Course Directors & Faculty
Course Directors

Qasim AL Abri, MD
Houston, TXQasim AL Abri, MD
Houston, TXCardiac Surgery Resident McGill University



Mahesh Ramchandani, MD, FRCS, FACS
Houston, TXMahesh Ramchandani, MD, FRCS, FACS
Houston, TXChief, Section of Cardiac Surgery, Houston Methodist Hospital and Director of Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery



Nermir Granov, MD, PhD
Sarajevo, Bosnia and HerzegovinaNermir Granov, MD, PhD
Sarajevo, Bosnia and HerzegovinaProfessor of Cardiac Surgery, Director of Surgery Clinical Centre, University of Sarajevo



Ziyab Sarfaraz, BSc, MD, FRCSC
Houston, TXZiyab Sarfaraz, BSc, MD, FRCSC
Houston, TXMinimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery and Structural Heart Fellow, Houston Methodist



Moritz Wyler von Ballmoos, MD, PhD, MPH, FACC, FAHA
Fort Worth, TXMoritz Wyler von Ballmoos, MD, PhD, MPH, FACC, FAHA
Fort Worth, TXChairman, Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery, Physician Executive Lead, Heart & Vascular Service Line, Texas Health Resources
2026 Faculty



Cardiac Surgery Resident McGill University



Interventional Cardiologist and Structural Heart Disease Specialist; Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center | MD



Director of Aortic Surgery, Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeon, Houston Methodist Hospital



Director, Clinic and Polyclinic for Cardiac Surgery; Bonn University Hospital



Senior Cardiac Surgeon, Klinikum Passau



Associate Professor, University of Toronto; Cardiac Surgeon-entrepreneur, St. Michael’s Hospital



Senior Scientist, Occam Labs; Industry Associate Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery, Houston Methodist



Senior Consultant, OUS



Cardiac Surgeon, Centre Hospitalier de l'Universite de Montreal



Professor of Cardiac Surgery, Director of Surgery Clinical Centre, University of Sarajevo



Cardiac Surgeon - Robotic & Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery, NYU Langone Health



Director of Artificial Heart, MCS & ECMO, Network Director Of Artificial Intelligence, Honor Health



Chief, Division of Cardiac Surgery, Dr. Jude S. Sauer Family Distinguished Professorship in Cardiac Surgery, University of Rochester



Cardiac Surgeon, UW Health



Surgical Director of ACHD Program, Houston Methodist Hospital



Chief, Section of Cardiac Surgery, Houston Methodist Hospital and Director of Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery



System Chief, Cardiothoracic Surgery & Co-Director; Lankenau Heart Institute at Main Line Health



Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Allison Family Distinguished Chair of Cardiovascular Research, Houston Methodist



Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery and Structural Heart Fellow, Houston Methodist



Senior Consultant at ICVDV; Full Professor, Medical Faculty, University of Novi Sad



Professor, University of Texas Health Science Center; Arrhythmia Specialist, Houston Methodist Hospital



Chairman, Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery, Physician Executive Lead, Heart & Vascular Service Line, Texas Health Resources