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As a speakers are confirmed, sessions will be updated below.



:Friday, August 4

 
3:00-4:00pm

PAH New Insights on Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension and Pulmonary Hypertension Related to Left Heart Disease

Mrudula Munagala, MD  

Assistant Professor, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Medical Director, Heart Failure & Mechanical Circulatory Support Program
Miami Transplant Institute 


4:00-4:15pm


BREAK


4:15-5:15pm


The Evolving Landscape of HFrEF Treatment: New Insights and Guidance

Mustafa M. Ahmed, MD
Associate Professor
Section Chief, Heart Failure
Medical Director, Mechanical Circulatory Support Program
Program Director, Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
University of Florida


5:15-6:00pm


CEU Session TBA


6:30-8:30pm

Welcome Home Dinner


   

Saturday, August 5

 
6:30am

 FunRun


7:30am


Breakfast in the Exhibit Hall

7:55am


Welcome & Education Sessions


 8:00am

Emerging Devices for Heart Failure Therapies   

Nosheen Reza, MD, FACC, FHFSA
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Penn Center for Inherited Cardiovascular Disease
Section of Advanced Heart Failure, Transplantation, and Mechanical Support
Director, Penn Women in Cardiology Program
Assistant Program Director, Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship Program
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania & the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania


8:40am

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy – Newer Approaches to Diagnosis and Treatment


9:20am

Break with the Exhibitors

FIT and Translational Research Poster Gallery


9:50am

Cardiovascular Disease in Women: A Focus on Female-specific Risk Factors

Malissa Wood, MD, FACC
Associate Chief of Cardiology for Diversity and Health Equity
Associate Professor Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Co-Director, Corrigan Women's Heart Health Program

Massachusetts General Hospital


10:30am

Young Investigator Award Finalists  - Oral Presentations

Mohammed Elzeneini, MD, MSc

University of Florida


Goyal Umadat, MD

Mayo Clinic Jacksonville


Dhiran Verghese, MD

Naples Heart Institute


11:00am

ACC Presentation: Workforce Issues

Cathy Biga, MSN, RN, FACC

Vice-President, American College of Cardiology


11:30am

Electrophysiology: Genetic Arrhythmic Syndrome, Recognition, Screening and Symptoms

David Spragg, MD, FHRS
Associate Professor of Medicine
Edward St. John Professor of Cardiology
Johns Hopkins Hospital

Noon

Lunch Pick-up in the Exhibit Hall


 


12:30-1:30pm

SUMMIT SESSIONS

Florida Chapter Summit 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. Choose from one of the sessions below.


Cardio-oncology

Cardio Onc 2023: Brief Updates on Guidelines, Immunotherapy, Advanced Imaging, CAR-T Cell and Existing Collaborations

Moderator

Diego Sadler, MD, FACC

Section Head Cardio Oncology

Cleveland Clinic Florida


Speakers

Complex Case of Immune Check Point Inhibitors Myocarditis, Management and Challenges

Antonio Lewis, MD

Cardiology Fellow

Cleveland Clinic Florida


Updates on Diagnostic and Cardio-protective Strategies from ESC Cardio-oncology 2022 Guidelines

Patricia Guerrero, MD, FACC

Advent Health


Advanced Cardiac Imaging/CMR in Cardio Oncology

Juan Lopez Mattei, MD

MD Anderson/ Lee Health


Cardiovascular Complications and Management of CAR-T Cell Therapy and Bone Marrow Transplant

Mohammed Alomar, MD

Moffitt Cancer Center, University of South Florida 


Access to Care in Cardio-Oncology: How to Get Involved, Existing Collaborations

Diego Sadler, MD, FACC

Cleveland Clinic Florida


CVTeam

Moderator

Melissa Gilliam, PA-C

FCACC CVTeam Representative

Lee Physicians Group


Electrophysiology

Moderators

William Miles, MD, FACC

Professor of Medicine and Silverstein Chair for Cardiovascular Education

University of Florida


Raul Mitrani, MD, FACC  

Director, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology

Professor of Clinical Medicine

University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Miami, FL


Interventional & Structural

Moderator
Calvin Choi, MD, MS, FACC
Associate Professor of Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine
University of Florida
Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
Malcom Randall VAMC


Multimodality Imaging

Moderators

Robert F. Hamburger DO, MPH, FACC

Assistant Professor of Medicine

University of Florida College of Medicine

Associate Program Director/VA Program Director

Non-invasive Cardiologist, Malcom Randall VAMC

Director of Outpatient Clinic


Nidhi Patel, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

James A Haley VA Medical Center and USF Morsani College of Medicine

Speaker

Christopher Scoma MD
Advanced Imaging Fellow
University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine


Pediatric & Adult Congenital

Moderator

Jennifer Co-Vu, MD, FACC

Director of the Fetal Cardiac Program, University of Florida Health Congenital Heart Center

Associate Professor, University of Florida


Translational Research

Moderator

Katelyn A. Bruno, PhD, FHFSA
Assistant Professor, Cardiovascular Medicine
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine (Department of Medicine)
Department of Physiology and Aging
Deputy Director, Center for Regenerative Medicine

University of Florida


Immune Signaling in Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy
Stephen P. Chelko, PhD, FHRS
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Sciences
College of Medicine
Florida State University

Measuring Myofiber Strains Using MRI and Computational Modeling
Luigi E. Perotti, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
University of Central Florida    

Potential Limitations of Micro-dystrophin Gene Therapy for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Cora Hart, PhD
Post Doctoral Fellow
Department of Pharmacy and Therapeutics
University of Florida


Translational Young Investigator Contest Winner

Women Cardiologists (WIC)


Moderators

Shona Velamakanni, MD, FACC
Chair, FCACC Women Cardiologists Committee
Medical Director, Echocardiography and Nuclear Cardiology Labs

NCH Heart Institute


Rhea Sancassani, MD, FACC    

Vice Chair, FCACC Women Cardiologists Committee
Medical Director at Jackson Medical Group Cardiology


ACC Health Policy Statement on Career Flexibility: A Discussion on Changing the Cardiology Career Path
Cathy Biga, MSN, RN, FACC

Vice-President, American College of Cardiology



1:30pm

Adjourn


6:30pm

President's Celebration

Tickets for this event will sell out. They may be purchased through while registering for the meeting, or here


Sunday, August 6



7:55am

Breakfast in the Exhibit Hall


8:25am

Welcome Back


8:30am

Valvular Heart Disease Debate:  TEER for Mitral vs. Surgical

Thomas Beaver, MD, MPH 

Grant And Shirle Herron Chair, Professor And Chief, Cardiovascular Surgery

University of Florida


9:15am

Novel Digital Devices and Its Uses in Cardiovascular Care


9:45am

Break with the Exhibitors


Resident Poster Gallery


10:15am


Summary of Key Clinical Trials from ESC 22, AHA 22, & ACC.23

Moderator

Mohammad Al-Ani, MD

University of Florida


11:00-11:10am

FCACC/FCACC Foundation Business Meeting


11:10am

Adjourn









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