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Agenda

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

7:00 AM
Registration (One Particular Harbor)
Exhibits & Continental Breakfast (Compass Rose - West)

7:50 AM
Welcome & Introduction
David Baran, MD

KEYNOTE LECTURE
Introduction: David Baran, MD

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

HEART FAILURE
Moderator: David Baran, 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 (Compass Rose - West)

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, Carlos Gonzalez Lengua, 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: Carlos Gonzalez Lengua, MD, David Lopez, MD, Marcos Nores, MD and all speakers in session
12:00 PM
Lunch (One Particular Harbor)
Dessert/Coffee with Exhibitors (Compass Rose – West)
Non-CME Satellite Programs (Hemisphere Dancer and Fins Left)

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
Conduction System Pacing: The Future of Cardiac Physiological Pacing?
Parikshit Sharma, MD
1:30 PM
Cut and Paste: Surgical and Hybrid Approaches to Arrhythmias
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 (Compass Rose - West)

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, DO
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
Nicholas 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’Neil, MD
3:40 PM
SHOCK TANK: Case Presentation / Panel Discussion / Q&A
“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 Yordanka Reyna, MD
4 PM
Adjourn

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*Agenda subject to change without notice