Faculty
Activity Co-directors
Lars G. Svensson, MD, PhD
Chair, Heart, Vascular and Thoracic Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH
Lee Kirksey, MD
Vascular Surgery
Heart, Vascular and Thoracic Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH
Ike Okwuosa, MD
Association of Black Cardiologists
Northwestern Medicine
Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, IL
Katherine Hoercher, RN, FACC, FAHA
Heart, Vascular and Thoracic Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH
Association of Black Cardiologists Faculty
Daniel Addison, MD
Ohio State University
Columbus, OH
Khadijah Breathett, MD
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis, IN
Paul L. Douglass, MD
Wellstar Medical Group
Atlanta, GA
Foluso Fakorede, MD
Cardiovascular Solutions of Central Mississippi
Cleveland, MS
Daphne Ferdinand, PhD, RN
Healthy Heart Community Prevention Project
New Orleans, LA
Aaron Horne, Jr, MD
RWJ Barnabas Health
Livingston, NJ
Amber Johnson, MD
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, PA
Anekwe E. Onwuanyi, MD
President, Association of Black Cardiologists
Morehouse School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA
Kim Allan Williams, Sr., MD
University of Louisville School of Medicine
Louisville, KY
Jackson T. Wright Jr, MD, PhD
Former Association of Black Cardiologist Board Member
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Cleveland, OH
Guest Speaker
David Margolius, MD
Director, Cleveland Department of Public Health
Cleveland, OH
Community Stakeholder Panelists
Berlon Hamilton
Edgar Jackson, MD
Rev. Otis Moss
Nicholas E. Perry
Herb Pleasant
Jacqueline Robertson
Cleveland Clinic Faculty
Sanjeeb Bhattacharya, MD
Dennis Bruemmer, MD, PhD
Leslie Cho, MD
Milind Desai, MD
Michael Emery, MD
Crystal Gadegbeku, MD
Brian Griffin, MD
Ardeshir Hashmi, MD
Karlee Hoffman, DO
Mohamed Kanj, MD
Umesh Khot, MD
Amar Krishnaswamy, MD
Luke Laffin, MD
Deirdre Mattina, MD
Kenneth Mayuga, MD
Venu Menon, MD
Maria Mountis, DO
L. Leonardo Rodriguez, MD
Walid Saliba, MD
Pasquale Santangeli, MD, PhD
Ashish Sarraju, MD
Cedric Sheffield, MD
Randall Starling, MD
Julia Zumpano, RD, LD