PCR Tokyo Valves 2026: Core Team

Introducing the Course Directors and Programme Committee Members behind PCR Tokyo Valves taking place on 13-15 February 2026!

Course Directors

Kentaro Hayashida

Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist

Keio University - Tokyo, Japan

Dr. Darren Mylotte

Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist

University Hospitals Galway - Galway, Ireland

Yohei Ohno

Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist

Tokai University Hospital - Isehara, Japan

Didier Tchetche

Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist

CLINIQUE PASTEUR - Toulouse, France

PCR coordinator for valves and structural activities

Didier Tchetche

Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist

CLINIQUE PASTEUR - Toulouse, France

Honorary Course Directors

Dr. Jean Fajadet

Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist

Clinique Pasteur - Toulouse, France

Dr. Marie-Claude Morice

Clinical researcher

CERC - Massy, France

Prof. Shigeru Saito

Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist

Shonan Kamakura General Hospital - Kamakura-Shi, Japan

Course Co-Directors

Vinayak Bapat

Cardiac surgeon

Columbia University Medical Center - New York, United States of America

Ravinay Bhindi

Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist

Royal North Shore Hospital - Sydney, Australia

Mao Chen

Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist

West China Medical School, West China Hospital, Sichuan University - Chengdu, China

Masaki Izumo

Imaging / Echography physician

St. Marianna Medical University Hospital - Kawasaki-Shi, Japan

Simon Cheung Chi Lam

Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist

Queen Mary Hospital - Hong Kong

Duk-Woo Park

Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist

Asan Medical Center - Seoul, Korea, Republic of

Shinichi Shirai

Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist

Kokura Memorial Hospital - Kitakyushu-Shi, Japan

 Minoru Tabata

Cardiac surgeon

Juntendo University Hospital - Tokyo, Japan

Dr. Yusuke Watanabe

Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist

Teikyo University Hospital - Tokyo, Japan

Masanori Yamamoto

Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist

Iryohojinchoshinkaitoyohashi Heart Center - Toyohashi-Shi, Japan

Khung Keong Yeo

Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist

National Heart Centre - Singapore, Singapore

Wei-Hsian Yin

Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist

Heart Center - Taipei City

Programme Committee Members