WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 2026
5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Early Registration
THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 2026
7:00 a.m.
Registration and Continental Breakfast
7:40 a.m.
Welcome and Pre-Test
Cardiac Rhythm Devices: Guidelines and Future Technologies in Pacemakers
Moderator: Fred Kusumoto, MD
7:55 a.m.
Case of the Day
Fred Kusumoto, MD
8:00 a.m.
Anatomy I: Understanding Underlying Anatomy to Minimize Complications and Implementation of New Technology
Fred Kusumoto, MD
8:20 a.m.
Applied Anatomy: Chest X-Rays and Devices
Paul Friedman, MD
8:40 a.m.
Who should get a Leadless Pacemaker? How should I do it and what should I watch for?
Alan Sugrue, MB, BCh, MSc
9:00 a.m.
Questions and Answers
Paul Friedman, MD, Alan Sugrue, MB, BCh, MSc
9:10 a.m.
Rapid Fire Cases
Yong Mei Cha, MD, Paul Friedman, MD, Siva Mulpuru, MD, Alan Sugrue, MB, BCh, MSc
Moderator: Fred Kusumoto, MD
9:40 a.m.
Refreshment Break
Cardiac Rhythm Devices: Practical Clinical Challenges in ICDs
Moderator: Siva Mulpuru, MD
10:00 a.m.
Are ICD’s for Primary Prevention Yesterday’s News?
Jeanne Poole, MD
10:20 a.m.
Inherited Arrhythmias: Who should and shouldn’t Receive an ICD
Komandoor Srivathsan, MD
10:40 a.m.
Choosing ICD Type: Single Chamber, Dual Chamber, Transvenous, Subcutaneous, or ?
Win-Kuang Shen, MD
11:00 a.m.
Atrial High Rate Episodes: How Long is Too Long?
Dan Sorajja, MD
11:20 a.m.
Questions and Answers
Anca Chiriac, MD, Jeanne Poole, MD, Win-Kuang Shen, MD, Komandoor Srivathsan, MD
11:30 a.m.
Rapid Fire Cases (ICD)
Jeanne Poole, MD, Win-Kuang Shen, MD, Dan Sorajja, MD, Komandoor Srivathsan, MD
Moderator: Siva Mulpuru, MD
12:10 p.m.
Lunch
Cardiac Rhythm Devices: Innovations and Practical Clinical Challenges
Yong Mei Cha, MD
1:00 p.m.
Artificial Intelligence and Cardiac Devices: Present and Future Applications
Paul Friedman, MD
1:20 p.m.
Pacemaker Programming and Troubleshooting
Fred Kusumoto, MD
1:40 p.m.
Syncope and Stroke: Everyone Should Get an Implantable Monitor?
Dan Sorajja, MD
2:00 p.m.
Wearables and Consumer Devices: Helpful or a Headache?
Komandoor Srivathsan, MD
2:20 p.m.
Questions and Answers
Paul Friedman, MD, Fred Kusumoto, MD, Win-Kuang Shen, MD, Komandoor Srivathsan, MD
Moderator: Yong Mei Cha, MD
2:40 p.m.
Case of the Day Discussion
Fred Kusumoto, MD
2:45 p.m.
Adjourn
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Welcome ReceptionFaculty, Participants, and Guests are invited to attend
FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 2026
7:15 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
7:30 a.m.
Early Bird Session – Common Management Problems and Conundrums for CIED Patients in the Hospital and the Clinic
Melinda Barber, ARNP, Paul Bibby, APRN, ACNP-BC
Moderator: Fred Kusumoto, MD
Conduction System Physiological Pacing, Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (CRT), and More
Moderator: Siva Mulpuru, MD
8:00 a.m.
Case of the Day
Siva Mulpuru, MD
8:05 a.m.
Special Session: Scientific Communication in a Sea of Information: Past, Present, and Future
Jeanne Poole, MD
8:40 a.m.
Conduction System Pacing for All?
Alan Sugrue, MB, BCh, MSc
9:00 a.m.
How Do I Achieve Conduction System Pacing?
Yong Mei Cha, MD
9:20 a.m.
Case Based Discussion: How I Manage Nonresponders to CRT or Conduction System Pacing
Dan Sorajja, MD
9:40 a.m.
Assessing Device Function from the ECG
Abhishek Deshmukh, MBBS
10:00 a.m.
Questions and Answers
Abhishek Deshmukh, MBBS, Jeanne Poole, MD, Dan Sorajja, MD, Alan Sugrue, MB, BCh, MSc
10:10 a.m.
Rapid Fire Cases (Physiologic Pacing)
Yong Mei Cha, MD, Abhishek Deshmukh, MBBS, Dan Sorajja, MD, Alan Sugrue, MB, BCh, MSc
Moderator: Siva Mulpuru, MD
10:50 a.m.
Refreshment Break
CIED Lead Management, Infection, and Extraction
Moderator: Yong Mei Cha, MD
11:10 a.m.
CIED Lead Management: Shared Decision Making on Lead Revision, Abandonment, or Extraction
Komandoor Srivathsan, MD
11:30 a.m.
Lead Extraction: Technical Challenges, Tricks and Tips, and Outcomes
Siva Mulpuru, MD
11:50 a.m.
The Infected CIED has been Removed: Now What and When?
Alan Sugrue, MB, BCh, MSc
12:10 p.m.
Lead Management: What does the Future Hold? New Recommendations from Society Documents
Yong Mei Cha, MD
12:30 p.m.
Questions and Answers
12:40 p.m.
Case of the Day Discussion
Siva Mulpuru, MD
12:50 p.m.
Adjourn
SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 2026
7:15 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
7:30 a.m.
Early Bird session: Common Device Troubleshooting in the Device Clinic Case Presentations
Melinda Barber, ARNP, Paul Bibby, APRN, ACNP-BC, Tamara Meyers-Laplace, RN
Moderator: Yong Mei Cha, MD
CIED Programming, Trouble Shooting, and Follow-Up
Moderator: Fred Kusumoto, MD
8:10 a.m.
Post Test
8:25 a.m.
Case of the Day
Fred Kusumoto, MD
8:30 a.m.
Devices and Adults with Congenital Heart Disease: What does the Adult Cardiologist Need to Know?
Anca Chiriac, MD
8:50 a.m.
ICD Programming and Troubleshooting
Abhishek Deshmukh, MBBS
9:10 a.m.
CIED Follow-Up: When and How, Best Practices in 2026
Christine Kneeland, RN
9:30 a.m.
Management of Patients with CIEDSs Before, During, and After Surgery
Monica Mordecai, MD
9:50 a.m.
How to Optimally Prime ICDs
Anca Chiriac, MD
10:00 a.m.
Cases and Questions and Answers
Abhishek Deshmukh, MBBS, Christine Kneeland, RN, Monica Mordecai, MD, Dan Sorajja, MD
Moderator: Fred Kusumoto, MD
10:30 a.m.
Device Programming and Patient Management Potpourri
Melinda Barber, ARNP, Paul Bibby, APRN, ACNP-BC, Yong Mei Cha, MD, Christine Kneeland, RN, Siva Mulpuru, MD, Dan Sorajja, MD
Moderator: Fred Kusumoto, MD
11:15 a.m.
Case of the Day Discussion
Fred Kusumoto, MD
11:25 a.m.
Closing Remarks
11:30 a.m.
Adjourn
