Continuing Medical Education
HYBRID EVENT: Online or In-Person at Tinkham Veale University Center, 11038 Bellflower Road, Cleveland, Ohio 44106
Saturday, October 15, 2022
Breakfast and Registration | 7 - 8 am
CME Sessions | 8:00 am – 3:30 pm (lunch provided for onsite attendees)
Program Agenda
7:00 - 7:55 am Registration and Continental Breakfast
7:55 - 8:00 am Introduction and Welcome
Mehdi Shishehbor, DO, MPH, PhD and Sanjay Rajagopalan, MD
TRACK ONE: Hot Topics in Coronary Artery Disease
Moderators: Anjan Gupta, MD and Paul Poommipanit, MD
8:00 – 8:30 am | Non-invasive Imaging of Coronary Atherosclerosis Trials, Tribulations and Transformations
David Newby, MD, PhD, FRSE, FMedSci
8:30 – 8:50 am | ISCHEMIA Trial: Interpretation and Use in Clinical Care
Sripal Bangalore, MD, MHA
8:50 – 9:00 am | Discussion and Question/Answers
TRACK TWO: Advances in Arrhythmia Therapy
Moderators: Mauricio Arruda, MD, Judith Mackall, MD and Kara Quan, MD
9:00 – 9:20 am | Indications Update for Lead Extraction
Sergio Thal, MD
9:20 – 9:40 am | Afib and HFrEF / HFpEF
Samuel Asirvatham, MD
9:40 – 10:00 am | Ventricular Tachycardia: Catheter Ablation, Who When and How?
Jason Bradfield, MD
10:00 – 10:15 am | Discussion and Question/Answers
10:15 – 10:30 am | Coffee and Exhibits
TRACK THREE: Controversies in Structural Heart Disease
Moderator: Rakesh Arora, MD
10:30 – 10:55 am | DEBATE Aortic Valve Stenosis: Aspects to consider when treating aortic stenosis in the low risk "young" patient
Surgery is better - Yakov Elgudin, MD | 10 min
TAVI is better - Toby Rogers, MD, PhD | 10 min
Discussion – 5 min
10:55 – 11:20 am | DEBATE Mitral Regurgitation: What is the ideal therapeutic option for my patient with mitral regurgitation
Surgical options - Yasir Abu-Omar, MD, DPhil | 10 min
Percutaneous options - Anene Ukaigwe, MD | 10 min
Discussion - 5 min
11:20 – 11:50 pm | Left atrial appendage closure
Case Presentation - Optimizing percutaneous LAAO procedure - Steven Filby, MD | 10 min
Case Presentation - Surgical options for LAAO - Gregory Rushing, MD | 10 min
Discussion - 5 min
Session Summary - Rakesh Arora, MD 5 min
11:50 – 12:50 pm | BREAK: Exhibits, Lunch, and In-person Break-Out Sessions for Cardiac Sonographers and Nurses
11:50 –12:00 pm | In-person Break out Session Details - Pick up lunch and proceed to session rooms
12:00 – 12:40 pm |
Nursing
“Nursing Insights on Complex Endovascular Procedures” (40 minutes)
Yulanka Castro-Dominguez, MD
Cardiac Sonographers
“Structural Heart Echocardiography” | 20 minutes
Colleen Gorczyca, RDCS, FASE and Tyler King, RDCS
"Complications of Myocardial Infarction" | 20 minutes
Kymberly Glyde, BSAS, RDCS, FASE and Rachael Walton, RCS
12:40 – 12:50 pm | Conclusion of break out session
TRACK FOUR: Evolving Precision Medicine, Pharmacologic and Devices for Heart Failure
Moderators: Thomas J. O’Neill, MD and Monique Robinson, MD, PhD
12:50 – 1:10 pm | Devices in Chronic Heart Failure
Marat Fudim, MD, MHS
1:10 – 1:30 pm | Leveraging the AEMR for Heart Success
Tariq Ahmad, MD, MPH
1:30 – 1:50 pm | Novel Approach to ADHF Management
Robert Montgomery, MD
1:50 – 2:00 pm | Discussion and Question/Answers
TRACK FIVE: Innovations in CT and MRI Imaging
Moderators: Robert Gilkeson, MD and Imran Rashid, MD
2:00 – 2:30 pm | 2021 AHA/ACC/ASE/CHEST/SAEM/SCCT/SCMR Guideline for the Evaluation and Diagnosis of Chest Pain
Martha Gulati, MD, MS, FACC, FAHA, FASPC, FESC
2:30 – 2:50 pm | Machine Learning/AI in Cardiovascular Risk Assessment
Sadeer Al-Kindi, MD
2:50 – 3:10 pm | Evolving CTA Imaging Approaches and New Evidence
Ron Blankstein, MD, FACC, FASNC, MSCCT, FASPC
3:10 – 3:20 pm | Discussion and Questions/Answers
3:20 – 3:25 pm | Closing Remarks
To Follow Cocktail Reception
ACTIVITY DIRECTORS
Sanjay Rajagopalan, MD
Chief, Cardiovascular Medicine, University Hospitals Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute
Director, Cardiovascular Research Institute
Herman K. Hellerstein MD, Professor of Cardiovascular Research
Professor, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Mehdi H. Shishehbor, DO, MPH, PhD
President, University Hospitals Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute
Angela and James Hambrick Chair in Innovation
Professor, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
PLENARY SPEAKERS
David E. Newby, MD, PhD, FRSE, FMedSci
British Heart Foundation Duke of Edinburgh Chair of Cardiology
Professor, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
Martha Gulati, MD, MS, FACC, FAHA, FASPC, FESC
Director, Preventative Cardiology
Associate Director, Barbra Streisand Women’s Heart Center
Associate Director, Preventive and Cardiac Rehabilitation Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center’s Smidt Heart Institute
President Elect, American Society for Preventive Cardiology
GUEST SPEAKERS
Tariq Ahmad, MD, MPH
Director, Cardiac Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support
Chief, Heart Failure Program
Yale School of Medicine, Yale New Haven Health
Samuel Asirvatham, MD
Director, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship
Director, Strategic Collaboration for the Center for Innovation
Professor, Medicine and Pediatrics
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
Sripal Bangalore, MD, MHA
Professor of Medicine
Director, Invasive and Interventional Cardiology
Director, Complex Coronary Intervention
Interventional Director, Adult ECMO and MCS Program
Director of Research, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
Director, Cardiovascular Outcomes Group
Bellevue Hospital Center
Ron Blankstein, MD, FACC, FASNC, MSCCT, FASPC
Associate Director, Cardiovascular Imaging Program
Director, Cardiac Computed Tomography
Co-Director, Cardiovascular Imaging Training Program
Senior Physician, Preventive Cardiology
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Professor of Medicine and Radiology, Harvard Medical School
Jason S. Bradfield, M.D. FACC FHRS
Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, Specialized Program for Ventricular Tachycardia
UCLA Cardiac Arrhythmia Center
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Marat Fudim, MD, MHS
Director, Duke Heart Failure Research Unit
Director ,Duke Heart Failure Remote Monitoring Clinic
Assistant Professor, Duke University, Duke Clinical Research Institute
Vice-Chair of the American Heart Association CLCD Fellow-In-Training & Early Career Committee
Toby Rogers, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiology), Georgetown University, Washington, DC
Scientific Lead for Structural Heart Disease, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS SPEAKERS AND PANELISTS
* denotes planning committee member
Yasir Abu-Omar, MD, DPhil, FRCS
Surgical Director, Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Center, University Hospitals Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute
Clinical Professor, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Sadeer Al-Kindi, MD
Co-Director, Center for Integrated and Novel Approaches in Vascular Metabolic Disease, and Medical Director, Cardiovascular Phenomics Core, University Hospitals Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute
Wolf Family Scholar in Cardiovascular Research
Assistant Professor, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Rakesh Arora, MD
Director of Cardiovascular Perioperative & Critical Care and Director of Research, Cardiac Surgery, University Hospitals Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute
Mauricio S. Arruda, MD*
Director, Electrophysiology Center and Director, Atrial Fibrillation Center, University Hospitals Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute
John R. Antonucci Master Clinician of Cardiovascular Innovation
Associate Professor, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Guilherme F. Attizzani, MD*
Interventional Director, Valve & Structural Heart Disease Center, University Hospitals Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute
Alexander and Marianna McAfee Endowed Chair in Innovative Cardiac Interventions
Associate Professor, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Cristian Baeza, MD
Co-Director, Aortic Center, University Hospitals Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute
Yulanka Castro-Dominguez, MD
Interventional Cardiologist, University Hospitals Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute
Clinical Assistant Professor, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Yakov Elgudin, MD
Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center
Assistant Professor, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Steven J. Filby, MD
Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, University Hospitals Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute
Associate Professor, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Robert C. Gilkeson, MD
Vice Chairman, Research, and Chief, Cardiothoracic Imaging, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Professor, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Heather Gornik, MD*
Director, Quality Network, and Co-Director, Vascular Center, University Hospitals Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute
John B. Lally Family Master Clinician in Fibromuscular Dysplasia and Vascular Care, University Hospitals
Professor, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Eiran Z. Gorodeski, MD, MPH*
Director, Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Center and Co-Director, Hambrick Center for Cardiac Recovery, University Hospitals Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute
Professor, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Anjan Gupta, MD, FACC, FSCAI*
Director, Cardiology, University Hospitals Portage Medical Center
Heisler Tsai Master Clinician in Cardiology
Clinical Associate Professor, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Judith Mackall, MD
Medical Director, Cardiac Device Clinic, and Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship, University Hospitals Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute
Spitz Master Clinician in Cardiology
Moll Designated Professor, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Robert Montgomery, MD
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Thomas J. O’Neill, MM
Section of Heart Failure and Heart Transplantation, University Hospitals Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute
Clinical Associate Professor, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Paul Poommipanit, MD*
Director, Coronary Chronic Total Occlusion Program, University Hospitals Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute
Clinical Associate Professor, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Kara Quan, MD*
Director, Electrophysiology, University Hospitals Elyria Medical Center
Adjunct Associate Professor, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Ravi Ramani, MD*
Clinical Chief, Cardiovascular Medicine and Chief Quality Officer, University Hospitals Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute
Lorraine and Bill Dodero Chair in Heart Failure & Transplantation
Professor, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Imran Rashid, MD, PhD, FRACP*
Director, Cardiovascular MRI, University Hospitals Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute
Assistant Professor, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Monique R. Robinson MD, PhD, FACC*
Director, CardioMEMS Program, University Hospitals Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute
Clinical Assistant Professor, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Gregory Rushing, MD
Director, Cardiac Surgery, University Hospitals Parma Medical Center
Clinical Instructor, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Varun Sundaram, MD, PhD, FRCP*
Director, Heart Failure, Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center
Sergio Thal, MD*
Director, Lead Management Program, University Hospitals Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute
Clinical Associate Professor, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Anene Ukaigwe, MD
Interventional Cardiologist, University Hospitals Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute
Clinical Associate Professor, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
REGISTRATION
https://cwru.cloud-cme.com/course/courseoverview?P=5&EID=56320
Participants can register for in-person attendance or virtual
Note: In-person registration also includes real-time access to virtual through WHOVA platform
FEES
UH and VA Employee Rate: Free
Non-UH Rates:
o MD in person: $150
o MD virtual: $75
o Nurses, technicians, residents in person: $75
o Nurses, technicians, residents virtual: $35
Accreditation and Credit Designation Statements
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 6.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.