AAMS’ 20th Annual Hybrid Viva Las Vegas CME/CDE Presenters

Harry Balian, MD, FACC, FSCAI, received his Medical Degree from Chicago Medical School in 1997. He completed his Internal Medicine Residency at the University of California, Irvine where he also served as Chief Resident. Completed his Cardiology fellowship at the University of California, Irvine where he served as Chief Fellow. Dr. Balian completed his Interventional Cardiology and Vascular training at the George Washington University in Washington DC. Dr. Balian specializes in the treatment of heart disease, coronary artery percutaneous interventions and pacemaker insertions. He also performs peripheral vascular interventions including carotid stents, endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm stents, renal stents and lower extremity angioplasties. Dr. Balian is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Diseases, Nuclear Cardiology, Interventional Cardiology and Vascular Medicine. Dr Balian is the Chairman of department of cardiology since 2015 and the Director of Structural Heart Program at Glendale Adventist, he started the TAVR (percutaneous aortic valve replacement) program since 2016. Dr. Balian is and has been a member of the Executive Committee of AAMS Since 2006. He is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology, the Society of Coronary angioplasty and Interventions and the American Heart Association. He has been the Medical Director of the Cardiac Cath Lab at Glendale Adventist Heart & Vascular Institute since 2006 and past Medical Director of the Peripheral Vascular Lab at St Vincent Hospital. He is an Associate Clinical Professor at Western University School of Medicine. He is an Associate Clinical Professor at Western University School of Medicine.

Dr. Harry Balian, presenter for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose

Julio Meza, MD, is an Addiction and Family Medicine Physician at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and a Psychiatry in Primary Care Certified Physician at UC Irvine. Dr. Meza was born and raised in El Salvador, where he graduated Cum Laude from Universidad Evangelica de El Salvador. After graduating from medical school, he matriculated as a surgery resident at the Hospital Militar Central in El Salvador and later decided to pursue his dream of becoming a U.S. licensed family physician. He completed his residency training in Family Medicine at UCLA in 2017 and later completed his fellowship in Addiction Medicine at UCLA in 2018. He subsequently joined the UCLA Department of Family Medicine faculty group and is currently the Fellowship Director for the UCLA Addiction Medicine Fellowship. Dr. Meza enjoys working with patients from all backgrounds and provides nonjudgmental, compassionate care to the patients he serves.

Dr. Julio Meza, presenter for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose