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Texas Heart Institute Cardiac Society Symposium 2024

November 15, 2024

Texas Heart Institute Cardiac Society Sixteenth Symposium

Denton A. Cooley Auditorium | The Texas Heart Institute | November 15, 2024

Agenda
A COMMITMENT TO LIFELONG FELLOWSHIP

The Cardiac Society was founded to provide an avenue for the exchange of ideas relating to the clinical and research activities among the present and former cardiology fellows, trainees, and teaching staff of The Texas Heart Institute.

Joanna E. Molina-Razavi, MD
Program Director

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Faculty

Joanna Molina-Razavi, MD, FHRS Program Director

Academic Professional Staff
The Texas Heart Institute
Assistant Professor of Medicine - Cardiology
Baylor College of Medicine
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston Methodist Hospital
Houston, Texas

Javid Alakbarli, MD

Kelsey-Seybold Clinic
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Abdelkader Almanfi, MD, FACC, FSCAI

Houston Cardiovascular Care
Memorial Hermann Health System
St. Luke's Health - Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center
Memorial Hermann Health System
Houston, Texas

Salman Bandeali, MD

Texas Heart & Vascular Specialists
Academic Professional Staff
The Texas Heart Institute
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston Methodist Hospital
Houston, Texas

David Burkland, MD

Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston Methodist
HCA Houston Healthcare
Houston, Texas

Mihail Chelu, MD, PhD, FHRS

Academic Professional Staff
The Texas Heart Institute
Professor of Medicine - Cardiology
Director of Electrophysiology
Director of Clinical Electrophysiology Research
Medical Director, Inherited Arrhythmia and Cardiomyopathy Clinic
Baylor College of Medicine
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Andrew Civitello, MD, FACC

Academic Professional Staff
The Texas Heart Institute
Associate Professor of Medicine - Cardiology
Co-Director, Advanced Heart Failure Center of Excellence
Baylor College of Medicine
Director, Advanced Heart Failure Fellowship
Medical Director, Heart Transplant Program
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Ilyas Colombowala, MD, FACC, FHRS

Houston Heart Rhythm PLLC
Houston Methodist Hospital
Houston, Texas

Jennifer Cozart, MD

The Texas Heart Institute Center for Cardiovascular Care
Academic Professional Staff
The Texas Heart Institute
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Reynolds Delgado III, MD, FACC

Delgado Cardiovascular Associates
Academic Professional Staff
The Texas Heart Institute
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston Methodist
Houston, Texas

José G. Díez, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FACP

Academic Professional Staff
The Texas Heart Institute
Associate Professor of Medicine - Cardiology
Baylor College of Medicine
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
HCA Houston Healthcare Medical Center
Texas Children's Hospital
Houston Methodist
Houston, Texas

Jorge Escobar, MD

The Texas Heart Institute Center for Cardiovascular Care
Academic Professional Staff
Associate Program Director, Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship
Director, Undergraduate Medical Education
The Texas Heart Institute
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, Texas

O.H. Frazier, MD

Academic Professional Staff
Director, Cullen Cardiovascular Research Laboratory, Center for Preclinical Surgical & Interventional Research
Program Director, Cardiac Transplantation, Heart Failure and Assist Device Fellowship
The Texas Heart Institute
Professor of Surgery
Cardiothoracic Transplantation & Circulatory Support
Baylor College of Medicine
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Joggy K. George, MD

Texas Heart & Vascular Specialists
Academic Professional Staff
The Texas Heart Institute
HCA Houston Healthcare Medical Center
Houston Methodist
Houston, Texas

Michael Harms, MD

Kelsey-Seybold Clinic
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Srikanth Koneru, MD, FRACP, FACC, FSCMR, FASE

Academic Professional Staff
The Texas Heart Institute
Associate Professor of Medicine - Cardiology
Baylor College of Medicine
Director, Valve Clinic
Director, Structural Heart Imaging
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Zvonimir Krajcer, MD

The Texas Heart Institute Center for Cardiovascular Care
Academic Professional Staff
The Texas Heart Institute
Editor-in-Chief, The Texas Heart Institute Journal
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Mehran Massumi, MD

Kelsey-Seybold Clinic
Academic Professional Staff
The Texas Heart Institute
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Mark McCauley, MD, PhD Keynote Speaker/Cardiology Grand Rounds

Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, Electrophysiology Program
Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology
University of Illinois College of Medicine
University of Illinois Chicago
University of Illinois Hospital
Jesse Brown VA Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois

Hector Medina, MD, MPH

Section Head, Advanced Cardiac Imaging, Cardiac Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging
The Texas Heart Institute Center for Cardiovascular Care
The Texas Heart Institute
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Marc R. Moon, MD

Professor of Surgery
Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine
Chief, Adult Cardiac Surgery Section
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center

Academic Professional Staff
Chief, Adult Cardiac Surgery
The Texas Heart Institute

Denton A. Cooley, MD Chair in Cardiac Surgery
St. Luke's Foundation
Houston, Texas

Ajith Nair, MD, FACC, FAHA

Academic Professional Staff
The Texas Heart Institute
Associate Professor of Medicine - Cardiology
Baylor College of Medicine
Director, Baylor St. Luke's Advanced Heart Failure Clinic
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Robert Paisley, MD

The Texas Heart Institute Center for Cardiovascular Care
The Texas Heart Institute
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Dhaval Parekh, MD

Senior Faculty, Medicine - Cardiology
Baylor College of Medicine
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Associate Director, Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program
Pediatrics
Pediatric Cardiology/Adult Congenital Heart Disease
Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, Texas

Alexander Postalian, MD, FSCAI

The Texas Heart Institute Center for Cardiovascular Care
Assistant Program Director, Interventional Cardiology Subspecialty Fellowship
Academic Professional Staff
The Texas Heart Institute
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston Methodist Hospital
Houston, Texas

Abdi Rasekh, MD

Kelsey-Seybold Clinic
Academic Professional Staff
The Texas Heart Institute
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
HCA Houston Healthcare Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Mehdi Razavi, MD, FACC

Academic Professional Staff
Director, Electrophysiology Clinical Research & Innovations
The Texas Heart Institute

Associate Professor of Medicine - Cardiology
Baylor College of Medicine
Hall-Garcia Cardiology at Baylor College of Medicine
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
HCA Houston Healthcare
Houston, Texas

Joseph G. Rogers, MD

President and Chief Executive Officer
O'Quinn/Willerson Endowed Chair
The Texas Heart Institute
The Texas Heart Institute Center for Cardiovascular Care
Faculty, Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Mohammad Saeed, MD

Program Director, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship
The Texas Heart Institute
Associate Professor of Medicine - Cardiology
Baylor College of Medicine
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Hall-Garcia Cardiology at Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas

John Seger, MD

Houston Electrophysiology Associates
Academic Professional Staff
The Texas Heart Institute
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Alexis Shafii, MD, FACS

Academic Professional Staff
The Texas Heart Institute
Associate Professor of Surgery, Cardiothoracic Transplant & Circulatory Support
Jimmy and Roberta Howell Professor in Cardiovascular Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine
Surgical Director, Heart Transplantation
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Samar Sheth, MD

Texas Heart & Vascular Specialists
Academic Professional Staff
The Texas Heart Institute
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston Methodist Hospital
Houston, Texas

Guilherme Silva, MD, FACC

Academic Professional Staff
The Texas Heart Institute
Assistant Professor of Medicine - Cardiology
Director, Structural Heart Disease Program
Baylor College of Medicine
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Leo Simpson, MD

Academic Professional Staff
The Texas Heart Institute
Associate Professor of Medicine - Cardiology
Director of Interventional Heart Failure
Baylor College of Medicine
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Neil Strickman, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FACP

Academic Professional Staff
The Texas Heart Institute
Hall-Garcia Cardiology at Baylor College of Medicine
Professor of Medicine - Cardiology
Baylor College of Medicine
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Lola Xie, MD, FACC

Assistant Professor of Medicine - Cardiology
Baylor College of Medicine
St. Luke’s Health – Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Agenda

Agenda Subject to Change

Friday, November 15, 2024

7:00     Pharmaceutical Company Exhibits/Video Presentations

8:00     Welcome/Opening Remarks

Joanna Molina-Razavi, MD | President, Texas Heart Institute Cardiac Society
Joseph G. Rogers, MD | President and CEO, The Texas Heart Institute

8:15      Conduction System vs. Biventricular Pacing. What’s the Future for Resynchronization?

Mihail Chelu, MD, PhD | Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas

8:30     Implementation of Pulse Field and HPSD Ablation

Mehdi Razavi, MD | Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas

8:45     Left Atrial Appendage Closure Options

Abdi Rasekh, MD | Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, Houston, Texas

9:00    Early Intervention in Atrial Fibrillation

John Seger, MD | Houston Electrophysiology Associates, Houston, Texas

9:15     Updates in Mapping and Ablating Ventricular Tachycardia

David Burkland, MD | Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia, Houston, Texas

9:30    Surgical Management of Arrhythmias

Jennifer Cozart, MD | The Texas Heart Institute Center for Cardiovascular Care, Houston, Texas

9:45    EP Panelists

Drs. Mohammad Saeed, Robert Paisley, and Ilyas Colombowala

10:00  Mid-Morning Break

10:15   Updates in the Management of Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction

Lola Xie, MD | Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas

10:30   Heart Transplantation Utilizing Donation After Circulatory Death

Andrew Civitello, MD | Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas

10:45   Novel Device-Based Treatment of Heart Failure

Reynolds Delgado III, MD | Delgado Cardiovascular Associates, Houston, Texas

11:00   Updates on Pulmonary Hypertension

Ajith Nair, MD | Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas

11:15    Cardiac Myosin Inhibitors for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Joseph G. Rogers, MD | The Texas Heart Institute Center for Cardiovascular Care, Houston, Texas

11:30   Mechanical Circulatory Support in Advanced Heart Failure

Alexis Shafii, MD | Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas

11:45   Heart Failure Panelists

Drs. O.H. (Bud) Frazier, Marc Moon, and Joggy George

12:00  Lunch / Keynote Speaker – Cardiology Grand Rounds

Carbon Nanotube Fibers Reduce Scar-Based Reentrant Arrhythmias

Mark McCauley, MD, PhD | University of Illinois Chicago College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois

1:15     Mid-Noon Break – Pharmaceutical Company Exhibits

1:45     Peripheral Arterial Disease

Mehran Massumi, MD | Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, Houston, Texas

2:00    The Benefits of AI and Computational Modeling in Prevention of Complications During TAVR

Zvonimir Krajcer, MD | The Texas Heart Institute Center for Cardiovascular Care, Houston, Texas

2:15     Advanced Cardiac Imaging To Guide Diagnosis in Idiopathic Heart Failure

Hector Medina, MD, MPH | The Texas Heart Institute Center for Cardiovascular Care, Houston, Texas

2:30    Impella-Assisted PCI: Applications in ACS and Beyond

Samar Sheth, MD | Texas Heart & Vascular Specialists, Houston, Texas

2:45    Updates in Carotid Revascularization: Where Are We Heading?

Neil Strickman, MD | Hall-Garcia at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas

3:00    Interventional Panelists

Drs. Javid Alakbarli, Michael Harms, and Alexander Postalian

3:15     Afternoon Break

3:30    Alternative Access for TAVR

Abdel Almanfi, MD | Houston Cardiovascular Care, Houston, Texas

3:45    Beyond Clot Dissolution: Innovations in Device Management of Pulmonary Embolism

Jorge Escobar, MD | The Texas Heart Institute Center for Cardiovascular Care, Houston, Texas

4:00   Balloon-Expandable vs. Self-Expanding Valves in TAVR

Alexander Postalian, MD | The Texas Heart Institute Center for Cardiovascular Care, Houston, Texas

4:15    Transcatheter Options for Pulmonary Valve Replacement

Dhaval Parekh, MD | Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas

4:30   Transcatheter Mitral and Tricuspid Valve Interventions: Current and Future Outlook

Guilherme Silva, MD | Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas

4:45    Structural Panelists

Drs. José Díez, Leo Simpson, Srikanth Koneru, and Salman Bandeali

5:00   Announcements and Adjournment

 

Registration

Registration for the Cardiac Society Symposium is free of charge.

 

Location

The Denton A. Cooley Auditorium
The Texas Heart Institute®
6770 Bertner Avenue
Houston, Texas 77030

Entrance to the Denton A. Cooley Building is only through the Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center Bates Street lobby (6720 Bertner Ave.). The Denton A. Cooley Auditorium is located on the lower level (B1) of the Cooley Building, which is accessible by the Green Elevators.

Society Contact Information

Texas Heart Institute Cardiac Society
PO Box 2451
Spring, TX 77383-2451
Email: jybrlm@sbcglobal.net