Dr Ahmed Vachiat is an Interventional Cardiologist currently working at Milpark Hospital, Johannesburg Surgical Hopsital and Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre. He completed his PhD and MMed at Wits and the Interventional Cardiology Fellowship at UCT. He is the current Convenor of the 25th Annual SA Heart Congress and the Chairman of STEMI SA and an Executive member of the South African Society of Cardiovascular interventions. Interests include complex coronary interventions like rotablation, coronary imaging, bifurcations, left main disease and structural heart disease including percutaneous aortic valve implantation. Research interests include STEMI , HIV and cardiorenal disease. Teaching include Cath lab training and cardiology fellow workshops, proctoring for complex coronary disease, bedside clinical teaching for undergraduate students. Main interest is setting up Networks in South Africa to improve STEMI management and research.