Agenda Heart Failure, Shock and PHTN 2025

6:45 a.m.

Registration, Breakfast & View Exhibits

7:55 a.m.            

Welcome & Educational Overview

SESSION I

Moderator: Rola Khedraki, MD

8 a.m.

Optimizing GDMT in Heart Failure

Gregg Fonarow, MD

8:15 a.m.

Racial and Gender Disparities in GDMT Utilization

Gregg Fonarow, MD

8:30 a.m.

Remote Titration to Optimize GDMT

Kelly Cordero, MSN, CNS, ANP-BC

8:45 a.m.

Population Health in Heart Failure

Kelly Cordero, MSN, CNS, ANP-BC

9 a.m.

HFpEF in Women

Janet Wei, MD

9:15 a.m.

Obesity in HFpEF and Afib

Janet Wei, MD

9:30 a.m.

Panel Discussion/Q&A

9:45 a.m.

Break & View Exhibits

SESSION II

Moderator: J. Thomas Heywood, MD

10:15 a.m.

Stages of Shock

Raymond Yau, MD

10:30 a.m.

Which Device for Which Patient: When to Escalate

Raymond Yau, MD

10:45 a.m.

Vasoplegic Shock

J. Thomas Heywood, MD

11 a.m.

Hemodynamically Unstable Pulmonary Embolism

Daniel Jones, MD

11:15 a.m.

How to Start a PERT Team

Ayana Boyd King, DO

11:30 a.m.

Right Ventricular Failure

Rola Khedraki, MD

11:45 a.m.

The Cardiogenic Shock Survivor

Noon

Panel Discussion/Q&A

12:30-1:15 p.m.

Non-CME Lunch Symposium Supported by Alnylam Pharmaceuticals

SESSION III

Moderators: Rajeev Mohan, MD

1:30 p.m.

Exercise Hemodynamics

Marat Fudim, MD

1:45 p.m.

Device-Based Therapies for HFrEF: Beyond CRT-D

Marat Fudim, MD

2 p.m.

What's New in HFpEF Trials

Rajeev Mohan, MD

2:15 p.m.

Panel Discussion/Q&A

2:45 p.m.

Adjourn

6:45 a.m.

Breakfast & View Exhibits

7:10-7:55 a.m.

Non-CME Breakfast Symposium Supported by BridgeBio

7:55 a.m.

Welcome & Morning Announcements



SESSION IV

Moderator: Rola Khedraki, MD

8 a.m.

Amyloid Diagnosis and Treatment

Mazen Hanna, MD

8:15 a.m.

Emerging Therapies in Amyloid

Mazen Hanna, MD

8:30 a.m.

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Mimickers and Treatment

Wael Jaber, MD

8:45 a.m.

Advanced Imaging in the Diagnosis of Cardiomyopathies

Wael Jaber, MD

9 a.m.

Checkpoint Inhibitor Myocarditis

Eric Yang, MD

9:15 a.m.

Sarcoid Cardiomyopathy Treatment

Andrew Cheng, MD

9:30 a.m.

HCM Patient Perspective

9:45 a.m.

Panel Discussion/Q&A

10 a.m.

Break & View Exhibits

SESSION V

Moderator: J. Thomas Heywood, MD

10:30 a.m.

Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Diagnosis and Work Up

Rola Khedraki, MD

10:45 a.m.

Medical Therapy for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

J. Thomas Heywood, MD

11 a.m.

Pulmonary Hypertension Due to Lung Disease/Chronic PE

Steven Zhao, MD

11:15 a.m.

Pulmonary Hypertension and Congenital Heart Disease

Laith Alshawabkeh, MD

11:30 a.m.

Not Just the Lungs: HFpEF and Pulmonary Hypertension

Rajeev Mohan, MD

11:45 a.m.

Panel Discussion/Q&A

12:15-1 p.m.

Non-CME Lunch Symposium Supported by AstraZeneca

SESSION VI

Moderator: Rajeev Mohan, MD

1:15 p.m.

Arrhythmias and Palpitations in Women

Poulina Uddin, MD 

1:30 p.m.

Racial and Gender Disparities in Cardiac Device Selection

Poulina Uddin, MD

1:45 p.m.

Cardiorenal Syndrome

Jeffrey Testani, MD

2 p.m.

GDMT in CKD and Emerging Therapies for Fluid Balance

Jeffrey Testani, MD

2:15 p.m.

Panel Discussion/Q&A

2:30 p.m.

Adjourn

**Topics, times, speakers, and order of talks subject to change