Columbia Faculty at TCT 2025
The latest innovations, sessions, and breakthroughs in interventional cardiovascular medicine.
Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) 2025 will take place from Saturday, October 25-Tuesday, October 28 in San Francisco, CA, uniting global leaders in interventional cardiovascular medicine to share the latest breakthroughs, clinical research, and procedural innovations.
Columbia’s cardiology faculty will once again play a central role at this year’s meeting—presenting late-breaking clinical trials, performing live cases, and showcasing their leadership in transformative cardiovascular research.
Top Highlights
Key Late-Breaking Clinical Trials and Science:
- Short-CUT Trial: Randomized Comparison of Intravascular Lithotripsy vs. Cutting Balloon Treatment in Calcified Coronary Artery Disease
Sunday, October 26 | 11:44 AM | In collaboration with The Lancet
Faculty: Ajay Kirtane, MD - LIFE-BTK: Three-Year Outcomes of the Esprit BTK Drug-Eluting Resorbable Scaffold for Infrapopliteal Lesions
Sunday, October 26 | 2:18 PM | In collaboration with the European Heart Journal
Faculty: Sahil Parikh, MD - PREVUE-VALVE: Defining the Prevalence of Valvular Heart Disease in Older Americans
Monday, October 27 | 11:00 AM | In collaboration with the New England Journal of Medicine
Faculty: Michael Brener, MD (David Cohen, MD, affiliated with Columbia/NYP) - PARTNER 3: Seven-Year Outcomes in Low-Risk Patients
Monday, October 27 | 11:22 AM | In collaboration with the New England Journal of Medicine
Faculty: Martin Leon, MD; Rebecca Hahn, MD; Susheel Kodali, MD - INVEST CTO: Effectiveness and Safety of a Planned Investment Procedure in High-Risk Chronic Total Occlusions
Tuesday, October 28 | 3:12 PM | In collaboration with Circulation
Faculty: Margaret McEntegart, MD (Co-Principal Investigator)
Live-Cases from NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia:
- Margaret McEntegart, MD, will perform live cases demonstrating advanced coronary techniques.
- Sahil Parikh, MD, and Sanjum Sethi, MD, will showcase pre-recorded live cases focused on complex peripheral interventions.
AI in Cardiology:
- This year introduces a new AI Lab within the Innovation Forum. Pierre Elias, MD, and others will join experts exploring the role of artificial intelligence in advancing cardiovascular imaging, diagnostics, and personalized care.
Columbia Interventional Cardiology Participants
Coronary Team
Endovascular Team
- Ajay Kirtane, MD
- Ari Jody Mintz, MD
- Sahil Parikh, MD
- Sonal Pruthi, MD
- Partha Sardar, MD
- Sanjum Sethi, MD
Intravascular Imaging Team
- Khady Fall, MD
Structural and Congenital Heart Team
- Michael Brener, MD
- Isaac George, MD
- Rebecca Hahn, MD
- Susheel Kodali, MD
- Martin Leon, MD
- Mahesh Madhavan
- Tamim Nazif, MD
- Vivian Ng, MD
- Luigi Pirelli, MD
- Lauren Ranard, MD
- Robert Sommer, MD
- Torsten Vahl, MD
About TCT
Now in its 37th year, TCT— founded by Columbia cardiologist, Martin Leon, MD, and organized by the Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF) —remains the world’s foremost educational meeting specializing in interventional cardiovascular medicine.
Columbia faculty continue to shape the field through pioneering research, clinical leadership, and a commitment to advancing patient outcomes worldwide.
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