Dr. Alan Chan is currently the Consultant Cardiologist and Director of Catheterization Laboratory of Department of Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
He was active in promoting Primary PCI program in his region and served as project manager of Stent Save a life, Hong Kong chapter.
He is currently also the council member and Vice-President of Hong Kong Society of Transcatheter Endo-cardiovascular Therapeutics. council member of Hong Kong College of Cardiology and broad member of Asian Pacific Society of Interventional Cardiology.
Arun Kalyanasundaram, MD
Promed Hospital (India)
Bharat Khialani, MBBS, MRCP
Tan Tock Seng Hospital (Singapore)
Dafsah A Juzar, MD, PhD
National Cardiovascular Center Harapan Kita (Indonesia)
Dinesh Nair, MBBCh, MRCP
Mount Elizabeth Novena (Singapore)
Dr. Dinesh Nair is Consultant Cardiologist and Director of Heart Matters Medical Centre in Singapore. He graduated from the National University of Ireland, Galway, and trained in the UK and Germany, including an advanced fellowship in interventional cardiology at HELIOS Heart Center, Siegburg.
With over 20 years of practice, his work focuses on complex coronary interventions, with publications in peer-reviewed cardiology journals. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (London), the Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions (USA), and the Academy of Medicine Singapore. Dr. Nair actively contributes to clinical education, innovation in interventional cardiology, and professional leadership
Doni Firman, MD
Harapan Kita Hospital (Indoneisia)
Dr. Doni Firman, MD, PhD, FIHA, FAPSIC, FAsCC, FSCAI, is an Interventional Cardiologist at Harapan Kita National Cardiac Center and Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia. He earned his MD from Andalas University, completed cardiology training at Universitas Indonesia, and obtained his PhD in 2017. Dr. Firman further trained in interventional cardiology at National Taiwan University Hospital and Asan Medical Center, Seoul.
A former Chairman of the Indonesian Society of Interventional Cardiology, he currently serves on the Board of the Asia Pacific Society of Interventional Cardiology. His research focuses on interventional cardiology, atherosclerosis, and metabolic syndrome
Eric Eeckhout, MD, PhD
Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (Belgium)
He also served as the Honorary professor medical school Lausanne, Switzerland and the Founding editor of the EAPCI-PCR interventional cardiology textbook.
Prof. Eeckhout also being the Co-director of several interventional cardiology meetings and as the Founder of the ECC congresses.
Frankie CC Tam, MBBS, MRCP
Queen Mary Hospital (HongKong)
Dr Frankie Tam graduated from the University of Hong Kong in 2005. He received his training in Cardiology in Queen Mary Hospital Hong Kong and went to Harrington Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland, USA for overseas training in advanced interventional cardiology.
He is currently the Consultant in Queen Mary Hospital and Honorary Clinical Associate Professor in University of Hong Kong. His special interest is in management of acute coronary syndrome, complex coronary intervention and structural heart disease intervention.
Hendrik Feller, MD
Klinikum Frankfurt Oder, Berlin (Germany)
Henry Chui Ka Lung, MBBCh, MRCP
Prince of Wales Hospital (HongKong)
Dr. Ka-Lung Chui graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2003. He obtained his cardiology fellowship in 2010.
He underwent one year of advanced interventional cardiology training in the University hospital case medical centre in 2015.
He is currently the consultant in Prince of Wales hospital. His special interests is on complex PCI, intracoronary imaging and TAVI.
Jung Min Ahn, MD, PhD
Asan Medical Center (Korea)
Kajiya Takashi, MD, PhD
Tenyoukai Central Hospital (Japan)
Dr. Takashi Kajiya, M.D., FACC, FESC, is the Director of the Department of Cardiology and the Clinical Research Center at Tenyoukai Central Hospital in Japan, specializing in interventional cardiology.
He has extensive education and training from Japan, the U.S., and Singapore, and has published numerous research papers in the field of cardiology.
Dr. Kajiya is a member and fellow of various international cardiology societies, and participates as a faculty member and abstract reviewer at major conferences.
Kwan Lee, MBBCh, MD
Mayo Clinic, Arizona (USA)
Kwan S. Lee is a board-certified interventional cardiologist with expertise in complex coronary artery disease and structural heart interventions.
He is a past governor of the American College of Cardiology Arizona chapter. His research interests include outcomes research, intracoronary imaging and simulation in cardiology education
Lam Ho, MBBS, MRCP
Tuen Mun Hospital (HongKong)
Dr. Ho Lam is the Head of Cardiology Team, Tuen Mun Hospital. He is also the Honorary Clinical Associate Professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and The University of Hong Kong. He also serve as the editor of the Hong Kong Medical Journal.
Dr. Ho Lam is currently the course director /co-director of Complex PCI (Korea); SIF(Vietnam), EPIC(Australia), HKCCI (Hong Kong) and APSC TCIP (Singapore).
Liew Houng Bang, MBBS, MRCP
Queen Elizabeth II Hospital (Malaysia)
Currently, Dr. Houng-Bang Liew is the founder and head of the Cardiology Department of Queen Elizabeth II Hospital (QEH II), Malaysia.Chairperson and steering committee for Malaysia National CV database in PCI registry. Member of Asia Pacific Consensus group on drug coated balloon.
Full-time practitioner, trainer and researcher in interventional cardiology. Personal experience of over 10,000 PCI.
With interest in intracoronary imaging and physiology, drug coated balloons.
Lim Ing Haan, MBBS, MD
Mount Elizabeth Hospital (Singapore)
Dr. Lim Ing Haan, MD, is a Consultant Interventional Cardiologist at Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Singapore, specializing in complex coronary interventions, including left main, bifurcation, and calcified lesion treatment. Awarded the Health Manpower Development Plan (HMDP) scholarship, she trained in interventional cardiology at Duke University Medical Center, USA.
She pioneered several programs, including Singapore’s 24-hour acute myocardial infarction service at Tan Tock Seng Hospital and the Robotic PCI program at Mount Elizabeth Hospital. Dr. Lim serves on the editorial boards of SCAI’s journal and SMA News, and holds leadership roles in AP-SIC WIN, Singapore Cardiac Society, and the Academy of Medicine
Michael Nguyen, MD
Access Cardiology, Perth WA (Australia)
Myeong Ki Hong, MD, PhD
Yonsei University College of Medicine (Korea)
Dr. Myeong-Ki Hong, MD, PhD is Professor of Medicine at Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, and a Member of the National Academy of Medicine of Korea. His specialty is coronary intervention, invasive intracoronary imaging, and TAVI.
He has led landmark clinical trials including RESET, IVUS-XPL, DETECT OCT, One-Month DAPT, RACING, LODESTAR, and T-PASS, with over 570 SCI publications and multiple articles in JAMA, Lancet, and Circulation.
Dr. Hong has served as Course Director for TCTAP, AP Valves, Complex PCI, and ENCORE Seoul, and is current Chairman of the Korean Society of Interventional Cardiology, contributing extensively to research, education, and clinical innovation
Rajinikanth Rajagopal, MBBS, MRCP
Gleneagles JPMC Cardiac Centre (Brunei)
He is an Interventional Cardiologist, with specific interests in OCT, intracoronary physiology, calcified lesions and the use of drug coated balloons. He also performs peripheral intervention, renal denervation and interventions for pulmonary embolism.
He runs an Interventional Cardiology Fellowship program and a Research department. He received his medical degree from JIPMER in Pondicherry, India. He then trained and worked in the UK for 15 years.
Outside work, his interests include fusion music and travel.
Ramesh Singh, MBBS, MRCP
University Malaya Specialist Centre(Malaysia)
Dr. Ramesh Singh Arjan Singh is a Senior Consultant Cardiologist and Internal Physician at University Malaya Medical Centre and UMSC, Malaysia. He graduated MBBS from University Malaya and obtained MRCP (Ireland). He has over 24 years of expertise in non-invasive and interventional cardiology, with significant achievements in complex coronary intervention, preventive medicine, and erectile dysfunction research.
A Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and the European Society of Cardiology, he has presented at 200+ international conferences and published widely. He is an active member of the Asian Pacific Society of Interventional Cardiology and NHAM
Rosli M Ali, MBBS, MRCP
Cardiac Vascular Sentral Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)
Datuk Dr. Rosli Mohd Ali is a leading cardiologist in Malaysia with over 30 years of experience, specializing in coronary and peripheral vascular interventions. He has held several key leadership positions at the National Heart Institute of Malaysia and is currently a consultant at Cardiac Vascular Sentral Kuala Lumpur.
Dr. Rosli is also involved in international education and research, serving as a course director and instructor for global medical training and conferences.
Rustem Dautov, MD, PhD
The Prince Charles Hospital (Australia)
Dr. Rustem Dautov, MD, PhD, FRACP, is Head of the Complex PCI/CTO/CHIP Program and Clinical Director of the Cath Lab at The Prince Charles Hospital, Australia. He trained extensively in chronic total occlusion interventions at Laval and McGill Universities under Dr. Stéphane Rinfret and completed his PhD at the University of Adelaide.
An internationally recognized faculty member and live case operator, he has presented and proctored at leading cardiology meetings worldwide. Dr. Dautov has authored over 30 publications, contributed book chapters, and received awards for complex PCI and CTO cases, advancing interventional cardiology globally.
Sandeep Basavarajaiah, MBBS, MD
The Harborne Hospital (United Kingdom)
Dr. Sandeep Basavarajaiah, MBBS, MRCP (UK), MD (UK), FESC, is Consultant Cardiologist at University Hospitals Birmingham. Trained in India, the UK, and Italy, he sub-specializes in coronary intervention with expertise in complex PCI and CTO-PCI, having performed over 4000 procedures. His MD research at King’s College London focused on ethnic differences in cardiovascular adaptation in athletes, leading to highly cited publications in JACC and Eur Heart J.
He is the research lead for his trust, chief investigator for national registries on drug-coated balloons, and author of multiple first-author papers on coronary intervention. Since 2022, he has been a member of the European CTO Club, contributing actively to education, research, and proctoring worldwide
Scott Harding, MBChB, FRACP
Wellington Heart Ltd (New Zealand)
Shozo Ishihara, MD
Mimihara General Hopsital (Japan)
He is the Vice-director and manager of Cardiology Department of Mimihara General Hospital.
He is board certified member of The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine, the Japanese Circulation Society and the Japanese Association of Cardiovascular Intervention and Therapeutics .
He is a certified operator of the Japanese Specialist Association on Chronic Total Occlusion Intervention.
Szu Chi Chien, MD
Changhua Christian Hospital (Taiwan)
He is the Director of cardiology ward and the heart failure program at the Changsha Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan.
He was certified as board of Taiwan Society of Cardiology in 2015 and board of the Taiwan Society of Cardiovascular Intervention, Taiwan Society of Critical Care Medicine in 2016 and 2017 respectively.
Tan Huay Cheem, MBBS, MRCP
National University Hospital (Singapore)
He is presently the Senior Advisor of National University Heart Centre, Singapore (NUHCS), Senior Consultant Cardiologist at NUHCS, and Professor of Medicine with Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore.
Prof Tan is an active clinical researcher who has initated several multicentre, multinational randomised clinical trials, and more than 220 publications in local and international peer-reviewed journals.
Takuma Tsuda, MD, PhD
Nagoya Ekisaikai Hospital (Japan)
Dr. Takuma Tsuda, MD, PhD, is Director of Cardiology at Nagoya Ekisaikai Hospital, Japan. He earned his MD at Mie University and PhD in Cardiology at Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine. Board-certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiology, and Cardiovascular Intervention (CVIT), he specializes in complex interventions for coronary and peripheral chronic total occlusion.
Dr. Tsuda has received multiple Case Competition Awards from the CTO Club (2021, 2023), published in leading journals such as Circulation and J Exp Med, and presented at global conferences including ACC, ESC, AHA, and TCT, advancing interventional cardiology worldwide
Wei Chun Huang, MD, PhD
Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital (Taiwan)
Wirash Kehasukcharoen, MD
Central Chest Institute (Thailand)
Yeo Khung Keong, MBBS
National Heart Centre Singapore (Singapore)
Professor Yeo Khung Keong is Chief Executive Officer and Senior Consultant in Cardiology at the National Heart Centre Singapore. He holds an MBBS from Singapore and is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology, European Society of Cardiology, American Heart Association, and Asian Pacific Society of Cardiology.
He also serves as Academic Chair of the SingHealth Duke-NUS Cardiovascular Sciences Programme, leading initiatives in innovation and data. Prof Yeo’s expertise lies in transcatheter mitral and tricuspid valve interventions and the treatment of calcific coronary artery disease
Yongcheol Kim, MD, PhD
Yonsei University Yongin Sererance Hospital (Korea)
Al Fazir Omar, MBBS, MRCPCardiac Vascular Sentral Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)
Alan KC Chan, MBBS, MRCPQueen Elizabeth Hospital (HongKong)
Arun Kalyanasundaram, MDPromed Hospital (India)
Bharat Khialani, MBBS, MRCPTan Tock Seng Hospital (Singapore)
Dafsah A Juzar, MD, PhDNational Cardiovascular Center Harapan Kita (Indonesia)
Dinesh Nair, MBBCh, MRCPMount Elizabeth Novena (Singapore)
Doni Firman, MDHarapan Kita Hospital (Indoneisia)
Eric Eeckhout, MD, PhDUniversitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (Belgium)
Frankie CC Tam, MBBS, MRCPQueen Mary Hospital (HongKong)
Hendrik Feller, MDKlinikum Frankfurt Oder, Berlin (Germany)
Henry Chui Ka Lung, MBBCh, MRCPPrince of Wales Hospital (HongKong)
Jung Min Ahn, MD, PhDAsan Medical Center (Korea)
Kajiya Takashi, MD, PhDTenyoukai Central Hospital (Japan)
Kwan Lee, MBBCh, MDMayo Clinic, Arizona (USA)
Lam Ho, MBBS, MRCPTuen Mun Hospital (HongKong)
Liew Houng Bang, MBBS, MRCPQueen Elizabeth II Hospital (Malaysia)
Lim Ing Haan, MBBS, MDMount Elizabeth Hospital (Singapore)
Michael Nguyen, MDAccess Cardiology, Perth WA (Australia)
Myeong Ki Hong, MD, PhDYonsei University College of Medicine (Korea)
Rajinikanth Rajagopal, MBBS, MRCPGleneagles JPMC Cardiac Centre (Brunei)
Ramesh Singh, MBBS, MRCPUniversity Malaya Specialist Centre(Malaysia)
Rosli M Ali, MBBS, MRCPCardiac Vascular Sentral Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)
Rustem Dautov, MD, PhDThe Prince Charles Hospital (Australia)
Sandeep Basavarajaiah, MBBS, MDThe Harborne Hospital (United Kingdom)
Scott Harding, MBChB, FRACPWellington Heart Ltd (New Zealand)
Shozo Ishihara, MDMimihara General Hopsital (Japan)
Szu Chi Chien, MDChanghua Christian Hospital (Taiwan)
Tan Huay Cheem, MBBS, MRCPNational University Hospital (Singapore)
Takuma Tsuda, MD, PhDNagoya Ekisaikai Hospital (Japan)
Wei Chun Huang, MD, PhDKaohsiung Veterans General Hospital (Taiwan)
Wirash Kehasukcharoen, MDCentral Chest Institute (Thailand)
Yeo Khung Keong, MBBSNational Heart Centre Singapore (Singapore)
Yongcheol Kim, MD, PhDYonsei University Yongin Sererance Hospital (Korea)
