Rocky Mountain Valve Symposium

Rocky Mountain Valve Symposium

"There's no better meeting that features live surgeries by the world's top cardiac surgeons and wet lab practice to demonstrate the surgical techniques observed!"
-Tim Descamps
IHIMF Executive Director

"Great meeting! I have been coming back year after year and always take away many great ideas and often a better understanding... for my patients. Thank you!"
-Past Rocky Attendee

RMVS Faculty

stephen tahta Carlos Duran

Program Director

Institute Chairman
Stephen Tahta, MD Carlos M.G. Duran, MD, PhD
International Heart
Institute of Montana		 International Heart
Institute of Montana
Missoula, Montana Missoula, Montana

Cardiac Surgery

Tirone E. David, MD - Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Canada
Todd Dewey, MD - Medical City Dallas Hospital, Dallas, Texas
Walter Graves, MD - The International Heart Institute of Montana, Kalispell, Montana
Stephen Hiro, MD - The International Heart Institute of Montana, Missoula, Montana
Stewart Long, MD - The International Heart Institute of Montana, Missoula, Montana
Matt Maxwell, MD - The International Heart Institute of Montana, Missoula, Montana
Professor Sir Magdi Yacoub, MD, PhD - Harefield Heart Science Center, Harefield, Middlesex, England

Cardiology

William Grossman, MD - University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Joseph F Knapp, MD - International Heart Institute of Montana, Missoula, MT
Maurice Enriquez-Sarano, MD - The Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
Pravin Shah, MD - Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian, Newport Beach, California

Cardiac Anesthesiology

Bruce Bollen, MD - Missoula Anesthesiology PC, Missoula, MT
Gregar H Lind, MD - Missoula Anesthesiology PC, Missoula, MT
Alistair MacDonald, MD – Missoula Anesthesiology PC, Missoula, MT
Wendy Morris, MD - Missoula Anesthesiology PC, Missoula, MT