Name: CT for PCI Summit 3.0
Start: 2025-10-09T07:00:00
Location: MacMillan Center

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The Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation and Allina Health Minneapolis Heart Institute, in partnership with The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (SCAI) and The Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) are pleased to present the third CT for PCI course dedicated to training physicians in coronary CT-guided PCI. This interactive in-person program will include lectures by expert faculty in the field, hands-on training in the use of software to facilitate CT-guided PCI, in addition to live cases illustrating the role of pre- and intra-procedural planning.

Dates: October 9-10, 2025 (1.5 days)
Location: MacMillan Center | 2800 10th Ave S, Minneapolis, MN
Format: Lectures, Q&A, hands-on training & live cases

Course Directors

Yader Sandoval, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FESC

Interventional Section | Allina Health Minneapolis Heart Institute

Co-Chairman, Center for Coronary Artery Disease | Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation

Adjunct Associate Professor | Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science

Emmanouil Brilakis, MD, PhD, FACC, FAHA, FESC, FSCAI

Director, Center for Complex Coronary Interventions | Allina Health Minneapolis Heart Institute

Chairman, Center for Coronary Artery Disease | Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation

João Cavalcante, MD, FACC, FASE, FSCCT, FSCMR

Section Head, Cardiac Imaging | Allina Health Minneapolis Heart Institute

Director, Cardiovascular Imaging Research Center and Core Lab | Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation

Inaugural Innovation Chair, Van Tassel Innovation Center | Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation

Faculty

Ziad Ali, MD, DPhil

Director, DeMatteis Cardiovascular Institute; Director, Investigational Interventional Cardiology; Director, Cardio-nephrology | St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center

Director, Angiographic Core Laboratory | Cardiovascular Research Foundation

Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine | Columbia University Medical Center

Victor Cheng, MD, FACC

Director, Cardiovascular CT; Director, Advanced Imaging Fellowship | Allina Health Minneapolis Heart Institute

Kavitha Chinnaiyan, MD

Cardiologist; Professor of Medicine; Director, Cardiac Imaging Research | Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine

Farouc Jaffer, MD, PhD, FSCAI

Director, Coronary Intervention; Director, Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO) Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) Program | Massachusetts General Hospital

Omar Khalique, MD, FACC, FSCCT, FSCMR, FASE, FSCAI

Director, Division of Cardiovascular Imaging | Saint Francis Hospital

Jonathon Leipsic, MD, FRCPC, FSCCT

Chairman, Department of Radiology | Providence Health Care, Vancouver Coastal Health

Vice Chairman of Research | UBC Department of Radiology

John Lesser, MD, MSCCT, FSCMR

Former Director, Cardiovascular CT | Allina Health Minneapolis Heart Institute

Charles Taylor, PhD

W.A. “Tex” Moncrief, Jr., Chair in Computational Medicine; Professor, Department of Internal Medicine & Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences; Director, Center for Computational Medicine | The University of Texas at Austin

Video Highlights

Agenda

Day 1 | Thursday, October 9, 2025

0700-0730	Shuttle from hotel to MacMillan Center
0730-0745	Registration
0745-0800	Welcome & Introduction – Yader Sandoval, MD; João Cavalcante, MD; and Emmanouil Brilakis, MD, PhD
Coronary CT Introduction - Part 1: The Basics Moderators: Yader Sandoval, MD; João Cavalcante, MD; and Emmanouil Brilakis, MD, PhD
0800-0810	Entering the World of CT-Guided PCI: Why? – Yader Sandoval, MD (10 min)
0810-0815	Q&A (5 min)
0815-0825	Step-by-Step CCTA for the IC: How? – Emmanouil Brilakis, MD, PhD (10 min)
0825-0830	Q&A (5 min)
0830-0840	Image Acquisition Basics for the IC – João Cavalcante, MD (10 min)
0840-0845	Q&A (5 min)
0845-0855	Hype, Hope, and Reality: Show me the data – Jonathon Leipsic, MD (10 min)
0855-0900	Q&A (5 min)
PCI Planning - Part 2: PCI Planning Components: MLDP Moderators: João Cavalcante, MD; Jonathon Leipsic, MD; Omar Khalique, MD; and Farouc Jaffer, MD, PhD
0900-0910	Stenosis, Length, and Size: How to - Omar Khalique, MD (10 min)
0910-0915	Q&A (5 min)
0915-0925	Plaque Characterization and "High-Risk" Vulnerable Plaques: How to - Victor Cheng, MD (10 min)
0925-0930	Q&A (5 min)
0930-0940	Calcium Assessment: How to - Ziad Ali, MD, DPhil (10 min)
0940-0945	Q&A (5 min)
0945-0955	FFRCT Based Virtual PCI – Yader Sandoval, MD (10 min)
0955-1000	Q&A (5 min)
1000-1010	Debate: Physiology-based CT-guided PCI – Jonathon Leipsic, MD (10 min)
1010-1020	Debate: Plaque-based CT-guided PCI – Ziad Ali, MD, DPhil (10 min)
1020-1030	Q&A (10 min)
1030-1100	Coffee break #2 (Sundet Hall 3) (30 min)
Live Cases #1 Moderators: Ziad Ali, MD, DPhil and Farouc Jaffer, MD, PhD
1100-1200	Live Cases #1 (Operators: Yader Sandoval, MD and Emmanouil Brilakis, MD, PhD)
Lunch
1200-1250	Lunch and Networking - Meet our partners and sponsors (Sundet Hall 3) (50 min)
1250-1300	Walk to MHIF for Hands-on Sessions
Hands-On Sessions
1300-1530	Hands-On Case-Based Learning Stations (3)
1530-1600	Group Photo and Walk to MacMillan Center for Coffee Break #3 (Sundet Hall 3)
Coronary CT: Special Scenarios and Unmet Needs Moderators: Emmanouil Brilakis, MD, PhD; Victor Cheng, MD; and Charles Taylor, PhD
1600-1608	CT-Guided CTO PCI - Farouc Jaffer, MD, PhD (8 min)
1608-1613	Q&A (5 min)
1613-1621	CCTA in Patients with Previous Coronary Stents - Kavitha Chinnaiyan, MD (8 min)
1621-1626	Q&A (5 min)
1626-1634	Bifurcation PCI and Myocardial Mass - Yader Sandoval, MD (8 min)
1634-1639	Q&A (5 min)
1639-1647	Post-CABG CCTA Before Cath: Simpler is better - Emmanouil Brilakis, MD, PhD (8 min)
1647-1652	Q&A (5 min)
1652-1700	Day 1 Conclusion and Walk to Shuttle Pickup to Hotel
Cocktail Reception and Dinner (by invitation only)
1755	Meet at Hotel Lobby for Short Walk (0.3 miles) to Dinner Location
1800	Cocktail Reception and Dinner at Porzana (200 N 1st St, Minneapolis, MN 55401)

Day 2 | Friday, October 10, 2025

0700-0730	Shuttle from hotel to MacMillan Center
0730-0750	Check-In and Breakfast (Sundet Hall 3)
0750-0800	Day #1 Recap - João Cavalcante, MD (10 min)
Intra/Post PCI Image-Based Assessments Moderators: João Cavalcante, MD and Jonathon Leipsic, MD
0800-0807	Debate: CT Is All That Is Needed - Omar Khalique, MD (7 min)
0807-0814	Debate: Intravascular Imaging Remains Essential - Farouc Jaffer, MD, PhD (7 min)
0814-0820	Q&A (6 min)
0820-0827	CT Co-Registration for Live CT Guidance - João Cavalcante, MD (7 min)
0827-0832	Q&A (5 min)
0832-0839	CT-based Physiology – Charles Taylor, PhD (7 min)
0839-0844	Q&A (5 min)
0844-0900	Coffee Break #1 (Sundet Hall 3) (16 min)
Live Cases #2 Moderators: Farouc Jaffer, MD, PhD; Kavitha Chinnaiyan, MD; and John Lesser, MD
0900-1000	Live Cases #2 (Operators: Emmanouil Brilakis, MD, PhD and Yader Sandoval, MD)
1000-1015	Coffee Break #2 (Sundet Hall 3) (15 min)
Future Directions, Barriers, Unmet Needs, and Clinical Implementation Moderators: Emmanouil Brilakis, MD, PhD and John Lesser, MD
1015-1025	Multidisciplinary Partnership - Perspectives from the Cardiac Imager and SCCT: What is needed to facilitate implementation of CT-guided PCI? – Kavitha Chinnaiyan, MD (10 min)
1025-1030	Q&A (5 min)
1030-1040	Multidisciplinary Partnership - Perspectives from the Interventional Cardiologist: What is needed to facilitate implementation of CT-guided PCI? – Emmanouil Brilakis, MD, PhD (10 min)
1040-1045	Q&A (5 min)
1045-1055	Software: Future directions – what’s new? – Charles Taylor, PhD (10 min)
1055-1100	Q&A (5 min)
1100-1110	Hardware: Future directions – what’s new? – João Cavalcante, MD (10 min)
1110-1115	Q&A (5 min)
1115-1125	Training the Future IC - Farouc Jaffer, MD, PhD (10 min)
1125-1130	Q&A (5 min)
1130-1140	Evidence Gaps and Trials in the Pipeline - Yader Sandoval, MD (10 min)
1140-1145	Q&A (5 min)
1145-1200	Final Discussion, Closing Remarks, and Conclusion

Highlights

A photograph from the April 2024 CT-Guided PCI Course