Course Codirectors

George D. Dangas, MD, PhD

George D. Dangas, MD, PhD, is the Director of Academic Affairs and Investigational Pharmacology at the Cardiovascular Research Foundation. Dr. Dangas is also Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, as well as Director of Postgraduate Training at the Center for Interventional Vascular Therapy and Program Director for the Interventional Cardiology Fellowship, both at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center.

Roxana Mehran, MD

Roxana Mehran, MD, is Joint Chief Scientific Officer at the Clinical Trials Center at the Cardiovascular Research Foundation. She is also Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, as well as Director of Outcomes Research, Data Coordination and Analysis at the Center for Interventional Vascular Therapy at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center.

Gary S. Mintz, MD

Gary S. Mintz, MD, is Chief Medical Officer of the Cardiovascular Research Foundation, Editor-in-Chief of TCTMD.com, and a Co-Director of Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT). Dr. Mintz has extensive experience in both interventional cardiology and cardiac ultrasound and is an expert in the area of cardiovascular imaging. He joined the Cardiovascular Research Foundation in 1991 as Director of the Coronary Ultrasound Program, which has studied over 30,000 patients using intravascular ultrasound and has made fundamental observations about the pathology, pathogenesis, and mechanisms of coronary atherosclerosis, catheter-based interventions, and restenosis.