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Agenda

Thursday, February 22, 2024
All times in Eastern Time

7:00 am
Registration & Breakfast
7:45 am
Welcome & Introductions
Hani Najm, MD
Bradley Marino, MD
8:00 am
Patient Experience

Session 1 - Congenital Heart Valve Challenges and Management: Setting the Stage
Moderators – Tara Karamlou, MD, and Justin Tretter, MD

8:15 am
Congenital heart valve challenges in the 21st Century
Hani Najm, MD
8:30 am
Valve replacement options and outcomes in children
Justin Tretter, MD
8:45 am
The chicken or egg? The interplay between valve dysfunction and ventricular dysfunction
Shahnawaz Amdani, MDv
9:00 am
Decision-making: challenges when managing congenital heart valve disease
Yiu-fai (Ringo) Cheung, MD
9:15 am
Perioperative management of valve dysfunction
Catherine Allan, MD
9:30 am
Management strategies for a life-long disease
Joanna Ghobrial, MD
9:45 am
Pediatric Heart Valve Consortium: identifying unmet needs and moving forward as a field
Pedro del Nido, MD
10:00 am
Panel Discussion
All session faculty
10:25 am
Break and Exhibits

Session 2 - Utilizing Advanced Imaging in Guiding Surgical Decision-making
Moderator – Francine Erenberg, MD, and James Quintessenza, MD

10:45 am
Case Presentation
Michael Jiang, MD
10:50 am
Personalized surgical planning for aortic valve-sparing operations
Justin Tretter, MD
11:08 am
3D printing and advanced visualization for surgical planning
Nicholas Szugye, MD
11:26 am
Advanced pre-op TTE in congenital valve surgery
Rukmini Komarlu, MD
11:44 am
Advanced peri-op TEE in congenital valve surgery
Nelson Burbano-Vera, MD
12:02 pm
Patient-specific benchtop and computational modeling in guiding repair or replacement options
Debkalpa Goswami, PhD
12:20 pm
Panel Discussion
All session faculty
12:45 pm
Lunch with keynote presentation

Session 3 - Critical Aortic Stenosis: Challenges and Innovative Solutions from the Fetus to the Adult
Moderators – Emile Bacha, MD, and Justin Tretter, MD

1:40 pm
Case Presentation
Lane McLendon, MD
1:45 pm
Fetal diagnosis and intervention
Rukmini Komarlu, MD
2:00 pm
Postnatal cath interventions
Patcharapong (Petch) Suntharos, MD
2:15 pm
Surgical intervention for Critical AS
Christian Brizard, MD
2:30 pm
Ross procedure: a solution or start of problems?
Osami Honjo, MD, PhD
2:45 pm
Role of SAVR and TAVR in congenital AS
S. Adil Husain, MD
3:00 pm
Konno Rastan aortoventriculoplasty
Hani Najm, MD
3:15 pm
Long-term outcomes after aortic valve surgery
Bradley Marino, MD
3:30 pm
Panel Discussion
All session faculty
3:55 pm
Break, Exhibits, and Heart Specimen Display

Session 4: Common Atrioventricular Valve: Challenges and Innovative Solutions
Moderator - Yiu-fai Cheung, MD, and Anthony Rossi, MD

4:15 pm
Case Presentation
Daniel Schwab, MD
4:20 pm
Anatomy of the common AV valve
Diane Spicer, BS, PA
4:35 pm
Decision tree for unbalanced AVSD
Shelby Kutty, MD, PhD
4:50 pm
What big data in common AVV surgical outcome tells us?
Tara Karamlou, MD
5:05 pm
Repair CAVV in single ventricle
Pedro del Nido, MD
5:25 pm
The common valve septation in heterotaxy; The ventricular switch
Hani Najm, MD
5:40 pm
Panel Discussion
All session faculty
5:55 pm
Jeopardy Session
Moderator - Hani Najm, MD
6:35 pm
Adjourn

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Friday, February 23, 2024
All times in Eastern Time

7:15 am
Breakfast & Registration
7:55 am
Welcome & Introductions

Session 5: Aortic and Neo-Aortic Valve Disease: Challenges and Innovative Solutions for the Older Child and Adult
Moderators – Gul Dadlani, MD and Joanna Ghobrial, MD

8:00 am
Case Presentation
Brooke Prince, MD
8:05 am
Anatomy of the aortic and neo-aortic valve
Justin Tretter, MD
8:20 am
Timing of intervention of aortic valve/root disease
Shelby Kutty, MD, PhD
8:35 am
Bicuspid AV and Trileaflet repair
Hani Najm, MD
9:00 am
Should all VSDs with aortic valve leaflet prolapse be closed?
Yiu-fai (Ringo) Cheung, MD
9:15 am
Repair and reconstruction of truncal valve
Emile Bacha, MD
9:30 am
Current outcomes of neocuspidization
Tara Karamlou, MD
9:45 am
Panel Discussion
All session faculty
10:10 am
Break, Exhibits, and Heart Specimen Display

Session 6: Mitral Valve: Challenges and Innovative Solutions for the Older Child and Adult
Moderators - Catherine Allan, MD, and Hani Najm, MD

10:30 am
Case Presentation
Ashlee Christmas, DO
10:35 am
Anatomy of the mitral valve
Diane Spicer, BS, PA
10:50 am
Mitral valve intervention, pulmonary hypertension, and survival in Shone's Syndrome
Tara Karamlou, MD
11:05 am
Presentation, diagnosis, timing of intervention, and post operative management for mitral valve disease
Bradley Marino, MD
11:20 am
Repair of MV in neonates, infants, and children
Christian Brizard, MD
11:35 am
Panel discussion
All session faculty
12:00 pm
Lunch

Session 7: Tricuspid Valve: Challenges and Innovative Solutions for Children and Young Adults
Moderator - Thomas Forbes, MD, and Tara Karamlou, MD

1:00 pm
Case Presentation
Brendan Burke, DO
1:05 pm
Ebstein TV, presentation and diagnosis
Chandrakant R. Patel, MD
1:20 pm
ICU management of neonatal Ebstein
Catherine Allan, MD
1:35 pm
Neonatal Ebstein surgical strategy
Emile Bacha, MD
1:50 pm
Repair of Ebstein TV and non Ebstein TV in children and young adults
José da Silva, MD
2:15 pm
Panel discussion
All session faculty
2:40 pm
Break, Exhibits, and Heart Specimen Display

Breakout Sessions - 3:00 – 5:00 pm


1 – Echocardiography Workshop: Assessment of the Prosthetic Heart Valve by Imaging
(available for live stream participants)
Chairs - Francine Erenberg, MD, and Rukmini Komarlu, MD


2 – Hands-on Surgical Training

  • Each participant will receive a custom silicone heart for this session.
  • Participants must attend with an assistant (ideally, a senior surgeon, surgical colleague or surgical PA). The assistant must be registered for the course.
  • The surgical faculty proctors will monitor the attendee’s procedure to give technical advice and take questions throughout the session.
  • Each participant should bring their own surgical loops.

Chairs – Hani Najm, MD, and Justin Tretter, MD


3 – Advanced Cardiac Imaging Workshop

  • Lecture - Practical Aspects of 4D Echocardiographic Acquisition - Julie Beers, RDCS
  • Lecture - Lecture - 3D Printing and the VR Experience - Nicholas Szugye, MD
  • Hands-on opportunities to test machines and equipment

Chairs – Nicholas Szugye, MD, and Justin Tretter, MD

5:00 pm
Adjourn
7:00 pm

Depart for Evening Social at EPCOT®
Please note – admission to the dessert reception does not include access to theme park attractions. A separate park ticket is required to access rides and attractions. Detailed instructions will be provided onsite.

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Saturday, February 24, 2024
All times in Eastern Time

7:15 am
Breakfast & Registration
7:55 am
Welcome & Introductions

Session 8: Management of Valvular Heart Disease and the Conduction System
Moderators – Rukmini Komarlu, MD, and Akash Patel, MD

8:00 am
Anatomy of the conduction system
Diane Spicer, BS, PA
8:15 am
Clinical imaging in predicting the conduction axis
Justin Tretter, MD
8:30 am
Intraoperative mapping
Iqbal El Assaad, MD
8:45 am
Lessons learned: How I avoid pacemakers
James Quintessenza, MD
9:00 am
Long-term outcomes of the conduction system after valvular surgery
Akash Patel, MD
9:15 am
Leadless Pacemakers
Thomas Callahan, MD
9:30 am
Panel Discussion
9:55 am
Break, Exhibits, and Heart Specimen Display

Session 9: Debate and Discussion
Moderators – Bradley Marino, MD, and Hani Najm, MD

10:15 am
Ross vs. Ozaki - Pro/Con
Hani Najm, MD - Ozaki
Ismail El-Hamamsy, MD, PhD - Ross
10:50 am
Panel discussion
11:00 am
Abstract Presentations
Andrzej Kansy, PhD
11:15 am
Early repair vs. watchful waiting in valve disease
Tara Karamlou, MD - Early repair
Patcharapong (Petch) Suntharos, MD - watchful waiting
11:50 am
Panel discussion
12:05 pm
Adjourn

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