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2009 Faculty

Cameron M. Akbari, MD
Washington Hospital Center
Washington, DC

David E. Allie, MD
Louisiana Cardiovascular and Limb Salvage Center
Lafayette, LA

Charles A. Andersen, MD
US Military
Tacoma, WA

Jennifer Angier, NCACB, BS
Talbot Recovery Center
Atlanta, GA

 Yaron Almago, MD
Jesselson Heart Center
Dallas, TX

Frank R. Arko, MD
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX

Salman Arain, MD
Tulane University School of Medicine
New Orleans, LA

K.C. Arnold, ANCP-BC
The Diabetes Center, PLLC
Ocean Springs, MS

Barbara J. Aung, DPM
Aung Foot Health Clinics
Tucson, AZ

Bradley Bakotic, DPM
Bako Pathology Services
Alpharetta, GA

Robert Beasley, DPM
Mt. Sinai Medical Center
New York, NY

Desmond P. Bell. Jr., DPM, CWS
Save A Leg, Save A Life Foundation
First Coast Diabetic Foot & Wound Management Center
Jacksonville, FL

Kathleen Berra, MSN, ANP-C, FAAN
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, CA

Robert Biederman, MD
Alleheny General Hospital
Pittburg, PA

Carol Bohanon, MSN, RN
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN

Marc A. Brenner, DPM
The Institute for Diabetic Foot Research
Glendale, NY

Tressie D. Brooks, RN
ISMIPSI
Jacksonville, FL

Frank T. Bunch, MD
Cardiology Associate of Mobile
Mobile, AL

Brian Burleson, PharmD
Sanofi-Aventis
Houston, TX

Mireya I. Canate, CVT, CS
US Army
El Paso, TX

Ivan P. Casserly, MB, BCH
University of Colorado Hospital
Denver, CO

Joseph P. Cavorsi, MD
  St. Joseph Medical Center
Reading, PA

Nick G. Cavros, MD
Winston Salem Cardiology
Forsyth Medical Center
Atlanta, GA

Gary Chaisson, RTR, RCVT
Cardiovascular Institute of the South
Terrebonne General Medical Center
Houma, LA

Anil Chagarlamudi, MD
Cardiovascular Institute of the South
Houma, LA

Jack Chen, MD
St. Joseph's Heart and Vascular Institute
Atlanta, GA

David E. Cohen, MD
Circulatory Care of New Jersey
Paramus, NJ

Alonso Collar, MD
Thoracic and Cardiovascular Institute
Lansing, MI

Tyrone J. Collins, MD
Ochsner Medical Center
New Orleans, LA

Antonio Dager, MD
Angiografia de Occidente
Cali, Columbia 

Raymond Dattilo, MD
Cardiology Consultants of Topeka
Topeka, KS

Rajesh E. Dave, MD
Pinnacle Heart and Vascular
Harrisburg, PA

Tom Davis, MD
Harper University
Detroit, MI

Eduardo J. de Marchena, MD
University of Miami Cardiovascular Center
Miami, FL

Steven M. Dean, DO
Ohio State University
Columbus, OH 

Regina Deible, BSN, RN
NIH Heart Center at Suburban Hospital
Bethesda, MD

Patrice Delafontaine, MD
Tulane University
New Orleans, LA

Edward B. Diethrich, MD
Arizona Heart Institute & Hospital
Phoenix, AZ

Eric J. Dippel, MD
Midwest Cardiovascular Research Foundation
Davenport, IA

Dan Dulas, MD
Metropolitan Cardiology Consultants
Coon Rapids, MN

William B. Eaves, MD
Cardiovascular Consultants
Bossier City, LA

Adrian Ebner, MD
French Hospital
Asuncion, Paraguay

Peter S. Fail, MD
Cardiovascular Institute of the South
Houma, LA

Steven Farber,  MD
Conroe, TX

Caroline E. Fife, MD
Intellicure, Inc.
The Woodlands, TX

Malcolm Foster, III, MD
Baptist West Hospital
Knoxville, TN

Robert Foster, MD
Birmingham Heart Clinic
Birmingham, AL

Stanley K. Frencher, Jr., MD
UCLA / RAND
Los Angeles, CA

Jeff Fulkerson, BA, CPC
Emory Healthcare
Atlanta, GA

Robert Gallino, MD
Washington Hospital
Washington, DC

Roger S. Gammon, MD
Austin Heart
Austin, TX

Wendy Garretson, RN, MN
Charity School of Nursing
New Orleans, LA

Paul H. Gibson, MD
St. Anthony's Medical Center
St. Louis, MO

Michael Guiry, RPA-C
New York Presbyterian Columbia Medical Center
New York, NY

Todd Ginapp, EMT-P
Memorial Herman Southest
Houston, TX

Paul H. Gibson, MD
St. Antony's Medical Center
St. Louis, MO

Dennis Guidry, RN, NP
Cardiovascular Institute of the South
Lafayette, LA

Michael Hagley, MD
Hutchinson Clinic
Hutchinson, KS

Virginia A. Hammarlund, PhD, RD, LDN
Hammarlund Nutrition Consultants
Gurnee, IL

Jian Han, MD

Chris J. Hebert, RT(R), RCIS
Cardiovascular Institute of the South
Southwest Medical Center
Lafayette, LA

Lorena Hendry, PA-C, BS
Piedmont Heart Institute
Atlanta, GA

Marsha R. Holton, BS, CCRN, RCIS
Cardiovascular Orientation Programs
Indian Head, MD

Neil E. Holtz, RCIS, EMT-P, BS
Emory University Hospital
Atlanta, GA

Carlos Ince, MD
Midatlantic Cardiovascular
Baltimore, MD

Agostino Ingraldi, MD
Cardiovascular Institute of the South
Lafayette, LA

Laura F. Jacobs, MD, PhD
NormaTec, Inc.
Newton Center, MA

Elias H. Kassab, MD
Oakwood Hospital and Medical Center
Dearborn, MI

Mohamed H. Khan, MD
The Cardiovascular Center
Redding, CA

Yazan Khatib, MD
First Coast Cardiovascular Institute
Jacksonville, FL

Kasey Knight,  MSW
Faculty of the Golden Lights
Cocoa, FL

Zvonimir Krajcer, MD
Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital
Houston, TX

Prakash Krishnan, MD
Mt. Sinai Medical Center
New York, NY

Merrily Kuhn, RN, PhD
D' Youville and Daemen College
Buffalo, New York

Vinay Kumar, MD
Endovascular Center
Laurel, MS 

Lawrence Lavery, DPM
Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine
Round Rock TX

Christopher Leggett, MD
St. Joseph's Hospital
Atlanta, GA

Armando LoBato, MD
Sao Paulo Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Institute
Sao Paulo, Brazil

Julie Logan, BSN, RN
La Jolla, CA

Amir Malik, MD
Heart Center of North Texas
Fort Worth, TX

Thomas H. Maloney, MS, RCIS
Memorial Regional Medical Center
Mechanicsville, PA

Glenn A. Martin, RTR(CV)
Terrebonne General Medical Center
Houma, LA

John D. Martin, MD
The Vascular Institute at Anne Arundel Medical Center
Annapolis, MD

Jeffery W. Mays, RN
Alliance
Fort Myers, FL

Micheal McDaniel, MD
Emory University
Atlanta, GA

James McKinsey, MD
New York - Presbyterian Hospital
Columbia
New York, NY

Thomas O. McNamara, MD
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Los Angeles, CA

Sameer Mehta, MD, MBA
University of Miami - Miller School of Medicine
Miami, FL

Christopher Metzger, MD
Wellmont Holston Valley Heart Institute
Kingsport, TN

Claude B. Minor, Jr., MD
Monroe Surgical Hospital
Monroe, LA

Kazuo Misumi, MD
Chiba Nishi General Hospital
Matsudo, Chiba-Ken, Japan

Kazuo Misumi, MD
Chiba Nishi General Hospital
Matsudo, Chiba

Miguel Montaro-Baker, MD
Hospital-Hotel La Catolica
San Jose, Costa Rica

Amir Motorjeme, MD
Midwest Vascular Institute
Downers Grove, IL 

Bruce Murphy, MD
Benton Cardiology Clinic
Little Rock, AR

Aravinda Nanjundappa, MD
West Virginia University School of Medicine
Charleston, WV

Puthugramam K. Natrajan, MD
Medical College of Georgia
Augusta, GA

Chris Nelson, RN, RCIS
Sentara College of Health Sciences
Chesapeake, VA 

Kathleen Nugent, RN, BSN
MAQUET Datascope
Atlanta, GA

Bhawna Oberio, BS, RPA
Parker, TX

Julio C. Palmaz, MD
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
San Antonio, TX

Juan A. Pastor-Cervantes, MD
Memorial Regional Hospital
Hollywood, FL

Raghotham R. Patlola, MD
Cardiovascular Institute of the South
Lafayette, LA

Gail P. Poirrier, RN, DNS
University of Louisiana College at Lafayette
College Nursing and Allied Health Professions
Lafayette, LA

Antonis Pratsos, MD
Bryn Mawr Hospital
Bryn Mawr, PA

Henry Pretus, MD
East Jefferson General Hospital
New Orleans, LA

Venkatesh G. Ramaiah, MD
Arizona Heart Institute
Phoenix, AZ

Ricardo Rao, MD
Midwest Vascular and General Surgery
St. Louis, MO

Deione Reed, PhD, MsHCM
Oschner Health Systems
New Orleans, LA

Bill J. Releford, DPM
The Releford Institute for Limb Salvage and Wound Care
Los Angeles, CA

Oscar Rosales, MD
Texas Heart Institute
Houston, TX

Gary M. Rothenberg, DPM, CDE, CWS
Miami VA Healthcare System
Miami, FL

Javier Ruiz-Aburto, MD
Ponce Medical School
Ponce, Puerto Rico

John Paul Runyon, MD
The Christ Hospital
Cincinnati, OH

Immad Sadiq, MD
Miriam Cardiology Clinic
Providence, RI 

Dierk Scheinert, MD
University of Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany

Gino Sedillo, MD
Bradenton Cardiology Center
Bradenton, FL

Peter Sheehan, MD
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York, NY

Howard Sleath, RCIS, EMT-B
Brooks Army Medical Center
San Antonio, TX

Ronnie G. Smalling, MD
St. John's Medical Group Heartcare
Joplin, MO

Robert J. Snyder, DPM, CWS
Tamarac, FL

Ron Solar, PhD
Thermopeutix, Inc.
San Diego, CA

Peter Soukas, MD
Tufts University
Medford, MA 

Samuel J. Stagg, III, MD
Cardiovascular Institute of the South
Houma, LA

Sherif Sultan, MD
Western Vascular Institute
Galway, Ireland

Jackson L. Thatcher, MD
Methodist Hospital
St. Louis Park, NM

Kevin L. Thomas, MD
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC

Patricia Thorpe, MD
Arizona Heart Institute
Phoenix, AZ

Greg Traynor, RCIS, EMT-P
ISMIPSI
Orlando, FL

Manuel Viamonte, MD
Florida International University
Miami, FL 

Craig M. Walker, MD
Cardiovascular Institute of the South
Houma, LA

Barry S. Weinstock, MD
Mid-Florida Cardiology Specialists
Orlando, FL

Grayson H. Wheatley, III, MD
Arizona Heart Institute
Phoenix, AZ

Charles O. Williams, BS, RPA/RA, RCIS, RT(R)(MR)
ISMIPSI
Atlanta, GA

Richard Allen Williams, MD
UCLA
Los Angeles, GA

Ronald Williams, BA, RT(R)(MR)
The Gerald McGinnis Cardiovascular Institute
Pittsburg, PA

Arvilla R. Woodington, BSPS
The Golden Lights
Cocoa, FL

Jane Nelson Worel, MS, ARNP
Meriter Heart Hospital
Madison, WI 

Jay S. Yadav, MD
Piedmont Heart Institute
Atlanta, GA

Juan P. Zambrano, MD
University of Miami - Miller School of Medicine
Miami, FL

Thomas Zeller, MD
Herz-Zentrum
Bad Krozingen, Germany