Panel Discussion | Closing the Disparity in Research

Saturday, March 7, 2026

8:56 AM - 9:15 AM EST

Location: Cabinet

Moderator(s)

Wayne Batchelor, MD, MHS, MBA

President, Medicine Service Line and Schar Chair, Inova Schar Heart and Vascular
Inova Health System
Fairfax, Virginia, United States

Disclosure(s): Abbott Vascular, Edwards, Medtronic, Boston Scientific: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing); Johnson and Johnson: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing); Recor Medical, Inc.: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing)
Spencer B. King, III, MD, MACC, MSCAI

Professor of Medicine Emeritus
Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Karol Watson, MD, PhD

Attending Cardiologist
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Redondo Beach, California, United States

Disclosure information not submitted.

Panel Discussant(s)

Sundar Chidambaram, MD, DNB, DM, FNB

CONSULTANT INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGIST AND ENDOVASCULAR. SPECIALIST
KAUVERY HOSPITAL, Tamil Nadu, India

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Foluso A. Fakorede, MD

CEO
Cardiovascular Solutions Of Central Mississippi-Fusion Vascular
Grenada , Mississippi, United States

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Mario FL Gaudino, MD, PhD, MSCE

Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Professor in Cardiothoracic Surgery (II)
Weill Cornell Medicine|NYPresbyterian
New York, New York, United States

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Biljana Parapid, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine - Cardiology
Belgrade University School of Medicine
Belgrade, Serbia

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Dawn C. Scantlebury, MBBS, DM

Consultant Cardiologist
Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Barbados
Bridgetown, Saint Michael, Barbados

Disclosure information not submitted.
Kim Allan Williams, Sr., MD, MACC, FAHA, MASNC, FESC

Chair, Department of Medicine
University of Louisville
Louisville, Kentucky, United States

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

Disclosure(s):

Wayne Batchelor, MD, MHS, MBA: Abbott Vascular, Edwards, Medtronic, Boston Scientific: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing); Johnson and Johnson: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing); Recor Medical, Inc.: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing)

Spencer B. King, MD, MACC, MSCAI, III: No financial relationships to disclose

Sundar Chidambaram, MD DNB DM FNB: No financial relationships to disclose

Foluso A. Fakorede, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Mario FL Gaudino, MD, PhD, MSCE: No financial relationships to disclose

Biljana Parapid, MD, PhD: No financial relationships to disclose

Kim Allan Williams, MD, MACC, FAHA, MASNC, FESC, Sr.: No financial relationships to disclose