Overcoming Bottlenecks, Securing Buy-in: Building Capacity for Structural Heart Growth

As demand for structural heart services grows, many programs are constrained by limited resources and inefficiencies. This session features a physician leader who leveraged a MedAxiom and Edwards-sponsored capacity assessment program to identify workflow bottlenecks, assess existing resources, and define what was needed to support sustainable growth. Attendees learn how the team translated clinical insights into a structured business case that secured institutional support and investment. Through this real-world example, participants will gain practical strategies to evaluate their own programs, articulate needs, and drive capacity expansion.

Speaker: P. Matthew Belford, MD, FSCAI, Interventional Cardiologist, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist; Associate Professor, Cardiovascular Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine

Moderator: Joel Sauer, MBA, Executive Vice President, Consulting, MedAxiom