7th European Endovascular & Interventional Cardiology Conference EICC 2026

Join us for the 7th European Endovascular & Interventional Cardiology Conference, also known as EICC 2026 Santorini, taking place on June 19–20, 2026, in the beautiful setting of Santorini, Greece. This prestigious European Endovascular Conference will focus on the latest advancements in the field, making it a key event for professionals in the Interventional Cardiology Conference 2026.

Announcement for E.I.C.C. 2026 cardiology conference in Santorini, Greece.

About the Conference

Beautiful Santorini with iconic blue-domed churches and sea view.

Our Mission - Why Attend EICC 2026? - Key Topics: Complex PCI / CTO, IVUS/OCT, TAVR/TEER/LAAO

The 7th European Endovascular Conference will take place at the Acroterra Rosa Luxury Suites & Spa in the stunning location of Santorini, Greece, bringing together global leaders in Interventional Cardiology, Cardiac and Vascular Surgery, and Interventional Radiology. Join us for the Interventional Cardiology Conference 2026 on June 19–20, 2026, as part of the EICC 2026 Santorini. Don't miss the opportunity to be part of the European Interventional Cardiology Meeting that highlights advancements in the field. EICC 2026 invites practicing interventional cardiologists, endovascular operators, interventiional radiologists, vascular and cardiac surgeons or physicians who who seek education on those fields. The program features dedicated tracks on complex PCI and CTO interventions, intravascular imaging (IVUS & OCT/FFR) and structural-heart interventions (TAVR/TEER/LAAO) for interventional cardiologists.

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Conference Faculty

Course Directors

Konstantinos Marmagkiolis, MD, MBA, FACC, FSCAI
Interventional Cardiologist, Tampa Heart, Tampa, FL, USA
Collaborative Associate Professor of Cardiology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
Adjunct Associate Professor of Cardiology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA

Mehmet Cilingiroglu, MD
Interventional Cardiologist and Structural Heart Specialist
Professor of Medicine, Surgery, and Biomedical Engineering
San Diego, CA, USA

Cezar Iliescu, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Professor of Cardiology and Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX, USA

Konstantinos Dean Boudoulas, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Professor of Medicine, Section Head of Interventional Cardiology
Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories
The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH, USA

Konstantinos Charitakis, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Associate Professor of Cardiology
Associate Program Director, Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship
UTHealth Houston
Houston, TX, USA

Panagiotis Papanagiotou, MD, PhD
Professor, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Professor of Neuroradiology, Klinikum Bremen-Mitte
Head, Clinic for Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology
Hospitals Bremen-Mitte and Bremen-Ost
Bremen, Germany

Faculty

Amr Abbas, MD, FACC
Structural Interventional Cardiologist
Corewell Health
Detroit, MI, USA

Zainulabdeen Al Rstum, MD
Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Tampa General Hospital / University of South Florida
Tampa, FL, USA

Vishal Arora, MD, FACC
Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University
Augusta, GA, USA

İsmail Ateş, MD
Interventional and Structural Interventional Cardiologist
Associate Professor of Cardiology, Division of Cardiology
Bahçeşehir University Hospital
Istanbul, Turkey

Dimitrios Avgerinos, MD, PhD
Cardiac and Aortic Surgeon
Deputy Director of Cardiac Surgery
Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center
Athens, Greece

Thomas Beleveslis, MD
Director of Cardiology
424 General Military Hospital
Thessaloniki, Greece

Jean Bismuth, MD, FACS
Professor of Surgery and Endovascular Therapy
Chief, Division of Vascular Surgery
USF Health / Tampa General Hospital
Tampa, FL, USA

Jaime Caballero, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Interventional Cardiologist, Tampa Heart
Collaborative Associate Professor of Cardiology, University of South Florida
Tampa, FL, USA

Nishit Choksi, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FACA, FCCP
Director of Cardiovascular Services
Henry Ford Hospital Rochester
Detroit, MI, USA

George Dangas, MD, PhD, FACC, FSCAI
Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY, USA

George Giannakoulas, MD, PhD
Professor of Cardiology
Head, Adult Congenital Heart Disease and Pulmonary Hypertension Clinics
AHEPA University Hospital
Thessaloniki, Greece

İbrahim Halil İnanç, MD, FSCAI, FESC, FACC
Interventional Cardiologist
Phoenixville Hospital
Phoenixville, PA, USA

Sebastian A. Iturra Urriola, MD
Allina Health Minneapolis Heart Institute
Minneapolis, MN, USA

Chris Kairis, MD
Cardiologist
Stress Echocardiography Laboratory
Drama, Greece

John Kassotis, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiologist
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
New Brunswick, NJ, USA

Clifford J. Kavinsky, MD, PhD, FACC, MSCAI
Associate Professor of Medicine
Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine
Loyola University Medical Center
Maywood, IL, USA

Kalliopi Keramida, MD, PhD, FESC, FHFA, FICOS
Cardiologist
Chairperson, Working Group of Cardio-Oncology
Hellenic Society of Cardiology
Athens, Greece

Parasuram Melarcode Krishnamoorthy, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Director, Structural Heart Program
Director, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology
University of Oklahoma Medical Center
Oklahoma City, OK, USA

Massoud Leesar, MD, FACC
Professor of Medicine, Interventional Cardiology
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL, USA

Stacy Mandras, MD, FACC
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist
Medical Director, Pulmonary Hypertension and VAD Program
AdventHealth
Orlando, FL, USA

Dominique J. Monlezun, MD, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Hospital Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic
Professor of Bioethics, Universidad Anáhuac México
Chief Data Scientist, Global System Analytics & Structures
Executive Director, Center for Responsible AI & Global Health

Ioannis Nikolaidis, MD
Neurosurgeon
Director of Neurosurgery
Tzaneio Hospital
Piraeus, Athens, Greece

Nicholas Nikolaidis, MD, FRCS (C-Th)
Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Royal Wolverhampton Hospital
Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

Vlasis Ninios, MD, MRCP
Consultant Interventional Cardiologist
Director, Department of Cardiology
Interbalkan Medical Center Heart Center
Thessaloniki, Greece

Guilherme Oliveira, MD, MBA
Vice President, Concierge Medicine Service Line
Professor of Medicine, Morsani College of Medicine
University of South Florida / Tampa General Hospital
Tampa, FL, USA

Grigorios Pavlidis, MD
Director, 4th Interventional Cardiology Department for Valvular and Structural Heart Diseases
Henry Dunant Hospital Center
Athens, Greece

George Pisimisis, MD, FACS, FSVS
Clinical Associate Professor of Vascular Surgery
Loma Linda University Faculty Medical Group
Loma Linda, CA, USA

George S. Prousi, MD, FACC
Cardiac Electrophysiologist
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Drexel University College of Medicine / Tower Health
Phoenixville, PA, USA

Daniel A. Ratliff, DO
Interventional Structural Cardiologist
Phoenixville, PA, USA

Georgios Sfikas, MD, PhD
Specialist in Internal Medicine
Chief, Lipidology and Atherosclerosis Clinic
424 General Military Hospital of Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki, Greece

Peter A. Soukas, MD, FACC, FSVM, FSCAI, FACP, RPVI
Brown University Health / The Miriam Hospital
Providence, RI, USA

Andreas Synetos, MD, FESC, FACC
Interventional Cardiologist
Associate Professor of Cardiology, European University of Cyprus
1st Department of Cardiology, University of Athens Medical School
Athens, Greece

Apostolos K. Tassiopoulos, MD, FACS
Chair, Department of Surgery
Director, Vascular Center
Director, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Stony Brook Southampton Hospital
Stony Brook, NY, USA

Stefanos Votsis, MD
Interventional Cardiologist
424 General Military Training Hospital
Thessaloniki, Greece

Konstantinos Voudris, MD, PhD, FACC, FSCAI
Interventional Cardiologist
Allina Health Minneapolis Heart Institute
Minneapolis, MN, USA

Agenda

Friday, June 19, 2026 - Morning Session – Vascular & Endovascular

Session Presidents/Moderators:
Nishit Choksi, MD, FACC, FSCAI; Apostolos K. Tassiopoulos, MD, FACS; Ioannis Nikolaidis, MD; Nicholas Nikolaidis, MD; Athanasios Tsiouris, MD; Dimitrios Avgerinos, MD, PhD

09:00 – 09:20 | Deep Venous Arterialization for Advanced SFA Disease
Nishit Choksi, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FACA, FCCP
Director of Cardiovascular Services
Henry Ford Hospital Rochester
Detroit, MI, USA

09:20 – 09:40 | Present and Future of EVAR Technologies
Apostolos K. Tassiopoulos, MD, FACS
Chair, Department of Surgery
Professor of Surgery
Director, Vascular Center
Director, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Stony Brook Southampton Hospital
Co-Director, Aortic Center
Stony Brook, NY, USA

09:40 – 10:00 | Endovascular Management of EVAR Complications
Jean Bismuth, MD, FACS
Professor of Surgery and Endovascular Therapy
Chief, Division of Vascular Surgery
USF Health / Tampa General Hospital
Tampa, FL, USA

10:00 – 10:20 | Novel Devices and Techniques for Below-the-Knee Chronic Limb Ischemia
Peter A. Soukas, MD, FACC, FSVM, FSCAI, FACP, RPVI
Brown University Health / The Miriam Hospital
Providence, RI, USA

10:40 – 11:00 | Percutaneous Management of Malignant SVC Syndrome
George Pisimisis, MD, FACS, FSVS
Clinical Associate Professor of Vascular Surgery
Loma Linda University Faculty Medical Group
Loma Linda, CA, USA

11:00 – 11:20 | Genicular Artery Embolization for Knee Osteoarthritis
Nishit Choksi, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FACA, FCCP
Director of Cardiovascular Services
Henry Ford Hospital Rochester
Detroit, MI, USA

11:20 – 11:40 | Patient–Prosthesis Mismatch in the Current TAVR Era
Sebastian A. Iturra Urriola, MD
Allina Health Minneapolis Heart Institute
Minneapolis, MN, USA

12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch Break

Friday, June 19, 2026 - Heart Failure, Shock & AI

Session Presidents/Moderators:
Panagiotis Papanagiotou, MD, PhD; İbrahim Halil İnanç, MD, FSCAI, FESC, FACC; Konstantinos Charitakis, MD, FACC, FSCAI; George Giannakoulas, MD, PhD

13:00 – 13:20 | Management of Cardiac Transplant Patients in the Cath Lab
Stacy Mandras, MD, FACC
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist
Medical Director, Pulmonary Hypertension and VAD Program
AdventHealth
Orlando, FL, USA

13:20 – 13:40 | Microaxial Flow Pump-Assisted Cardiac Ablation and the Importance of Hemodynamics During Electrophysiology Procedures
George S. Prousi, MD, FACC
Cardiac Electrophysiologist
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Drexel University College of Medicine / Tower Health
Phoenixville, PA, USA

13:40 – 14:00 | Role of Interventional Cardiology in the Management of Heart Failure
Thomas Beleveslis, MD
Director of Cardiology
424 General Military Hospital
Thessaloniki, Greece

14:00 – 14:20 | The Role of the Electrophysiologist in the Management of Congestive Heart Failure
John Kassotis, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiologist
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
New Brunswick, NJ, USA

14:20 – 14:40 | Hybrid AF Management: Isolated Thoracoscopic Maze and Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion as ABC or Convergent Therapy
Nicholas Nikolaidis, MD, FRCS (C-Th)
Royal Wolverhampton Hospital
Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

14:40 – 15:00 | A Clinician's Guide to How AI Ethics, Economics, and Governance Are Shaping the Future of Interventional Cardiology
Dominique J. Monlezun, MD, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Hospital Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic
Professor of Bioethics, Universidad Anáhuac México
Chief Data Scientist, Global System Analytics & Structures
Executive Director, Center for Responsible AI & Global Health

15:00 – 15:20 | Microaxial Flow Pump for the Management of Cardiogenic Shock
Zainulabdeen Al Rstum, MD
Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Tampa General Hospital / University of South Florida
Tampa, FL, USA

Saturday, June 20, 2026 - Morning Session – Coronary & Imaging

Session Presidents/Moderators:
Konstantinos Marmagkiolis, MD, MBA, FACC, FSCAI; Cezar Iliescu, MD, FACC, FSCAI; Jaime Caballero, MD, FACC, FSCAI; İbrahim Halil İnanç, MD, FSCAI, FESC, FACC; Stefanos Votsis, MD

09:00 – 09:20 | Escalation and De-escalation of Antiplatelet Therapy During and After PCI
George Dangas, MD, PhD, FACC, FSCAI
Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY, USA

09:20 – 09:40 | How to Manage Large Coronary Thrombus in the Cath Lab
Konstantinos Dean Boudoulas, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Professor of Medicine
Section Head, Interventional Cardiology
Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories
The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH, USA

09:40 – 10:00 | Vacuum-Assisted Thrombectomy in the Catheterization Laboratory: Clinical Applications and Outcomes
Vishal Arora, MD, FACC
Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University
Augusta, GA, USA

10:00 – 10:20 | The Year in Cardiology 2025–2026: Recent Advances and Future Perspectives
Guilherme Oliveira, MD, MBA
Vice President, Tampa General Hospital Concierge Medicine Service Line
Professor of Medicine, Morsani College of Medicine
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL, USA

10:20 – 10:40 | Coffee Break

11:00 – 11:20 | Management of Radiation Cardiotoxicity in the Cath Lab
Kalliopi Keramida, MD, PhD, FESC, FHFA, FICOS
Cardiology Department, General Anti-Cancer Oncology Hospital "Agios Savvas"
Immediate Past Chair, Working Group on Cardio-Oncology, Hellenic Society of Cardiology
Athens, Greece

11:20 – 11:40 | The Value of Stress Echocardiography to Guide Percutaneous Coronary Interventions
Chris Kairis, MD
Cardiologist
Stress Echocardiography Laboratory
Drama, Greece

11:40 – 12:00 | Novel Devices for Tricuspid Valve Disease
Amr Abbas, MD, FACC
Structural Interventional Cardiologist
Corewell Health
Detroit, MI, USA

12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch Break

Saturday, June 20, 2026 - Structural & Valvular

Session Presidents/Moderators:
Vlasis Ninios, MD, MRCP; Konstantinos Voudris, MD, PhD, FACC, FSCAI; Mehmet Cilingiroglu, MD; Grigorios Pavlidis, MD

13:00 – 13:20 | Role of TAVR for Pure Aortic Insufficiency: New Devices and Techniques
Daniel A. Ratliff, DO
Interventional Structural Cardiologist
Phoenixville, PA, USA

13:20 – 13:40 | Expanded Role of TEER in Mitral and Structural Procedures in 2026
İsmail Ateş, MD
Interventional and Structural Cardiologist
Associate Professor of Cardiology
Bahçeşehir University Hospital
Istanbul, Turkey

13:40 – 14:00 | Prevention and Management of Arrhythmias During Structural Cardiac Interventions
Parasuram Melarcode Krishnamoorthy, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Director, Structural Heart Program
Director, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology
University of Oklahoma Medical Center
Oklahoma City, OK, USA

14:00 – 14:20 | Left Atrial Appendage Closure: Novel Indications and Techniques
Clifford J. Kavinsky, MD, PhD, FACC, MSCAI
Associate Professor of Medicine
Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine
Loyola University Medical Center
Maywood, IL, USA

14:20 – 14:40 | Familial Hypercholesterolemia and Its Effect on Cardiovascular Risk
Georgios Sfikas, MD, PhD
Specialist in Internal Medicine
Brigadier General (H.A.) Ret.
Chief, Lipidology and Atherosclerosis Clinic
424 General Military Hospital of Thessaloniki
Chairman, Working Group for Familial Hypercholesterolemia
Hellenic Atherosclerosis Society
Thessaloniki, Greece

Venue & Accommodation - Acroterra Rosa, Santorini

Santorini's iconic blue-domed churches overlook the serene sea and cliffside white buildings.

Acroterra Rosa Luxury Suites & Spa

The 7th European Endovascular Conference will take place in Acroterra Rosa Luxury Suites & Spa in the stunning location of Santorini, Greece, bringing together global leaders in Interventional Cardiology, Cardiac and Vascular Surgery, and Interventional Radiology. Join us for the Interventional Cardiology Conference 2026 on June 19–20, 2026, as part of the EICC 2026 Santorini. Don't miss the opportunity to be part of the European Interventional Cardiology Meeting that highlights advancements in the field.

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