Alfred Danielian

Alfred Danielian, MD, FACC, FASE, is the Director of Sports Cardiology and Echocardiography at Las Vegas Heart Associates, an affiliate of MountainView Hospital in Las Vegas, Nevada.

He serves as team cardiologist for the Las Vegas Raiders, Vegas Golden Knights, Las Vegas Aces, UNLV Athletics, Henderson Silver Knights, Las Vegas Aviators, and Las Vegas NBA Summer League.

Dr. Danielian has a particular professional passion for the cardiovascular care of athletes and active individuals, with a strong emphasis on advocacy in sports cardiology, including emergency action planning, access to AEDs, and the prevention of sudden cardiac death. He completed two terms on the American College of Cardiology Sports and Exercise Cardiology Section Leadership Council and currently serves as Governor of the American College of Cardiology Nevada Chapter.

David Engel

David J. Engel, MD, FACC is a Professor of Medicine at the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University. Dr. Engel received his undergraduate degree from Yale University and medical degree from Cornell University Medical College. He completed his post-graduate cardiology fellowship training at Columbia University Medical Center with advanced fellowship training in echocardiography. He is the Director of the Columbia Sports Cardiology Program and serves as a cardiac consultant for the National basketball Association (NBA). Through his work and collaboration with the NBA, Dr Engel has led multiple studies and publications detailing echocardiographic and electrocardiographic features of the athlete’s heart in NBA and WNBA athletes. He is the Co-Editor of the 2021 Sports Cardiology textbook, Sports Cardiology: Care of the Athletic Heart from the Clinic to the Sidelines

Marc Alaric Franzos

From the cockpit to the clinic, Dr. Franzos' journey as a U.S. Navy pilot and retired Captain forged a unique blend of discipline and medical expertise. Now an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Uniformed Services University School of Medicine, he brings decades of distinguished service in both military and medical leadership.

A triple-threat specialist in Cardiovascular Disease, Internal Medicine, and Aerospace Medicine, he has consistently tackled complex medical challenges at the highest levels. As Chief Medical Officer at the Pentagon's clinic, Chief of Medicine at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, and Director of Force Medical Readiness at the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, he applied evidence-based data to transform military medical evaluations for accession, retention, and disability. His work led to the creation of critical post-COVID-19 return-to-exercise guidance and innovative strategies for preventing exercise-related collapse.

Today, Dr. Franzos continues to push the boundaries of medical science. His research and teaching focus on cutting-edge topics like artificial intelligence in cardiovascular diagnostics, while also training the next generation of leaders and ensuring the health of tactical and competitive athletes

Mark Haigney

Mark Haigney, MD is a cardiologist and electrophysiologist who has practiced in the US Military Health System since completing fellowship. A former US Air Force officer, he is currently the Director of Cardiology at the Hebert School of Medicine in Bethesda, MD, and the Director of the Military Cardiovascular Outcomes Research (MiCOR) program. MiCOR is funded by the Defense Health Agency to address cardiac problems affecting men and women in the 18 to 45 year age group. Current projects include ECG screening of military recruits, genetic evaluation of military cardiac arrest victims, and the treatment of Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome. He is co-chair of the 2025 ACC/AHA Scientific Statement "Clinical Considerations for the Care of the Tactical Athlete With Cardiovascular Abnormalities.

Jonathan Ho-Youn Kim

Dr. Kim is a Professor of Medicine and Founding Director of Sports Cardiology in the Division of Cardiology at Emory University School of Medicine and additionally holds an adjunct Professorship in the School of Applied Physiology at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He received his Bachelor of Science at Emory and was a Fulbright Scholar before attending Vanderbilt Medical School. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine & Pediatrics at Massachusetts General Hospital and cardiology fellowship at Emory (chief fellow 2013-14). In addition to his clinical role, Dr. Kim conducts NIH-funded (current R01) sports cardiology research at Emory. He is the Team Cardiologist for the Atlanta Falcons, Braves, Hawks, United, and Dream, and for Sports Medicine at Emory and Georgia Tech. Dr. Kim consults for numerous other NCAA Division-I sports programs. Dr. Kim is a member of the NBA Cardiac Advisory Committee and NFL Cardiovascular Task Force. Dr. Kim is the immediate past-Chair of the American College of Cardiology’s Sports and Exercise Cardiology Council

Rachel Lampert

Dr. Lampert is the Robert Berliner Professor of Medicine in Cardiology/Electrophysiology, and Director of Sports Cardiology at Yale Medical School. Clinically, her focus is on care of athletes with potentially arrhythmogenic cardiovascular disorders, including athletes with implanted defibrillators, and identification through ECG screening. Her research interests include the impact of sports and exercise on arrhythmias in athletes with cardiovascular disease. She was the principle investigator for the ICD Sports Registry. Recent studies include the NIH-funded LIVE-HCM and LIVE-LQTS, parallel observational prospective registries looking at impact of vigorous exercise on arrhythmic outcomes, across the life-span from children to the middle-aged, in individuals with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and the Long QT Syndrome. She serves on the steering committee of the ongoing ORCCA study. She is an author on professional society guidance documents from the Heart Rhythm Society, American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association, and serves on the ACC’s Sports and Exercise Council, as well as serving as a founding member of the Sports Cardiology Society. Dr Lampert went to medical school at Vanderbilt, then did residency and chief residency at Bellevue/NYU. She did cardiology and electrophysiology fellowship at Yale

Benjamin D. Levine

Benjamin D. Levine, M.D. is founder and Director of the Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas and a professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center. A Brown and Harvard graduate, he trained in internal medicine at Stanford and cardiology at UT Southwestern. Since founding IEEM in 1992, he has led pioneering research on how exercise, aging, and extreme environments affect cardiovascular function.

An internationally recognized sports cardiologist and space medicine expert, Dr. Levine advises major athletic organizations and has contributed to NASA and International Space Station research. He has received numerous national and international awards, published over 500 scientific works, and is a fellow and leader in multiple major medical and scientific societies.

Matthew Martinez

Dr. Matthew W. Martinez is Enterprise Lead of Sports Cardiology for Mayo Clinic Foundation. Dr. Martinez serves as a cardiology consultant for Major League Soccer, the NBA players association and several other professional leagues and teams. He is an author on the Sports Cardiology Clinical consensus document and Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy guidelines. He regularly presents on Sports Cardiology and Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and is the prior Chair of American College of Cardiology’s Sports and Exercise section. He is one of the founders of the Sports Cardiology Society.

Silvana Molossi

Dr. Molossi is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology at Baylor College of Medicine and Associate Chief of Cardiology, the Heart Center at Texas Children’s Hospital. She graduated from the Federal University of Pelotas, Brazil, completed clinical and research fellowship in pediatric cardiology at the Hospital for Sick Children and received a doctorate degree in the departments of Pathology and Cardiovascular Sciences at the University of Toronto, Canada. She has been involved in screening athletes for >20 years, holds the Vice-President of Science and Research position for the Championship Hearts Foundation and is on the Medical Advisory Board for the National Coronary Anomalies Foundation, non-profit organizations. Dr. Molossi served as Co-Chair of the American College of Cardiology’s Sports and Exercise Cardiology Council from 2013-2016 and remains active within the Texas Chapter of the ACC. She is the Medical Director of the Coronary Artery Anomalies Program at Texas Children’s established in December 2012 and is the co-founder of the International Coronary Artery Anomalies Collaborative (ICAAC), an international team of experts furthering the knowledge in coronary artery anomalies. Dr. Molossi is also a founding member of the Sports Cardiology Society.

Bradley Petek

Bradley Petek, MD, FACC is the Director of the Sports Cardiology Program at Oregon Health & Science University. He serves as a sports cardiologist for numerous teams/organizations including the National Hockey League, Oregon State Beavers, University of Oregon Ducks, University of Portland Pilots, Portland State Vikings, and Portland Winterhawks. Dr. Petek also serves as the Medical Director for Portland Fire & Rescue, the Portland Police Bureau, and is the Chair of the Sports Cardiology Working Group for the American Society of Preventive Cardiology.

Dermot Phelan

Dermot Phelan, MB, BAO, BCh, PhD, FASE, FACC is Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and the Gragg Endowed Chair in Cardiovascular Medicine. He serves as Enterprise Lead of Cardiovascular Imaging and Director of both the Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM) Center and the Gragg Center for Cardiovascular Performance at Advocate Health Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Trained in cardiology in Ireland, Dr. Phelan completed advanced cardiac imaging fellowship training at the Cleveland Clinic, where he went on to establish and lead the institution’s first Sports Cardiology Center. His work focuses on distinguishing healthy athletic adaptation from heart disease, using advanced imaging to improve athlete safety and performance.

A recognized leader in sports cardiology, Dr. Phelan serves as the cardiology consultant for the NFL and MLB Scouting Combines, is Chair of the NFL Cardiovascular Task Force, and has been a member of the NBA Cardiovascular Advisory Committee since 2015. His team oversees cardiac imaging quality for the NBA, WNBA, and G League, reviewing more than 1,000 studies annually.

He has helped shape national guidelines for evaluating competitive athletes and is co-editor of Care of the Athletic Heart: From the Clinic to the Sidelines.

Ankit B. Shah

Dr. Ankit Shah is Founder and President of Sports & Performance Cardiology in Chevy Chase, MD. He is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Georgetown University School of Medicine and Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University.

He is the Chief Medical Officer for USA Swimming, Cardiology Consultant for the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee, and serves on the National Basketball Association Cardiac Advisory Committee. He is also Chair of the Sports and Exercise Cardiology Leadership Council for the American College of Cardiology and a founding member of the Sports Cardiology Society.

Dr. Shah earned his B.A. from Boston College with a degree in Economics and his M.D. and M.P.H. from Tufts University School of Medicine. He completed his training in internal medicine at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, fellowship in cardiovascular disease at Lenox Hill Hospital and fellowship in sports cardiology at the Massachusetts General Hospital. He has served as team cardiologist for teams in the MLS, NBA, WNBA, MLB, NFL and NHL

Sean Swearingen

Dr. Swearingen is the Director of Sports and Exercise Cardiology at Rush University Medical Center. He is a native of Chicago and did his undergrad at University of Illinois in Urbana/Champaign, followed by medical school at the University of Chicago. He completed his residency at University of Wisconsin Madison before coming back to Chicago for his cardiology fellowship at Rush. He currently serves as the team cardiologist for the Chicago Red Stars, Chicago Bulls, Windy City Bulls, and is a frequent cardiology consultant for the Chicago White sox and Depaul Blue Devils.