Faculty List for the 21/21/21 Annual Sarasota Cardiology Congress
21 st Annual National Sarasota Congress for
Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Optimal Treatment Update 2021:
Early Detect to Protect
Hosted by 21 national and internationally renowned Professors of Cardiology
Faculty List:
Mahfouz El Shahawy, MD, MS, FACP, FESC, FASPC, FASH, FSCCT, FAHA, FACC
Program Director
President, ISCVDP
Fellow American Society of Preventive Cardiology
Clinical Professor of Medicine, Universities of Florida and South Florida
Golden Doctor Diploma University of Vienna Austria 2014
Member Board of Trustee American society of Preventive Cardiology [ASPC]
Past Member Board of Trustees Association of Black Cardiologists [ABC]
Medical Director, Cardiovascular Health Assessment Center
President, Cardiovascular Center of Sarasota
Medical Director and Founder SMH Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Center 2007 - 2010
Sarasota, Florida
Jay N. Cohn, MD, FACC, FAHA
Program Co-Director
Vice President, ISCVDP
Professor of Medicine
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
Nanette K. Wenger, MD, MACC, MACP, FAHA
Program Co-Director
Vice President, ISCVDP
Professor of Medicine
Professor of Medicine (Emeritus), Cardiology, Emory University School of Medicine
President Society of Geriatric Cardiology1994-1995
AHA Chair, Task Force, Heart Education for Women1990-1999
Past Chief of Cardiology Grady Memorial Hospital
Consultant, Emory Heart & Vascular Center
Atlanta, Georgia
Michelle A. Albert, MD MPH
Professor of Medicine
Admissions Dean
Director, UCSF CeNter for the St U dy of AdveRsiTy and CardiovascUlaR DiseasE (NURTURE Center)
University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine (UCSF)
President, Association of Black Cardiologists, Inc
President, Association of University Cardiologists
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
Anne B. Curtis, MD, MACP, FACC, FHRS, FAHA
Board Member International Society for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention (ISCVDP)
Past President Heart Rhythm Society
Past President of the Association of University of Cardiologists
Past President of the Cardiac Electrophysiology Society
SUNY Distinguished Professor
Charles and Mary Bauer Professor and Chair
Department of Medicine Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, New York
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
Thomas Kelly, MD, FACS
Secretary/Treasurer, ISCVDP
Cardiovascular Surgeon
Sarasota Memorial Hospital
Sarasota, Florida
Stephan Kopecky, MD, FACC
Asst. Secretary, ISCVDP
Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Disease Mayo Clinic
Past President, American Society for Preventive Cardiology (ASPC)
Rochester, Minnesota
Erin D. Michos, MD, MHS, FAHA, FACC, FASE, FASPC
Associate Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
Director of Women’s Cardiovascular Health
Associate Director of Preventive Cardiology
Division of Cardiology
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Co-Editor in Chief
The American Journal of Preventive Cardiology
Elizabeth O. Ofili, MD, FACC
Board Member International Society for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention (ISCVDP)
Professor of Medicine (Cardiology), Morehouse School of Medicine
Chairman ABC Board of Trustees
Past President, Association of Black Cardiology
Atlanta, Georgia
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
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
Bola Sogade, MD, FACOG
Forsyth, Georgia
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
Atlanta, Georgia
Michael Valentine, MD, MACC
Immediate Past President American College of Cardiology
Stroobants Cardiovascular Center
Lynchburg, Virginia
David Wolinsky, MD, FACC, MASNC
Section Head Nuclear Cardiology
Director Cardiac Amyloid Center
Cleveland Clinic Florida
Past President American Society of Nuclear Cardiology
Weston, Florida
International Faculty:
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
Fausto Pinto, MD, FESC
Board Member, ISCVDP
Professor of Medicine, Chief of Cardiology and Dean Medical School Lisbon, Portugal
President World Heart Federation
Past President European Soc. of Cardiology
Lisbon, Portugal
Professor Sir Magdi Yacoub, FRS, FACE
Board Member, ISCVDP
Imperial College London, Heart Science Center
Harefield, Middlesex, United Kingdom