Program Planning Committee

Paul L. Douglass, MD, FACC (Co-Chair)
Kevin L. Thomas, MD, FACC (Co-Chair)
Ola O. Akinboboye, MD, MPH, MBA, FACC
Akinyele O. Aluko, MD, FACC
Keith C. Ferdinand, MD, FACC
Icilma V. Fergus, MD, FACC
Carlos S. Ince Jr., MD, ScM, FACC
William O. Ntim, MB, ChB, FACC
Kim A. Williams, MD, FACC

Faculty

Ola O. Akinboboye, MD, MPH, MBA, FACC
Associate Director, Division of Cardiology
Director of Cardiac Imaging
New York Hospital Queens
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
State University of New York, Stony Brook
Roslyn, NY

Sana M. Al-Khatib, MD, MHS, FACC
Assistant Professor of Cardiology
Acting Chief of Electrophysiology
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC

Peter C. Block, MD, FACC
Professor of Internal of Medicine
Emory University School of Medicine
Director, Clinical Trials Office
Emory University Hospital
Department of Cardiology
Atlanta, GA

Lawrence Blonde, MD, FACP, FACE
Director, Ochsner Diabetes Clinical Research
Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolic Diseases
Associate Internal Medicine Residency
Program Director
Ochsner Clinic Foundation
New Orleans, LA

W. Virgil Brown, MD, FACC, FACP
Charles Howard Candler Professor of Internal Medicine
Director, Division of Arteriosclerosis and Lipid Metabolism
Chief of Medicine
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA

Walter K. Clair, MD, MPH, FACC
Assistant Professor
Director, Clinical Electrophysiology
Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN

Paul L. Douglass, MD, FACC
Interventional Cardiologist
Metropolitan Atlanta Cardiology Consultants, PC
Chief, Division of Cardiology
Director of Cardiovascular Services
Atlanta Medical Center
Clinical Assistant Professor
Morehouse School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA

Icilma V. Fergus, MD, FACC
Chief of Cardiology
Harlem Hospital Center
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Columbia University Medical Center
New York, NY

John M. Flack, MD, MPH, FAHA, FACP
Professor and Chair
Department of Internal Medicine
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI

J. Kevin Harrison, MD, FACC
Professor of Medicine
Director, Cardiac Catheterization Lab
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC

Kenneth A. Jamerson, MD
Professor of Internal Medicine
Medical Director, Program for Multicultural Health
University of Michigan Health Systems
Ann Arbor, MI

John C. (Jack) Lewin, MD
Chief Executive Officer
American College of Cardiology
Washington, DC

Jennifer H. Mieres, MD, FACC, FASNC, FAHA
Associate Professor of Medicine
Director of Nuclear Cardiology
Division of Cardiology
New York University School of Medicine
New York, NY

Jeffrey W. Moses, MD, FACC
Professor of Medicine
Director, Center for Interventional Vascular Therapy
Director, Cardiac Catheterization Lab
New York-Presbyterian Hospital / Columbia
University Medical Center
New York, NY

Aravinda Nanjundappa, MD, RVT, FSCAI, FACC
Associate Professor of Medicine and Surgery
West Virginia University School of Medicine
Charleston, WV

William O. Ntim, MB, ChB, FACC
Assistant Professor
Medicine/Cardiology, and Radiology
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Winston-Salem, NC

Kevin L. Thomas, MD, FACC
Clinical Instructor
Division of Cardiovascular Disease
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC

Bonnie H. Weiner MD, MSEC, MBA, FSCAI, FACC
Professor of Medicine and Director of Interventional Cardiology Research
Immediate Past President
Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions
St. Vincent Hospital at Worcester Medical Center
Worcester, MA

Christopher J. White, MD, FACC, FAHA
Chairman, Department of Cardiovascular Diseases
Director, Ochsner Heart & Vascular Institute
Ochsner Clinic Foundation
New Orleans, LA

Roberta G. Williams, MD, FACC
Professor and Chair
Department of Pediatrics
Keck School of Medicine of USC
VP for Pediatrics and Academic Affairs
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA