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Summit Agenda

Sunday, Aug. 17 | Monday, Aug. 18 | Tuesday, Aug. 19 | Wednesday, Aug. 20 | Thursday, Aug. 21

SUNDAY, August 17
7:00 am

Registration / Continental Breakfast / Exhibits
Bank of America Conference Center - 3rd Floor Foyer

7:50 am Welcome, Introduction, and Symposium Overview
Curtis Rimmerman, MD, Brian Griffin, MD, Samir Kapadia, MD & Steven Nissen, MD
  ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE
Section Coordinator and Moderator:  Samir Kapadia, MD
8:00 am

Coronary Artery Disease – Essential Electrocardiogram Patterns - Curtis Rimmerman, MD

9:00 am

Incidence and Management of Stable Angina - Conrad Simpfendorfer, MD

9:45 am

Pathophysiology and Management of Unstable Angina and Non-ST Segment Elevation MI - Ravi Nair, MD

10:30 am Refreshment Break and Exhibits
11:00 am Pathophysiology and Management of ST Segment Elevation MI - Medhi Shishehbor, DO
11:45 am Mechanical Complications of Acute Myocardial Infarction - Venu Menon, MD
12:15 pm Meet the Professor Lunch
1:15  pm Risk Stratification of Myocardial Infarction - Samir Kapadia, MD
2:00 pm Percutaneous Intervention – Stents and Devices -Stephen Ellis, MD
2:45 pm Refreshment Break and Exhibits
3:15 pm Coronary Atherosclerosis Imaging – IVUS, CT and MRI - Milind Desai, MD
3:45 pm Ischemic Heart Disease Board Simulation – Pre-Test - Samir Kapadia, MD
 4:45 pm

Ischemic Heart Disease Board Simulation – Test Review
Chris Bajzer, MD, Samir Kapadia, MD & Medhi Shishehbor, DO

6:00 pm Dinner on Your Own
  EVENING SESSIONS
7:00 – 9:00 pm Evening Group Seminar: Electrocardiography - Donald Underwood, MD
7:00 – 8:00 pm Meet the Expert Session: Echocardiography - William Stewart, MD & Brian Griffin, MD
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MONDAY, August 18
  ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY
Section Coordinators and Moderators: Mina Chung, MD & Walid Saliba, MD
7:00 am

Continental Breakfast / Exhibits

8:00 am Sudden Cardiac Death – Epidemiology, Etiology and Evaluation - Thomas Dresing, MD
8:30 am Syncope – Interactive Case Studies - Frederick Jaeger, DO
9:15 am

Atrial Fibrillation and Atrial Flutter – Current Management Approaches - Walid Saliba, MD

 9:45 am Refreshment Break and Exhibits
10:15 am

Supraventricular Tachycardia – Mechanisms and Management - Mina Chung, MD

11:00 am Ventricular Tachycardia – Etiology, Evaluation and Optimal Therapy - Patrick Tchou, MD
11:30 am Differential Diagnosis of Wide Complex Tachycardia - Mohamed Kanj, MD
12:15 pm Meet the Professor Lunch
1:15 pm Impact Electrophysiology Trials – What You Need to Know - David Martin, MD
 1:45 pm Pacemakers, Defibrillators, and Biventricular Pacing Devices - Bruce Wilkoff, MD
2:45 pm Electrophysiology Testing – An Interactive Case-Based Approach - Mina Chung, MD
3:30 pm Refreshment Break and Exhibits
3:45 pm Name That Arrhythmia – 12-Lead Electrocardiogram and His Bundle Recordings for  the Boards - Oussama Wazni, MD
4:15 pm Electrophysiology Board Simulation Pre-Test  - Walid Saliba, MD
 5:15 pm

Electrophysiology Board Simulation – Test Review
Mina Chung, MD & Walid Saliba, MD

6:00 pm Dinner Provided
  EVENING SESSIONS
7:00 – 9:00 pm

Evening Group Seminar - Cardiac Catheterization with Aortograms & Ventriculograms
Samir Kapadia, MD & Arman Askari, MD

7:00 – 8:00 pm

Meet the Expert Session - Electrophysiology
Walid Saliba, MD & Patrick Tchou, MD

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TUESDAY, August 19
  CARDIAC IMAGING
Section Coordinator and Moderator: Gian Novaro, MD
7:00 am

Continental Breakfast & Exhibits

8:00 am Aortic and Pulmonary Valve Disease - Brian Griffin, MD
8:45 am Mitral and Tricuspid Valve Disease - William Stewart, MD
9:15 am Exercise and Dobutamine Echocardiography – Diagnostic Utility with Cases -
Leonardo Rodriguez, MD
9:45 am

Refreshment Break and Exhibits

10:15 am Essential Echo Images in Congenital Heart Disease - Ellen Mayer-Sabik, MD &
Richard Krasuski, MD
11:00 am Congenital Heart Disease – Board Fundamentals - Richard Krasuski, MD
11:30 am Prosthetic Valve Disease - Brian Griffin, MD
12:15 pm Meet the Professor Lunch
  Section Coordinator and Moderator: Ellen Mayer-Sabik, MD
1:15 pm The Aorta – A Case-Based Approach to Diagnosis and Management - Gian Novaro, MD
2.00 pm Chest X-Rays – What is This Abnormality?  Interactive Case Studies - Ellen Mayer-Sabik, MD & Richard Krasuski, MD
 2.30 pm Refreshment Break and Exhibits
3:00 pm Nuclear Cardiology – Techniques and Cases – Thallium, Sestamibi and PET -
Manuel Cerqueira, MD
 3:45 pm Cardiac MRI and CT - Srikanth Sola, MD
4:30pm Cardiac Imaging Board Simulation – Pre-Test
Gian Novaro, MD
 

Cardiac Imaging Board Simulation Test Review
Gian Novaro, MD, Maran Thamilarisan, MD & Manuel Cerqueira, MD

6:00 pm Dinner On Your Own
  EVENING SESSIONS
7:00 – 9:00 pm Evening Group Seminar: Echocardiography
Brian Griffin, MD & Richard Grimm, DO
7:00 – 8:00 pm Meet the Expert Session: Congestive Heart Failure
Randall Starling, MD, David Taylor, MD & Robert Hobbs, MD
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WEDNESDAY, August 20
  LIPIDS, ECGS, HEMODYNAMICS, PHARMACOLOGY AND LOOPS
Section Coordinator and Moderator: Curtis Rimmerman, MD
7:00 am

Continental Breakfast & Exhibits

8:00 am Lipid Management – Current Treatment Guidelines - Michael Rocco, MD
8:45 am The Most Important Electrocardiograms for the Boards - Curtis Rimmerman, MD
9:30 am Refreshment Break and Exhibits
10:00 am The Science of Hemodynamic Measurements - Frederick Heupler, MD
10.30 am Physical Examination - Craig Asher, MD
11:00 am Cardiovascular Pharmacology – The Essentials - Michael Militello, PharmD
11:30 am

Shunts and Loops - Arman Askari, MD

12:00 pm Meet the Professor Lunch
1:00 pm Shunts and Loops – Interactive Case Studies - Michael Faulx, MD
  GENDER ISSUES, STRESS TESTING, AND OTHER ESSENTIALS
Section Coordinator and Moderator: Brian Griffin, MD
1:30 pm Gender Related Issues in Cardiology - Ellen Mayer-Sabik, MD
2:00 pm Electrocardiogram Stress Testing - Sagar Kalahasti, MD
2:30 pm Assessment and Management of the Cardiac Patient Undergoing Non-Cardiac Surgery - Richard Grimm, DO
3:00 pm

Lipid Management – Interactive Case Studies - Leslie Cho, MD

3:30 pm Refreshment Break and Exhibits
4:00 pm Pregnancy and Heart Disease - Russell Raymond, DO
 4:30 pm An Update on Infective Endocarditis for the Cardiologist - Steven Gordon , MD
5:15 pm Current Treatment of Hypertension – What the Cardiologist Needs to Know -
Joseph Nally, MD
6:00 pm Dinner On Your Own
  EVENING SESSIONS
7:00 – 9:00 pm Evening Group Seminar: Intracardiac Electrocardiograms
Jennifer Cummings, MD & Mandeep Bhargava, MD
7:00 – 8:00 pm Meet the Expert Session: Interventional Cardiology
Samir Kapadia, MD & Chris Bajzer, MD
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THURSDAY, August 21
  HEART FAILURE
Section Coordinator and Moderator: David Taylor, MD
7:00 am

Continental Breakfast & Exhibits

 8:00 am Fundamentals of Heart Failure - Gary Francis, MD
8:45 am Diastolic Function - Assessment in Health and Disease - Allan Klein, MD
9:15 am Heart Failure Therapy - Randall Starling, MD
10:00 am

Refreshment Break and Exhibits

10:30 am

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy - Harry Lever, MD

11:00 am

Transplantation and Mechanical Devices - James Young, MD

11:30 am

Myocarditis - Eileen Hsich, MD

12:00 pm Pulmonary Hypertension - Wilson Tang, MD
12:30 pm Lunch
1:30 pm

Heart Failure Board Simulation Pre-Test
David Taylor, MD

 2:15 pm Heart Failure Board Simulation Test Review
David Taylor, MD & Eileen Hsich, MD
 3:00 pm Refreshment Break and Exhibits
  PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE, ANGIOGRAPHY, & OPERATION OR NOT
Section Coordinator and Moderator: John Bartholomew, MD
3:30 pm Peripheral Arterial Disease – Diagnosis and Management - Carmel Celestin, MD
4:00 pm Carotid and Cerebrovascular Disease - What the Cardiologist Needs to Know -
Chris Bajzer, MD
4:30 pm Venous Thromboembolic Disease - John Bartholomew, MD
5:00 pm The Normal and Abnormal Angiogram - Robert Hobbs, MD
5:30 pm Operation or Not? Interactive Clinical Case Studies with Imaging - Ajay Bhargava, MD, Donald Hammer, MD & Brian Griffin, MD
6:00 pm Adjourn
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