Agenda Subject to Change
Saturday, October 5, 2024
MORNING SESSION
7:00 – 7:50 Registration and Exhibits
7:50 – 8:00 Welcome and Opening Remarks | Stephanie Coulter, MD, Guilherme Silva, MD, and Alex Llanos, MD
Igor F. Palacios Lectureship Keynote Speaker
8:00 – 8:30 Igor F. Palacios Distinguished Lecture in Interventional Cardiology
Harnessing the Power of AI Without Hurting Our Profession | Ami Bhatt, MD
AI Cardiology
Moderator: Drs. Ami Bhatt and Jonathan Passeri
Panelists: Drs. Effie Andrikopoulou, Ami Bhatt, Baljash Cheema, and Mattheus Ramsis
8:30 – 8:50 AI in Cardiovascular Disease: Innovations for Disease Detection | Baljash Cheema, MD
8:50 – 9:10 Photoplethysmography and Cardiovascular Disease | Mattheus Ramsis, MD
9:10 – 9:30 Moving Towards an Equitable Healthcare: AI as an Opportunity for Shifting Our Culture and Mindset From System-Centric To Patient-Centric | Effie Andrikopoulou, MD
9:30 – 9:50 Panel Discussion and Q & A
9:50 – 10:00 Break and Exhibits
Taking a Right Turn: Interventions in Congenital and Right Heart Disease
Moderators: Drs. Ada Stefanescu Schmidt, Jonathan Passeri, and Dhaval Parekh
Panelists: Drs. Ignacio Inglessis, Valeria Duarte, Joanna Ghobrial, and Ken Rosenfield
10:00 – 10:10 TEER in ACHD | Dhiran Verghese, MD
10:10 – 10:20 TEER in HOCM | Eduardo De Marchena, MD
10:20 – 10:40 Pulmonary Vein Interventions Including Anomalous Pulmonary Veins | Joanna Ghobrial, MD
10:40 – 11:00 CTEPH Treatment with Balloon Pulmonary Angioplasty | Ken Rosenfield, MD
11:00 – 11:20 Lifetime Management of Pulmonary Valve Disease: Self Expanding vs. Balloon Expanding vs. Surgery? | Valeria Duarte, MD
11:20 – 11:40 Panel Discussion and Q & A
11:40 – 12:40 Lunch and Exhibits
AFTERNOON SESSION
Honorary Session – In Memoriam Alain Cribier, MD
12:40 – 1:00 The Physician Who Pioneered the First Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) | William O’Neill, MD
Interventional Heart Failure – Igor Palacios Symposium – Virtual Session for South America
Moderator: Dr. Carlos Davila
Panelists: Drs. Gaston Cudemus, Carlos Davila, Nikolaos Diakos, Jaime Hernandez-Montfort, Navin K. Kapur, and William O’Neill
1:00 – 1:15 State of the Art: Principles of AMI-Shock Management | William O’Neill, MD
1:15 – 1:25 Panel Discussion – All Panelists
1:25 – 1:40 State of the Art: Principles of HF-Shock Management | Jaime Hernandez-Montfort, MD
1:40 – 1:50 Panel Discussion – All Panelists
1:50 – 2:05 Percutaneous MCS Program: From a Quaternary Care Center to the Community | Gaston Cudemus, MD
2:05 – 2:15 Panel Discussion – All Panelists
2:15 – 2:30 Mechanical Unloading: Bench to Bedside – The Role of Biomarkers in MCS | Nikolaos Diakos, MD, PhD
2:30 – 2:40 Panel Discussion – All Panelists
2:40 – 2:55 The Role of Mechanical Preload Modulation in ADHF: SVC Occlusion in HF – PreCARDIA and PrePella | Navin K. Kapur, MD
2:55 – 3:05 Panel Discussion and Q & A
3:05 Closing Remarks
Igor Palacios, MD (Massachusetts General Hospital)
Stephanie Coulter, MD (The Texas Heart Institute)
Alex Llanos, MD (Holy Cross Health)
Guilherme Silva, MD (Baylor College of Medicine and The Texas Heart Institute)
NON-CME (Ansary Atrium)
Academic Synergy in Cardiovascular Research – Panel Discussion
Moderator: Dr. Pablo Rengifo
Panelists: Drs. Rafael Cavalcante, Ethan Korngold, Richard Kuntz, Pedro Moreno, Jeff Popma, Pablo Rengifo, and Amy Simone
3:45 – 4:45 Rafael Cavalcante, MD, PhD
Ethan Korngold, MD
Richard Kuntz, MD, MSc
Jeff Popma, MD
Amy Simone, PA
4:45 – 5:15 William J. Harrington International Program, University of Miami | Eduardo De Marchena, MD
5:15 – 5:30 Panel Discussion and Q & A
5:30 Adjourn and Closing Remarks
Guilherme Silva, MD (Baylor College of Medicine and The Texas Heart Institute)
