Details on the customer symposium presentations are below:

• Introducing Impella 2.5: A New Era in the Cardiac Catheterization Lab

  Jeffrey J. Popma, MD, FACC, FSCAI

  Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, St. Elizabeth Medical Center

  Vice President, Caritas Cardiovascular Network

• Circulatory Support in the Cath Lab – Is There a New Direction?

  Roxana Mehran, MD, FSCAI

  New York – Presbyterian / Columbia

• Impella 2.5: From Anecdotal to Evidence-Based Medicine

  William O’Neill, MD, FACC, FSCAI
  University of Miami

• Impella Applications in Clinical Trial and Beyond

  Raed Aqel, MD, FACC

  Director of Interventional Cardiology, VA in Birmingham

  General and Interventional Cardiologist, UAB

Abiomed Impella Booth Presentations

In addition to the customer symposium, Abiomed also held several Impella case presentations at the booth. Presenters included Neeraj Jolly, MD; Raed Aqel, MD; Suresh Mulukutla, MD; Srihari S. Naidu, MD; Cyril Nathaniel, MD; Brijeshwar Maini, MD; Jeffrey J. Popma, MD; Daniel H. Raess, MD; and Gwen Mayes. Please click here to view a downloadable version of the Abiomed TCT 2008 booth presentations.

Details on the booth presentations are below:

• Expanding the Horizon of Percutaneous Coronary Interventions

  Neeraj Jolly, MD, DM, FACC, FSCAI

  Associate Professor of Medicine, The University of Chicago

• Impella Support During a High Risk Intervention

  Raed Aqel, MD, FACC

  University of Alabama Hospital

• A Protect II Impella Case: How Tortuous is Too Tortuous?

  Suresh Mulukutla, MD, FACC

  Assistant Professor of Medicine

  Director – Cardiac Cath Lab Research, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

• Unprotected Left Main Intervention Using a Cardiac Assist Device

  Srihari S. Naidu, MD

  Richard Schwartz, DO

  Winthrop University Hospital, Mineola NY

• Impella Supports A Patient Prior to Surgery

  Cyril Nathaniel, MD

  Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center

  Johnstown, PA

• Challenging Impella Case

  Brijeshwar Maini, MD, FACC

  Pinnacle Health

  Harrisburg, PA

• Challenging Impella Case

  Jeffrey J. Popma, MD, FACC, FSCAI

  St. Elizabeth’s Hospital

  Boston, MA

• Surgical Applications for Impella 2.5

  Daniel H. Raess, MD, FACC, FACS

  Abiomed Medical Director

• Impella 2.5 Reimbursement Review

  Gwen Mayes, JD, MMSc

  Director of Government Relations/Reimbursement

Please click here to view a downloadable version of the Abiomed Reimbursement Guidelines