Bold Brain KOL Webinar: Understanding the Diagnosis of Heart Disease

A two-part discussion among world experts designed for the lay public, medical practitioners, entrepreneurs, and investors.

Webinar Panelists

Dr. Michael Salerno, Cardiologist, Chief of Cardiac Imaging, Stanford University

Dr. Todd Villlines, Cardiologist, Professor of Medicine, University of Virginia, Past-President, Society of Cardiovascular CT (SCCT)

Dr. Deborah Kwon, Cardiologist, Assistant professor or medicine and Director of Cardiac MRI at the Cleveland Clinic

Dr. Raymond Y. Kwong, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Director of Cardiac MRI at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Dr. Bob Hu, Director, Cardiac MRI at Sutter Health, Adjunct Professor, Stanford University, Founder and Chief Medical Officer, Vista.AI

Professor Stan Kachnowski, Chair of HITLAB, Director Digital Health Program, Columbia, Visiting professor IIT, New Delhi

Moderated by: Robin Prasad, MD, MS, MBA, Managing Partner, Bold Brain Capital

Part One - For the Lay Public

Introducing the Panelists (2 mins):

Basics of the Heart: Anatomy and How It Works (3 mins):

Discussing the Six Major Discase Categories of Heart Disease (8 minutes):

Summary of the basics of heart and associated diseases (2 min):

Understanding the Tests that Diagnose Heart Disease in the Context of Ischemic Heart Disease:

EKG - Dr. Kwon (2 min):

Blood Tests - Dr. Salerno (2 min):

Echo - Dr. Kwong (3 min):

Stress Tests (Treadmill) - Dr. Hu (3 min):

SPECT (Nuclear Stress Test) - Dr. Villines (3 min):

Coronary Cath - Dr. Villines (2 min):

PET - Dr. Hu (3 min):

Coronary Calcium CT - Dr. Kwong (2 min):

Coronary CTA (CT Angiography) - Dr. Salerno (2 min):

Cardiac MRI - Dr. Kwon (3 min):

What are the Preferred Pathways for Diagnosis? - Professor Kachnowski (6 min):

Summary of the Various Tests to Diagnose Ischemic Heart Disease - Dr. Robin Prasad (3 min):

Understanding Echo, PET and Cardiac MRI in Cardiomypathy - Dr. Kwon and Dr. Salerno (3 min):

Understanding Echo, CT and MRI in Valcular Disease - Dr. Villines and Dr. Hu (6 min):

Part Two - For Medical Practitioners, Entrepreneurs and Investors - Modern Technologies and Their Impact on Cardiac Care

Question for each panelist: How are modern imaging techniques and AI is driving changes in the cardiac care pathways? (3 min each panelist)

Modern Tech : Dr. Kwon

Modern Tech : Dr. Kwong

Modern Tech : Dr. Salerno

Modern Tech : Prof. Kochanowski

Modern Tech : Dr. Villines

Modern Tech : Dr. Hu

Dr. Kwon: Can you tell us about developments in diagnosis at the Cleveland Clinic?

Dr. Salerno: Can you please give us your thoughts on the strengths of CT with regards to cardiac imaging?

Dr. Hu: Can you please tell us about your experience with Vista.AI and how you see it changing the paradigm for cardiac are?

Dr. Kwong: Can you please tell us about your experience with Vista at Harvard’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital?

Dr. Villines: There are several companies working on using AI and other advanced processing techniques on cardiac CTA. Can you please discuss CT FFR and plaque quantification and their impact on prevention and therapy?

Prof Kochanowski - Wearables and surveillance: As a leader of a healthcare innovation organizations, can you tell us about the innovations you see with regards to wearables and surveillance of disease?

Last question for each of the cardiologists: Do you see a shift from the old paradigm of diagnostic cath, nuclear medicine and echo to the new paradigm of CT and MRI?

Robin Prasad, Managing Partner, MD, MS, MBA

Dr. Robin Prasad is a Managing Partner at Bold Brain and a board-certified radiologist with fellowship training in MRI and Neuroradiology. He has over 20 years of experience as a radiologist and has worked in a variety of clinical environments.

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