17th Annual Cardiac Society Symposium

November 19, 2025

A COMMITMENT TO LIFELONG FELLOWSHIP

The Cardiac Society was founded to provide an avenue for the exchange of ideas relating to the clinical and research activities among the present and former cardiology fellows, trainees, and teaching staff of The Texas Heart Institute.

Robert Bagwell, MD, President
Program Director

Robert Bagwell, MD Program Director

Christopher Broda, MD

Mihail Chelu, MD, PhD, FHRS

Academic Professional Staff
The Texas Heart Institute
Professor of Medicine – Cardiology
Director of Electrophysiology
Director of Clinical Electrophysiology Research
Medical Director, Inherited Arrhythmia and Cardiomyopathy Clinic
Baylor College of Medicine
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Andrew Civitello, MD, FACC

Academic Professional Staff
The Texas Heart Institute
Associate Professor of Medicine – Cardiology
Co-Director, Advanced Heart Failure Center of Excellence
Baylor College of Medicine
Director, Advanced Heart Failure Fellowship
Medical Director, Heart Transplant Program
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Nikolaos A. Diakos, MD, PhD

Joggy K. George, MD

Texas Heart & Vascular Specialists
Academic Professional Staff
The Texas Heart Institute
HCA Houston Healthcare Medical Center
Houston Methodist
Houston, Texas

Srikanth Koneru, MD, FRACP, FACC, FSCMR, FASE

Academic Professional Staff
The Texas Heart Institute
Associate Professor of Medicine – Cardiology
Baylor College of Medicine
Director, Valve Clinic
Director, Structural Heart Imaging
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Mehran Massumi, MD

Kelsey-Seybold Clinic
Academic Professional Staff
The Texas Heart Institute
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Joanna Molina-Razavi, MD, FHRS

Academic Professional Staff
The Texas Heart Institute
Assistant Professor of Medicine – Cardiology
Baylor College of Medicine
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston Methodist Hospital
Houston, Texas

Mohammed Merchant, MD

Ajith Nair, MD, FACC, FAHA

Academic Professional Staff
The Texas Heart Institute
Associate Professor of Medicine – Cardiology
Baylor College of Medicine
Director, Baylor St. Luke’s Advanced Heart Failure Clinic
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Atasu Nayak, MD

Robert Paisley, MD

The Texas Heart Institute Center for Cardiovascular Care
The Texas Heart Institute
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Dhaval Parekh, MD

Senior Faculty, Medicine – Cardiology
Baylor College of Medicine
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Associate Director, Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program
Pediatrics
Pediatric Cardiology/Adult Congenital Heart Disease
Texas Children’s Hospital
Houston, Texas

Alexander Postalian, MD, FSCAI

The Texas Heart Institute Center for Cardiovascular Care
Assistant Program Director, Interventional Cardiology Subspecialty Fellowship
Academic Professional Staff
The Texas Heart Institute
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston Methodist Hospital
Houston, Texas

Abdi Rasekh, MD

Kelsey-Seybold Clinic
Academic Professional Staff
The Texas Heart Institute
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
HCA Houston Healthcare Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Mehdi Razavi, MD, FACC

Academic Professional Staff
Director, Electrophysiology Clinical Research & Innovations
The Texas Heart Institute
Associate Professor of Medicine – Cardiology
Baylor College of Medicine
Hall-Garcia Cardiology at Baylor College of Medicine
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
HCA Houston Healthcare
Houston, Texas

Joseph G. Rogers, MD

President and Chief Executive Officer
O’Quinn/Willerson Endowed Chair
The Texas Heart Institute
The Texas Heart Institute Center for Cardiovascular Care
Faculty, Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, Texas

John Seger, MD

Houston Electrophysiology Associates
Academic Professional Staff
The Texas Heart Institute
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Mourad H. Senussi, MD, MS

Guilherme Silva, MD, FACC

Academic Professional Staff
The Texas Heart Institute
Assistant Professor of Medicine – Cardiology
Director, Structural Heart Disease Program
Baylor College of Medicine
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Neil Strickman, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FACP

Academic Professional Staff
The Texas Heart Institute
Hall-Garcia Cardiology at Baylor College of Medicine
Professor of Medicine – Cardiology
Baylor College of Medicine
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, Texas

November 19, 2025

 

Noon                  LUNCH/Pharmaceutical Company Exhibits/Presentations

The Texas Heart Institute DAC Auditorium

12:45 PM           Welcome/Opening Remarks

Robert Bagwell, MD, President, Texas Heart Institute Cardiac Society

1:00 PM             Cutting Edge Heart Failure/pHTN Therapies/Technology

Ajith Nair, MD, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas

1:15 PM             The Promise of the Artificial Heart

Joseph G. Rogers, MD, The Texas Heart Institute Center for Cardiovascular Care, Houston, Texas

1:30 PM             Adult Congenital Heart Disease Heart Failure

Christopher Broda, MD, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas                 

1:45 PM             Updates in Cardiac Critical Care

Mohammed Merchant, MD, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas

2:00 PM             Heart Failure/MCS Panelists/Critical Care Panelists

Drs. Nikolaos A. Diakos, Andrew B. Civitello, Joggy K. George, Mourad Senussi

2:15 PM             Conduction System Pacing + ICD

Mihail Chelu, MD, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas

2:30PM              LAA Occluders

Abdi Rasekh, MD, Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, Houston, Texas

2:45 PM             Pulse Field Ablation in the Management of Atrial Fibrillation

Joanna Molina-Razavi, MD, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas

3:00 PM             Electrophysiology Panelists

Drs. Robert Paisley, John Seger, Mehdi Razavi

 

3:15 PM             AFTERNOON BREAK

3:30 PM             Approaches to Endovascular Management of Complex Aorto-iliac Disease

Mehran Massumi, MD, Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, Houston, Texas

3:45 PM             Renal Denervation therapy in the treatment of Hypertension

Neil Strickman, MD, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas

4:00 PM             Endovascular Approaches to Mitral Valve Disease: Mitraclip and TMVR

Dr. Guilherme Silva, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas

4:15 PM             New Frontiers in Tricuspid Valve Disease Management

Dr. Srikanth Koneru, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas

4:30 PM             Interventional/Structural/Peripheral Panelists

Drs. Robert Bagwell, Alexander Postalian, Atasu Nayak, Dhaval Parekh

4:45 PM             Adjournment and Announcements

 

5:00 PM             Cocktail Hour

For more information, contact:

Texas Heart Institute Cardiac Society
PO Box 2451
Spring, TX 77383-2451
Email: jybrlm@sbcglobal.net

The Denton A. Cooley Auditorium
The Texas Heart Institute®
6770 Bertner Avenue
Houston, Texas 77030

Entrance to the Denton A. Cooley Building is only through the Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center Bates Street lobby (6720 Bertner Ave.). The Denton A. Cooley Auditorium is located on the lower level (B1) of the Cooley Building, which is accessible by the Green Elevators.