Agenda

Friday, September 18 All times in Eastern Time
7:00 AM	Registration & Breakfast
7:30 AM	Welcome and Announcements Oussama Wazni, MD, MBA
7:35 AM	Heart Rhythm Society Update Sana Al-Khatib, MD
7:45 AM	Top EP Publications in 2026 and What to Look for in 2027 Kalyanam Shivkumar, MD, PhD
	Session 1 - Ventricular Arrhythmia Ablation Part 1: Updates on Catheter Ablation Moderators: Roy Chung, MD, Koji Higuchi, MD, PhD, Pasquale Santangeli, MD, PhD, Jakub Sroubek, MD, PhD
8:00 AM	Identification of VT Circuit with Pre-Procedural Cardiac Imaging (MRI and CT) Jeffrey Winterfield, MD
8:10 AM	Substrate-Based VT Ablation with No VT Induction: Feasibility and Outcomes Andre D’Avila, MD
8:20 AM	Early US Clinical Experience with PFA for Ventricular Arrhythmias – Lessons Learned Pasquale Santangeli, MD, PhD
8:30 AM	Mapping and Ablation of Challenging Idiopathic Ventricular Arrhythmia Locations: Intracavitary Structures, Para-Hisian Locations, Epicardial Koji Higuchi, MD, PhD
8:40 AM	Ablation of Ventricular Fibrillation – Ablation of Trigger or Ablation of Substrate Jakub Sroubek, MD, PhD
8:50 AM	Panel Discussion/Q&A Session Faculty
9:10 AM	Break
	Part 2: Bailout Strategies for Refractory Cases Moderators: Roy Chung, MD, Andre D’Avila, MD, Pasquale Santangeli, MD, PhD, Jakub Sroubek, MD, PhD
9:20 AM	When to Say No to VT Ablation? Identifying the Highest Risk Patient Jakub Sroubek, MD, PhD
9:30 AM	Cardiac Radioablation for Refractory VT – The Cleveland Clinic Experience Justin Lee, MD
9:40 AM	Cardiac Sympathetic Denervation for VT/VF – Current Role and Future Directions Olujimi Ajijola, MD, PhD
9:50 AM	CCF Fellow Presents Challenging VT Case and Panel Discussion Panelists: Olujimi Ajijola, MD, PhD, Roy Chung, MD, Andre D’Avila, MD, Koji Higuchi, MD, PhD, Justin Lee, MD, Pasquale Santangeli, MD, PhD, Jeffrey Winterfield, MD
10:00 AM	Panel Discussion/Q&A Session Faculty
10:20 AM	Break
	Session 2 - Clinical AF Management Moderators: Jason Andrade, MD, Michael Faulx, MD, Walid Saliba, MD, Tyler Taigen, MD
10:30 AM	It is time to Change AF Classification System Nassir Marrouche, MD
10:40 AM	Understanding Atrial Myopathy: A Personalized Approach to AF Ablation Nazem Akoum, MD, MS
10:50 AM	AF Ablation in Advanced Heart Failure Philipp Sommer, MD
11:00 AM	Sleep Apnea and AF, VT, CHF Michael Faulx, MD
11:10 AM	AF in Obesity? Why Can’t I Use Ozempic? Leslie Cho, MD
11:20 AM	Obesity Management and AF Ablation Tyler Taigen, MD
11:30 AM	How Early Should We Ablate AF, Insights from Continuous Monitoring Jason Andrade, MD
11:40 AM	First Line Ablation for Persistent AF Oussama Wazni, MD, MBA
11:50 AM	Panel Discussion/Q&A Session Faculty
12:10 PM	Lunch & Optional Non-CME Satellites
	Session 3 - Stroke Prevention Moderators: Mina Chung, MD, Jeff Healey, MD, Shazam Hussain, MD, Chenyang Jiang, MD
1:10 PM	AF Screening: Who, When and How? Abbas Kharal, MD, MPH
1:20 PM	Personalized and Targeted Stroke Prevention Shazam Hussain, MD
1:30 PM	Future Directions in Stroke Prevention: Surgical, Catheter based, Adjunctive OAC and LAAO Jeff Healey, MD
1:40 PM	ICE Guided Combined AF Ablation + LAAO Frank Cuoco, MD
1:50 PM	Welcome to the Real World of LAA Closure: Challenges and Triumphs Walid Saliba, MD
2:00 PM	Reverse Option Chenyang Jiang, MD
2:10 PM	New Devices: LAAO Devices Devi Nair, MD
2:20 PM	Panel Discussion/Q&A Session Faculty
	Session 4 - Hot Topics in AF Ablation Moderators: DJ Lakkireddy, MD, Nassir Marrouche, MD, Andrea Natale, MD, Hiroshi Nakagawa, MD, PhD, Walid Saliba, MD, Oussama Wazni, MD, MBA
2:40 PM	New PFA Catheters (Sphere 360, Faraflex, Volt, etc.) DJ Lakkireddy, MD
2:50 PM	Lesion Prediction in PFA Hiroshi Nakagawa, MD, PhD
3:00 PM	Novel Large Footprint PFA Catheters: Early Experience Ante Anic, MD
3:10 PM	Update on Clinical Outcomes with PFA of Atrial Arrhythmias: Clinical Trials and Real-World Data Moussa Mansour, MD
3:20 PM	Atypical Atrial Flutters (AFL) Ablation: Impact of PFA Ayman Hussein, MD
3:30 PM	Panel Discussion/Q&A Session Faculty
3:50 PM	Break
	Session 5 - Mapping in AF Moderators: Ayman Hussein, MD, Nassir Marrouche, MD, Oussama Wazni, MD, MBA
4:00 PM	Maximizing Success for Persistent AF Ablation: Empiric Ablation or Mapping Andrea Natale, MD
4:10 PM	Mapping of AF: Is it Needed? Why and When? Mandeep Bhargava, MD
4:20 PM	Cortex (Overview Tech and Case Presentation) Vivek Reddy, MD
4:30 PM	Carto Finder Luigi DiBiase, MD, PhD
4:40 PM	Vector Devi Nair, MD
4:50 PM	Panel Discussion/Q&A Session Faculty
	Session 6 - THE GREAT DEBATE Moderator: Oussama Wazni, MD, MBA
5:10 PM	OCEAN! No Need for Anything Atul Verma, MD
5:20 PM	OPTION! Close it and Forget About it Vivek Reddy, MD
5:30 PM	Rebuttals Atul Verma, MD and Vivek Reddy, MD
5:50 PM	Day 1 Adjourn

Saturday, September 19 All times in Eastern Time
7:30 AM	Registration & Breakfast
	Session 7 - New Frontiers in Pacing and Lead Management Moderators: Bryan Baranowski, MD, Thomas Callahan, MD, Roy Chung, MD, Matthew Long, MD, David Martin, MD, MPH
8:00 AM	Conduction System Pacing Parikshit Sharma, MD
8:10 AM	Our Experience with Leadless Device Management Thomas Callahan, MD
8:20 AM	Avoiding Extraction Catastrophes Arshneel Kochar, MD
8:30 AM	New Tools and Approaches in Lead Extraction David Martin, MD, MPH
8:40 AM	Surgical Backup Shinya Unai, MD
8:50AM	Panel Discussion/Q&A Session Faculty
9:10 AM	Break
	Session 8 - Sudden Cardiac Death and CHD Moderators: Peter Aziz, MD, Mandeep Bhargava, MD, Iqbaal El-Assaad, MD, Oussama Wazni, MD, MBA
9:20 AM	Tackling the SCA Challenge Mina Chung, MD
9:30 AM	Sudden Cardiac Death in the Young Iqbal El-Assaad, MD
9:40 AM	Inherited Channelopathies Jeff Courson, DO
9:50 AM	A Systematic Approach to POTS Kenneth Mayuga, MD
10:00 AM	Panel Discussion/Q&A Session Faculty
	Session 9 - Advances in EP Moderators: Justin Lee, MD, Dina Sparano, MD, Oussama Wazni, MD, MBA
10:20 AM	Ablate First or Clip the MV First? Samir Kapadia, MD
10:30 AM	Our PFA Experience Tyler Taigen, MD
10:40 AM	Artificial Intelligence and Sudden Cardiac Death Justin Lee, MD
10:50 AM	Updates from Our Preclinical Work Arwa Younis, MD
11:00 AM	Clinical Outcomes PFA+ LAAO Chadi Tabaja, MD
11:10 AM	MRI and EP Chris Nguyen, PhD
11:20 AM	Panel Discussion/Q&A Session Faculty
11:40 AM	Lunch & Optional Non-CME Satellites
	Session 10 - Cleveland Clinic EP in Action Moderators: Thomas Dresing, MD, Balint Laczay, MD, Christine Tanaka, MD, Oussama Wazni, MD, MBA
12:40 PM	VT Ablation in Patients with Aortic and Mitral Mechanical Valves Pasquale Santangeli, MD, PhD
12:50 PM	Tough Case of Combined AF Ablation and LAA Closure Mohamed Kanj, MD
1:00 PM	Redo Redo AF Ablation Ayman Hussein, MD
1:10 PM	Redo Redo AFL Ablation Walid Saliba, MD
1:20 PM	Panel Discussion/Q&A Session Faculty
1:40 PM	Adjourn
	Fellows Program 1:50-5:05 PM (ALL CASE BASED) Directors: Bryan Baranowski, MD, Mandeep Bhargava, MD, Jakub Sroubek, MD, PhD
	AF Ablation/ LAA Closure
1:50-2:05 PM	Lesion Prediction in PFA Hiroshi Nakagawa, MD, PhD
2:05-2:20 PM	Principles of AFL Mapping and Ablation Mandeep Bhargava, MD
2:20-2:35 PM	Maximizing Success in LAA Closure Mohamed Kanj, MD
2:35-2:50 PM	Break and Open Discussion
	VT Ablation
2:50-3:05 PM	VT Ablation in Ischemic Cardiomyopathy Pasquale Santangeli, MD, PhD
3:05-3:20 PM	VT Ablation in Non-Ischemic Cardiomyopathy Jakub Sroubek, MD, PhD
3:20-3:35 PM	Break and Open Discussion
	Device Management
3:35-3:50 PM	Maximizing Physiologic Pacing Success Parikshit Sharma, MD
3:50-4:05 PM	Maximizing Extraction Success Tom Callahan, MD
	Arrhythmia Mechanisms
4:05-5:05 PM	Quiz on Kahoot? Walid Saliba, MD, Mandeep Bhargava, MD and Bryan Baranowski, MD

Agenda

Friday, September 18
All times in Eastern Time

Session 1 - Ventricular Arrhythmia Ablation

Part 1: Updates on Catheter Ablation
Moderators: Roy Chung, MD, Koji Higuchi, MD, PhD, Pasquale Santangeli, MD, PhD, Jakub Sroubek, MD, PhD

Part 2: Bailout Strategies for Refractory Cases
Moderators: Roy Chung, MD, Andre D’Avila, MD, Pasquale Santangeli, MD, PhD, Jakub Sroubek, MD, PhD

Session 2 - Clinical AF Management
Moderators: Jason Andrade, MD, Michael Faulx, MD, Walid Saliba, MD, Tyler Taigen, MD

Session 3 - Stroke Prevention
Moderators: Mina Chung, MD, Jeff Healey, MD, Shazam Hussain, MD, Chenyang Jiang, MD

Session 4 - Hot Topics in AF Ablation
Moderators: DJ Lakkireddy, MD, Nassir Marrouche, MD, Andrea Natale, MD, Hiroshi Nakagawa, MD, PhD, Walid Saliba, MD, Oussama Wazni, MD, MBA

Session 5 - Mapping in AF
Moderators: Ayman Hussein, MD, Nassir Marrouche, MD, Oussama Wazni, MD, MBA

Session 6 - THE GREAT DEBATE
Moderator: Oussama Wazni, MD, MBA

Saturday, September 19
All times in Eastern Time

Session 7 - New Frontiers in Pacing and Lead Management
Moderators: Bryan Baranowski, MD, Thomas Callahan, MD, Roy Chung, MD, Matthew Long, MD, David Martin, MD, MPH

Session 8 - Sudden Cardiac Death and CHD
Moderators: Peter Aziz, MD, Mandeep Bhargava, MD, Iqbaal El-Assaad, MD, Oussama Wazni, MD, MBA

Session 9 - Advances in EP
Moderators: Justin Lee, MD, Dina Sparano, MD, Oussama Wazni, MD, MBA

Session 10 - Cleveland Clinic EP in Action
Moderators: Thomas Dresing, MD, Balint Laczay, MD, Christine Tanaka, MD, Oussama Wazni, MD, MBA

Fellows Program 1:50-5:05 PM (ALL CASE BASED)
Directors: Bryan Baranowski, MD, Mandeep Bhargava, MD, Jakub Sroubek, MD, PhD

Agenda

Friday, September 18 All times in Eastern Time

Session 1 - Ventricular Arrhythmia Ablation

Part 1: Updates on Catheter Ablation Moderators: Roy Chung, MD, Koji Higuchi, MD, PhD, Pasquale Santangeli, MD, PhD, Jakub Sroubek, MD, PhD

Part 2: Bailout Strategies for Refractory Cases Moderators: Roy Chung, MD, Andre D’Avila, MD, Pasquale Santangeli, MD, PhD, Jakub Sroubek, MD, PhD

Session 2 - Clinical AF Management Moderators: Jason Andrade, MD, Michael Faulx, MD, Walid Saliba, MD, Tyler Taigen, MD

Session 3 - Stroke Prevention Moderators: Mina Chung, MD, Jeff Healey, MD, Shazam Hussain, MD, Chenyang Jiang, MD

Session 4 - Hot Topics in AF Ablation Moderators: DJ Lakkireddy, MD, Nassir Marrouche, MD, Andrea Natale, MD, Hiroshi Nakagawa, MD, PhD, Walid Saliba, MD, Oussama Wazni, MD, MBA

Session 5 - Mapping in AF Moderators: Ayman Hussein, MD, Nassir Marrouche, MD, Oussama Wazni, MD, MBA

Session 6 - THE GREAT DEBATE Moderator: Oussama Wazni, MD, MBA

Saturday, September 19 All times in Eastern Time

Session 7 - New Frontiers in Pacing and Lead Management Moderators: Bryan Baranowski, MD, Thomas Callahan, MD, Roy Chung, MD, Matthew Long, MD, David Martin, MD, MPH

Session 8 - Sudden Cardiac Death and CHD Moderators: Peter Aziz, MD, Mandeep Bhargava, MD, Iqbaal El-Assaad, MD, Oussama Wazni, MD, MBA

Session 9 - Advances in EP Moderators: Justin Lee, MD, Dina Sparano, MD, Oussama Wazni, MD, MBA

Session 10 - Cleveland Clinic EP in Action Moderators: Thomas Dresing, MD, Balint Laczay, MD, Christine Tanaka, MD, Oussama Wazni, MD, MBA

Fellows Program 1:50-5:05 PM (ALL CASE BASED) Directors: Bryan Baranowski, MD, Mandeep Bhargava, MD, Jakub Sroubek, MD, PhD

Friday, September 18
All times in Eastern Time

Part 1: Updates on Catheter Ablation
Moderators: Roy Chung, MD, Koji Higuchi, MD, PhD, Pasquale Santangeli, MD, PhD, Jakub Sroubek, MD, PhD

Part 2: Bailout Strategies for Refractory Cases
Moderators: Roy Chung, MD, Andre D’Avila, MD, Pasquale Santangeli, MD, PhD, Jakub Sroubek, MD, PhD

Session 2 - Clinical AF Management
Moderators: Jason Andrade, MD, Michael Faulx, MD, Walid Saliba, MD, Tyler Taigen, MD

Session 3 - Stroke Prevention
Moderators: Mina Chung, MD, Jeff Healey, MD, Shazam Hussain, MD, Chenyang Jiang, MD

Session 4 - Hot Topics in AF Ablation
Moderators: DJ Lakkireddy, MD, Nassir Marrouche, MD, Andrea Natale, MD, Hiroshi Nakagawa, MD, PhD, Walid Saliba, MD, Oussama Wazni, MD, MBA

Session 5 - Mapping in AF
Moderators: Ayman Hussein, MD, Nassir Marrouche, MD, Oussama Wazni, MD, MBA

Session 6 - THE GREAT DEBATE
Moderator: Oussama Wazni, MD, MBA

Saturday, September 19
All times in Eastern Time

Session 7 - New Frontiers in Pacing and Lead Management
Moderators: Bryan Baranowski, MD, Thomas Callahan, MD, Roy Chung, MD, Matthew Long, MD, David Martin, MD, MPH

Session 8 - Sudden Cardiac Death and CHD
Moderators: Peter Aziz, MD, Mandeep Bhargava, MD, Iqbaal El-Assaad, MD, Oussama Wazni, MD, MBA

Session 9 - Advances in EP
Moderators: Justin Lee, MD, Dina Sparano, MD, Oussama Wazni, MD, MBA

Session 10 - Cleveland Clinic EP in Action
Moderators: Thomas Dresing, MD, Balint Laczay, MD, Christine Tanaka, MD, Oussama Wazni, MD, MBA

Fellows Program 1:50-5:05 PM (ALL CASE BASED)
Directors: Bryan Baranowski, MD, Mandeep Bhargava, MD, Jakub Sroubek, MD, PhD