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 School of Medicine - Tokyo, Japan

Dr. Darren Mylotte

Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist

Galway University Hospital - Galway, Ireland

Yohei Ohno

Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist

Tokai University School of Medicine - 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, Japan

Course Co-Directors

Vinayak Bapat

Cardiac surgeon

Abbott Northwestern Hospital - Minneapolis, United States of America

Ravinay Bhindi

Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist

Royal North Shore Hospital - Sydney, Australia

Mao Chen

Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist

West China Hospital, Sichuan University - Chengdu, China

Masaki Izumo

Imaging / Echography physician

St. Marianna Medical University Hospital - Kawasaki, 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

Toyohashi Heart Center - Toyohashi, Japan

Khung Keong Yeo

Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist

National Heart Centre - Singapore, Singapore

Wei-Hsian Yin

Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist

Cheng Hsin General Hospital - Taipei City

Programme Committee Members