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Disparities in Interventional Cardiology

Session:: Disparities in Interventional Cardiology

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

    Director, Interventional Cardiology and Interventional Research and Innovation
    Inova Heart & Vascular Institute
    Falls Church, Virginia, United States

    Disclosure information not submitted.

  • 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)

  • Mirvat Alasnag, MD, FSCAI, FACP, FACC, FSCCT

    Catheterization Laboratory Director & Deputy Head of Cardiology
    King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital
    Jeddah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia

    Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

  • 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):
Spencer B. King, MD, MACC, MSCAI, III: No financial relationships to disclose
Mirvat Alasnag, MD, FSCAI, FACP, FACC, FSCCT: 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