Director of Cath Lab & Interventional Cardiology
Robert Packer Hospital Guthrie Health Systems
Sayre, Pennsylvania, United States
1. University appointments: Professor of Cardiology Rutgers Medical School / Professor at Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine, Scranton, PA
2. Hospital appointments: Director of Cardiac Catherization Laboratories & Interventional Guthrie Health Services & Robert Packer Hospital
3. Major Research Interests: Invasive & non-invasive hemodymamic assessment, cardiogenic shock, NOS-inhibitors,, AF, Adjunctive pharmacotherapy in PCI, Embolization protection, bifurcation solutions, biocompatible polymers, Atherectomy, Wrist based intervention, antecubital access procedures. .
4. PI or Investigator in multicenter studies (partial list) enrolled >3000 patients in multi-center trials.
5. Patents: Inventor of MGuard, Inventor of Bifurcation stent & balloon platform, Co-inventor MIAMBE, EK-Solution (co-founder)
6. Publications: >200 peer-review PubMed publications
Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Saturday, March 7, 2026
9:09 AM - 9:17 AM EST
Panel Discussion | The Last Remaining Issues Involving Radial Access
Saturday, March 7, 2026
9:33 AM - 9:53 AM EST
CORONARY COMPLICATIONS | SESSION TWO
Saturday, March 7, 2026
3:05 PM - 4:10 PM EST
TAV-in-TAV | Challenges With Extreme Aortic Angulation and Tortuosity in VIV
Sunday, March 8, 2026
10:12 AM - 10:20 AM EST
Panel Discussion | Considerations for TAV-in-TAV Versus Explant
Sunday, March 8, 2026
11:08 AM - 11:25 AM EST
Sunday, March 8, 2026
11:25 AM - 12:10 PM EST
Orbital atherectomy | Why, How, How Fast and for How Long?
Monday, March 9, 2026
2:58 PM - 3:06 PM EST
Monday, March 9, 2026
3:38 PM - 4:00 PM EST