Faculty List for CardioSarasota, Florida 24/24/24
24th Annual National Sarasota, Florida Congress for
Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Optimal Treatment Update
Hosted by 24 most renowned National and International Professors
of Cardiology in February 2024
Faculty List:
Mahfouz El Shahawy, MD, MS, FACP, FESC, FASPC, FASH, FSCCT, FAHA, FACC
Program Director
President, International Society for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention (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
Past 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
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
Former 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
Icilma Fergus, MD, FACC
Professor of Cardiology, Icahn School of Medicine/Mount Sinai
Director of Cardiovascular Disparity and Clinical Lipidology
Past President American Black Cardiologists (ABC)
New York, New York
Anthony Fletcher, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FAHA
President-Elect and Chair of the Bylaws Committee Association of Black Cardiologists
Little Rock, Arkansas
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
Jagat Narula, MD, PhD, MACC
President-Elect 2023-2024 World Heart Federation
Executive Vice President and Chief Academic Officer, University of Texas Health, Houston
K. Lance Gould Distinguished Professor for Study of Coronary Pathophysiology
McGovern Medical School
Houston, Texas
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
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
Bertram Pitt, MD, FACC
Professor of Cardiology
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Marc A. Pohl, MD
Consultant Staff, Department of Kidney Medicine, 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
Vincent JB Robinson, MD, FACC, FRCPC
GE Garrison MD Distinguished Chair in Cardiovascular Medicine
Professor of Medicine and Radiology
Course Director, 8th Annual Kimmerling Cardiovascular Showcase
Co-director, Nuclear Radiology
Immediate past President, SOM Faculty Senate
Augusta, Georgia
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
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 Cardiology 1994-1995
Editor-in-Chief American Journal of Geriatric Cardiology for over 15 years
AHA Chair, Task Force, Heart Education for Women 1990-1999
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
Gamila Nasr, MD
Board Member, ISCVDP
Professor and Past Chair of Cardiology Department Suez Canal University
Board Member of the Egyptian Society of Cardiology and Past Chair of the Preventive Cardiology Section
Past President of the Working Group of Preventive Cardiology and Cardiac Rehabilitation
Head of Scientific Council of Egyptian Board of Cardiovascular Medicine
Head of Medical Society of Ismailia, Egypt
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
Past President World Heart Federation (WHF)
Past President European Society of Cardiology (ESC)
Lisbon, Portugal
Ashraf Reda, MD
President of Egyptian Association of Vascular Biology and Atherosclerosis (EAVA)
Professor and Past Chair of Cardiology Menoufia University
Menoufia, Egypt
Faiez Zanned, MD, PhD.
Emeritus Professor of Therapeutics and Cardiology
Université de Lorraine, Inserm Clinical Investigation Centre, CHU, Nancy, France
Chairman, CVCT, Paris, France
Paris, France
Bassem Zarif, MD
Vice Dean of Research and Education and Professor of Cardiology, National Heart Institute of Egypt
Board Member for Prevention Working Group, Egyptian Society of Cardiology
Cairo, Egypt