Barbara Amos, RN, CNS, MSN, CHFN
Ventricular Assist Device Program Manager
Northwest Permanente Medical Group
Clackamas, Oregon

Ralph G. Brindis, MD, MPH, MACC, FSCAI, FAHA
Clinical Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine & the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies
University of California, San Francisco
Senior Medical Officer, External Affairs - ACC National Cardiovascular Data Registry

Christine K. Cassel, MD
Presidential Chair, Visiting Professor
University of California at San Francisco
San Francisco, California 

Raymond H. Chen, MD, DPhil
Assistant Chief, Cardiac Surgery
Southern California Permanente Medical Group
Los Angeles, California

Nigel Gupta, MD
Director, Regional Cardiac Electrophysiology Services
Southern California Permanente Medical Group
Los Angeles, California

Rima Griauzde, MD
Anesthesiology- Cardiovascular/ Cardiac Surgery
Southern California Permanente Medical Group
Los Angeles, California

Blanding Jones, MD
Regional Chief, Cardiac Surgery
Southern California Permanente Medical Group
Los Angeles, California

Ameet Keny, MD
Physician In Charge (PIC) - Cardiac Anesthesiology
Southern California Permanente Medical Group
Los Angeles, California

Ashok Krishnaswami, MD, MAS, FACC
Staff Cardiologist/Clinician Researcher
The Permanente Medical Group
San Jose, California
Associate Professor (Adjunct)
University of California, San Francisco
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
San Francisco, California

Laurent Lewkowiez, MD
Regional Service Chief, Hospital Cardiology
Director Cardiac Electrophysiology
Colorado Permanente Medical Group
Denver, Colorado

Jacob Mishell, MD
Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center
Medical Director, Structural Heart Disease Program.
San Francisco, California

Jonathan Neyer, MD
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
Southern California Permanente Medical Group
Los Angeles, California

Jamal S. Rana, MD, PhD, FACC
Chief, Division of Cardiology, East Bay and Adjunct Investigator, Division of Research
The Permanente Medical Group
Oakland, California

Andrew N. Rassi, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Medical Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
Department of Cardiology
The Permanente Medical Group
San Francisco, California

*Srinivas Sarma, MD, MHCM, FCCP
Cardiac/ Cardiovascular Surgery
Southern California Permanente Medical Group
Los Angeles, California

Ahmad Sheikh, MD
Cardiac/Cardiovascular Surgery
The Permanente Medical Group
Santa Clara, California

Dhaval Trivedi, MD
Cardiac/Cardiovascular Surgery
Southern California Permanente Medical Group
Los Angeles, California

Abhimanyu (Manu) Uberoi, MD, MS, FACC, FSCAI
Director of Structural Heart Program, 
Structural and Interventional Cardiologist
Division of Cardiology
Northwest Permanente Medical Group
Portland, Oregon

CONFERENCE CHAIRMAN & PLANNING COMMITTEE  *indicates Moderator; **Presenter

Somjot S. Brar, MD, MPH, FACC  */**
Conference Chairman
Director, Regional Department of Cardiac Catheterization
Director, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Training Program
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCLA
Southern California Permanente Medical Group
Los Angeles, California

Colleen Creamer, RN, MS, CHFN
Heart Failure Care Manager
Chronic Conditions/Quality
The Permanente Medical Group
San Francisco, California

Robert Crawford, MD*
Chief of Cardiology
Northwest Permanente Medical Group
Portland, Oregon

Christopher Lowery, MD **
Cardiac Electrophysiology
Colorado Permanente Medical Group
Denver, Colorado

Gary Roach, MD*
Chief, Cardiac Anesthesiology and Director of Cardiac Surgical Critical Care
The Permanente Medical Group
Sacramento, California

Srinivas Sarma, MD, MHCM, FCCP*
Director/Physician-in-Charge
Cardiovascular Surgical Intensive Care
Southern California Permanente Medical Group
Los Angeles, CA

Ahmad Sheikh, MD */**
Cardiac/ Cardiovascular Surgery
The Permanente Medical Group
Santa Clara, California

Albert Yuh-Jer Shen, MS, MD, FACC */**
Chief of Cardiology
Director, Cardiology Fellowship Program
Southern California Permanente Medical Group
Los Angeles, California

MEETING PLANNER
Yolanda Dorsey, CMP
Senior Meeting Planner
SCPMG Meetings & Events
Pasadena, CA

SUPPORT AND ACCREDITATION
Sean Powell, MD
Director of Medical Education
The Permanente Federation
Oakland, California

Sarah Shimer
Manager, Kaiser Permanente National CME Program
The Permanente Federation
Oakland, California

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
Yolanda Dorsey, CMP
SCPMG Meetings & Events
(626) 405-4641 (tie-line 8-335-4641)
yolanda.d.dorsey@kp.org

FACULTY AND PLANNING COMMITTEE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT

Kaiser Permanente requires that all planners and faculty participating in CME activities disclose any financial relationship with a commercial interest that might pose a potential, apparent, or real conflict of interest with regard to the individual's contribution to the activity. A commercial interest is defined by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) as any entity producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients; the most common examples are pharmaceutical and medical device companies. All potential conflicts of interest are mitigated prior to the start of the conference and in accordance with the policies of the KP National CME Program.