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Agenda

Day 1
Day 2

Friday, June 12, 2026
All times in Eastern Time
7:00 am
 Registration, Breakfast & Exhibits
7:55 am
 Welcome and Introductions
Amanda Vest, MBBS, MPH, Activity Director

8:00 am - 9:30 am
Session 1: HFrEF, Genetic and Inflammatory Cardiomyopathy
Moderator - Amanda Vest, MBBS, MPH
GDMT in 2026: Beyond the Guidelines and into Practice
Karlee Hoffman, DO
Towards Precision Medicine with Cardiac MRI for DCM
Deborah Kwon, MD
Genetic Testing: What Every HF Clinician Needs to Know
Michael Hill, MD, MS
Cardiac Sarcoidosis Across the EF Spectrum
Ziad Taimeh, MD
Cardio-Oncology in the Advanced HF Clinic
Arianne Clare Agdamag, MD
Discussion and Q&A
9:30 am
 Break

10:00 am - 11:30 am
Session 2: HF and Metabolic Health
Moderator - Tuoyo Mene-Afejuko, MD
CKM (cardio-kidney-metabolic) Care Models and Practical Implementation
Nancy Albert, PhD
Diet and Exercise as Therapeutic Interventions for HFpEF
Salvatore Carbone, PhD
Sex Differences in HFpEF Development and Management
Maria Mountis, DO
Ambulatory PA Monitoring: Who, When, How?
Mohamed El Khashab, MD
When GDMT Isn't Enough: Recognizing Advanced HFrEF Before It’s Too Late
Paulino Alvarez, MD
Discussion and Q&A
11:30 am
 Lunch

12:30 pm - 2:10 pm
Session 3: Future Horizons in HF and the Cardiomyopathies
Moderator - Mahyar Pourriahi, MD

HFrEF in the Device Era: Rise of the Machines
Jerry Estep, MD
The Promise of AI in HF: From Risk Prediction to Workflow Integration
Sahar Hashmi, MD, PhD
Gene Therapies: The Future of HF Personalized Therapy?
Milind Desai, MD, MBA
Implications of a CD36 Genetic Variant as a Cause of Cardiomyopathy
Krishna Aragam, MD

Metabolic Health as a Therapeutic Target for HFrEF
Amanda Vest, MBBS, MPH
Panel Discussion
2:10 pm
 Break

2:40 pm - 4:00 pm
Breakout Session 1: Advanced Heart Failure Theater
Moderators - Tracey Matejka, PA-C and Rebecca Reay, CNP
Ventricular Assist Devices 101
Marjorie Urban, ACNP
Heart Transplantation 101
Tiffany Buda, RN, MSN
Challenging Cases in GDMT Management
Brad Williams, PharmD, BCPS
Diuresis Pathways Across the Spectrum of Care
Julianne Fallon, PharmD, BCCP
Panel Discussion
4:00 pm
 Adjourn to networking reception

2:40 pm - 4:00 pm
Breakout Session 2: Top Five Trials of 2025-26
Moderator - Yaquta Kaka, MD
DIGIT-HF
J. Emanuel Finet, MD
VICTOR
Pavan Bhat, MD
SUMMIT and substudies
Sean Bhattacharya, MD
FINEARTS-HF and substudies, RE-DEFINE-HF
Pei Jun Zhao, MD
Neuregulin and Other Regenerative Pathways in HFrEF
W.H. Wilson Tang, MD
Panel Discussion
4:00 pm
 Adjourn to networking reception

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Saturday, June 13, 2026
All times in Eastern Time
7:00 am
 Registration, Breakfast & Exhibits
7:55 am
 Announcements

8:00 am - 9:20 am
Session 1: Heart Failure at Scale
Moderator - Julia Simkowski, MD
Equitable Heart Failure Care in a CKM World
Khadijah Breathett, MD, MS
HF Population Health: From Individual Patients to Networks of Care
Tre Martyn, MD

Reframing HF: Treating and Preventing the Syndrome, Its Causes, and Comorbid Conditions
Biykem Bozkurt, MD, PhD
Panel Discussion
9:20 am
 Break

9:40 am - 11:10 am
Session 2: Shock and Advanced Therapies
Moderators - David Katzianer, MD and Phoo Pwint Nandar, MD

Cardiogenic Shock in 2026: From Guidelines to Bedside
Ran Lee, MD
Precision Temporary MCS Devices: When, How, and For Whom
Andrew Higgins, MD
ECMO Cannulation Strategy: VA, VAV, LAVA and more
Edward Soltesz, MD, MPH
Personalizing Care for LVAD Recipients
Anthony Zaki, MD
Heart Allocation by Continuous Distribution: Are We Nearly There Yet?
Eileen Hsich, MD
Panel Discussion

11:10 am - 12:15 pm
Session 3: Heart Failure Intersections
Moderators - Karen James, MD and Khalil Murad, MD
Structural: Which Patients with AS and HFrEF Benefit Most from TAVR?
Grant Reed, MD, MSc
Congenital: HF Intersections Across the Lifespan
Joanna Ghobrial, MD
EP: Which Patients with AF Most Benefit from Ablation?
Oussama Wazni, MD
Surgery: Which Patients with HF can Undergo CABG and Valve Surgery?
Michael Tong, MD
12:15 pm
 Lunch Break

1:00 pm – 1:30 pm
AI in Action: Practical Tools for the Heart Failure Clinician
Sahar Hashmi, MD, PhD

1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Cardiac Amyloid Session
Moderator - Preethi William, MD

New Insights Through Imaging and Tracers
Bryan Abadie, MD
Evolutions in TTR Therapies
Andres Carmona Rubio, MD
Gene editing and TTR removal
Mazen Hanna, MD
AL Amyloid Conundrums (Case Based)
Jason Valent, MD
Panel Discussion
Educating Patients on an Amyloid Diagnosis
Amanda Mitchell, BSN, RN
Amyloidosis and the Musculoskeletal System
Mazen Hanna, MD
Arrhythmia Management within Amyloid Precision Care
Arwa Younis, MD
Panel Discussion
4:00 pm
 Adjourn

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