Annual Meeting

:Friday, August 4

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

 FunRun

7:30am

Breakfast in the Exhibit Hall

7:55am

Welcome & Education Sessions

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

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy – Newer Approaches to Diagnosis and Treatment

9:20am

Break with the Exhibitors

FIT and Translational Research Poster Gallery

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

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

ACC Presentation: Workforce Issues

Cathy Biga, MSN, RN, FACC

Vice-President, American College of Cardiology

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

Lunch Pick-up in the Exhibit Hall

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

Adjourn

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

Breakfast in the Exhibit Hall

Welcome Back

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

Novel Digital Devices and Its Uses in Cardiovascular Care

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

FCACC/FCACC Foundation Business Meeting

Adjourn