Agenda

Thursday, October 19, 2023 All times in Eastern Time
7:00 am	Registration/Continental Breakfast/Exhibits
8:00 am	Welcome and Announcements Lee Kirksey, MD Lars G. Svensson, MD, PhD Anekwe E. Onwuanyi, MD
	Session I: Prevention, Management and Health Promotion Part 1 Moderator: Leslie Cho, MD
8:10 am	The Epidemiology of CV Disease in the US: Are We Making Progress in All Populations? Kim Allan Williams, Sr., MD
8:30 am	Modern Lipid Management: New Goals, When to Treat, and New Therapies Leslie Cho, MD
8:45 am	Statin Initiation for Primary Prevention Among Statin Naïve Adults Ashish Sarraju, MD
9:05 am	Dietary and Lifestyle Modifications to Reduce CV Risk Julia Zumpano, RD, LD
9:25 am	GLP-1 Receptor Agonists and SGLT2 Inhibitors for Type 2 Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolic Syndrome: New Insights and Opportunities for Cardiovascular Protection Dennis Bruemmer, MD, PhD
9:45 am	Panel Discussion and Q&A Session Faculty
10:10 am	Refreshment Break/Exhibits
	Session II: Prevention and Management Part 2 Moderator: Jackson T. Wright, Jr, MD, PhD
10:30 am	Integrating Evidence-Based Community Interventions to Improve Access to Care: Past, Present and Future Considerations Daphne Ferdinand, PhD, RN
10:50 am	The Intersection of Cardiovascular Disease and Chronic Kidney Disease: Strategies for Reducing Cardiovascular Risk Crystal Gadegbeku, MD
11:15 am	Closing the Gap in HTN Management: Are We Moving Towards Individualized Blood Pressure Management? Luke Laffin, MD
11:30 am	Primary Prevention in the Very Old: Hypertension and Hypercholesterolemia - Am I Too Old For A Statin? Ardeshir Hashmi, MD
11:45 am	Maximizing the Value of Telehealth in Population CV Health Management Maria Mountis, DO
12:00 pm	Panel Discussion and Q&A Session Faculty
12:25 pm	Lunch/Exhibits
	Session III: Special Populations Moderator: Deirdre Mattina, MD
1:25 pm	Cardiac Disease Remains the Leading Cause of Mortality in Women: What are we Doing to Address This? Leslie Cho, MD
1:45 pm	Cardiovascular Disease and Pregnancy: How a Woman's Pregnancy Provides A Window Into Her Future CVD Risk Deirdre Mattina, MD
2:05 pm	Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Diagnosis and Management of Transthyretin Amyloid Cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM) Ike Okwuosa, MD
2:20 pm	Cardiovascular Screening, Evaluation and Management of Athletes- Both Elite and Non-elite Michael Emery, MD
2:35 pm	Panel Discussion and Q&A Session Faculty
2:55 pm	Refreshment Break/Exhibits
	Session IV: Essentials of CVD Moderator: Umesh Khot, MD
3:15 pm	Real World Practice of the Management of Stable Angina: Structured Risk Assessment and Clinical Decision Pathways Venu Menon, MD
3:30 pm	Peripheral Artery Disease: ACC/AHA PAD Guidelines Lee Kirksey, MD
3:50 pm	Follow-Up Management for Patients with Acute Ischemic Heart Disease: Rehab and Rx Venu Menon, MD
4:10 pm	Panel Discussion and Q&A Session Faculty
4:30 pm	Adjourn

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Friday, October 20, 2023 All times in Eastern Time
7:00 am	Continental Breakfast/Exhibits
7:45 am	Opening Remarks Lee Kirksey, MD
	Session V: Structural Heart Disease Moderator: Aaron Horne, Jr, MD
8:00 am	Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Co-management in the Era of Emerging Precision Therapies Milind Desai, MD
8:15 am	Disparities in Utilization of Advanced Structural Heart Cardiovascular Therapies Aaron Horne, Jr., MD
8:30 am	Degenerative MR: How to Diagnose, Manage and When to Refer? What Are the Options Brian Griffin, MD
8:45 am	Functional/secondary MR: Key Diagnosis and Management Lessons for the Practitioner L. Leonardo Rodriguez, MD
9:00 am	Aortic Stenosis: Risk Factors, Screening, Diagnosis and When to Refer Amar Krishnaswamy, MD
9:15 am	Panel Discussion and Q&A Session Faculty
9:35 am	Refreshment Break/Exhibits
	Session VI: Heart Failure Moderator: Anekwe E. Onwuanyi, MD
9:55 am	Review of Landmark Trials in Heart Failure: Progress and Perspective Ike Okwuosa, MD
10:10 am	HFrEF: Essentials of Guideline Directed Medical Therapy Randall Starling, MD, MPH
10:25 am	Evaluation and Treatment of HFpEF Sanjeeb Bhattacharya, MD
10:40 am	Treating the Whole Patient Including Comorbidities: Frailty, Anemia, Sleep Apnea, AF Karlee Hoffman, DO
10:55 am	Disparities in the Landscape of Heart Failure and Strategies to Overcome Them Khadijah Breathett, MD, MS
11:05 am	Panel Discussion and Q&A Session Faculty
	Session VII: Heart Rhythm Moderator: Mohamed Kanj, MD
11:25 am	How Do I Work up a Patient Who Has New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation? Walid Saliba, MD
11:40 am	AF Stroke Risk Reduction and Left Atrial Appendage Closure: Current and Future Directions Mohamed Kanj, MD
11:55 am	ACC/AHA/HRS Syncope Guidelines in Action Kenneth Mayuga, MD
12:10 pm	Frequent PVCs: When to Worry? How to Treat? Pasquale Santangeli, MD, PhD
12:25 pm	Panel Discussion and Q&A Session Faculty
12:45 pm	Lunch/Exhibits
1:00 - 1:45 pm	Optional Non-CME Presentation Lunch
	Session VIII: Targeted Strategies to Meet the CV Health Needs of Underserved Communities Moderator: Lee Kirksey, MD
1:45 pm	PAD and Limb Loss Across America- An Unequal Burden -The ARC Act Foluso Fakorede, MD
2:00 pm	Impact of Cardiovascular Provider Access on CV Mortality in the US Paul L. Douglass, MD
2:15 pm	Diversity in the Cardiovascular Workplace: How Do We Improve Opportunities? Amber Johnson, MD
2:45 pm	Social Determinants of Health and Cardiovascular Disease: Current State and Future Directions Towards Healthcare Equity Daniel Addison, MD
3:00 pm	Panel Discussion and Q&A Session Faculty
3:30 pm	Refreshment Break/Exhibits
3:45 pm	Addressing Social Determinants of Health in the Community: Perspectives and Possible Solutions David Margolius, MD
4:00 pm	Community Leader Roundtable (non-CME) Moderator: Lee Kirksey, MD
5:15 pm	Adjourn

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