TRANSCATHETER ELECTROSURGERY | BEYOND LEAFLET MODIFICATION

Monday, March 9, 2026

3:15 PM - 4:25 PM EST

Location: International Ballroom East

Moderator(s)

Robert J. Lederman, MD

Senior Investigator, Chief, Laboratory of Cardiovascular Intervention
National Institutes of Health/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Bethesda, Maryland, United States

Disclosure(s): National Institutes of Health: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing), I am co-inventor on patent applications assigned to NIH (my employer) (Ongoing)
Jeremy D. Rier, DO

Interventional Cardiologist
WellSpan Health

Disclosure(s): Edward Lifesciences: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing); Medtronic: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing); Shockwave Medical: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing); Terumo Corporation: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing); W. L. Gore and Associates, Inc.: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing)

Panel Discussant(s)

Karim Al-Azizi, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FESC

Medical Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories
The Heart Hospital, Baylor Scott & White Health Baylor Scott & White
Frisco, Texas, United States

Disclosure information not submitted.
Jeremiah P. Depta, MD, MPHS, MBA, FACC, FSCAI

Medical Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory and Structural heart Disease
Medical College of Wisconsin/Froedtert Hospital
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Disclosure(s): Boston Scietific: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing); Edwards Lifesciences LLC: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing)
Abdallah El Sabbagh, MD

Interventional Cardiologist
Mayo Clinic
Jacksonville, Florida, United States

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Neil P. Fam, MD

Interventional Cardiology
St. Michael's Hospital

Disclosure(s): Abbott, Medtronic: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing); Edwards Life Sciences: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing)
James McCabe, MD

Section Chief, Interventional Cardiology
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Disclosure(s): Abbott Vascular, Medtronic,: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing); Edward Lifesciences: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing); W. L. Gore and Associates, Inc.: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing)

Disclosure(s):

Robert J. Lederman, MD: National Institutes of Health: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing), I am co-inventor on patent applications assigned to NIH (my employer) (Ongoing)

Jeremy D. Rier, DO: Edward Lifesciences: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing); Medtronic: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing); Shockwave Medical: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing); Terumo Corporation: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing); W. L. Gore and Associates, Inc.: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing)

Jeremiah P. Depta, MD, MPHS, MBA, FACC, FSCAI: Boston Scietific: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing); Edwards Lifesciences LLC: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing)

Abdallah El Sabbagh, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Neil P. Fam, MD: Abbott, Medtronic: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing); Edwards Life Sciences: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing)

James McCabe, MD: Abbott Vascular, Medtronic,: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing); Edward Lifesciences: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing); W. L. Gore and Associates, Inc.: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing)