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 Hospital - Tokyo, Japan

Darren Mylotte

@dmylotte

Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist

University Hospitals Galway - Galway, Ireland

Yohei Ohno

@OhnoTuri

Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist

Tokai University Hospital - Isehara, Japan

Didier Tchetche

@didier_tchetche

Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist

CLINIQUE PASTEUR - Toulouse, France

PCR coordinator for valves and structural activities

Didier Tchetche

@didier_tchetche

Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist

CLINIQUE PASTEUR - Toulouse, France

Honorary Course Directors

Jean Fajadet

Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist

CLINIQUE PASTEUR - Toulouse, France

Marie-Claude Morice

@mc_morice

Clinical researcher

CERC - Massy, France

Shigeru Saito

Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist

Shonan Kamakura General Hospital - Kamakura-Shi, Japan

Course Co-Directors

Vinayak Bapat

@bapat_savrtavr

Cardiac surgeon

Abbott Northwestern Hospital - Minneapolis, United States of America

Ravinay Bhindi

@Ravinay

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, Japan

Simon Cheung Chi Lam

@SimonCCLam

Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist

Queen Mary Hospital - Hong Kong (SAR)

Duk-Woo Park

@dukwoo_park

Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist

Asan Medical Center - Seoul, Korea, Republic of

Shinichi Shirai

Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist

Kokura Memorial Hospital - Kitakyushu-Shi, Japan

Minoru Tabata

@_MinoruTabata

Cardiac surgeon

Juntendo University Hospital - Tokyo, Japan

Yusuke Watanabe

Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist

Teikyo University Hospital - Tokyo, Japan

Masanori Yamamoto

Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist

Iryohojinchoshinkaitoyohashi 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

Makoto Amaki - Japan
Masahiko Asami - Japan
Mann Chandavimol - Thailand
Mi Chen - China
See Hooi Ewe - Singapore
A. B. Gopalamurugan - India
Sengottuvelu Gunasekaran - India
Tsuyoshi Kaneko - USA
Hyo Soo Kim - Korea
Shunsuke Kubo - Japan
Shingo Kuwata - Japan
Alex Lee - Hong Kong (SAR)
Michael Kang-Yin Lee - Hong Kong (SAR)
Tomoki Ochiai - Japan
Karl Poon - Australia

Mike Saji - Japan
Kazuo Shimamura - Japan
Adam Shih-Hsien Sung - Taiwan (ROC)
Atsushi Sugiura - Japan
Martin Swaans - The Netherlands
Norio Tada - Japan
Gilbert Tang - USA
Misako Toki - Japan
Tatsuya Tsunaki - Japan
Hikaru Tsuruta - Japan
Darren Walters - Australia
Hiroyuki Watanabe - Japan
Futoshi Yamanaka - Japan