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 Friday, August 1

BONUS EDUCATION

THESE SESSIONS ARE INCLUDED

WITH ANNUAL MEETING REGISTRATION

FIT DEVICE BOOT CAMP

Additional information coming soon



3:00pm

This session sponsored by: Catalyst Medical Education, LLC

Implementing GLP 1RAs in the Cardiology Setting: Practical Approaches for Cardiovascular Risk Reduction in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

 
4:00pm

TTRansforming the TTReatment of ATTR: A Guide to the Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Emerging Treatment Strategies For ATTR Amyloidosis 

Jose Nativi, MD, MS, FACC
Professor of Medicine
Mayo Clinic
Jacksonville, FL

 Jose Nativi


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)

Play games that everyone can enjoy

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


Saturday, August 2

7:00am

START YOUR DAY

FunRun


Scenic Stroll


Early Caffeination


Sleep - Press that snooze button one more time…no guilt!
 
7:00am

Breakfast in the Exhibit Hall

 

 
7:55am

Welcome

Melissa Lyle, MD, FACC

Annual Meeting Program Director

 Melissa Lyle
8:00am

Heart of the Game: Updates in the World of Sports Cardiology: Scientific Statement 2025

Elizabeth H. Dineen, DO, FACC

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Co-Director, Mayo Clinic Florida Sports Cardiology Program
Member; ACC Sports and Exercise Cardiology Leadership Council
Jacksonville, FL

 Elizabeth Dineen

8:25am

Baroreflex Activation Therapy in Heart Failure

JoAnn Lindenfeld, MD, FACC

Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine

Director. Research for Heart Failure and Transplant Section

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Nashville, TN

JoAnn Lindenfeld

8:50am

From Forgotten to Frontline: Managing Tricuspid Regurgitation in the Era of Percutaneous Therapies - A Joint FL Chapter ACC and FL Society of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgeons Session


Case Presentation

Keniel Pierre, MD

AdventHealth

Daytona Beach, FL


The Right View: Imaging the Tricuspid Valve Before You Treat

Nadira Hamid, MD

Minneapolis Heart Institute and the Cardiovascular Imaging Research Center 

Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation

Minneapolis, MN


The Right Transcatheter Match: Repair or Replace?

Abdallah El Sabbagh, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine

Mayo Clinic

Jacksonville, FL


Sharing the Sandbox: Lead-related Implications on Transcatheter Interventions

Fred Kusumoto, MD, FACC

Director, Heart Rhythm Services

Mayo Clinic

Jacksonville, FL


Hold Your Catheters! The Scalpel Still Has a Say

Thomas M. Beaver, MD, MPH

Professor & Chief

Grant & Shirle Herron Chair

Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery

University of Florida Health

Gainesville, FL


 Keniel Pierre

Nadira Hamid


Fred Kusumoto

lThomas Beaver

9:50am

BREAK WITH THE EXHIBITORS

FIT POSTER GALLERY

 
10:20am

The Irwin R. Callen, MD Memorial Lectureship

Disease Modifying Treatments for ATTR Amyloidosis

Jose Nativi, MD, MS, FACC

Professor of Medicine

Mayo Clinic

Jacksonville, FL

Jose Nativi Nicolau
10:45am

Revolutionizing Heart Health: The Power of AI in Cardiovascular Care

Dipti Itchhaporia, MD, MACC, FAHA, FESC, FRCP 
Eric & Sheila Samson Endowed Chair in Cardiovascular Health
Director, Disease Management
Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian
Newport Beach, CA
Clinical Professor, University of California, Irvine
Past President, American College of Cardiology
Dipti Itchahaporia
11:10am

Climate Change and Environmental Exposures: Effect on Cardiovascular Health

Sadeer Al-Kindi, MD, FACC

Associate Professor, Weill Cornell Medicine and Houston Methodist

Associate Director, Cardiovascular Prevention & Wellness

Associate Director, Center for CV Computational & Precision Health

Katz Investigator, Academy of Translational Research

Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center

Medical Director, Center for Health & Nature

Houston, TX

 

Sadeer Al-Kindi

11:35am

Shocking Advances: The Latest Updates in Cardiogenic Shock Management

Carlos L. Alviar MD, FACC FESC
Director, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
Director, Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation and ECPR Programs
Bellevue Hospital Center
Assistant Professor
The Leon H. Charney Division of Cardiology
New York University School of Medicine

New York, NY

Carlos L. Alviar
12:00pm

Lunch Pick-up in the Exhibit Hall

 

 
12:30pm

Product Theater Lunch

Little Particle, Big Impact: Exploring Lp(a) From a Perspective of a Patient With a Premature ASCVD Event

Presented by Novartis


hATTR Progression: Addressing Polyneuropathy 

Presented by AstraZeneca

 

1:30pm


BREAK
 
1:45-3:15pm

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. Imaging for Ischemia: What Modality is Best?


Moderator

Shone Almeida, MD, FACC

University of South Florida

Tampa, FL


Speaker

Chris Ray, MD, FACC

Director, Cardio-Oncology 

Mayo Clinic

Jacksonville, FL


Alexandra Sarau, MD

University of South Florida

Tampa, FL


Alex P. Rodriguez, MD, FACC, FSCMR

VA Medical Center

Miami, FL

 


Chris Ray

Alexandra Sarau

Alex P Rodriguez

2. Cardiology Critical Care & Cardiogenic Shock Management

Moderator

Carlos Alfonso, MD, FACC

Director, Chronic Total Obstruction and Complex Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

Baptist Health Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute

Miami, FL


Speakers


Key Points from the 2025 ACC Expert Consensus Statement on the Evaluation and Management of Cardiogenic Shock

Robby Wu, DO, FACC
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
University of South Florida, Morsani College of Medicine


When to Utilize Pulmonary Artery Catheter: Should We Escape from ESCAPE?

Joel Shoemaker, MMS, PA-C

Tampa General Hospital

Tampa, FL


Building an ECMO Program

Carlos L. Alviar MD, FACC, FESC
Director, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
Director, Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation and ECPR Programs
Bellevue Hospital Center
Assistant Professor
The Leon H. Charney Division of Cardiology
New York University School of Medicine

New York, NY

 



Robby Wu


Joel Shoemaker


Carlos L. Alviar

 3. Cardio-Obstetrics

Moderator

Alex Parker, MD

Assistant Professor

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL


Speakers

How to Develop a Cardio OB Clinic

Krithika Krishnarao, DO, FACC

Orlando Heart Health and Vascular

Orlando, FL

 

Prediction of Outcomes in Future Pregnancy

Daniela Crousillat, MD, FACC
Assistant Professor
Division of Cardiovascular Sciences
Department of Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynecology
Director, Women's Heart and Cardio Obstetrics Program
Associate Program Director, Cardiology Fellowship Training Program
Tampa General-Heart and Vascular Institute


Bromocriptine and GDMT

Alex Parker, MD

Assistant Professor

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL


AI Screening - Peripartum Cardiomyopathy

Demilade A. Adedinsewo, M.B., Ch.B., FACC

Director, Research for the Women's Heart Clinic

Director, Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship program

Mayo Clinic

Jacksonville, FL


Alex Parker



Krithika Krishnarao



Daniela Crousillat


Alex Parker



4. Challenges in ACHD Management

Moderator

Jennifer Co-Vu, MD, FACC

Associate Professor

Director, Fetal Cardiac Program at the UF Health Congenital Heart Center

Director, UF Health Congenital Heart Center Single Ventricle Home Monitoring Program

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

 

Cases

Turner’s With CoA and Dissection
Elliot Griffith, MD  
University of Florida Congenital Heart Center 

Gainesville, FL 

Tetralogy of Fallot With RVOT Pseudoaneurysm
Kara Gay-Simon, MD
Nicklaus Children’s Hospital

Miami, FL


Transposition of Great Arteries
Kenneth Coca, MD
Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital
St. Petersburg, FL


Panelists

Arwa Saidi, MB. BCh. M. Ed., FACC
Professor
University of Florida

Gainesville


Josh Saef, MD, FACC

Memorial Cardiac and Vascular Institute

Hollywood, FL


Shantelle Bartra, APRN, AACC
Golisano Children’s Hospital, Lee Health Heart Institute
Fort Myers, FL

 Jennifer Co-Vu


Elliot Griffith


Kara Gay-Simon


Kenneth Coca


Josh Saef


5. EP Summit

Moderator

Alex Velasquez, MD

University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Miami, FL


 Alex Velasquez

6. Controversies in the Management of Amyloidosis


Moderator

Melissa Lyle, MD, FACC
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant
Director, Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathy Clinic
Medical Director, Cardiopulmonary Rehab
Associate Program Director, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Fellowship
Mayo Clinic Florida

Jacksonville, FL


Speakers

 

Role of Beta Blockers: Always Bad?

Wanda Radford, ACNP
Baptist Healthcare

Pensacola, FL


What About the Watchman? Role of LAA Occluders in the Setting of Cardiac Amyloidosis  

Viviana Navas, MD

The Letica Family Endowed Chair

Section Head Heart Failure Program Director, Cardiology Fellowship

NCH Heart Institute

Naples, FL


TTR Targeted Therapy: Stabilizer, Silencer, or Both?

David Snipelisky, MD, FACC

Medical Director of Research

Medical Director of Temporary Mechanical Circulatory Support

Cardiology Fellowship Program Director

Cleveland Clinic

Fort Lauderdale, FL


When to Consider Heart Transplant

Jose Nativi, MD, MS, FACC

Professor of Medicine

Mayo Clinic

Jacksonville, FL


Panelist

Shawn Anderson, PharmD

Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Cardiology - HF

Department of Veterans Affairs

Gainesville, FL

 

Melissa Lyle





Wanda Radford


Viviana Navas


David Snipelisky


Jose Nativi


Shawn Anderson

7. Translational Research

Moderator

Katelyn Bruno, PhD, FHFSA, FACC

Assistant Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine (Department of Medicine)
Affiliated Faculty, Department of Physiology and Aging
Affiliated Faculty, Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics
Deputy Director, Center for Regenerative Medicine
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL 


Speakers


Cardiorenal Actions of the Clock Protein PER1 in Salt-sensitive Hypertension

Michelle Gumz, PhD
Professor. Physiology and Aging
University of Florida

Gainesville, FL


How Viruses Cause Autoimmune Disease: Virus and Mitochondrial-derived Extracellular Vesicles
DeLisa Fairweather, PhD
Professor, Cardiovascular Medicine
Mayo Clinic

Jacksonville, FL


Ischemic-trained Monocytes in the Outcomes of Hindlimb Ischemia
Roberta M. Lassance-Soares, PhD
Research Assistant Professor, Surgery
University of Miami  
Miami, FL


Translational Research Young Investigator Winner

TBA

Katelyn Bruno






Michelle Gumz


DeLisa Fairweather


Roberta Lassance Soares

Women Cardiologists

Rhea Sancassani, MD, FACC
Chair, FCACC Women Cardiologists Committee
Medical Director
Jackson Medical Group Cardiology
Miami, FL

Madhavi Chunduru, MD, FACC
Vice Chair, FCACC Women Cardiologists Committee
Florida Keys Cardiology
Key Largo, FL
 Rhea Sancassani

Madhavi Chunduru



3:15pm

ADJOURN


 


President's Celebration

We'll enjoy a short walk to EPCOT for dinner this year, and then move to a private viewing area for the new fireworks show. Tickets for this event will sell out. They may be purchased while registering for the meeting, or here.

 

 

Sunday, August 3

8:00am Committee Chair Meet & Greet

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

 
8:55am

Welcome Back

Melissa Lyle, MD, FACC

Annual Meeting Program Director

Melissa Lyle
9:00am

Cardiovascular Disease and Obesity
Erin D. Michos, MD, MHS, FACC, FAHA, FASE, FASPC
Professor of Medicine
Director, Women’s Cardiovascular Health
Associate Director, Preventive Cardiology
Core Faculty, Advanced Lipid Clinic
Division of Cardiology
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD

 Erin Michos
9:25am

Percutaneous Mechanical Aspiration in Infective Endocarditis

Abdallah El Sabbagh, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine

Mayo Clinic

Jacksonville, FL


 Abdallah El Sabbagh
9:50am

Break with the Exhibitors


Resident Poster Gallery


 
10:10am

 FL-QUIC Oral Presentations

TBA

 
10:30am

FIT Olympics


YIA Oral Presentations

TBA


Late Breaking Clinical Trials

Marissa Donatelle, MD
Mount Sinai Medical Center

Miami Beach, FL

Bir Singh, MD
HCA Florida Trinity Hospital
Trinity, FL

James Howick, MD
Mayo Clinic

Jacksonville, FL

 
11:20am

FCACC/FCACC Foundation Business Meeting

 
 
11:30am
ADJOURN
 









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