Sessions:
Session 1: Prevention and Comorbidities
Session 2: Heart Failure
Session 3: Interventional Cardiology
Session 4: Electrophysiology
Friday, April 23, 2021
7:45 – 8:00 AM
Welcome & Opening Remarks
Christopher O’Connor, MD
Session 1: Prevention and Comorbidities
Moderators: Henry Tran, MD
8:00 – 8:10 AM
The Dangerous Intersection of Diabetes and Heart Disease
Darren McGuire, MD
8:10 – 8:20 AM
Managing Lipids: Is Lower Better?
Marc Sabatine, MD
8:20 – 8:30 AM
Fear Based Medical Misinformation and Disease Prevention
Ann Marie Navar, MD, PhD
8:30 – 8:40 AM
Women and Heart Disease – Are We Doing Enough?
Kelly Epps, MD
8:40 – 9:00 AM
Clinical Case & Panel Discussion
Presenter: Ann Marie Navar, MD, PhD
Panelists: Christopher deFilippi, MD, Kelly Epps, MD, Marc Sabatine, MD, Darren McGuire, MD
Session 2: Heart Failure
Moderators: Christopher O’Connor, MD
9:00 – 9:10 AM
Novel Device Therapies in Heart Failure
William Abraham, MD
9:10 – 9:20 AM
What’s New in Medical Therapy for HF with Reduced Ejection Fraction (EF) in 2021?
Christopher O’Connor, MD
9:20 – 9:30 AM
Managing Heart Failure with Preserved EF in 2021
Scott Solomon, MD
9:30 – 9:40 AM
The Latest on Mechanical Support and Transplant
Mitch Psotka, MD, PhD
9:40 – 10:00 AM
Clinical Case & Panel Discussion
Presenter: Nasrien Ibrahim, MD
Panelists: William Abraham, MD, JoAnn Lindenfeld, MD, Mitch Psotka, MD, PhD, Scott Solomon, MD
10:00 – 10:45 AM
Break & Exhibits
Session 3: Interventional Cardiology
Moderators: Kelly Epps, MD & Nadim Geloo, MD
10:45 – 10:55 AM
Featured Lecture: The Historical Progression of Coronary Interventions
Spencer King, III, MD
10:55 – 11:05 AM
Life after ISCHEMIA
John Spertus, MD
11:05 – 11:15 AM
Is Trans-Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) Ready for All Patients?
Matthew Sherwood, MD, MHS
11:15 – 11:25 AM
Novel Percutaneous Approaches to Mitral Regurgitation and Tricuspid Regurgitation
Wayne Batchelor, MD
11:25 – 11:45 AM
Clinical Case & Panel Discussion
Presenter: Shawn Yazdani, MD
Panelists: Spencer King, III, MD, John Spertus, MD, Eric Sarin, MD, Matthew Sherwood, MD, MHS, Hamid Taheri, MD, and Nadim Geloo, MD
Session 4: Electrophysiology
Moderators: Aysha Arshad, MD
11:45 – 11:55 AM
Conduction System Pacing- the Future of Pacing and Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy?
Brett Atwater, MD
11:55 – 12:05 PM
Is Ablation the Preferred Initial Strategy for Management of Symptomatic Atrial Fibrillation?
James Daubert, MD
12:05 – 12:15 PM
Anticoagulation and Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion in Atrial Fibrillation- How to Protect Your Patients from Stroke
Sean Pokorney, MD, MBA
12:15 – 12:25 PM
Inequities in EP: Addressing Disparities in Heart Rhythm Care
Larry Jackson, MD
12:25 – 12:45 PM
Clinical Case and Presentation
Moderator: Brett Atwater, MD
Presenter: Vineet Kumar, MD
Panelists: Stephen Gaeta, MD, PhD, Sean Pokorney, MD, MBA, Larry Jackson, MD, Aysha Arshad, MD, Haroon Rashid, MD, and Marc Wish, MD
12:45 – 1:00 PM
Closing Remarks
Christopher O’Connor, MD