally, he is a Fellow of The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) and a member of Heart International.
As a founder member of the Interventional Academy, Dr Samaja has made significant contributions to the field of interventional cardiology. He has held over fifty faculty appointments at international scientific meetings, including CIT since 2009, C3 Orlando since 2012, and has been a faculty member at EuroPCR, TCT, India Live, Egypt, and various other meetings in Argentina, South America, and overseas.
Dr Samaja has an extensive record of scholarly contributions, with more than fifty cases, abstracts, and poster presentations as an author or coauthor at scientific meetings. His expertise and commitment to advancing cardiovascular care have made him a respected leader in his field.
Cardiovascular disease
Professor of Medicine and Founding Program Director for Cardiology Fellowship, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center at Nashville, TN, USA
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.
Interventional Cardiology
Interventional Cardiologist, Allentown and Harrisburg, PA, USA
Bryan W Kluck, DO,FACC,FSCAI is a practicing Interventional Cardiologist in Allentown and Harrisburg Pennsylvania 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.
Geisinger Commonwealth Medical College, Scranton, PA, USA
Consultant Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist, Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
Memorial Bahçelievler Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University and International Cardiac Center (ICC) Hospital, Alexandria, Egypt
Section Head, Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Air Force Centre of Aerospace Medicine, Fuerstenfeldbruck, and Consultant Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist, Central Military Hospital, Koblenz, Germany
Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
Cardiology Clinic, Tokuda Hospital Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Cardiac Catheterization Lab, Overlook Medical Center, Summit, NJ, USA
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, USA
St Elizabeth’s Medical Center, Brighton, MA, USA
Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology and Neuroradiology, Diako Deaconess Hospital, Flensburg, Germany
Crozer Chester Medical Center, Upland, PA, USA
Charles E Schmidt College of Medicine, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA
University Advanced Heart Failure, University Healthcare System, Augusta, GA, USA
Division of Cardiology/Sarver Heart Center, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ, USA
Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, New Delhi, India
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
Interventional Cardiology, P Pederzoli Hospital Peschiera del Garda, Verona, Italy
Department of Medicine, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
The Pauley Heart Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
Department of Interventional Cardiology, Penn State Health – Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA, USA
Department of General and Interventional Cardiology, University Heart Center, Hamburg, Germany
VA Loma Linda Healthcare System, Loma Linda, CA, USA
Department of Interventional Cardiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA
Cardiovascular and Peripheral Vascular Research, Rex Hospital, University of North Carolina (UNC) Healthcare, Garner, NC, USA
Department of Cardiology, Higashi Takarazuka Satoh Hospital, Hyogo, Japan
Heart and Vascular Center, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
Cardiovascular Institute, Brown Medical School, Providence, RI, USA
Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
Division of Cardiology, University of California School of Medicine, Irvine, CA, USA
Division of Cardiology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education, Scranton, PA, USA
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital New Brunswick, NJ, USA
Department of Surgery, West Virginia University, Charleston, WV, USA
Geisinger Holy Spirit Cardiology, Camp Hill, PA, USA
Department of Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Endoluminal Interventions Unit, Rovigo General Hospital, Rovigo, Italy
German Heart Centre Munich, Munich, Germany
College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
Center for Advanced Cardiopulmonary Therapies and Transplantation,the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA
Veterans Association New England Healthcare System, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
Ascension St John Hospital, Detroit, MI, USA
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Rudd Heart & Lung Center, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville KY, USA
Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Cardiac Vascular Sentral Kuala Lumpur (CVSKL), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
The Philip R Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
Department of Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA
Baku Health Center, Baku, Azerbaijan
Michael E Assey Professor of Medicine and Director of Academic Cardiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA
John Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Stony Brook University, New York City, NY, USA
Stony Brook University Hospital, New York City, NY, USA
King’s College London, London, UK
Stony Brook University, New York, NY, USA
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Cardiovascular Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran