Course Directors & Faculty

Course Directors

Qasim AL Abri, MD

Houston, TX

Qasim AL Abri, MD

Houston, TX

Cardiac Surgery Resident McGill University

Mahesh Ramchandani, MD, FRCS, FACS

Houston, TX

Mahesh Ramchandani, MD, FRCS, FACS

Houston, TX

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

Nermir Granov, MD, PhD

Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Nermir Granov, MD, PhD

Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

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

Ziyab Sarfaraz, BSc, MD, FRCSC

Houston, TX

Ziyab Sarfaraz, BSc, MD, FRCSC

Houston, TX

Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery and Structural Heart Fellow, Houston Methodist

Moritz Wyler von Ballmoos, MD, PhD, MPH, FACC, FAHA

Fort Worth, TX

Moritz Wyler von Ballmoos, MD, PhD, MPH, FACC, FAHA

Fort Worth, TX

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

2026 Faculty

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Qasim AL Abri, MD
Houston, TX

Cardiac Surgery Resident McGill University

Joe Aoun, MD
Houston, TX

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

Marvin Atkins, MD
Houston, TX

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

Farhad Bakhtiary, MD
Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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

Robert Balan, MHBA
Passau, Bavaria, Germany

Senior Cardiac Surgeon, Klinikum Passau

Gianluigi Bisleri, MD, FRCSC
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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

Ponraj Chinnadurai, MBBS
Houston, TX

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

Gry Dahle, MD, PhD
Oslo, Norway

Senior Consultant, OUS

Aly Ghoneim, MD, PhD, FRCSC
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Cardiac Surgeon, Centre Hospitalier de l'Universite de Montreal

Nermir Granov, MD, PhD
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

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

Ali Hage, MD, MPH
New York, NY

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

Zain Khalpey, MD, PhD, FACS
Scottsdale, AZ

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

Peter Knight, MD
Rochester, NY

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

Ghulam Murtaza, MD
Madison, WI

Cardiac Surgeon, UW Health

Giulio Quarti, MD
Houston, TX

Surgical Director of ACHD Program, Houston Methodist Hospital

Mahesh Ramchandani, MD, FRCS, FACS
Houston, TX

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

Basel Ramlawi, MD, FACS, FACC
Philadelphia, PA

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

Michael Reardon, MD
Houston, Tx

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

Ziyab Sarfaraz, BSc, MD, FRCSC
Houston, TX

Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery and Structural Heart Fellow, Houston Methodist

Lazar Velicki, MD, PhD
Sremska Kamenica, Serbia

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

Randall Wolf, MD, FACS, FACC
Houston, TX

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

Moritz Wyler von Ballmoos, MD, PhD, MPH, FACC, FAHA
Fort Worth, TX

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