CORE Webinars

Claudia Cosgrove is an interventional cardiologist working at St George’s Hospital in London. She trained in Australia before undertaking a fellowship in complex and CTO PCI at St George's. She is involved in research in calcific coronary artery disease, left main stem PCI and intravascular imaging.

A consultant cardiologist at Mater Private Hospital, Dublin, Ireland. Features in 20 videos on Wondr Medical. Colm Hanratty generally speaks on Fractional Flow Reserve (FFR), Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS), Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO), Calcium Scoring, and Stable Coronary Artery Disease (CAD).

A clinical fellow at St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Flanders, Belgium. Features in 1 video on Wondr Medical. Daan Cottens generally speaks on Coronary Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT), Stable Coronary Artery Disease (CAD), and Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO).

Divaka Perera graduated in medicine from Cambridge University and completed his early clinical training at Addenbrooke’s, Papworth and West Suffolk hospitals. He undertook specialist training in cardiology in south London and sub-speciality training in interventional cardiology at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals. In 2008, he received a senior lectureship award from the Department of Health, Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) and the UK Clinical Research Collaboration (UKCRC). He was also appointed to the post of consultant cardiologist at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital. He was promoted to reader in interventional cardiology in 2013 and to professor of cardiology in 2017. In addition to his clinical and research roles, he teaches undergraduate medical students and supervises postgraduate researchers towards MSc, MD and PhD degrees at King’s College London.

An interventional cardiologist at Barts Heart Centre, St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, UK. Features in 9 videos on Wondr Medical. Elliot Smith generally speaks on Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO), Live Cases, and Coronary Angiograpy.

Works at Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Denmark. Features in 3 videos on Wondr Medical. Evald Christiansen generally speaks on Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PPCI), Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG), Left Main Stem (LMS), Coronary Physiology, and Bifurcation.

A cardiology at Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark. Features in 4 videos on Wondr Medical. Evald Høj Christensen generally speaks on Bifurcation, Left Main Stem (LMS), Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS), Coronary Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT), and Coronary Interventions.

A sr consultant interventional cardiologist at Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden. Features in 2 videos on Wondr Medical. Felix Bohm generally speaks on Acute Heart Failure, Stable Coronary Artery Disease (CAD), Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PPCI), ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI), and Covid-19.

An interventional cardiologist at Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden. Features in 5 videos on Wondr Medical. Goran Olivecrona generally speaks on Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO), Covid-19, Impella, Cardiogenic Shock, and Cardiogenic Shock (Treatment).

A sr consultant interventional cardiologist at Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden. Features in 4 videos on Wondr Medical. Jacob Odenstedt generally speaks on Coronary Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT), Calcified Lesions, and Stable Coronary Artery Disease (CAD).

James Spratt Professor of Interventional cardiology with a sub-speciality interest in complex PCI, intravascular imaging and CTO. He is widely published within this area and has performed live case demonstrations globally. He has an interest in medical education and is the Founder of Optima Education.

Works at Essex Cardiothoracic Centre, Basildon, UK. Features in 2 videos on Wondr Medical. John Davies generally speaks on Coronary Physiology, Fractional Flow Reserve (FFR), Instantaneous wave-Free Ratio (iFR), NSTEMI, and Coronary Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT).

A senior consultant cardiologist at Danderyds Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden. Features in 1 video on Wondr Medical. Jonas Persson generally speaks on Microvascular Disease (MVD) and Coronary Physiology and Imaging.

Consultant Interventional Cardiologist and Revascularisation Group Chair at Royal Brompton Hospital, London. His clinical focus is on use of intravascular imaging in complex PCI , CTO and cardiogenic shock. His clinical research interests focus on optical coherence tomography, calcific coronary disease and percutaneous ventricular support. Dr Hill was global co-chief investigator for the DISRUPT CAD III study and has served as UK principal investigator for multiple interventional trials. He has served as a CTO and complex PCI proctor on a global basis and works closely with OPTIMA to focus on the development of OPTIMAL PCI. He is the founding co-director of the Complete Revascularisation (CoRe) meetings held every year in London.

An interventional cardiologist at Kings College London, UK. Features in 4 videos on Wondr Medical. Julian Yeoh generally speaks on Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PPCI), Bifurcation, Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO), Left Main Stem (LMS), and Coronary Interventions.

After training in Scotland, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship at CUMC, and Clinical Research Fellowship at Harvard University, she was a Consultant Interventional Cardiologist at the Golden Jubilee National Hospital and Associate Professor of Cardiology at the University of Glasgow, prior to moving back to New York in 2022.

A cardiology fellow at Guys and St Thomas's NHS Trust, London, UK. Features in 2 videos on Wondr Medical. Matthew Ryan generally speaks on Cardiomyopathy, Cardiomyopathy, Impella, and Stable Coronary Artery Disease (CAD).

A consultant cardiologist at Wessex Cardiothoracic Unit, Southampton University Hospital, Southampton, UK. Features in 14 videos on Wondr Medical. Nick Curzen generally speaks on Covid19 Managing Covid, Coronary Interventions, Left Main Stem (LMS), Anti-Platelet Drugs , and Drug Eluting Stents (DES).

An assistant professor at Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark. Features in 7 videos on Wondr Medical. Niels Ramsing Holm generally speaks on Bifurcation, Left Main Stem (LMS), Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS), Coronary Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT), and Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS).

A clinical research fellow at University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK. Features in 1 video on Wondr Medical. Novalia Sidik generally speaks on Fractional Flow Reserve (FFR), Prevention – Cardiovascular Risk Assessment: Imaging, Stable Coronary Artery Disease (CAD), and Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS).

Dr Simon Walsh has been working as a Consultant Cardiologist at the Belfast Trust for over 10 years. It is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK. The centre performs ~2750 PCI per year, with 650-700 STEMI and calcium modification in ~10% of our PCI cases. Dr Walsh also works internationally as an educator, teaching advanced techniques for complex PCI and CTO PCI. This involves training visiting Cardiologists in Belfast retrograde CTO techniques, antegrade dissection and re-entry CTO techniques and other advanced PCI procedures. He has visited multiple centres in the UK, Ireland, Europe, Australia, Asia and North America to act as a visiting proctor for complex PCI and CTO PCI cases. Dr Walsh’s research interests include PCI, coronary artery disease, defibrillation, acute coronary syndromes and chronic total occlusions. Research responsibilities have included acting as a recruiting investigator for the >25 multicentre studies over the last 17 years. He acted as a primary investigator for numerous international trials including the Evolve, Noble, Leaders Free and Ischemia multicentre studies. He has been the lead UK investigator for the October trial, Syntax 2, Recharge and Ischaemia-CTO. He is also the Chief Investigator for the Consistent CTO, Celtic Bifurcation and Discrete CTO trials.

A consultant cardiologist at Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK. Features in 5 videos on Wondr Medical. Stephen Hoole generally speaks on Syntax II, Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO), Impella, Cardiogenic Shock (Treatment), and Radiation protection.

An interventional cardiologist at Barts Heart Centre, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK,. Features in 1 video on Wondr Medical. Steve Hamshere generally speaks on Coronary Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT), Covid-19, COVID, Stable Coronary Artery Disease (CAD), and Covid19 Physician Insights.

Thomas Engstrøm is a professor and senior consultant in the Department of Invasive Cardiology at The Heart Center, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Denmark where he has performed percutaneous coronary interventions for more than 15 years. In addition, working with leading a Rigshospitalet research group, he has led steering committees in several international clinical trials and been the main investigator in major trials. His main research interests include myocardial protection in ischemic heart disease with special reference to reperfusion injury, percutaneous assist devices in cardiogenic shock, the significance of pressure-derived strategies in percutaneous coronary interventions and magnetic resonance techniques in acute myocardial infarction.

Tom is a patient-centred Interventional Cardiologist at Gosford Hospital on Northern Sydney's Central Coast (NSW, Australia). He was born in Edinburgh and attended the University of Dundee graduating aged 22 with MBChB (Hons) receiving the Captain WA Low Prize and Medal as most distinguished graduate in Medicine. He emigrated to Australia 10 years ago after gaining the MRCP at the Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh. In 2015, he completed his FRACP during advanced cardiology training in Sydney (Prince of Wales Hospital and St George Hospital). In 2019, Dr Ford returned from a three-year fellowship in Glasgow (Golden Jubilee National Hospital). This centre has the largest volume for coronary stents in the UK and his cardiology training in two continents exposed him to a high volume of interventional cardiology procedures including complex cardiac intervention, acute emergency percutaneous coronary intervention (i.e. emergency intervention for heart attack), advanced multimodal coronary imaging, structural heart interventions and novel invasive therapies for resistant hypertension. During his time in Glasgow, he developed his research interest in coronary artery disease performing an internationally recognized clinical trial involving invasive physiological testing for angina patients helping to improve their quality of life. His PhD was submitted in 2019 to the University of Glasgow and won the Bellahouston Medal as the highest distinction for the excellence of theses submitted for the degrees of MD, DDS and PhD. This work is directly relevant to help diagnose and manage patients with angina, chest pain and/or breathlessness. He is an Honorary Clinical Lecturer at the University of Glasgow and a Senior Lecturer at University of Newcastle (NSW). Dr Ford is an invited speaker and faculty at leading international cardiology scientific sessions including EuroPCR, Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT in USA) and European Society of Cardiology (ESC congress). His research has been published in leading cardiology journals and was recently recognized with two accolades including EuroPCR Best Abstract (Winner PCR’s Got Talent) and from the British Cardiac Society (‘Best of the Best’ Clinical Abstract – Interventional Cardiology). Outside of work, Tom is a golfer, surfer, runner and enjoys spending time with his wife (Naomi) and dog (Maisie).

Ziad Ali is the Director of the DeMatteis Cardiovascular Institute, Director of Investigational Interventional Cardiology, and Director of Cardio-nephrology at St Francis Hospital & Heart Center in New York. He is also Director of the Angiographic Core Laboratory at Cardiovascular Research Foundation and Associate Professor of Medicine at Columbia University Medical Center. His clinical research interests focus on the use of intravascular imaging and physiology technologies such as optical coherence tomography, intravascular ultrasound, and flow wire assessment to optimize coronary interventions, for which he has served as a Global principal investigator on a number of trials. Dr. Ali is also a recognized innovator, playing an integral role in the development of the Resting Full-Cycle Ratio (RFR) and Shockwave intravascular lithotripsy. Clinically Dr. Ali developed pioneering techniques to perform vascular interventions without contrast administration, including IVUS-guided zero-contrast PCI and OCT using saline flush media, protecting patients with advanced kidney disease from acute kidney injury and the need for dialysis.