Faculty
Activity Directors
David Baran, MD
Activity Director
Section Head, Advanced Heart Failure, Transplant and MCS
Heart Vascular and Thoracic Institute
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Florida
Weston, Florida
Jerry Estep, MD
Co-Activity Director
Division Chair, Cardiovascular Medicine
Heart Vascular and Thoracic Institute
Cleveland Clinic Florida
Weston, Florida
Jose Navia, MD
Co-Activity Director
Vice Chief, Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Heart Vascular and Thoracic Institute
Cleveland Clinic Florida
Weston, Florida
Planning Committee
Feras Alkhalaileh, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Florida – Weston
Craig Asher, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Florida – Weston
Daniella Badal, PharmD
Clinical Pharmacist
Cleveland Clinic Florida – Weston
Nicolas Brozzi, MD
Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Cleveland Clinic Florida – Weston
Mauricio Cohen, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Florida – Weston
Milind Desai, MD
Vice Chair of Education
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic - Cleveland
Kenneth Fromkin, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Florida – Weston
David Lopez, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Florida – Weston
Carolina Rocha, PA-C
Cardiology
Cleveland Clinic Florida – Weston
Eniley Santi Palacios, APRN
Cardiology
Cleveland Clinic Florida – Weston
David Snipelisky, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Florida – Weston
CLEVELAND CLINIC FACULTY
Craig Asher, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic - Weston
Nicolas Brozzi, MD
Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Cleveland Clinic - Weston
Howard Bush, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic – Weston
Mauricio Cohen, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic - Weston
Milind Desai, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Main Campus
Brett Faulknier, DO
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic – Indian River
Kenneth Fromkin, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic - Weston
Bishoy Hanna, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic - Indian River
Marcelo Helguera, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic - Weston
Ricardo Hernandez, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic - Weston
Samir Kapadia, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Main Campus
Amar Krishnaswamy, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Main Campus
David Lopez, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Main Campus
Raghavendra Makam, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic – Indian River
Steve Minear, MD
Anesthesiology / Pain Management
Cleveland Clinic - Weston
Jenny Placido Disla, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic - Weston
Diego Sadler, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic - Weston
Cedric Sheffield, MD
Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Cleveland Clinic - Weston
Nicholas Smedira, MD
Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Cleveland Clinic Main Campus
Dia Smiley, DO
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic - Weston
David Snipelisky, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic - Weston
Amanda Vest, MBBS
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Main Campus
Oussama Wazni, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Main Campus
James Wudel, MD
Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Cleveland Clinic – Indian River
GUEST FACULTY
Sandra Chaparro, MD
Director, Advanced Heart Failure
Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute
Baptist Health
Miami, Florida
Francisco Javier Jimenez-Carcamo, MD, PhD
Director of Advanced Heart Failure and Pulmonary Hypertension
Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute
South Miami Hospital, Baptist Health
Miami, Florida
Joshua Larned, MD
Medical Director, Congestive Heart Failure Services
Holy Cross Hospital
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Affiliated Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Jaime Lewellyn, DO
Interventional Cardiology
Knoxville, Tennessee
Katherine Lietz, MD, PhD
Director, Advanced Heart Failure
Lee Health Heart Institute
Fort Myers, Florida
David Lopez, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Florida – Weston
Marcos A. Nores, MD
Cardiac Surgery
HCA Florida Heart and Vascular Care – JFK
Atlantis, Florida
William W. O’Neill, MD
Interventional Cardiology
Henry Ford Health
Detroit, Michigan
Parikshit Sharma, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic - Weston
Reyna Yordanka, MD
Heart Failure Program Director
Broward Health
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Richard Zelman, MD
Founder, Cape Cod Research Institute
Interventional Cardiology
Zelman Cardiology
Hyannis, Massachusetts