| Date/Time |
Topic/Title |
Speaker(s) |
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Friday,
Dec 12, 2025
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| 7:50 AM |
Course Webinar Opens |
|
| 8:00 |
Welcome and Symposium Overview |
Peter Ganz, MD, FACC |
|
Session: Frontiers in Interventional Cardiology |
Chair: Lucas Zier, MD, MS |
| 8:05 |
Proactive Management of Severe Aortic Stenosis: From Detection to Early Treatment |
Sammy Elmariah, MD, MPH, FACC |
| 8:45 |
Updates on the Management of Mitral and Tricuspid Valve Disease |
Michela Faggioni, MD, FACC |
| 9:25 |
A New Perspective on Old Therapies for Myocardial Infarction: Beta Blockers and Spironolactone |
Krishan Soni, MD, MBA, FACC |
| 10:05 |
Coffee Break |
|
| 10:20 |
Review of Treatment Guidelines for ACS |
John MacGregor, MD, PhD, FACC |
| 11:00 |
Renal Denervation Therapy for Resistant Hypertension |
Joseph Yang, MD, FACC |
| 11:40 |
Updates on Chronic Total Occlusions and Complete Revascularization |
Yousif Ahmad, MBBS, PhD |
| 12:20 PM |
Lunch (Optional Product Theater) |
|
Session: Advances in Cardiovascular Disease Management and Prevention |
Chair: Peter Ganz, MD |
| 1:50 PM |
Cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) Syndrome |
Chiadi E. Ndumele, MD, PhD |
| 2:30 |
Elliot Rapaport, MD Keynote Lecture: Pulmonary Embolism- Historical Perspective and Glimpses into the Future |
Samuel Z. Goldhaber, MD |
| 3:15 |
Update on the Management of Hypertension – 2025 AHA/ACC Guidelines |
Mary Gray, MD |
| 3:55 |
Coffee Break |
|
| 4:10 |
Update on Cardiovascular Complications of Cancer Treatments |
Javid Moslehi, MD |
| 4:50 |
Contemporary Pulmonary Hypertension Management |
Marc Simon, MD, MS, FACC |
| 5:30 |
Adjourn |
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Saturday,
Dec 13, 2025
|
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|
| 7:30 AM |
Continental Breakfast |
| 7:50 |
Course Webinar Opens |
|
| 8:00 |
Announcements |
Peter Ganz, MD |
|
Session: Advances and Controversies in Electrophysiology |
Chair: Nora Goldschlager, MD, FACC |
| 8:05 |
Leadless vs. Leaded Pacemakers – Which One for Which Patient? |
Adam Oesterle, MD |
| 8:45 |
When to Anticoagulate Device-detected Atrial Fibrillation – Latest Evidence |
Joshua Moss, MD, MS, FACC |
| 9:25 |
PACs and Atrial Fibrillation – Association or Causation |
Edward Gerstenfeld, MD, MS, FACC |
| 10:05 |
Coffee Break |
| 10:20 |
Which ICD is Best for my Patient: Transvenous, Subcutaneous (S-ICD), or Extravascular (EV-ICD)? |
Daniel Morin, MD, MPH |
| 11:00 |
Atrial Fibrillation and Stroke Prevention – Current Evidence and Glimpse into the Future |
Cara Pellegrini, MD |
| 11:40 |
Lifestyle and Atrial Fibrillation: Conventional Wisdom versus the Evidence |
Gregory Marcus, MD, MAS, FACC |
| 12:20 PM |
Lunch (Optional Product Theater) |
|
Session: Advances and Controversies in Electrophysiology (cont.) Chair: Nora Goldschlager, MD, FACC |
|
| 1:20 PM |
How to Evaluate Family Members of SCA Victims? |
Albert Liu, MD |
|
Session: Advances in Heart Failure |
Chair: Jonathan Davis, MD, MPH |
| 1:50 |
The Expanding Role of SGLT2 inhibitors and GLP1-Receptor Agonists in Heart Failure and Beyond |
Carlos Santos-Gallego, MD |
| 2:30 |
A Contemporary Approach to Identifying, Classifying, and Treating Cardiogenic Shock |
Christopher Barnett, MD, MHP, FACC |
| 3:10 |
Coffee Break |
|
| 3:25 |
What’s Coming Down the Pipe for Heart Failure. |
Liviu Klein, MD, MS |
| 4:05 |
Finerenone vs. Spironolactone: Where Does the Non-steroidal MRA Fit into Contemporary Practice? |
Shweta Motiwala, MD, MPH, FACC |
| 4:45 PM |
Adjourn |
|
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Sunday,
Dec 14, 2025
|
|
|
| 7:30 AM |
Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00 |
Announcements |
Peter Ganz, MD |
|
Session: Advances in Managing Cardiovascular Diseases |
Chair: Mary Gray, MD |
| 8:05 |
Updates in Pericarditis: From Pathophysiology to Practice |
Alan Baik, MD, PhD |
| 8:45 |
Management of Cardiovascular Disease for Patients with Kidney Failure Undergoing Maintenance Dialysis |
Ruth Dubin, MD |
| 9:25 |
Managing Cardiovascular Disease in Pregnancy |
Aarthi Sabanayagam, MD, MBBS, FACC |
| 10:05 |
Iron Deficiency: A Low Hanging Mineral in Heart Failure Management |
Pooja Prasad, MD |
| 10:45 |
Use of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to Improve Cardiovascular Outcomes |
Lucas Zier, MD, MS |
| 11:25 |
Inflammation in the Detection and Treatment of Atherosclerotic Disease |
Paul M. Ridker, MD, MPH |
| 12:05 PM |
Adjourn |