6:30-8:30 pm - Welcome Home Buffet Dinner 

7:00-7:30am

START YOUR DAY

7:45am

Breakfast in the Exhibit Hall

8:15am

Welcome

Carlos Alfonso, MD, FACC

Activity Director

Medical Director of Advanced PCI and CTO program
Cardiovascular fellowship Program Director

Professor of Medicine

University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Miami, FL

Lifetime management of Aortic Stenosis - A Joint FL Chapter ACC and FL Society of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgeons Session

What to make of the Small Annulus in light of the SMART trial?

Expanding indications for TAVR?

Debate: Low risk patients – First valve selection?

• Interventionalist perspective
• CT Surgeons perspective
• Rebuttals, Q & A

Moderator

Paul DiGiorgi, MD, FACS
Cardiothoracic Surgery Section Chief
Lee Health
President, Florida Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons
Fort Myers, FL

Panelist

Courtney B. Allen, PA-C

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery

North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System

Gainesville, FL

9:00am

CHF in Special Populations - Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Luis Afonso, MD

Cardiology Division Chief
Program Director, Cardiology Fellowship Training Program
Director, Echocardiography Laboratory, Harper University Hospital
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI

9:30am

Break with the Exhibitors

FIT and Translational Poster Gallery

The Top 10 Trends in CV Care

Speaker

Cathy Biga, RN, MSN, FACC

President, American College of Cardiology

Irwin R. Callen, M.D., Memorial Lectureship

Management of AFIB: Impacts of AI and Machine Learning

Joshua Lampert, MD, FACC

Cardiac Electrophysiology 

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Medical Director of Machine Learning

Mount Sinai Heart

New York, NY

10:50am

BREAK

11:10am

Inherited Cardiac Diseases: From Basic Science to Bedside - The History of How We Care for These Patients

Julian Palomino Doza, MD, PhD

Consultant Cardiologist
Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre
Madrid, Spain

Cardio-Oncology: The Intersection of Cancer & Cardiovascular Disease What the General Cardiologist Should Know

Moderator

Diego Sadler, MD, FACC

Section Head Cardio Oncology
Cleveland Clinic Florida
Weston, FL

Speaker

Cardiovascular Impact of Immunotherapy 2024

Eric H. Yang, MD, FACC, FASE, FAHA

Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine

Director, UCLA Cardio-Oncology Program

Associate Program Director, UCLA/Olive View/West LA VA Cardiovascular Diseases Fellowship

Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine

University of California

Los Angeles, CA

Panelists

Sherry-Ann Brown, MD, PhD, FACC

The Heart Spark P.C.

Miami, FL   

Juan Lopez-Mattei, MD, FACC

Medical Director, Cardiac Imaging

Lee Health Heart Institute

Fort Myers, FL

Diego Sadler, MD, FACC

Section Head Cardio Oncology
Cleveland Clinic Florida
Weston, FL

12:15pm

Year in Review & Celebrating ACC's 75th Anniversary - A Look at the Florida Chapter ACC's Contributions

Lunch Pick-up in the Exhibit Hall

BREAKOUT SESSIONS: DISEASE STATES

Florida Chapter Breakout Sessions bring the latest research into small break-out rooms where case-based presentations allow for serious debate and discussion on how to translate the research into everyday care settings. 

1. Emerging therapies for Valvular Heart Disease “No longer forgotten” – the Tricuspid Valve Imaging for Tricuspid procedures Moderator Paul DiGiorgi, MD, FACS Cardiothoracic Surgery Section Chief Lee Health President, Florida Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons Fort Myers, FL
2. Management of Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Strategies for Rhythm Control LA Appendage Occlusion – Alternative Strategies for Stroke Prevention Moderator Raul Mitrani, MD, FACC
3. Cardio-oncology Moderator Diego Sadler, MD, FACC Section Head Cardio Oncology Cleveland Clinic Florida Weston, FL  How to Use Diagnostic Modalities in ICI Myocarditis Diego Sadler, MD, FACC   Section Head Cardio Oncology Cleveland Clinic Florida Weston, FL  CAR-T Cell Case With Discussion                  Mohammed Alomar, MD, FACC  University of South Florida Tampa, FL Clonal Hematopoiesis of indeterminant Potential (CHIP)     Dae Hyun Lee, MD, FACC  Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine; Division of Cardiovascular Sciences University of South Florida Tampa, FL Case Presentation Vuha Reddi, MD   Cleveland Clinic Florida Weston, FL
4. Transitioning into Adulthood with Congenital Heart Disease Moderator Jennifer Co-Vu, MD, FACC
5. Cardiovascular Genetics Heritable Cardiomyopathies Moderator Julian Palomino Doza, MD, PhD Consultant Cardiologist Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre Madrid, Spain Panelists Mohammad Al-Ani, MD, FACC University of Florida Gainesville, FL Jorge Penalver, MD, FACC Jackson Memorial Hospital Miami, FL
6. Cardiac Imaging – Bringing Things Into View Moderator Juan Lopez-Mattei, MD, FACC Medical Director, Cardiac Imaging Lee Health Heart Institute Fort Myers, FL
7. Women Cardiologists Moderator Rhea Sancassani, MD, FACC Medical Director Jackson Medical Group Cardiology Miami, FL
8. Translational Research Moderator Katelyn Bruno, PhD, FHFSA Assistant Professor Of Cardiovascular Medicine University of Florida Gainesville, FL Speakers From Beach to Bedside: a Seashell Biomineralization Inspired New Technology for Early Diagnosis of Amyloid Heart Disease Jay Schneider, MD, PhD Consultant & Associate Professor, Cardiovascular Medicine Mayo Clinic Pharmacogenomics of Cardiology and Cardio-oncology Yan Gong, PhD Associate Professor, Center for Pharmacogenomics and Precision Medicine, Department of Pharmacotherapy and Translational Research University of Florida   Post-translational Modifications on Beta-myosin Heavy Chain in the Failing Human Heart Michelle S. Parvatiyar, PhD Assistant Professor, College of Health and Human Sciences Florida State University Effects of TNNI3K on Myocarditis in Novel Translational Animal Model Joshua Culberson PhD Candidate University of Florida

AFTERNOON BREAK

President's Celebration

This year we're going on an epic adventure to Hollywood Studios. Kids’ Night Out will be there for the younger kids with fun games and activities. A gourmet dinner, open bar, dessert, entertainment and transportation to and from the event are all included.
 
Tickets to this year’s President’s Celebration will sell out. Grab yours when you register for the meeting or here. 

Sunday, August 11

8:00am

Take this opportunity to meet with the Chairs of the Chapter Committees and see where you might like to join in.

Breakfast in the Exhibit Hall

Welcome Back

Tackling Obesity and CV Risk Reduction

The SELECT Trial (Semaglutide Effects on Cardiovascular Outcomes in Obesity without Diabetes)  

Speaker

TBA

Break with the Exhibitors

Resident Poster Gallery

10:00am

10:30am

2024 Young Investigators Award Winner

Prognostic Impact of Presence and Progression of Aortic Valve Calcification on the Development of Aortic Stenosis: Results from the Multi-ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) 

Dhiran Verghese, MD

Naples Heart Institute

Naples, FL 

Florida Quality Improvement in Cardiology, (FL-QUIC) 2024 Winner

Impact of Electronic Best-Practice Advisory in Combination with Prescriber Education on SGLT2i Initiation for Patients with Heart Failure at a Community Health System

Speaker TBA 

Lee Health

Fort Myers, FL

FCACC/FCACC Foundation Business Meeting

Adjourn