Meet the Faculty

Agenda

05/08/2026 08:00

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Until 2026 TMVR/TTVR Planning Workshop Begins

Details

In partnership with Pie Medical Imaging, we’re offering an interactive, physician-led virtual workshop on CT planning for transcatheter mitral and tricuspid valve interventions — including valve-in-valve TMVR, valve-in-ring, valve-in-mitral-annular-calcification, and tricuspid procedures. Participants will engage in hands-on learning with 3Mensio software, receive personalized instruction, and gain access to expert-led lectures and guided practice sessions.

Event Details

Target Audience: Cardiologists and radiologists (imaging and interventional) involved with and/or interested in learning about structural imaging, advanced practice providers working in structural imaging, industry (engineers, project managers, R&D, clinical research teams), fellows in training.

Location, Date & Time: Zoom | May 8-9, 2026 | 8:00am - 12:30pm and 8:00am - 10:15am Central Time (US)

Registration Fee: $499.00 | Limited scholarships are available for those in training, please email Education@mhif.org for more details

image from a previous TMVR/TTVR Planning Workshop

Meet the Faculty

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

Dr Vinnie Bapat Minneapolis Heart Institute

Vinnie Bapat, MD, FRCS.CTh

Chair, Cardiothoracic Surgery
Allina Health Minneapolis Heart Institute

Victor Cheng, MD, FACC

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

Miho Fukui, MD, PhD

Associate Scientific Director, Cardiovascular Imaging Research Center & Core Lab
Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation

Mayra Guerrero, MD

Interventional Cardiologist
Mayo Clinic

Nadira Hamid, MD, FACC, FASE, FESC, FRCPI

Director of Interventional Echocardiography
Allina Health Minneapolis Heart Institute

Scientific Director of Echocardiography Core Lab
Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation

Felipe Kazmirczak, MD

Cardiologist
Allina Health Minneapolis Heart Institute

James McCabe, MD

Section Head, Structural Heart Therapies & Director of the Cardiac Technology and Technique Innovation Center
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Toby Rogers, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Medicine
Georgetown University

Scientific Lead, Structural Heart Disease
MedStar Washington Hospital Center

Paul Sorajja, MD

Lentsch Family Endowed Chair, Service Line for Valvular Heart Disease
Banner Health

Konstantinos Voudris, MD, PhD

Interventional and Structural Cardiologist
Allina Health Minneapolis Heart Institute

Agenda

Agenda Day 1 | May 8, 2026

Time (CT)
8:00am - 8:05am	Intro/Course Objectives (João Cavalcante, MD)
8:05am - 8:25am	Mitral ViV, ViR, Planning and Pitfalls: A Surgeon's Take (Vinnie Bapat, MD)
8:25am - 8:40am	NeoLVOT: What It Is, How to Measure It, and Why It Is Important? (Victor Cheng, MD)
8:40am - 9:05am	1st Case ViV TMVR Practice (Magna) - NeoLVOT Practice (Felipe Kazmirczak, MD)
9:05am - 9:15am	Break
9:15am - 9:30am	2nd ViV TMVR with Radiolucent (Epic) (Hands-on) (João Cavalcante, MD)
9:30am - 9:45am	Hands-on Results (João Cavalcante, MD)
9:45am - 10:00am	TMVR Transseptal Access Fundamentals (Konstantinos Voudris, MD)
10:00am - 10:15am	Transseptal Demonstration
10:15am - 10:35am	Anatomical Modifications for TMVR (Toby Rogers, MD, PhD)
10:35am - 11:05am	TMVR in Complete Ring (Pre-Post Demo then Hands-on) (Toby Rogers, MD, PhD)
11:05am - 11:20am	Break
11:20am - 11:40am	TMVR in MAC – The Unmet Needs, Patient Selection and Sizing Principles (James McCabe, MD)
11:40am - 12:00pm	TMVR in MAC - Sapien (Pre-Post Demo then Hands-On) (James McCabe, MD)
12:00pm - 12:20pm	TMVR With Dedicated Devices With Focus on MAC (Mayra Guerrero, MD)
12:20pm - 12:35pm	Post-TMVR CTA: What to Look For (Miho Fukui, MD, PhD)
12:35pm	Conclusion Day 1 & Q&A (João Cavalcante, MD)

Agenda Day 2 | May 9, 2026

Time (CT)
8:00am - 8:15am	Lessons from Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Trials (Paul Sorajja, MD)
8:15am - 8:30am	TEE/4D ICE for Etiology/Severity and TR Mechanism - Pre-Post TR Quantification (Nadira Hamid, MD)
8:30am - 8:45am	CT Acquisition and Reconstruction for TV Interventions (Felipe Kazmirczak, MD)
8:45am - 9:00am	CT Planning for TV Interventions (João Cavalcante, MD)
9:00am - 9:10am	Break
9:10am - 9:40am	CT Demo for T-TEER (João Cavalcante, MD)
9:40am - 10:00am	CT Demo for TTVR (Evoque) (Victor Cheng, MD)
10:00am - 10:15am	Post-T-TEER and TTVR CT Findings (Miho Fukui, MD, PhD)
10:15am	Conclusion Day 2 & Q&A (João Cavalcante, MD)