event Schedule

Global Event Schedule

  • Welcome

  • 08:00 am

    Welcome and Introduction

    Sean P. Pinney MD, FACC

  • Session I | Cardiogenic Shock

    Moderator : Gene Kim, MD

  • 08:05 am

    Case Presentation

    Indra Bole MD

  • 08:10 am

    Knowing When to Choose Mechanical Support: From Timing to Escalation

    Bryan Smith MD

  • 08:25 am

    Temporary MCS Devices: Tailoring Device Selection to Patient Need

    Sandeep Nathan MD, MS

  • 08:40 am

    Veno-Arterial ECMO: Patient Selection and Outcomes

    Tae H. Song MD

  • 08:55 am

    Practical Management of Mechanical Circulatory Support

    Justin Okray PA-C

  • 09:10 am

    Live Virtual Q&A Session with Panel

    Panelists: Indra Bole, MD; Bryan Smith, MD; Sandeep Nathan, MD; Tae H. Song, MD; Justin Okray, PA-C

    Gene Kim MD

  • Session II | Electrophysiology and Heart Failure

    Moderator : Ben Chung, MD

  • 09:25 am

    Case Presentation

    Haider Nazeer MD

  • 09:35 am

    Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation: Safe, Effective & Underutilized

    Roderick Tung MD

  • 09:50 am

    Atrial Fibrillation in Heart Failure: Underrecognized and Undertreated

    Hemal M. Nayak MD

  • 10:05 am

    Conduction System Pacing in Heart Failure: CRT and His-Bundle Pacing

    Gaurav A. Upadhyay MD

  • 10:20 am

    Autonomic Modulation in Heart Failure: Ready for Primetime

    Andrew D. Beaser MD

  • 10:35 am

    Live Virtual Q&A Session with Panel

    Panelists: Andrew D. Beaser, MD; Gaurav A. Upadhyay, MD; Haider Nazeer, MD; Hemal M. Nayak, MD; Roderick Tung, MD

    Ben Chung MD

  • 10:50 am

    BREAK / VISIT VIRTUAL EXHIBIT SUITES

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  • Session III | Specialized Disease Management

    Moderator : Jonathan Grinstein, MD

  • 11:00 am

    Cardiac Amyloidosis: A "Rare" Disease Hiding in Plain Sight

    Nitasha Sarswat MD

  • 11:15 am

    Cardiac Sarcoidosis: Improving Diagnosis and Management

    Ben Chung MD

  • 11:30 am

    HFpEF and Infiltrative Disease: Diagnostic Advancements in Imaging

    Amita Singh MD

  • 11:45 am

    Update on Cardio-Oncology: Novel Therapeutics & Associated Cardiotoxicities

    Jeanne M. DeCara MD

  • 12:00 pm

    COVID-19 and the Heart: Disease Mechanisms and Outcomes

    Gene Kim MD

  • 12:15 pm

    Current Approaches in Pulmonary Hypertension Management

    Ann Nguyen MD, FACC

  • 12:30 pm

    A Practical Approach to Exercise Physiology

    Sara Kalantari MD

  • 12:45 pm

    Live Virtual Q&A Session with Panel

    Panelists: Amita Singh, MD; Ann Nguyen, MD; Ben Chung, MD; Gene Kim, MD; Jeanne M. DeCara, MD; Nitasha Sarswat, MD; Sara Kalantari, MD

    Jonathan Grinstein MD, FACC

  • 01:00 pm

    LUNCH / VISIT VIRTUAL EXHIBIT SUITES

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  • Session IV | Innovations in Heart Failure Care

    Moderator : Sean P. Pinney, MD

    Panelists: Ashley Loethen, PharmD; John Blair, MD; Lynne Warner Stevenson, MD; Rachel I. Lavelle, PharmD

  • 01:30 pm

    Keynote Address: Redefining Heart Failure Going Forward

    Lynne Warner Stevenson MD

  • 02:00 pm

    SGLT2 Inhibitors: Not Just for Diabetics Anymore

    Rachel I. Lavelle PharmD

  • 02:15 pm

    Emerging Pharmacologic Therapies: Omecamtiv, Vericiguat & More

    Ashley Loethen PharmD

  • 02:30 pm

    Targeting the Remodeled Heart: Novel Device Therapy for Heart Failure

    John Blair MD

  • 02:45 pm

    Live Virtual Q&A Session with Panel

    Panelists: Ashley Loethen, PharmD; John Blair, MD; Lynne Warner Stevenson, MD; Rachel I. Lavelle, PharmD

    Gene Kim MD

  • 03:00 pm

    BREAK / VISIT VIRTUAL EXHIBIT SUITES

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  • Session V | Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant

    Moderator : Sara Kalantari, MD

  • 03:15 pm

    Using Artificial Intelligence to Enhance Cardiovascular Imaging

    Roberto M. Lang MD

  • 03:30 pm

    Improving Durable LVAD Outcomes: Understanding Hemocompatability and Computational Flow Dynamics

    Jonathan Grinstein MD, FACC

  • 03:45 pm

    The Past, Present, and Future of Transplant Medicine

    Sean P. Pinney MD, FACC

  • 04:00 pm

    High Risk, High Reward: Conventional Surgery in Unconventional Patients

    Valluvan Jeevanandam MD

  • 04:15 pm

    Live Virtual Q&A Session with Panel & Concluding remarks

    Panelists: Jonathan Grinstein, MD; Roberto M. Lang, MD; Sean P. Pinney, MD; Valluvan Jeevanandam, MD

    Sara Kalantari MD