Disclosures

Penn State College of Medicine is committed to offering CME programs that promote improvements or quality in health care and are developed free of the control of commercial interests. Reasonable efforts have been taken to ensure that our programs are balanced, independent, objective, scientific, and in compliance with regulatory requirements. Faculty and course directors have disclosed all relevant financial relationships with commercial companies, and Penn State has a process in place to resolve any conflict of interest. Disclosure of a relationship is not intended to suggest or condone bias, but is made to provide participants with information that might be of potential importance to their evaluation of this educational activity.

Penn State College of Medicine staff and faculty involved in the development and review of this activity have disclosed no relevant financial relationships.

George Arnaoutakis, MD

Consultant/Advisor:  Boston Medical, Inc.

Faisal Bakaeen, MD

Royalties/Patents:  Jace Medical

Thomas Beaver, MD

Consultant/Advisor:  Gore, Cryolife

Bryan Burt, MD

Research Grant:  AstraZeneca, Momotaro-Gene Inc.

Stock Ownership:  Bayou Surgical

Andrew Chang, MD

Consultant/Advisor:  Biostage

Jonathan Chen, MD

Consultant/Advisor:  Medtronic, Gore

Danny Chu, MD

Consultant/Advisor:  Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corporation, Japanese Organization for Medical Device Development, Inc., The Osler Institute

Employment Affiliation:  Wolters Kluwer Health

Joseph Cleveland Jr., MD

Research Grant:  Abbott Medical

Robbin Cohen, MD

Consultant/Advisor:  Medtronic

Speakers Bureau:  Edwards Heart Valve, Medtronic

David Cooper, MD

Speakers Bureau:  AstraZeneca, Mallinckrodt, Medtronic, Synagis

Thomas D’Amico, MD

Consultant/Advisor:  Scanlan Instruments

Daniel Engelman, MD

Consultant/Advisor:  Astute Medical, Edwards Lifesciences, Zimmer Biomet

Mark Ferguson, MD

Employment Affiliation:  Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Royalties/Patents:  Elsevier, Springer

Sidharta Gangadharan, MD

Research Grant:  On Target Laboratories

T. Sloane Guy, MD

Consultant/Advisor:  Verb Surgical/Ethicon, Edwards Lifesciences, Medtronic, Intuitive Surgical

Wayne Hofstetter, MD

Research Grant:  Johnson & Johnson

Consultant/Advisor:  NeuWave

Speakers Bureau:  Boston Scientific

James Isbell, MD

Stock Ownership:  LumaCyte, LLC

Tsuyoshi Kaneko, MD

Speakers Bureau:  Edwards Lifesciences, Medtronic, Abbott, Baylis Medical

Anthony Kim, MD

Consultant/Advisor:  Medtronic, Roche Genentech

Min Kim, MD

Speakers Bureau:  Intuitive Surgical, Medtronic, Boston Scientific, Veran

Jules Lin, MD

Speakers Bureau:  Intuitive Surgical

S. Chris Malaisrie, MD

Consultant/Advisor:  Edwards Lifesciences, Medtronic, Cryolife

Speakers Bureau:  Terumo, Baxter

M. Blair Marshall, MD

Speakers Bureau:  Ethicon:  Johnson & Johnson

John Mayer, Jr., MD

Consultant/Advisor:  Medtronic,

Stock Ownership:  Johnson & Johnson, Merck, Inc., Eli Lilly

HelenMari Merritt-Genore, MD

Consultant/Advisor:  Atricure

Robert Merrit, MD

Speakers Bureau:  Intuitive Surgical

Daniel Miller, MD

Speakers Bureau:  Acute Innovations, Inc.

Consultant/Advisor:  Ethicon, Inc.

John Mitchell, MD

Consultant/Advisor:  Medtronic

Nahush Mokadam, MD

Consultant/Advisor:  Medtronic, Abbott, SynCardia

Gabe Owens, MD

Consultant/Advisor:  HistoSonics, Inc.

Jay Pal, MD

Research Grant:  Medtronic

Thomas Reece, MD

Consultant/Advisor:  Terumo, Gore, McKesson

Edward Sako, MD

Stock Ownership:  Medtronic

Joseph Shrager, MD

Consultant/Advisor:  Carefusion/Becton Dickinson

Research Grant:  Varian, Inc.

Stock Ownership:  Chest Innovations, Inc.

Brendon Stiles, MD
Consultant/Advisor:  AstraZeneca, Medtronic, Lung Cancer Research Foundation

Speakers Bureau:  AstraZeneca, Medtronic

Employment Affiliation:  Pfizer, PPI (spouse)

Stock Ownership:  PPI (spouse)

Thoralf Sundt, MD

Consultant/Advisor:  Medpace

Betty Tong, MD

Consultant/Advisor:  Medtronic

Michael Weyant, MD

Consultant/Advisor:  Medtronic

All other contributors/question writers involved in the development of this activity have reported no financial relationship to disclose.