Consultant Interventional Cardiology
Karolinska, Stockholm, Sweden

Dr Freeman has been a consultant in structural intervention at Karolinska Hospital, Sweden since Sept. 2025, specialising in TAVI, Mitral (TMVR, MTEER), Tricuspid (TTVR, TTEER), electrosurgery (LAMPOON, BASILICA, UNICORN) and SESAME percutaneous myotomy.

From 2017, Dr Freeman led the structural program at Aalborg University Hospital, Denmark, evolving the service from a basic low volume TAVI centre to the leading electrosurgical centre in Europe.

Aalborg was the first centre in Scandinavia to perform LAMPOON ViMAC and ViR procedures, with Dr Freeman performing the region’s first case, and is the first centre internationally outside the USA to develop SESAME percutaneous myotomy. These therapies are now established into a mature service with a heavy focus on selection and good results. But with a different home now, Karolinska, Stockholm

Dr Freeman is a core member of the international electrosurgery group and an active proctor for TAVI, complex electrosurgery, and paravalvular leak closure.

Active research includes a soon to be started RCT based in Karolinska: SESAME vs ASA in HCM patients, SEV vs BEV RCT in Bicuspid anatomy.

Interventional cardiologist, Cardiologist
Regional Hospital of Malaga – MALAGA, Spain

Dr. Cristóbal Urbano Carrillo is Head of the Cardiology Department at the University Regional Hospital of Málaga (since 2021) and a specialist in Cardiology.

His clinical and research work focuses on interventional cardiology, hemodynamics, and structural heart disease. He has a strong postgraduate background in healthcare management, cardiac imaging, applied statistics in health sciences, and biomedical research.

Extended observership in Cleveland Clinic (OH-USA)

His research interests include coronary artery disease, acute coronary syndromes, structural heart disease, and advanced percutaneous procedures such as TAVI, complex coronary revascularization, and coronary lithoplasty.

He actively participates in national and international registries and multicenter clinical trials.

Dr. Urbano Carrillo is author and co-author of numerous scientific publications in high-impact international journals, including European Heart Journal, Journal of the American Heart Association, JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions, and Revista Española de Cardiología. He has contributed to key studies from the Spanish TAVI Registry and to research on antithrombotic strategies and clinical outcomes in interventional cardiology.

Interventional Cardiologist
Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain

Dr. Marcel Santaló-Corcoy is an interventional cardiologist specializing in minimally invasive heart procedures, particularly in structural heart disease and valve interventions.

He began his career in Spain, working at institutions such as the Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, and later continued his professional development in Canada at the Montreal Heart Institute.

Alongside his clinical work, he is actively involved in research, focusing on advanced cardiac techniques and the use of artificial intelligence in cardiology.

Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist
The Heart Center, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark

Dr. Gintautas Bieliauskas is an interventional cardiologist at the Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen, Denmark, working within The Heart Center. His clinical and research work focuses on structural heart disease and advanced transcatheter interventions, particularly procedures such as transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI).

He is actively involved in international research and collaborative projects aimed at improving outcomes in complex cardiac procedures, combining clinical expertise with innovation in cardiovascular therapies.

Interventional cardiologist, Cardiologist
University of Padua, Padova (Italy)

Dr. Chiara Fraccaro is a Contract Professor in Cardiology at the University of Padua and a full-time interventional cardiologist at the Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, and Vascular Sciences.

She specializes in structural and coronary interventions and is actively involved in multimodality imaging. She earned a European Doctorate in Cardiovascular Sciences with a thesis on transcatheter aortic valve replacement and completed a scholarship at CHU Charles Nicolle in Rouen, France.

She is Deputy Director of the postgraduate course on the Interventional Treatment of Structural Heart Disease and serves on the EAPCI Educational Content, Courses, and Webinars Committee. A member of major scientific societies, including GISE, SIC, ANMCO, and EAPCI, she also contributes to the Lancet Commission on Atherosclerotic Heart Disease. Dr. Fraccaro has authored over 130 indexed articles and multiple book chapters. She speaks Italian, English, and French and enjoys sailing in her free time.

Interventional cardiologist
Kaunas University Hospital, Kaunas, Lithuania

Dr. Briedis is the Head of Structural Heart Interventions at the Hospital of the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Kaunas Clinics. In 2018, he was awarded a 12-month Fellowship Grant for Training in Structural Heart Interventions from the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI). He was trained in structural heart interventions at the Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital (Liverpool, UK), Humanitas Research Hospital (Milan, Italy), and Luzerner Kantonsspital (Lucerne, Switzerland).In 2020, Dr. Briedis was awarded 6 scholarships from the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), the European Heart Academy, the Ministry of Education, Science and Sports of the Republic of Lithuania, the Lithuanian Education Exchanges Support Foundation, the Marius Jakulis Jason Foundation, and the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences for the Executive MSc studies in Health Economics, Outcomes and Management in Cardiovascular Sciences, and he gained his second MSc degree in Health Economics and Management in 2022.Dr. Briedis is an Associate Professor, Co-Director of the 6-year Cardiology Residency Programme, and a PhD graduate at the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences with a research focus on the first-in-human heart valve interventions and new technologies for structural heart diseases. He is also a Clinical Proctor, Consultant, Educational Trainer and Advisory Board member for many world-renowned medical companies. Dr. Briedis is involved in numerous multicenter clinical trials, has presented and published over 80 research projects in international scientific oral communications and peer-reviewed medical journals. He is also an elected Member of the European Society of Cardiology EAPCI Congress Committee for the 2024-2026 term.

Interventional cardiologist
Instituto Estadual de Cardiologia Aloysio de Castro – IECAC – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Dr. Márcio Montenegro is a Brazilian cardiologist specializing in interventional cardiology, with extensive experience in minimally invasive cardiovascular procedures.

He is recognized for his work in advanced vascular and valvular therapies, contributing to the adoption of innovative techniques in Brazil.

Dr. Montenegro is actively involved in clinical practice, education, and scientific exchange, frequently participating in national and international cardiology meetings.

Interventional cardiologist
Hôpital privé international de Casablanca, Morrocco

Dr. Ismail Ismail is a Moroccan cardiologist based in Casablanca, currently practicing at the International Private Hospital of Casablanca. He is a specialist in general and interventional cardiology, with expertise in advanced minimally invasive techniques and non-invasive cardiac diagnostics. At this moment he has a second job as a senior physician in Asklepios Westklinikum Hamburg.

He completed his cardiology specialization in Hannover, Germany, and has held leadership roles, including serving as a team leader at the University Hospital of Oldenburg.

Dr. Ismail is a member of European and German cardiology societies and has international clinical experience, having practiced in Germany before returning to Morocco, where he contributes to the development of modern cardiac care.

Interventional cardiologist
Heart Center Leipzig, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Prof. Mohamed Abdel-Wahab is an internationally renowned interventional cardiologist specialized in TAVI and complex coronary interventions. He is currently the Head of the Department of Structural Heart Disease at Heart Center Leipzig, the largest European centre in terms of number of TAVI procedures. Professor Abdel-Wahab has contributed to over 300 papers in the field of interventional cardiology in high-profile peer-review journals.

Interventional cardiologist
Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain

He is a leading interventional cardiologist and Cardiovascular Research at Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Barcelona. He is also an Associate Professor at the University of Barcelona.

With over 25 years of experience, Dr. Sabaté specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of ischemic and structural heart disease, including complex percutaneous coronary interventions and transcatheter valve therapies such as TAVI and MitraClip.

He is a highly accomplished researcher, authoring hundreds of scientific publications and contributing extensively to international cardiology research, clinical trials, and academic activities in the field of interventional cardiology.