Detroit – Detroit | Cardiovascular Society

December 16^th, 2026 / DETROIT ATHLETIC CLUB

State-Wide System of Emergency Cardiac Care: Advocacy, Development, Data and Progress

Hosts

Amir Kaki, MD | Babar Basir, DO

December 11^th, 2025 / DETROIT ATHLETIC CLUB

Lessons in Cardiovascular Complications

Hosts

Amir Kaki, MD | Babar Basir, DO

ABOUT US

Detroit Cardio Vascular Society is a triannual scientific symposium serving as Detroit's leading educational forum specializing in cardiovascular medicine. Our members are cardiovascular health specialists in and around Detroit, MI. Becoming a member of the Society provides substantial benefits to healthcare workers by allowing you to interact with fellow cardiologists.

Through the DCVS, we hope to make a difference in the cardiovascular health of Americans and the world by engaging in fruitful research, debate, and discussions.

WHAT IS OUR GOAL

Detroit Cardio Vascular Society aims to provide a platform that facilitates key medical research advances in the realm of Cardiovascular medicine each year by bringing together prominent academics and doctors from across the world to present and discuss the most recent evidence-based research. We strive to support and represent all those working in the fields of cardiovascular care and research by facilitating the career pathway of cardiologists through a triannual scientific conferences.

No membership fee. Just sign-up for the upcoming event and socialize with some of the most prominent cardiologists and research professionals in the United States.
Open to all healthcare workers in Detroit, MI but pertains mainly to cardiologists and people employed in cardiology.
Get access to presentations and live case studies on the latest, cutting-edge cardiology research and findings.
Socialize with like-minded professionals and benefit from the expertise of senior researchers, academics, and practitioners of cardiology.

ABOUT US

Detroit Cardiovascular Society is a triannual scientific symposium with world-renowned keynote speakers serving as Michigan's leading educational forum specializing in cardiovascular medicine. The theme is a case-based discussion of pertinent interventional cardiology hot topics.

WHAT IS OUR GOAL

Detroit Cardiovascular Society aims to provide a platform that facilitates fellowship, innovation, collaboration, and education amongst the cardiovascular community across Michigan.

Founder: Amir Kaki MD

Co-Founder: Babar Basir DO

December 16th, 2026

Detroit, MI

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Panelists

Founder: Amir Kaki MD

Co-Founder: Babar Basir DO

December 14^th-2022

Detroit , MI

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PANELISTS

Past speakers

Topic: Updates and Controversies In Coronary Physiology

Keynote Speaker: Morton Kern, MD

Chief, Scientific Officer

Dr Morton J Kern, MD, is a professor of medicine at the University of California, Irvine, and chief of cardiology at the Long Beach Veterans Administration Medical Center.
Dr Kern received his medical degree and completed his internship/residency at Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, and followed that with a fellowship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston. Before joining the University of California, Irvine, in 2006, Kern was a professor of medicine at St. Louis University, where he was also director of the J.G. Mudd Cardiac Catheterization Lab.
Kern is the author of several major textbooks, including The Cardiac Catheterization Handbook, which is used nationally and internationally to train physicians in the subject, and the recently published second edition of the SCAI Interventional Cardiology Board Review. His research interests include interventional cardiology education and practice, ACS, hemodynamics and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Dr Morton J Kern is an Editorial Board member of US Cardiology Review.

Topic: State-Wide System of Emergency Cardiac Care: Advocacy, Development, Data and Progress

Keynote Speaker: Jeffrey Marshall, MD, MSCAI

Dr.Jeffrey (Jeff) Marshall is the Chief of the Northside Hospital Cardiovascular Institute in Atlanta Georgia. Dr. Marshall graduated from the University of Florida College of Medicine and completed internal medicine, chief residency, cardiology research, general cardiology, and interventional cardiology training at the Medical College of Virginia (now Virginia Commonwealth University), where he also worked as an Assistant Professor of Medicine in Cardiology. He then matriculated to Emory University in Atlanta and was an Associate Professor and the Director of the Cath Lab at Crawford W. Long (now Emory Midtown) hospital. With several partners from the Emory faculty, they started the Northeast Georgia Heart Center in Gainesville Georgia that became a top-rated CV program in Georgia. In 2019, this team moved to the Northside Hospital system to start the Northside Cardiovascular Institute. His mentors, Dr. Michael Cowley and Dr. George Vetrovec are life-long SCAI champions and prior SCAI Presidents who counseled Dr. Marshall to get involved with SCAI as a Cardiology Fellow in 1990. Dr. Marshall achieved FSCAI in 1997, was inducted as MSCAI in 2016, and served as SCAI President from 2012-2013. Dr. Marshall has been on numerous SCAI committees including PR/Communications, Seconds Count, the Board of Trustees, Interventional, Membership Growth and Enhancement, Government Relations, SCAI PAC, Program Committee (1999; Monterey), Past Presidents, Development and Industry Relations, and the International Programs committees. He was a Program Co-Chair for the SCAI Annual Scientific Meeting, 2005, in Ponte Vedra Florida, and is the SCAI Delegate to the AMA House of Delegates. He received the Mason Sones Award in 2008. Dr. Marshall is Board Certified in Interventional Cardiology and served on the ABIM Cardiology Question Writing Committee, is a past-Chairman of the Georgia Composite Medical Board, is the current Governor of the Georgia Chapter of the ACC, and was instrumental in passing the State law establishing Emergency Cardiac Care Centers in Georgia. Dr. Marshall has been active in interventional coronary, peripheral vascular, and cerebrovascular research throughout his career. Castle Connolly, US News and World Reports, and the Consumer’s Research Council of America have recognized him as a Top Doctor. Dr. Marshall is married to Julie Ann Finch Marshall since 1978; he has four children and eight beautiful grandchildren.

Topic: Coronary Dissection

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Rajiv Gulati, MD

Rajiv Gulati, MD PhD is Chair of the Division of Interventional Cardiology in the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine. He is a consultant cardiologist with a subspecialty interest in interventional cardiology. Areas of clinical expertise include:

Evaluation and management of complex coronary artery disease
Interventional management of chronic total occlusions
Coronary physiology and imaging
Spontaneous coronary artery dissection
Catheter-based management of peripheral arterial disease
Catheter-based treatment of aortic stenosis (TAVR)

In addition to his clinical activities, Dr. Gulati is active in research and education, providing mentorship to residents and fellows. His research interests include coronary intervention, clinical outcomes research, myocardial infarction epidemiology, vascular biology, nonatherosclerotic coronary artery disease and spontaneous coronary artery dissection. He has authored numerous articles in high-impact scientific journals and carries the rank of Professor of Medicine.

Education and Training

Certifications and Affiliations

Awards and Honors

Keynote Speaker: Nicolas M Van Mieghem, MD

Nicolas M. Van Mieghem obtained his medical degree and specialty degrees in Cardiology and Intensive Care Medicine at the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium. After subsequent Fellowships in Interventional Cardiology in ZiekenhuisOost-Limburg Genk, Belgium, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, USA and Thoraxcenter, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, he joined the department of Interventional Cardiology in the Thoraxcenter, Erasmus University Medical Center as senior staff member in February 2010. He has a particular focus on transcatheter heart valve interventions, mechanical circulatory support, and treatment of calcified coronary lesions. He obtained the degree of PhD based upon his research in transcatheter valve therapies. He is the clinical director of Interventional Cardiology since September 2014. He became full professor of Interventional Cardiology September 1, 2019. So far, he has published and co-authored over 500 scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals. Prof. Van Mieghem is principal investigator and steering committee member in multiple ongoing international trials evaluating various transcatheter valve technologies, mechanical circulatory support platforms and coronary atherectomy devices. He is a Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology (FESC) and the American College of Cardiology. He is member of the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI).