- Day 1 Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025
- Day 2 Friday, Dec. 5, 2025
8 - 8:10 a.m.
Welcome
Kyle Lehenbauer, MD
BLOCK 1: CARDIOMETABOLIC
8:10 - 8:30 a.m.
Women’s Cardiometabolic Health and Wellness in 2025
Erin Michos, MD, MHS, FAHA, FACC, FASE, FASPC
8:35 - 8:55 a.m.
GLP1 Inhibitors in Action
Dan Aistrope, PharmD
9:05 - 9:25 a.m.
Cardiac Cachexia: Nutrition and Heart Failure
Amanda Vest, MBBS
9:30 - 9:50 a.m.
Role of Finerenone in Cardiometabolic Care
Andrew Sauer, MD
9:50 - 10:15 a.m.
Q & A
10:15 - 10:40 a.m.
Break and Exhibitors
BLOCK 2: DELIVERING CARDIOVASCULAR CARE in 2025
10:40 - 11 a.m.
Leveraging AI in Care Delivery
Mirza Kahn, MD
11:05 - 11:25 a.m.
Updates from ACC and AHA 2025
Randall Thompson, MD
11:30 - 11:50 a.m.
Incorporating KCCQ into Clinical Practice
John Spertus, MD
11:55 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Impact of the Affordable Care Act
Rishi Wadera, MD
12:15 - 12:30 p.m.
Q & A
12:30 - 1:30 p.m.
Lunch and Exhibitors
BLOCK 3: INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY
1:30 - 1:50 p.m.
Landscape of Interventions in the Cath LabBarry Rutherford Lectureship Award
David Cohen, MD
1:55 - 2:15 p.m.
C.A.R.E. Clinic
J. Grantham, MD
2:45 - 2:55 p.m.
Disparities in Peripheral Arterial Disease
Alexander Faneroff, MD
2:40 - 2:55 p.m.
Q & A
2:55 - 3:15 p.m.
Break and Exhibits
BLOCK 4: THE "4:30" CONSULT
3:15 - 3:35 p.m.
CC: “I’m dizzy and I have palpitations.”
John Lee, MD
3:40 - 4 p.m.
CC: “I had a heart surgery as a baby for TOF, but I don’t remember any details”
Chris DeZori, MD
4:05 - 4:25 p.m.
CC: “I have chest pain and I just found out I’m pregnant”
Laura Schmidt, MD
4:30 - 4:45 p.m.
Q&A
4:45 p.m.
Happy Hour
8 - 8:05 a.m.
Welcome
Kyle Lehenbauer, MD
BLOCK 5: MULTIMODALITY IMAGING
8:05 - 8:25 a.m.
Multimodality Imaging
Erika Hutt, MD
8:30 - 8:50 a.m.
AI Use in Echocardiography: Friend or Foe?
Jordan Strom, MD
8:55 - 9:15 a.m.
Round Table Case Discussion Panel: Dr. Orme, Dr. Hutt, Dr. Lehenbauer
9:15 - 9:30 a.m.
Q & A
9:30 - 9:45 a.m.
Break and Exhibitors
BLOCK 6: VALVES
9:50 - 10:10 a.m.
What to Know about Valve Disease in 2025
David Skolnick, MD
10:15 - 10:35 a.m.
Overview and Implications of Early TAVR
Adnan Chhatriwalla, MD
10:40 - 11 a.m.
Electro-Surgery in Structural Interventions
Liz Grier, MD
11:05 - 11:25 a.m.
One Year Experience with Commercial Tricuspid
John Saxon, MD
11:30 - 11:45 a.m.
Q & A
11:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.
Lunch and Exhibitors
BLOCK 7: CARDIOMYOPOTHIES
12:45 - 1:10 p.m.
Updates in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Michael Nassif, MD
1:15 - 1:35 p.m.
The Cure for Amyloidosis
Brett Sperry, MD
1:40 - 2:00 p.m.
Cardiac Myosis Inhibition for HFpEF
Ravi Patel, MD
2:05 - 2:15 p.m.
Q & A
2:15 - 2:30 p.m.
Break and Exhibits
BLOCK 8: EP
2:30 - 2:50 p.m.
Cardiac Contractility
Daniel Steinhaus, MD
2:55 - 3:15 p.m.
Updates in Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion
Sanjaya Gupta, MD
3:20 - 3:40 p.m.
Common Scenarios in Ambulatory Monitoring
Jess Kline, MD
3:45 - 3:55 p.m.
Q & A
BLOCK 9: CLOSING
4 - 4:20 p.m.
Secrets to Longevity
Abe Saeed, MD
4:25 - 4:45 p.m.
TBD
James O’Keefe, MD