Faculty

Marcos Daccarett

MD, MSc
Cardiac Electrophysiology
St Luke's Medical Center

Dr. Marcos Daccarett, MD, MSc, completed his Cardiology and Cardiac Electrophysiology training at the University of Utah. As faculty with the University of Utah he received several research awards for his work in atrial fibrillation. With more than 20 years of clinical experience, he leads the Cardiac Electrophysiology program st St Luke's Boise, with emphasis in atrial fibrillation management including research in ablation technologies and left atrial appendage occlusion.

2027 Sessions

Session 2

  • Moderator
    • Marcos Daccarett, MD, MSc
    • Sasha Vukelic

How to Use Smartphones for AFib Burden Assessment

Speaker

Friday, February 26 10:00–10:10 AM
Faculty

Rod Passman

MD, MSCE
Professor
Northwestern University

Rod S. Passman, MD, MSCE is the Jules J. Reingold Professor of Electrophysiology, Professor of Medicine and Preventive Medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. He is the Director of the Northwestern University Center for Arrhythmia Research and Principal Investigator of Northwestern’s Strategically Focused Research Network Grant from the AHA and the NIH-funded REACT-AF trial. Dr. Passman has been an attending physician in cardiac electrophysiology at Northwestern Memorial Hospital since 1998.

Posterior Wall Isolation - The Who and the How?

Speaker

Friday, February 26 10:10–10:20 AM
Faculty

Andrea Natale

MD
Electrophysiology
Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute

Andrea Natale M.D., F.A.C.C., F.H.R.S., F.E.S.C.
Executive Medical Director, Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute
St. David’s Medical Center, Austin, Texas
Professor, Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, Division of Cardiology, University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

A prolific author and international lecturer, Dr. Natale has contributed hundreds of publications to the fields of pacing and electrophysiology and has spoken at over 900 conferences worldwide. He previously served as Editor in Chief of JICE and currently holds leadership roles as Chief Editor of JAFIB, Deputy Editor of Europace, and President of Venice Arrhythmia. He also directs several premier educational programs, and created the EPLive global series held in Austin, Latin America, Europe, Middle East, and India.

Before joining TCAI, Dr. Natale served at the Cleveland Clinic as Section Head of Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology and Medical Director of the Center of Excellence for Atrial Fibrillation, where he was bestowed upon twice the Innovator Award for Innovation by the Cleveland Clinic Bakken Heart-Brain Institute.

Dr. Natale’s groundbreaking work includes developing a circumferential ultrasound vein ablation system for AF and performing this procedure on the world’s first five patients. He introduced some of today’s most widely adopted catheter based treatments for AF and was the first electrophysiologist in the nation to perform percutaneous epicardial radiofrequency ablation for patients who had not responded to conventional therapies.

A dedicated innovator and researcher, Dr. Natale continues to advance the treatment of atrial fibrillation through emerging technologies, including robotics and highly specialized ablation systems.

Connecting Diastolic Filling Pressures to Left Atrial Remodeling and Arrhythmic Substrates

Speaker

Friday, February 26 10:20–10:30 AM
Faculty

Philipp Sommer

MD
Director Clinic for Electrophysiology
Herz- und Diabeteszentrum NRW

Philipp Sommer, M.D., FHRS, FESC, FEHRA. Professor of cardiology at the Heart- and Diabetes Center NRW, University of Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen. Born 1975, Med School 1995-2002. Fellow at the Heart Center Leipzig 2003-2007, Resident in Cardiology 2007-2013, Head of EP labs and Deputy Director in the Department of electrophysiology 2013-2017. Since 11/2018 Director of clinic for electrophysiology HDZ NRW in Bad Oeynhausen. Reviewer for international journals (EHJ, JACC, The Lancet), Associate Editor Europace, Deputy Editor EHJ Case reports, Member of scientific committee of „Herzschrittmachertherapie & Elektrophysiologie“, Section Editor in „Journal of Cardiology“. Recognition as FHRS (Fellow of Heart Rhythm Society) in 2012, Recognition as FESC (Fellow of European Society of Cardiology) in 2013, Recognition as FEHRA (Fellow of European Society of Cardiology) in 2017, Visiting Professor of Medicine University of Dalian, P.R.C. since 2015, Speaker of the EP working group of the German Society of Cardiology 2019-2021. Co-Chair Education Committee EHRA 2022-2026. Chair 2026-2028. President of the Annual Meeting of EP Working group in Hamburg 2025.

Can AI Unmask Atrial Myopathy by Unpeeling Fibrosis Layers on Imaging?

Speaker

Friday, February 26 10:30–10:40 AM
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Faculty

Rodolfo Montiel Quintero

Intelligent Signals: Machine Learning for Real-Time Extra-PV Driver Detection

Friday, February 26 10:40–10:50 AM

Discussion

Friday, February 26 10:50–11:10 AM

Session 8 - Roundtable: Where Do You Stand on Concomittant LAAO and AFib Ablation? How Do You Make Sense of Champion AF and Closure AF?

Discussant

Moderator

Friday, February 26 5:55–6:35 PM
Faculty

Elaine Hylek

MD MPH
Professor
Boston University School of Medicine

Elaine M. Hylek, MD, MPH, is a Professor of Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine. She received her MD from the University of Pittsburgh School Of Medicine and a Masters in Public Health (quantitative methods) from Harvard University School of Public Health. She completed her residency training in internal medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts. Her research areas include arterial (stroke) and venous thrombosis, anticoagulant therapies, and atrial fibrillation. She has served as PI on several NIH R01 grants, served on the Executive Steering Committees for international clinical trials and national registries, Event Adjudication Committees, and Data Safety Monitoring Boards. She has also served as the Late Breaking Clinical Trial Discussant for multiple international trials in the field of thrombosis. Dr. Hylek is a former Section Editor for Thrombosis and Haemostasis, and a founding member of the International Society of Thrombosis and Haemostasis World Thrombosis Day initiative. Current roles include Director of the Thrombosis and Anticoagulation Service at Boston Medical Center. She is extensively published and designated a U.S. News Top Doctor and voted Best Doctors in America for the past decade.

Faculty

Wael Jaber

MD
Dr.
Cleveland clinic foundation

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

NAME
Wael A. Jaber, M.D.
POSITION / TITLE
Director of Cardiovascular Imaging Core Lab Staff and nuclear cardiology;
Professor of Medicine
Fuad Jubran Chair in Cardiovascular Medicine

EDUCATION / TRAINING (Begin with baccalaureate or other initial professional education, such as nursing, and include postdoctoral training)

INSTITUTION AND LOCATION
DEGREE (if applicable)
YEAR(S)
FIELD OF STUDY

American University of Beirut

American University of Beirut Dean’s Honors List

Residency

Fellowship

Fellowship
Bachelor of Science

Medical Degree

Internal Medicine

Cardiology

Cardiac Imaging
1985-1988

1988-1992

1992-1995

1995-1998

1998-1999
Biology

Medical School

St Luke’s Hospital (NYC)
St Luke’s Hospital (NYC)

Cleveland Clinic

Positions and Employment
2000 – Present Staff Cardiologist – Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Other Experience and Professional Membership

ACC: Fellow of American College of Cardiology
FESC: Fellow of European Society of Cardiology
FASNC: Member of Board of directors of American society of Nuclear Cardiology and a fellow of the society
FAES: Fellow of the American Society of echocardiography

Honors
Cleveland Clinic scientific innovator award, 2006
Cleveland Clinic Department of Cardiovascular Medicine Distinguished Teacher award 2005, 2014, 2021.
Cleveland Clinic International center Physician of the Year 2001.

SELECTED PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS (IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER).

‪Wael Jaber‬ - ‪Google Scholar‬

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Faculty

Sami Khatib

MD
Faculty

Marcos Daccarett

MD, MSc
Cardiac Electrophysiology
St Luke's Medical Center

Dr. Marcos Daccarett, MD, MSc, completed his Cardiology and Cardiac Electrophysiology training at the University of Utah. As faculty with the University of Utah he received several research awards for his work in atrial fibrillation. With more than 20 years of clinical experience, he leads the Cardiac Electrophysiology program st St Luke's Boise, with emphasis in atrial fibrillation management including research in ablation technologies and left atrial appendage occlusion.

Faculty

Luigi Di Biase

MD, PhD
Electrophysiology
Montefiore Medical Center

Luigi Di Biase, MD, PhD, FACC, FHRS, is System Director of Electrophysiology at Montefiroe Health System as well as Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

Dr. Di Biase attended University of Bari in Bari, Italy, graduating from its medical school in 2000 and Cardiology residency program in 2004. In 2006, he completed a second-level master’s degree in Electrophysiology and Pacing at the University of Insubria, in Varese, Italy.

In 2007, Dr. Di Biase received a grant from the Italian National Society of Cardiology to pursue a research fellowship at the Miller Family Heart & Vascular Institute at the Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Di Biase completed the PhD program in cardiovascular physiopathology at the University of Foggia, Italy, in 2010.

Dr. Di Biase's research focuses on cardiology and electrophysiology, with an emphasis on catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation and ventricular arrhythmias performed either manually or with robotic catheter navigation. His research focuses on heart failure, particularly in cases treated with cardiac resynchronization therapy devices.
Dr. Di Biase is the author of more than 800 publications in indexed journals at high impact factor, about 800 abstracts, and 16 electrophysiology book chapters.
He has presented at numerous national and international conferences as an invited speaker.

Dr. Di Biase is a recipient of many international awards

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