Panel Discussion | Opportunities and Barriers of TMVR

Sunday, March 8, 2026

3:12 PM - 3:32 PM EST

Location: Jefferson

Moderator(s)

Vinayak Bapat, FRCS(CTh)

Consultant
Abbott Northwestern Hospital & Minneapolis Heart Foundation
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Disclosure(s): Abbott Vascular, Medtronic, Boston Scientific: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing); Edward Lifesciences: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing)
Molly Szerlip, MD

Associate Medical Director, Education & Reserach and Regional Director, Sturctural Heart Progam
Baylor Scott and White The Heart Hospital Baylor Plano
Richardson, Texas, United States

Disclosure(s): Abbott Vascular, Medtronic, Boston Scientific: Advisory Board (Ongoing); Boston Scientific: Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing); CVI Foundation: Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing); Edward Lifesciences: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing); SCAI: Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing)
Gregory P. Fontana, MD

Director, CardioVascular Institute
HCA Healthcare
Thousand oaks, United States

Disclosure information not submitted.

Panel Discussant(s)

Christian Besler, MD

Head of Structural Heart Interventions
Cardiology, University Heart Center Freiburg/Bad Krozingen
Bad Krozingen, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

Disclosure(s): Abbott Inc: Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing); Edwards Lifesciences LLC: Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing); Innoventric: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing); Venus Medtech: Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Terminated)
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Marvin Eng, MD

Section Chief, Interventional Cardiology Structural Heart Medical Director
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, Nebraska, United States

Disclosure(s): Abbott Vascular, Medtronic, Boston Scientific: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing); AngioDynamics: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing)
Kendra J. Grubb, MD

VP/CMO Structural Heart
Medtronic
Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Disclosure(s): Medtronic, Inc.: Employee (Ongoing)
Jaffar M. Khan, MD, PhD

Director of Cardiovascular Innovation and Director of Interventional Electrosurgery
St Francis Hospital and Heart Center
Roslyn, New York, United States

Disclosure information not submitted.
Vlasis Ninios, MD

interventional cardiologist, Director of cardiology department
Interbalkan European Medical center
Thessaloniki , Greece

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
John Saxon, MD

Associate Professor
University of Virginia Health
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

Disclosure(s): Abbott Vascular: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing); Edwards Lifesciences LLC: Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing); Medtronic: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing); W. L. Gore and Associates, Inc.: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing)

Disclosure(s):

Vinayak Bapat, FRCS(CTh): Abbott Vascular, Medtronic, Boston Scientific: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing); Edward Lifesciences: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing)

Molly Szerlip, MD: Abbott Vascular, Medtronic, Boston Scientific: Advisory Board (Ongoing); Boston Scientific: Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing); CVI Foundation: Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing); Edward Lifesciences: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing); SCAI: Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing)

Christian Besler, MD: Abbott Inc: Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing); Edwards Lifesciences LLC: Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing); Innoventric: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing); Venus Medtech: Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Terminated)

Marvin Eng, MD: Abbott Vascular, Medtronic, Boston Scientific: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing); AngioDynamics: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing)

Kendra J. Grubb, MD: Medtronic, Inc.: Employee (Ongoing)

Vlasis Ninios, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

John Saxon, MD: Abbott Vascular: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing); Edwards Lifesciences LLC: Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing); Medtronic: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing); W. L. Gore and Associates, Inc.: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing)