Annual Meeting

FunRun

Gather together at the Mickey Head Silhouette Statue by the Marina for a nice jog along the grounds led by Chapter President David Kenigsberg, MD

Scenic Stroll        

Meet up at the Mickey Head Silhouette Statue by the Marina for a stroll along the jogging trail with Immediate Past President David Winchester, MD

Early Caffeination

Meet us at Contemporary Grounds by the hotel's main lobby – we'll grab a cup and wake up together with Board Member Patricia Guerrero, MD

Press that snooze  button one more time...no guilt!

SORCERER'S APPRENTICE BALLROOM 2

Discover MYQORZO™: A Cardiac Myosin Inhibitor Designed to Treat Patients With Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (oHCM)

Presented by Cytokinetic

Robby Wu, DO

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Director, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Program

Tampa General Hospital

USF Health Heart and Vascular Institute

SORCERER'S APPRENTICE BALLROOM 3

An Extended Discussion to Manage Care for ATTR-CM With Attruby

Presented by BridgeBio

David G. Wolinsky, MD, FACC, MASNC
Section Head Emeritus of Nuclear Cardiology,
Medical Director Emeritus of Cardiac Amyloidosis Center
Cleveland Clinic Florida

Sorcerer's Apprentice Ballroom 2 

1. Structural Valve Intervention in 2026: Decision-Making in the Gray Zones
Is TAVR Alone Enough or Does This Patient Need a Multi-valve Transcatheter Strategy?

Moderator

Abdallah El Sabbagh, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Mayo Clinic Florida

FIT Case Presentation

Fatemah Akbar, MD

University of Miami/Jackson Health System

Speakers

TAVR in Special Populations

Neelima Katukuri, MD, FACC

Orlando VA Medical Center

Transcatheter Mitral Repair in Multivalvular Disease
Fadi Matar, MD, FACC. FSCAI

Chief of Cardiology, Internal Medicine
Professor of Medicine, Morsani College of Medicine

Transcatheter Tricuspid Intervention: Patient Selection is Everything

Abdallah El Sabbagh, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Mayo Clinic Florida

Beyond the Procedure: GDMT Before and After Valve Intervention
Davide Ventura, PharmD, BCCCP
AdventHealth Orlando

Surgery, Hybrids, and When Transcatheter Isn’t Enough
Kenan Yount, MD

Mayo Clinic Florida

FANTASIA D

2. Sociedad Espanola de Cardiologia & FL ACC Joint Session 

Moderator 

Mario Lopez, MD, FACC

Chair, FCACC International Relations Committee 

Speakers

Atrial Fibrillation Ablation as First Line Therapy

Ignacio Fernández Lozano, MD
President, Sociedad Española de Cardiología 

Primary Prevention Lipid Management

Almudena Castro, MD

President-elect, Sociedad Española de Cardiología  

Stable Coronary Artery Disease: Revascularization vs OMT

Carlos Alfonso, MD, FACC

Director, Chronic Total Occlusion & Complex Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

Baptist Health Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute

FANTASIA B

3. Cardio-oncology

Moderator

Patricia Guerrero, MD, FACC 

Chair, FCACC Cardio-oncology Committee

Case Presentation

Ricardo Pineda, MD

Case Presentation

Jamie Lee Borkowski, APRN

Lee Health Heart Institute

Speakers

Carol Ma, MD, FACC

Advent Health

Chris Ray, MD, FACC

FANTASIA A

4. EP Summit

Moderators

William M. Miles, MD, FACC

Professor of Medicine

Silverstein Chair for Cardiovascular Education

Program Director, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Training Program

University of Florida

Raul D. Mitrani, MD, FACC, FHRS 

Professor, Clinical Medicine

Director of Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology

University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Cases

Genotype vs. Phenotype: Deciphering a Markedly Abnormal ECG in an Elite Female Athlete

EV-ICD
Jonathan Lopez, MD
University of Florida

Epicardial Coronary Venous Pulsed Field Ablation of Therapy Refractory Mitral Isthmus Flutter Following Endocardial Ablation, A Case Series
Gul Sajjad, MD
University of South Florida

An Interesting Case

Ufuk Vardar, MD   
Mayo Clinic Florida

SORCERER'S APPRENTICE BALLROOM 3

5. Not All Thick Hearts are the Same: Clinical Challenges Across the Spectrum of HCM and Cardiac Amyloidosis

Moderator  

FIT Case

Bridget Lee, DO

Mayo Clinic Florida

ATTR-CM in 2026- Which Disease Modifying Therapy Do We Choose

Jose Nativi, MD, MS, FACC
Professor of Medicine
Mayo Clinic Florida

How Do We Define Disease Progression in Amyloid Cardiomyopathy
Alex Parker, MD
Assistant Professor
University of Florida

How Do We Utilize PET Imaging for Diagnosis and Guiding Therapy in Amyloid Cardiomyopathy
Dia Smiley, DO, FACC
Cleveland Clinic Florida

How Do We Manage Symptomatic Non-obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Mays Ali, MD
Mayo Clinic Florida

FANTASIA C

6. 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

Cellular Heterogeneity in Aortic Valve Development and Disease

Joshua D. Hutcheson, PhD
Associate Professor, Department: Biomedical Engineering
Florida International University

Developing mRNA Therapeutics for Ischemic Cardiovascular Diseases
Ajit Magadum, PhD
Assistant Professor, Center for Regenerative Medicine, Internal Medicine
University of South Florida

Sex and Age Differences in Viral Myocarditis 

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

Translational Research Young Investigator Winner 

Resident Macrophage Depletion on Heart Valve Matrix Structure and Function

Claudia Ponce Aportela

Florida International University

SORCERER'S APPRENTICE BALLROOM 1

7. Women Cardiologists - Own Your Narrative: Social Media Strategies for Women in Cardiology

Moderators

Madhavi Chunduru, MD, FACC
Vice Chair, FCACC Women Cardiologists Committee
Florida Keys Cardiology

Speaker

Priya Rao Kothapalli, MD, FACC
Founder & Executive Producer, Open Heart Podcast With Priya Rao, MD

Panelists

Katia Bravo James, MD, FACC

Medical Director, Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program

Nicklaus Children’s Hospital Heart Institute

FANTASIA E

8. EKG in the Athlete: From Physiology to Policy — Navigating Florida’s New Requirements

Moderators

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

Gabriella Vazquez, APRN 
Golisano Children’s Hospital, Lee Health Heart Institute

ECG in Athletes: Normal vs. Abnormal

Mohammad Al-Mousily, MD

Director of Pediatric and Congenital Electrophysiology

University of Florida

Florida Law + Workflow Implementation

Danyal Khan, MD

Nicklaus Children’s Hospital

Clearing Athletes with CHD