Faculty List for CardioSarasota, Florida 23/23/23
23rd Annual National Sarasota, Florida Congress for
Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Optimal Treatment Update
Hosted by 23 most renowned National and International Professors
of Cardiology in February 2023
Faculty List:
Mahfouz El Shahawy, MD, MS, FACP, FESC, FASPC, FASH, FSCCT, FAHA, FACC
Program Director
President, International Society for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention (ISCVDP)
Lifetime Achievement Award for Practice of Medicine and Cardiology Sarasota, Florida [47 Years]
Clinical Professor of Medicine Universities of Florida and South Florida
Golden Doctor Diploma 2014 University of Vienna, Austria
Past Member Board Of Trustees Of The American Society Of Preventive Cardiology [ASPC]
Past Member Board of Trustees of the Association of Black Cardiologists[ABC]
Medical Director Cardiovascular Health Assessment Center
President Cardiovascular Center of Sarasota
Medical Director and Founder SMH Cardiovascular Prevention Center 2007 -2010
Sarasota, Florida
Matthew Budoff, MD, FACC
Professor of Medicine, UCLA
Endowed Chair of preventive Cardiology
Program Director, Division of Cardiology
Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute
Los Angeles, California
Jay N. Cohn, MD, FACC, FAHA
Program Co-Director
Vice President, ISCVDP
Professor of Medicine (Emeritus), Cardiology University of Minnesota
Director, Rasmussen Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention
University of Minnesota Medical School
President American Society of Hypertension, 1990-1992
President International Society of Hypertension, 1996-1998
President Heart Failure Society of America, 1995-1998
President International Society of Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy, 2008-2010
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Anthony DeMaria, MD, FACC
Program Co-Director
Vice President, ISCVDP
Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Disease, U.C. San Diego, CA
President American College of Cardiology1989-1990
Editor in Chief of American Journal of Cardiology 2002-2014
San Diego, California
Keith C. Ferdinand, MD, FACC, FAHA, FASH, FNLA
Board Member International Society for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention (ISCVDP)
Past Chairman Board of Directors Association of Black Cardiologist (ABC)
Professor of Medicine Tulane University
New Orleans, Louisiana
Robert Gillespie, MD, FACC, FASE, FASNC
Director of Nuclear Imaging, Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group
Past Chairman of the Board, Association of Black Cardiologists, ABC
San Diego, California
Martha Gulati, MD, MS, FACC, FAHA
President American Society for Preventive Cardiology
Director of Prevention and Associate Director of the Barbara Streisand Women’s Heart Center
Los Angeles, California
Thomas Kelly, MD, FACS
Secretary/Treasurer, ISCVDP
Cardiovascular Surgeon
Sarasota Memorial Hospital
Sarasota, Florida
Fred M. Kusumoto, MD, FHRS
Immediate Past President, Heart Rhythm Society
Professor and Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs
Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine
Jacksonville, Florida
Elizabeth O. Ofili, MD, FACC
Board Member International Society for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention (ISCVDP)
Professor of Medicine (Cardiology), Morehouse School of Medicine
President Elect ABC Board of Trustees
Past President, Association of Black Cardiologists
Atlanta, Georgia
Anekwe Onwuanyi, MD
Professor of Medicine and Chief of Cardiology
Morehouse School of Medicine
Medical Director, Heart Failure Program, Grady Health System, Atlanta , GA
President, Association of Black Cardiologist
Manesh Patel, MD
Professor of Medicine
Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University
Chair of the OCEANIC-AF Executive Committee
Richard Sean Stack, M.D. Distinguished Professor
Durham, North Carolina
Carl J. Pepine, MD, MACC, FAHA, FESC
Professor of Medicine, University of Florida
Chairman Vascular Biology Working Group
Past President American College of Cardiology
Gainesville, Florida
David Perloff, MD, FACC, FACP
Perloff Cardiovascular Care Fort Lauderdale, Florida
President - Florida Chapter American College of Cardiology
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Marc A. Pohl, MD
Consultant Staff, Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Cleveland Clinic
Past Head, Section of Clinical Hypertension and Nephrology
Past Director Center for Blood Pressure Disorders
Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio
Jeffrey Sell, MD, FACS
Chief, Cardiovascular Surgery, Sarasota Memorial Healthcare System
Sarasota, Florida
Sidney C. Smith, Jr,. MD, FAHA, FESC, FACP, MACC
Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology UNC School of Medicine
Past President World Heart Federation
Past President American Heart Association
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Bola Sogade MD, FAAFP, FACOG
Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor,
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Department of Family Medicine in the Physician Assistant Program,
Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
Medical Director ObGyne Birth Center for Natural Deliveries
Robotic Surgeon
Forsyth GA
Felix Sogade, MD, FACC, FHRS
Georgia Arrhythmia Consultant Research Institute
Past Chairman of the Board, Association of Black Cardiologists (ABC)
Macon, Georgia
Laurence Sperling, MD, FACC, FAHA
Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)
Past President of the American Society for Preventive Cardiology
Director of Emory Heart Disease Prevention Center
Emory University School of Medicine
Professor of Global Health Hubert Department of Global Health Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University
Executive Director, Million Hearts
Atlanta, Georgia
C Michael Valentine, MD MACC FAHA FSCAI
Professor of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division
University of Virginia
Past President, American College of Cardiology
Lynchburg, Virginia
Nanette K. Wenger, MD, MACC, MACP, FAHA
Program Co-Director
Vice President, ISCVDP
Professor of Medicine (Emeritus), Cardiology, Emory University School of Medicine
President Society of Geriatric Cardiology1994-1995
Editor-in-Chief American Journal of Geriatric Cardiology for over 15 years
AHA Chair, Task Force, Heart Education for Women1990-1999
Past Chief of Cardiology Grady Memorial Hospital
Consultant, Emory Heart & Vascular Center
Founding Consultant, Emory Women’s Heart Center
Atlanta, Georgia
International Faculty:
Magdy Abdelhamid, MD
Professor and chief of Cardiology Kasr El aini Medical School
Past President of Egyptian Society of Cardiology
Cairo, Egypt
Sarah Moharem Elgamal, MD
Adult Congenital Heart Disease and Imaging Cardiologist
Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital
Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
Zlatko Fras, MD, FESC, FACC
Board Member International Society for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention (ISCVDP)
Professor of Medicine Chairman,
Cardiology Department University of Ljubljana Medical School
President Slovenian Society of Cardiology
Past Chair European Congress for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention
Ljubljana, Slovenia, Europe
Gamila Nasr, MD
Board Member, ISCVDP
Professor and Head of Cardiology Department Suez Canal University
General Secretary of Egyptian Society of Cardiology
President of the Working Group of Preventive Cardiology and Cardiac Rehabilitation
Ismailia, Egypt
Fausto J. Pinto, MD, PhD, FESC, FACC, FEACVI, FSCAI, FASE
Board Member, ISCVDP
Professor of Medicine, Chief of Cardiology and Dean, Lisbon School of Medicine, University of Lisbon, Portugal
President World Heart Federation (WHF)
Past President European Soc. of Cardiology (ESC)
Lisbon, Portugal