WELCOME HOME BUFFET DINNER 
6:30-8:30 pm

Immediate families of attendees welcome to enjoy a scrumptious dinner (served from 6:30-8:00pm)

Meet Mr. & Mrs. Incredible around 7:30pm

Play lawn games that everyone can enjoy

Find the kids craft table under the balloons…and the kids exhibitor game with prizes!

7:00-7:30am

START YOUR DAY

FunRun - Gather together at the Mickey Head Silhouette Statue by the Marina for a

nice jog along the grounds with FCACC Board Member Jeff Williams

Scenic Stroll - Meet up at the Mickey Head Silhouette Statue by the Marina for a

stroll along the jogging trail with FCACC Board Member Jennifer Co-Vu

Early Caffeination - Meet us at Contemporary Grounds by the hotel's main lobby – 

we'll grab a cup and wake up together with FCACC Board Member Mario Lopez

7:30am

Breakfast in the Exhibit Hall

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

Daniel Burkhoff MD, PhD

Cardiovascular Research Foundation

Director Heart Failure, Hemodynamics and MCS Research

Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine, Columbia University

New York, NY

8:25am

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?

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

Pedro Cox-Alomar, MD, MPH, FACC, FSCAI

Medical Director of Structural Heart Disease

Associate Professor of Medicine

University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Miami, 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

Cathie Biga, MSN, FACC

President, American College of Cardiology

Irwin R. Callen, MD, 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

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

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

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 Moderator Paul DiGiorgi, MD, FACS Cardiothoracic Surgery Section Chief Lee Health President, Florida Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons Fort Myers, FL  Panelist Saurabh Sanon, MD, FACC Regional Medical Director- Structural Heart Therapies HCA West Florida Largo, FL
2. Management of Atrial Fibrillation Moderator Raul Mitrani, MD, FACC Director, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Professor of Clinical Medicine University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Miami, FL Case Presentations Joshua Lampert, MD, FACC Cardiac Electrophysiology  Assistant Professor of Medicine Medical Director of Machine Learning Mount Sinai Heart New York, NY Deepak Kumar Pasupula, MBBS, MPH Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellow Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, FL    Ryan Brunetti, MD Electrophysiology Fellow University of South Florida, Morsani College of Medicine Tampa, FL
3. Cardio-oncology Moderator Diego Sadler, MD, FACC Section Head Cardio Oncology Cleveland Clinic Florida Weston, FL  Case Presentation Vuha Reddi, MD   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 Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Sciences Department of Internal Medicine University of South Florida Tampa, FL
4. Innovations and Challenges in Congenital Heart Disease Management Moderator Jennifer Co-Vu, MD, FACC  Director, Fetal Cardiac Program Director, UF Health Congenital Heart Center Single Ventricle Home Monitoring Program  University of Florida Health Congenital Heart Center Gainesville, FL Speakers Advances in Imaging Techniques - Advances in Echocardiography, MRI, and CT for Diagnosing CHD Craig E Fleishman, MD, FACC, FPICS, FASE Chief, Cardiology Medical Director, Non-Invasive Cardiac Imaging The Heart Center at Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children Associate Professor of Pediatrics, UCF College of Medicine Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children Orlando, FL  Innovations in Treatment and Management John-Anthony Coppola, MD, FAAP University of Florida Congenital Heart Center Gainesville, FL Long-Term Outcomes and Quality of Life Monica Sanford, DNP, AG-ACNP Pensacola, FL
5. Cardiovascular Genetics 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 Moderators Juan Lopez-Mattei, MD, FACC Medical Director, Cardiac Imaging Lee Health Heart Institute Fort Myers, FL  James J. Thompson, MD Director Adult Congenital Heart Disease Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital Managing Director for Non-Invasive Cardiovascular Imaging CMR and CCTA St. Petersburg, FL Speakers AI-based Plaque Quantification in CCTA: Disruption of Cardiovascular Preventive Care Shone Almeida, MD University of South Florida/Tampa General Hospital  Tampa, FL Advances in Structural Heart Disease Imaging Geetanjali Dang, MD, MS, FACC, FASE Non invasive / Advanced Imaging Cardiologist Baptist Heart Specialists Jacksonville, FL President, Northeast Florida ECHO Society The Role of Stress CMR in Current Clinical Practice Shant Manoushagian, MD Cardiac Imaging Director Lee Health Gulfcoast Medical Center Hospital Fort Myers, FL
7. Insights, Challenges, and Opportunities as Women Cardiologists Moderator Rhea Sancassani, MD, FACC Chair, FCACC Women Cardiologists Committee Medical Director Jackson Medical Group Cardiology Miami, FL
8. Translational Research Moderator Katelyn Bruno, PhD, FHFSA, FACC 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 Jacksonville, FL 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 Gainesville, FL   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 Tallahassee, FL Effects of TNNI3K on Myocarditis in Novel Translational Animal Model Joshua Culberson PhD Candidate University of Florida Gainesville, FL
9. Cardiogenic Shock Amit Badiye, MD, FACC Miami, FL

AFTERNOON BREAK

President's Celebration

Thanks to a wonderful response, tickets to this year's Celebration are no longer available.

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)  

Kyla Lara-Breitinger, MD, MS

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Co-Director, Cardiometabolic Clinic

Division of Preventive Cardiology and Ultrasound

Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic

Rochester, MN  

Break with the Exhibitors

Resident Poster Gallery

10:00am

Critical Late Breaking Clinical Trials 

Step-HFpEF trial

Carlos Vergara Sanchez, MD

Mayo Clinic

Jacksonville, FL

REDUCE AMI trial

Sri Mandava MD

Mount Sinai Medical Center

Miami Beach, FL

DanGer Shock trial

Dhiran Verghese, MD

Naples Heart Institute

Naples, FL 

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

Lee Health Heart Institute

Fort Myers, FL

Florida Quality Improvement in Cardiology, (FL-QUIC) 2024 First Runner Up

Impact of Door to Diuretic Time in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure An Emergency Room Initiative

Sophia Navajas Urioste ,MD

Broward Health Medical Center

Fort Lauderdale, FL

Case Presentations

Darcy Diago, MD

Puerto Rico

Luis Molinary-Jimenez, MD

VA Caribbean Health Care System 

Puerto Rico

FCACC/FCACC Foundation Business Meeting

Adjourn