THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 2026
All times are in Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time (HST)
12:00 PM
Registration and Lunch
Hawai'i Ballroom Foyer
12:50 PM
Welcome & Introduction
Jasvindar Singh, MD
1:00 PM
KEYNOTE ADDRESS I: Disruptive Technologies in Interventional Cardiology
Gregg Stone, MD
SESSION I | COMPLEX CORONARY I
Moderators: Manish A. Parikh, MD and Gregg Stone, MD
Panel: Sudeshna Banerjee, MD; Tom Ford, MBChB, PhD; Kris Kawamoto, MD; Takashi Muramatsu, MD, PhD; Robert L. Shapiro, MD; Marc A. Sintek, MD
1:30 PM
Top 5 Trials 2024-2025
Manish A. Parikh, MD
1:45 PM
Hemodynamic Support Complex PCI / Cardiogenic Shock
Kris Kawamoto, MD
2:00 PM
Complex PCI: Left Main
Tom Ford, MBChB, PhD
2:15 PM
Complex PCI: Bifurcation Lesion
Takashi Muramatsu, MD, PhD
LIVE CASE 1 | COMPLEX PCI
2:30 PM
Streamed Live from Gifu Heart Center, Gifu, Japan
Operator: Hitoshi Matsuo, MD, PhD
Moderators: Rayji S. Tsutsui, MD and Jasvindar Singh, MD
Panel: Sudeshna Banerjee, MD; Tom Ford, MBChB, PhD; Manish A. Parikh, MD;
Marc A. Sintek, MD; Robert L. Shapiro, MD; Rayji S. Tsutsui, MD
3:30 PM
BREAK / VISIT EXHIBITS
SESSION II | COMPLEX CORONARY II: CTO
Moderators: J. Aaron Grantham, MD and William L. Lombardi, MD
Panel: Sudeshna Banerjee, MD; Scott Harding, MD; Taishi Hirai, MD; Jai Khatri, MD;
Rayji S. Tsutsui, MD
LIVE CASE 2 | CTO
3:45 PM
Streamed Live From The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Operator: Rustem Dautov, MD, PhD
4:30 PM
Tip Detection ADR: The Japanese Way
Taishi Hirai, MD
4:40 PM
Becoming an Advanced CTO Operator: The Pathway to Self-Improvement
Kris Kawamoto, MD
4:50 PM
The Best Way I Can Think of to Do Something Completely New in Complex PCI
Jarrod Frizzell, MD
5:00 PM
Coronary Reconstruction and DCB in CTO PCI
J. Aaron Grantham, MD
5:10 pm
The STAR Study Follow-Up
Taishi Hirai, MD
5:20 pm
Q&A / Panel Discussion / Closing Remarks
J. Aaron Grantham, MD
5:30 pm
Adjourn CME Session
BREAK / VISIT EXHIBITS
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
WELCOME COCKTAIL RECEPTION / LUAU
The Royal Hawaiian, Waikiki
Ocean Lawn