Introducing the team behind PCR Mitral Focus Group
Bringing disciplines together from all over the world to improve mitral valve care
Meet the members of the team
Together with the Mitral Focus Group members, Co-Directors Philipp Lurz and Thomas Modine will work to align knowledge and collaborate globally to improve care for patients with mitral valve disease.
Co-directors
Core members
Anatomy and Imaging | Innovations | Interventions | Evidence | Therapy adoption |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Joao Cavalcante | Piotr Buszman | Rodrigo Estevez-Loureiro | David Messika Zeitoun | Philipp Bartko |
Martin Swaans | Juan Granada | Maria Isabel Körber | Lukas Stolz | Frederik Verbrugge |
Nina Ajmone Marsan | Andrea Cherubini | Anita Asgar | Augustin Coisne | Maja Cikes |
Victoria Delgado | Ole de Backer | Paolo Denti | Julia Grapsa | Lenard Conradi |
Alison Duncan | Azeem Latib | Xavier Freixa | Mayra Guerrero | Sam Dawkins |
Nicolo Piazza | Radoslaw Parma | Jörg Hausleiter | Guillaume Leurent | Marco Metra |
Regina Ribeiras | Ben Ali Walid | Paul Sorajja | Nicolas van Mieghem | Fabian Praz |
Julien Ternacle | Dee Dee Wang | Firas Zahr | Stephan von Bardeleben | Volker Rudolph |
Nina Wunderlich | Edoardo Zancanaro |
List valid as of 19 August 2025
Delivering independent post-graduate medical education
The PCR Mitral Focus Group is proud to enjoy full independence for its research and development activities, thanks to an unrestricted grant from the industry partner Abbott Structural Heart.
