FIT Co-Hosts:
Jennifer Barbadora, MD, Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Hernan Marcos, MD, MetroHealth
Mitra Patel, MD, University of Toledo

FIT Co-Hosts:
Tasveer Khawaja, MD, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Yasmine Robison, DO, Summa Health

FIT Co-Hosts:
Zeryab Khan, MD, OhioHealth-Doctors Hospital
Edwin Lu, MD, The Ohio State University

FIT Co-Hosts:
Hanad Bashir, MD, The Christ Hospital
Abdallah Masri, MD, NEOMED/CMEF/Aultman Hospital

Speaker Bio:
Dr. Mohamed Elshazly is a cardiac electrophysiologist at Orlando Health, Orlando FL. He trained in internal medicine at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD and Cardiology and Cardiac Electrophysiology at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, OH. He has a masters degree in Biotechnology Enterprise and Entrepreneurship from Johns Hopkins University. His research and clinical interests focus on atrial fibrillation, digital health and artificial intelligence, with a particular focus on the clinical applications of wearable devices in cardiovascular care and arrhythmia management. He has published more than 70 papers in peer-reviewed journals and received several research awards and grants and led clinical trials in digital health.

FIT Co-Hosts:
Seth Scheetz, MD, Cleveland Clinic
Fares Sukhon, MD, MetroHealth Medical Center

Speaker Bio:
James D. Thomas, MD, is Professor and Director of the Center for Heart Valve Disease at Northwestern University in Chicago. Born and raised in Oklahoma City, Dr. Thomas attended Harvard College (graduating summa cum laude in Applied Mathematics) and Harvard Medical School before training at Massachusetts General Hospital and the University of Vermont. He has over 650 peer-reviewed publications with an h-index of 140 and is past-president of the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE), currently co-chairing a committee to standardize strain echocardiography. Dr. Thomas also serves as lead scientist for ultrasound with NASA, focusing on the effects of space on cardiovascular function. Other research interests include cardiac mechanics, application of new echocardiography technology, and integration of engineering and artificial intelligence into cardiology. When not reading echoes, Dr. Thomas enjoys cooking, skiing, scuba diving, and the occasional bungee jump.

FIT Co-Hosts:
Sneha Sharma, DO, The Ohio State University
Moaaz Baghal, MD, St. Vincent Medical Center