Emerging Techniques and Technologies in Cardiovascular Imaging 2026

Course Director

Philip A. Araoz, M.D. Professor of Radiology Consultant, Department of Radiology Division of Cardiovascular Radiology Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

Robrecht (Nils) Planken, M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Radiology Consultant, Department of Radiology Division of Cardiovascular Radiology Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

Mayo Clinic Faculty

Philip A. Araoz, M.D.
Professor of Radiology; Consultant, Department of Radiology; Division of Cardiovasular Radiology; Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

Gabor Bagameri, M.D. 
Assistant Professor of Surgery; Consultant, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery; Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

Ian Chang, M.D. 
Assistant Professor of Medicine; Consultant, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine; Division of Echocardiography and CV Imaging; Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

Panithaya Chareonthaitawee, M.D. 
Professor of Medicine; Consultant, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine; Division of Echocardiography and CV Imaging; Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

Jordi S. Dahl, M.D., Ph.D. 
Senior Associate Consultant; Department of Cardiovascular Medicine; Division of Echocardiography and CV Imaging; Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

Daniel R. Davies, M.D.
Research Collaborator; Department of Cardiovascular Diseases; Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

Christopher Francois, M.D.
Professor of Radiology; Consultant, Department of Radiology, Division of Cardiovascular Radiology; Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

Isa J. Houwink, M.D., Ph.D. 
Associate Professor of Family Medicine; Consultant, Department of Family Medicine; Divisions of Family Medicine and Clinical Genomics; Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

Clint E. Jokerst, M.D.
Associate Professor of Radiology; Consultant, Department of Radiology, Division of Cardiothoracic Radiology; Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona

Bas L. Kietselaer, M.D., Ph.D. 
Senior Associate Consultant; Department of Cardiovascular Medicine; Division of Echocardiography and CV Imaging; Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

Stephen Kopecky, M.D. 
Professor of Medicine; Consultant, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine; Division of Preventive Cardiology; Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

Vinayak Kumar, M.D., M.B.A.
Resident; Assistant Professor of Medicine; Department of Cardiovascular Diseases; Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

Sudhir Kushwaha, M.D. 
Professor of Medicine; Consultant, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine; Division of Circulatory Failure: Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

Tim Leiner, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Radiology; Consultant, Department of Radiology, Division of Cardiovascular Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

Joseph J. Maleszewski, M.D.
Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology; Professor of Medicine; Consultant, Department of Anatomic Pathology; Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

Kiaran P. McGee, Ph.D.
Professor of Medical Physics; Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering; Consultant, Department of Radiology, Division of Radiology Physics; Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

Patricia J. Mergo, M.D.
Associate Professor of Radiology; Consultant, Department of Radiology; Chair-Division of Cardiothoracic Radiology; Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida

Nolan K. Meyer, Ph.D. 
Research Associate-Eng; Center for Advanced Imaging Research; Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

Robrecht (Nils) Planken, M.D., Ph.D. 
Professor of Radiology; Consultant, Department of Radiology; Division of Cardiovascular Radiology; Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

M. Yasir Qureshi, M.B.B.S. 
Associate Professor of Pediatrics; Consultant, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine; Division of Pediatric Cardiology; Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

Yader B. Sandoval Pichardo, M.B.B.S., M.D. 
Associate Professor of Medicine; Research Collaborator; Division of Cardiovascular Research; Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

Vera Sorin, M.D. 
Assistant Professor of Radiology; Resident; Department of Radiology; Division of Cardiothoracic Imaging; Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

Elizabeth H. Stephens, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Surgery; Consultant, Deptartment of Cardiovascular Surgery; Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

Alan H. Stolpen, M.D., Ph.D. 
Professor of Radiology; Consultant, Department of Radiology; Division of Cardiovascular Radiology; Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

Gregorio Tersalvi, M.D.
Research Fellow; Department of Cardiovascular Research; Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

Marysia S. Tweet, M.D., M.S. 
Associate Professor of Medicine; Consultant, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine; Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Comprehensive Cardiology; Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

Phillip M. Young, M.D.0
Professor of Radiology; Consultant, Department of Radiology; Chair, Division of Body MRI; Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

Guest Faculty

Gayatri Acharya, M.D., FACC
Cone Health

Julia Alegria, M.D.
Clinica Alemana, Univ del Desarrollo, Santiago de Chile

Jacobo Kirsch, M.D.
Cleveland Clinic Florida

Michael Morris, M.D.
Banner Health

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