7:30-8:00am
Registration/Visit Exhibits
8:00-8:30am
Coffee with the Faculty
8:30am
Product Theatre I - Breakfast Served - Non-CME
Title TBA
9:40am
Welcome and Introduction to the Symposium
Barry Greenberg, MD
9:50-10:10am
SPECIAL FEATURED LECTURE
I
Recognition and Management of Adult
Congenital Heart Failure (ACHD)
Laith Alshawabkeh, MD
SESSION I - Preventing Heart Failure
Jia Shen, MD (Moderator)
10:10-10:25
What Should Our Goals Be in Treating High Blood Pressure and How Can We Best Reach Them?
Joachim Ix, MD
10:25-10:40
Defining and Treating Dyslipidemia
Michael Wilkinson, MD
10:40-10:55
Therapeutic Options for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Focus on Preventing Cardiovascular Disease
Jia Shen, MD
10:55-11:10
Role of Inflammation in Cardiovascular Disease: Implications for Therapy
Maria Rosa Costanzo, MD
11:10-11:25
New Options for Treating the Obese Patient
Eduardo Grunvald, MD
11:25-11:35
Treating Risk Factors - A Patients Perspective
Patient Presentation
11:35-12:00pm
Reducing Cardiovascular Risk in Our Patients: Q/A and Panel Discussion
Pam Taub, MD (Moderator)
Drs. Ix, Wilkinson, Shen and Grunvald and Patient Representative
(Panelists)
12:00-12:15
Visit Exhibits
12:15-1:15
Product Theatre II - Lunch Served - Non-CME
Title TBD
1:15-1:30
Visit Exhibits
SESSION II - Amyloid Heart Disease, Hypertrophic Other Forms of Inherited Cardiomyopathy
Marcus Anthony (Tony) Urey, MD (Moderator)
1:30-1:50
SPECIAL FEATURED LECTURE II
Recognizing and Treating Patients with Amyloidosis
Marcus Antony (Tony) Urey, MD
1:50-2:10
New Options for Managing Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Jorge Silva Enciso, MD
2:10-2:30
Genetic Testing for Cardiomyopathy and Other Cardiovascular Diseases
Kimberly Hong, MD
2:30-2:50
Rare Causes of Cardiomyopathy/Novel Emerging Therapies
Barry Greenberg, MD
2:50-3:10
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH)
Demosthenes Papamatheakis, MD
3:10-3:30
Using Biomarkers To Identify and Manage Heart Failure
Lori Daniels, MD
3:30-3:50
Use of Direct Oral Anticoagulants (DOACs) in Patients with Cardiovascular Disease
Dan Blanchard, MD
3:50-4:15
Case Presentation and Q/A Session
Marcus Antony (Tony) Urey (Presentor)
Drs. Silva, Greenberg,
Papamatheakis, Daniels and Blanchard
(Discussants)
4:15
Adjourn Day 1
7:15-7:30am
Registration/Visit Exhibits
7:30
Coffee and Fascinomas
Dan Blanchard, MD
8:00-9:30
Product Theatre III - Breakfast Served - Non-CME
Title TBD
9:30-9:45
Visit Exhibits
9:45
Welcome and Introduction to Day 2 of the Symposium
Barry Greenberg, MD
SESSION III - Defining Heart Failure Stages/Preventing Disease Progression/Advances in Therapy
Barry Greenberg, MD (Moderator)
9:55-10:15
Managing Patients with Stage B Asymptomatic Heart Failure
Barry Greenberg, MD
10:15-10:35
SPECIAL FEATURED LECTURE III
Managing Patients with Stage C HFrEF
Gregg Fonarow, MD
10:35-10:55
Additional and Emerging Therapies for Stage C HFrEF
Nick Wettersten, MD
10:55-11:15
Monitoring Devices To Identify and Treat Congestion
Maria Rosa Costanzo, MD
11:15-11:35
Optimizing Therapies for Heart Failure - What’s the Optimal Time to Do It and What’s the Best Strategy
Barry Greenberg, MD
11:35-11:45
Living With Heart Failure – A Patient’s Perspective
Patient Presentation
11:45-12:15
Case Presentation
Nick Wettersten, MD (Moderator)
Drs. Greenberg, Fonarow, Elkayam, Costanzo and Julia McCain, PA-C (Panelists)
12:15-12:30pm
Visit Exhibits
12:30-1:30
Product Theatre IV - Lunch Served - Non-CME
Title TBD
1:30-1:45
Visit Exhibits
SESSION IV - Preventing Thromboemboli, Advances in Treating HFpEF, Managing Stage D Heart Failure
Ben Cruz, MD (Moderator)
1:45-2:05
SPECIAL FEATURED LECTURE IV
Recognizing and Treating Patients with HFpEF
Speaker TBD
2:05-2:25
Devices for Preventing Thromboemboli in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation
Jonathan Hsu, MD
2:25-2:45
Advanced Stage D Heart Failure: Recognizing Patients at Risk and Optimal Timing for Referral to a Heart Failure Specialist
Hao (Howie) Tran, MD
2:45-3:05
Devices to Prevent Sudden Cardiac Death and to Improve Heart Function
David Krummen, MD
3:05-3:15
Advanced Therapies for Heart Failure - A Patient’s Perspective
Patient Presentation
3:15-3:45
Case Presentation / Q and A
Dr. Hilary Shapiro (Presenter)
Drs. Cruz, Tran, Krummen, Hsu and Jade Kozuch, Pharm D (Discussants)
3:45
Adjourn Until February 2025