Global Cardiovascular Forum 2023

January 28, 2023 | Virtual + Panel Discussions

The 2023 Global Cardiovascular Forum will highlight new guidelines, new approaches, technologies, and procedures in the care of the cardiovascular patient to educate a national and international audience of physicians in the recent changes to the practice of cardiology. The invited faculty will discuss recent ACC consensus on the role of non-statin therapies in care of patients with cardiovascular disease, ACC/AHA guidelines for heart failure management, treatment strategies and barriers to care for women with heart disease, the indications, risks and benefits of non-invasive assessment of chest pain and intravascular coronary imaging and more.

Invited Faculty Agenda
Exploring Innovations Changing Cardiovascular Care Today

Overview

Course Directors: Joseph G. Rogers, MD and Juan Carlos Plana, MD

This half-day virtual symposium will discuss topics such as the recent ACC consensus on the role of non-statin therapies in the care of patients with cardiovascular disease, review updated ACC/AHA guidelines for heart failure management, identify patients that would benefit from multiple arterial conduits in coronary artery bypass and how post-operative management differs, discuss treatment strategies and barriers to care for women with heart disease, and explain the risks and benefits of transcatheter aortic valve replacement in patients with bicuspid valves. Our audience will include, but is not limited to, cardiologists, cardiovascular surgeons, general medicine practitioners, physician assistants, nurses, nurse practitioners, residents, and fellows.

Invited Faculty

Christie Ballantyne, MD

Professor of Medicine
Chief, Sections of Cardiology & Cardiovascular Research
Vice Chair of Research for the Department of Medicine
Director of the Center for Cardiometabolic Disease Prevention
Baylor College of Medicine
The Texas Heart Institute
(Houston, Texas USA)

Lauren Barron, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine
Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center (Clinic)
The Texas Heart Institute
(Houston, Texas USA)

Biykem Bozkurt, MD, PhD

Professor of Medicine-Cardiology
W. A. "Tex" and Deborah Moncrief, Jr. Chair of Medicine-Cardiology
Mary and Gordon Cain Chair of Internal Medicine
Winters Center for Heart Failure Research
Baylor College of Medicine
(Houston, Texas USA)

Mihail Chelu, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine-Cardiology
Director of Electrophysiology, Baylor Heart Clinic
Director of Clinical Electrophysiology Research
Medical Director, Inherited Arrhythmia and Cardiomyopathy Clinic
Baylor College of Medicine
(Houston, Texas USA)

Andrew Civitello, MD

Medical Director, Heart Transplant Program
Baylor College of Medicine
Teaching Staff, Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship
Program Director,
Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology Fellowship
Teaching Staff, THI Interventional Cardiology Fellowship at
Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center
The Texas Heart Institute
(Houston, Texas USA)

Joseph Coselli, MD

Professor and Executive Vice Chair
Department of Surgery
Cullen Foundation Endowed Chair
Baylor College of Medicine
Program Director, Aortic Surgery Fellowship
Baylor College of Medicine
The Texas Heart Institute
(Houston, Texas USA)

Briana Costello, MD

Interventional Cardiology, Texas Heart Medical Group
Teaching Staff, Interventional Cardiology Subspecialty Fellowship
Teaching Staff, Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship
Physician Ambassador,
Center for Women’s Heart & Vascular Health
The Texas Heart Institute
(Houston, Texas USA)

Stephanie Coulter, MD

Assistant Medical Director,
The Texas Heart Institute
Cardiology & Echocardiography,
Texas Heart Medical Group
Director, Center for Women's Heart & Vascular Health
Program Director,
THI Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship at
Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center
THI Journal, Associate Editor
(Houston, Texas USA)

Jennifer Cozart, MD

Teaching Staff, Denton A. Cooley Fellowship
Teaching Staff, Cardiovascular Surgery Fellowship
Teaching Staff, Thoracic Surgery Residency
Physician Ambassador,
Center for Women’s Heart & Vascular Health
The Texas Heart Institute
(Houston, Texas USA)

Nikolaos A. Diakos, MD, PhD

Interventional Cardiologist and Specialist in Heart Failure
Texas Heart Medical Group
The Texas Heart Institute
(Houston, Texas USA)

Jorge Escobar, MD

Interventional Cardiologist
Teaching Staff, Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship
The Texas Heart Institute
(Houston, Texas USA)

R. David Fish, MD

Interventional Cardiology, Texas Heart Medical Group
Program Director, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship
Teaching Staff, Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship
The Texas Heart Institute
(Houston, Texas USA)

Joggy George, MD

Cardiology, Texas Heart & Vascular
Past President, Texas Heart Institute Cardiac Society
The Texas Heart Institute
(Houston, Texas USA)

Eduardo Hernandez-Vila, MD

President, Texas Heart Medical Group
Interventional Cardiology, Texas Heart Medical Group
Medical Executive Committee, THI Professional Staff
Teaching Staff, Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship
Teaching Staff, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship
Center for Women's Heart & Vascular Health, Speakers Bureau
The Texas Heart Institute
(Houston, Texas USA)

Srikanth Koneru, MD

Structural Heart Imaging
The Texas Heart Institute/Baylor St. Lukes Medical Center
The Texas Heart Institute - Valve Clinic (Clinic)
Baylor St. Lukes Med Center
Assistant Professor of Medicine-Cardiology
Baylor College of Medicine
(Houston, Texas USA)

Zvonimir Krajcer, MD

Interventional Cardiologist
Texas Heart Medical Group
Editor-in-Chief, Texas Heart Institute Journal
Teaching Staff,
THI Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship at
Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center
The Texas Heart Institute
(Houston, Texas USA)

James Livesay, MD

Teaching Staff, Thoracic Surgery Residency
Teaching Staff, Denton A. Cooley Fellowship
Editorial Board, Texas Heart Institute Journal
The Texas Heart Institute
(Houston, Texas USA)

Gabriel Loor, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery
Cardiothoracic Transplant and Circulatory Support
George P. Noon, M.D. Endowed Chair in Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine
Co-Chief, Section of Adult Cardiac Surgery
Surgical Director, Lung Transplant Program
Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center
Teaching Staff, Thoracic Surgery Residency
Editorial Board, Texas Heart Institute Journal
The Texas Heart Institute
(Houston, Texas USA)

Mehran Massumi, MD

Cardiologist
Teaching Staff, Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship
The Texas Heart Institute
(Houston, Texas USA)

Marc Moon, MD

Professor, Surgery
Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery at
Baylor College of Medicine
Chief, Adult Cardiac Surgery Section
Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Chief, Adult Cardiac Surgery
The Texas Heart Institute
(Houston, Texas USA)

Ajith Nair, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine-Cardiology
Baylor College of Medicine
Teaching Staff, Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship
Teaching Staff,
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Fellowship
The Texas Heart Institute
(Houston, Texas USA)

Vijay Nambi, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine-Athero & Lipo
Baylor College of Medicine
Staff Cardiologist
Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Hospital
(Houston, Texas USA)

Emerson Perin, MD, PhD

Medical Director, THI Leadership
Vice President for Medical Affairs, Administration
Interventional Cardiology, Texas Heart Medical Group
Director, Center for Clinical Research
Teaching Staff, Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship
Teaching Staff, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship
Associate Editor, Texas Heart Institute Journal
The Texas Heart Institute
(Houston, Texas USA)

Juan Carlos Plana, MD

Chief of Cardiology
Chief, Cardiovascular Service Line
The Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center
Don W Chapman, MD Chair in Cardiology
Associate Professor of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Section Editor, Structural Heart Disease,
Texas Heart Institute Journal
Teaching Staff, Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship
The Texas Heart Institute
(Houston, Texas USA)

Alexander Postalian, MD

Interventional Cardiology, Texas Heart Medical Group
Associate Editor, Texas Heart Institute Journal
Teaching Staff, Interventional Cardiology Subspecialty Fellowship
Teaching Staff, Cardiology Disease Fellowship
The Texas Heart Institute
(Houston, Texas USA)

Mehdi Razavi, MD

Director, Electrophysiology Clinical Research & Innovations
Teaching Staff, Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship
Editorial Consultant, Texas Heart Institute Journal
Teaching Staff, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship
The Texas Heart Institute
(Houston, Texas USA)

Joseph Rogers, MD

President and Chief Executive Officer
O'Quinn/Willerson Endowed Chair
The Texas Heart Institute
Cardiologist, Texas Heart Medical Group
(Houston, Texas USA)

Alexis Shafii, MD

Surgical Director, Heart Transplantation
Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of Cardiothoracic Transplant and Circulatory Support
Baylor College of Medicine
(Houston, Texas USA)

Samar Sheth, MD

Teaching Staff, Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship
Teaching Staff, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship
The Texas Heart Institute
(Houston, Texas USA)

Guilherme Silva, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine-Cardiology
Baylor College of Medicine
Director, Structural Heart Disease Program, THI Leadership
Teaching Staff, Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship
Teaching Staff, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship
Editorial Consultant, Texas Heart Institute Journal
The Texas Heart Institute
(Houston, Texas USA)

Raymond Stainback, MD

Director, Non-Invasive Cardiology
Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center
Teaching Staff,
THI Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship &
THI Interventional Cardiology Fellowship at
Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center
Section Editor,
Texas Heart Institute Journal
The Texas Heart Institute
(Houston, Texas USA)

Neil Strickman, MD

Teaching Staff, Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship
Teaching Staff, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship
Editorial Consultant, Texas Heart Institute Journal
The Texas Heart Institute
(Houston, Texas USA)

George Younis, MD

Associate Program Director, Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship
Teaching Staff, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship
Editorial Consultant, Texas Heart Institute Journal
The Texas Heart Institute
(Houston, Texas USA)

Agenda

Agenda subject to change

Saturday – January 28, 2023


8:00 am     Opening Remarks – The Past, Present and Future of The Texas Heart Institute | Joseph Rogers, MD


SESSION I: Preventative Cardiovascular Care – Moderator: Ajith Nair, MD

8:10      The 2022 ACC Expert Consensus on the Role of Nonstatin Therapies: An Expert-Guided Tour | Christie Ballantyne, MD

8:22      Center for Women’s Heart & Vascular Health at The Texas Heart Institute: Tailoring Cardiovascular Care – Q&A session
Stephanie Coulter, MD / Lauren Barron, MD / Briana Costello, MD

8:34      Non-Invasive Assessment of Chest Pain: What’s New in 2023? | Raymond Stainback, MD

8:46      Panel Discussion / Q&A
Juan Carlos Plana, MD / Vijay Nambi, MD / Srikanth Koneru, MD / Eduardo Hernandez, MD


9:00      BREAK


SESSION II: Heart Recovery Program – Moderator: Nikolaos A. Diakos, MD, PhD

9:10       The 2022 Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure: An Expert-Guided Tour | Biykem Bozkurt, MD, PhD

9:22       Conduction System Pacing for Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy: The 31-Million-Dollar Question | Mihail Chelu, MD

9:34       Innovations at The Texas Heart Institute: Advancing the Field of Electrophysiology | Mehdi Razavi, MD

9:46       Innovations at The Texas Heart Institute: Improving Access to Heart Transplantation | Ajith Nair, MD

9:58       Recovering Injured Heart: Conducting the DREAM-HF Trial | Emerson Perin, MD, PhD

10:10     Management of Cardiogenic Shock: The Present and The Future | Nikolaos A. Diakos, MD, PhD

10:22     Panel Discussion / Q&A
Andrew Civitello, MD / Joggy George, MD / Nikolaos A. Diakos, MD, PhD / Alexis Shaffi, MD


10:35     BREAK


SESSION III: Complex Structural Cardiovascular Disease – Moderator: Lauren Barron, MD

10:45     Leveraging Innovation to Mitigate Risk During Heart Surgery | Marc Moon, MD

10:57     The Role of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients with Bicuspid Valves in 2023 | Zvonimir Krajcer, MD

11:10     Cutting Edge Trials in Structural Heart Disease at The Texas Heart Institute | Guilherme Silva, MD

11:22      Making a New Heart Valve from Scratch: The Journey | R. David Fish, MD

11:34      A Difficult Situation: Challenging Case Highlighting The Texas Heart Institute’s Team-Based Approach | Alexander Postalian, MD

11:48      Panel Discussion / Q&A
Vicente Orozco-Sevilla, MD / Neil Strickman, MD / Gabriel Loor, MD / Zvonimir Krajcer, MD


12:00     BREAK


SESSION IV: Hot Topics in Coronary and Peripheral Vascular Disease – Moderator: Alexander Postalian, MD

12:10      Arterial Grafts in Coronary Bypass: Who, When and Why? | Lauren Barron, MD

12:22     The Role of Intravascular Coronary Imaging in 2023: Are We Ready for Universal Adoption?  | Jorge Escobar, MD

12:32     New Developments in Peripheral Vascular Disease Intervention | Mehran Massumi, MD

12:44     The Past, Present, and Future of Complex Aortic Intervention | Joseph Coselli, MD

13:00     Panel Discussion / Q&A
George Younis, MD / Jennifer Cozart, MD / Alexander Postalian, MD / Samar Sheth, MD / John Luber, MD


13:15 pm     Closing Remarks | Juan Carlos Plana, MD

CME Information

Overview

The purpose of this inaugural forum is to educate a national and international audience of physicians in the recent changes to the practice of Cardiology.  It will provide access to content experts in the field of cardiovascular medicine.

The focus will be on new guidelines, new approaches, new technologies and new procedures in care of the Cardiovascular patient.

 

Educational Objectives

At the conclusion of this symposium, participants should be able to –

  • Discuss recent ACC consensus on the role of non-statin therapies in care of patients with cardiovascular disease

 

  • Discuss updated ACC/AHA guidelines for heart failure management
  • Discuss treatment strategies and barriers to care for women with heart disease
  • Describe the indications, risks and benefits of non-invasive assessment of chest pain and intravascular coronary imaging
  • Identify patients that would benefit from multiple arterial conduits in coronary artery bypass and how post operative management differs
  • Explain the risks and benefits of transcatheter aortic valve replacement in patients with bicuspid valves

 

Target Audience

The target audience includes physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, registered nurses, and other medical care providers who are interested in this medical care.

 

Accreditation

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of Texas Heart Institute, Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center and Baylor College of Medicine.  Texas Heart Institute is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

 

Credit Designation

Texas Heart Institute designates this live activity for a maximum of 4.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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