Dean J. Kereiakes, MD, FACC, MSCAI is Chairman of The Christ Hospital Heart and Vascular Institute, Medical Director of The Christ Hospital Research Institute, Professor of Medicine at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, and Professor of Clinical Medicine at The Ohio State University. He received his medical degree and was valedictorian of his graduating class at the University of Cincinnati in Ohio. Post graduate training included internship and residency at the University of California, San Francisco, senior residency at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, and Chief Residency at the University of California, San Francisco. He completed fellowships in adult cardiology at the University of California, San Francisco and in coronary angioplasty at the San Francisco Heart Institute and the Sequoia Hospital. Dr. Kereiakes has been the national/international Principal Investigator in trials for FDA approval of more than 26 novel drugs and medical devices. Dr. Kereiakes has performed more than 30,000 catheterization laboratory procedures, including First in Human and First in the U.S. use of novel medical devices. Dr. Kereiakes has published over 1200 peer-reviewed scientific journal articles, abstracts, and book chapters. He previously served as Section Editor for Circulation and is currently Deputy Editor of Journal for the Society of Cardiovascular Angiography and Intervention. z He has been recognized with the “Master” (MSCAI) distinction by The Society for