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Saturday, May 31, 2025
Compass Rose Ballroom
All times in Eastern Time

7:00 AM
Registration (One Particular Harbor)
Exhibits & Continental Breakfast (One Particular Harbor)
7:50 AM
Welcome & Introduction
David Baran, MD

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION

8:00 AM
What’s Next: The Future of Cardiovascular Medicine
Samir Kapadia, MD

HEART FAILURE
Moderator: Jerry Estep, MD

8:20 AM
State of the Art: What’s Next in HF
Amanda Vest, MBBS
8:30 AM
ABCs of GDMT
David Snipelisky, MD
8:40 AM
When to Send to an Advanced HF Specialist
Jerry Estep, MD
8:50 AM
Final Frontier: VAD and Transplant
Cedric Sheffield, MD
9:00 AM
Case Presentation / Panel Discussion / Q&A

“BEST Case”
submission:  Severe Heart Failure and Nephrotic-Like Syndrome in a Young African American Male

Presenter
:  Alexander Ting, DO - Broward Health Medical Center, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Panelists
:  Sandra Chaparro, MD, Katherine Lietz, MD, PhD, Raghavendra Makam MD and all speakers in session
9:20 AM
Break & Exhibits (One Particular Harbor)

CORONARY DISEASE
Moderator: Kenneth Fromkin, MD

9:50 AM
Pushing the Envelope: Latest Interventional Approaches
Mauricio Cohen, MD
10:00 AM
Heart Team Approach to High-Risk Coronary Surgery
Nicolas Brozzi, MD
10:10 AM
High Risk PCI with Temporary Heart Support
Kenneth Fromkin, MD
10:20 AM
Hybrid Coronary Revascularization
Jose Navia, MD
10:30 AM
Case Presentation / Panel Discussion / Q&A

“BEST Case” submission: Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) or Myocardial Infarction with Non obstructed Coronary Arteries (MINOCA) In A Quinquagenarian Female

Presenter: Sahar Abdelmoneim, MD, MSc, MBA - Larkin Community Hospital, Palm Springs, Florida

Panelists: Jaime Lewellyn, MD, James Wudel, MD, Richard Zelman, MD and all speakers in session

VALVE DISEASE
Moderator: Mauricio Cohen, MD

10:50 AM
The Future of Valve Disease Treatment
Amar Krishnaswamy, MD
11:00 AM
Valve Disease: What to watch, when to send?
Jenny Placido Disla, MD
11:10 AM
Mitral Regurgitation: Medical and catheter-based approaches
Craig Asher, MD
11:20 AM
Robotic and Minimally Invasive Surgical Treatment of Valve Disease
Jose Navia, MD
11:30 AM

Case Presentation / Panel Discussion / Q&A


“BEST Case”
submission:  An unwanted communication: Aortic-Right Ventricular Fistula Following Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR)

Presenter:
Armando Reyes Yparraguirre, MD - University of Nevada, Reno



Panelists: Jerry Estep, MD, David Lopez, MD, Marcos Nores, MD and all speakers in session
12:00 PM
Lunch (One Particular Harbor)
Dessert/Coffee served in Exhibit area (One Particular Harbor)

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY
Moderator: Parikshit Sharma, MD

1:00 PM
Keeping the Beat: Latest and Greatest in EP
Oussama Wazni, MD
1:10 PM
Atrial Fibrillation: Drugs and Daggers
Ricardo Hernandez, MD
1:20 PM
Ventricular Tachycardia: ICD's and Interventional Approaches
Parikshit Sharma, MD
1:30 PM
Cut and Paste: Surgical and Hybrid Approaches to Arrythmias
James Wudel, MD
1:40 PM
Case Presentation / Panel Discussion / Q&A

“BEST Case” submission:
When Genes and Granulomas Collide: The Overlapping Faces of Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathies

Presenter:
Antonio Lewis, MD - Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio

Panelists:
Brett Faulknier, MD, Bishoy Hanna, MD, Marcelo Helguera MD and all speakers in session
2:00 PM
Break & Exhibits (One Particular Harbor)—30 MIN

SPECIAL SITUATIONS
Moderator: David Lopez, MD

2:30 PM
Cancer and the Heart: A fragile balance
Diego Sadler, MD
2:40 PM
Amyloid: Everywhere and Nowhere
Dia Smiley, MD
2:50 PM
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: New Options for Treatment
Milind Desai, MD
3:00 PM
To Cut is to Cure: Surgical Treatment for HCM and CTEPH
Nick Smedira, MD
3:10 PM
Case Presentation / Panel Discussion / Q&A


“BEST Case” submission: Management Considerations for Combined Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, Systolic Anterior Motion of The Mitral Valve Causing Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction with Mitral Regurgitation


Presenter: Daniel Chacon, MD - Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston


Panelists: Craig Asher MD, Jenny Placido Disla MD, David Snipelisky MD and all speakers in session

CLOSING SESSION
Moderators: David Baran, MD and Nicolas Brozzi, MD

3:30 PM
Cardiogenic Shock: We Didn't Start the Fire
William O'Neill, MD
3:40 PM

SHOCK TANK: Case Presentation & Panel Discussion

“BEST Case” submission: Twice struck by lightning: a case of recurrent influenza myocarditis

Presenter: Vivian Lee, MD - University of California, Davis

Panelists: Howard Bush, MD, Javier Jimenez, MD, Joshua Larned, MD, Steve Minear, MD, William O’Neil, MD and Reyna Yordanka, MD

 

4 PM
Adjourn

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*Agenda subject to change without notice