INNOVATORS IN ACTION | EMERGING IDEAS SHAPING THE FUTURE | SESSION I

Tuesday, March 10, 2026

10:00 AM - 11:45 AM EST

Location: Georgetown

Moderator(s)

Fernando Alfonso, MD

Head, Department of Cardiology
Hospital Univeritario La Princesa, Madrid

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Jonathan X. Fang, MBBS, MRCP, FACC, FSCAI

Associate consultant
National Heart Centre Singapore
Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Disclosure(s): MicroPort Medical: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Terminated, March 31, 2025)
Biljana Parapid, MD, PhD

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

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

Panel Discussant(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)
Vikas K. Patel, MD

Director of Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
Riverside Medical Center
Kankakee, Illinois, United States

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Armando Perez De Prado, MD. PhD

Head of Interventional Cardiology
Hospital Universitario de Leon, Spain

Disclosure(s): Abbott Vascular: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing), Grant/Research Support (Ongoing); BBraun: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing); Boston Scientific: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing), Proctor (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing); Cordis: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing); HeartFlow: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing); Iberhospitex: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing); iVascular: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing), Grant/Research Support (Ongoing); Medtronic: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing); Philips: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing); Shockwave: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing); SMT: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing); Teleflex Inc, Biotronik: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing); Terumo: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing), Grant/Research Support (Ongoing)

Disclosure(s):

Fernando Alfonso, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Jonathan X. Fang, MBBS, MRCP, FACC, FSCAI: MicroPort Medical: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Terminated, March 31, 2025)

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

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)

Vikas K. Patel, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Armando Perez De Prado, MD. PhD: Abbott Vascular: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing), Grant/Research Support (Ongoing); BBraun: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing); Boston Scientific: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing), Proctor (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing); Cordis: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing); HeartFlow: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing); Iberhospitex: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing); iVascular: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing), Grant/Research Support (Ongoing); Medtronic: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing); Philips: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing); Shockwave: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing); SMT: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing); Teleflex Inc, Biotronik: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing); Terumo: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing), Grant/Research Support (Ongoing)