Arrhythmias and the Heart: A Cardiovascular Update
February 2-6, 2026
In-Person | Fairmont Kea Lani, Maui, HI
Currently accepting registrations!
Credit Types:
AMA PRA Category 1™
(23.75),
ABIM MOC
(23.75),
AAPA
(23.75),
ANCC
(23.75),
ABS MOC
(23.75),
Price: $875 - $990 | Register by 1/2 to Save $100
Program
4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2026
4:00 p.m.
- 6:00 p.m.
Registration
6:00 a.m.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2026
6:00 a.m.
Registration and Continental Breakfast
7:15 a.m.
Welcome and Course Overview
Paul Friedman, MD, Malini Madhavan, MBBS
7:30 a.m.
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION & STROKE PREVENTION: Application of Guidelines into Everyday Practice for Clinicians
Moderator: Malini Madhavan, MBBS
7:30 a.m.
Lifestyle Modification in Atrial Fibrillation Management: How to Translate the Guidelines into Practice?
Fred Kusumoto, MD
7:50 a.m.
Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation: Which Drug for Which Patient?
Peter Noseworthy, MD, MBA
8:10 a.m.
Device Detected Subclinical Atrial Fibrillation: When Do I Recommend Anticoagulation and What Is the Evidence?
Fatima Ezzeddine, MD
8:30 a.m.
Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion: Current Guidelines and New Advances
Peter Pollak, MD
8:50 a.m.
Drugs for Atrial Fibrillation: Clinical Pearls, An Update from Guidelines
Win-Kuang Shen, MD
9:10 a.m.
Ablation of Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation: Who, When and How?
Christopher DeSimone, MD, PhD
9:30 a.m.
Panel Discussion
9:45 a.m.
Refreshment Break | Visit Exhibits
10:10 a.m.
ILLUSTRATIVE CASES: Atrial Fibrillation Management
Moderator: Paul Friedman, MD
10:10 a.m.
My 74-Year-Old Patient has Recurrent and Symptomatic AF, COPD, and CKD, Intolerant of Drugs: Ablation or PM Implantation with AVN Ablation?
Fred Kusumoto, MD
10:25 a.m.
My 75-Year-Old Patient with AF Just Underwent a PCI with DES in the Proximal LAD for NSTEMI. What Would You Recommend: Single, Dual or Triple Therapy?
Peter Pollak, MD
10:40 a.m.
A 70-Year-Old Male with AF has CHADSVaSC Score of 1: To Anticoagulate or Not?
Dan Sorajja, MD
10:55 a.m.
A 68-Year-Old Patient Has Asymptomatic Persistent Atrial Fibrillation for at Least Two Years Referred to You: Would You Recommend Rhythm Control, and How Would You Evaluate?
Christopher DeSimone, MD, PhD
11:10 a.m.
A 65-Year-Old Female with Severe MR, AF and DM Undergoes Mitral Valve Repair, MAZE Procedure and AtriClip in LAA. At 3-month Follow-Up She is in Sinus Rhythm. Should OAC be Continued?
Amy Pollak, MD
11:25 a.m.
A 65-Year-Old Female with Paroxysmal AF on Flecainide Presents with Syncope and Wide-Complex Tachycardia: What are the Differential Diagnoses and How Would You Manage?
Peter Noseworthy, MD, MBA
11:40 a.m.
Panel Discussion
12:20 p.m.
3 Big Things to Know
Paul Friedman, MD
12:30 p.m.
Adjourn
6:30 a.m.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2026
6:30 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
7:00 a.m.
VENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIAS & SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH PREVENTION: State-of-the-Art & Guideline-Based Practice
Moderator: Win-Kuang Shen, MD
7:00 a.m.
ECG Pearls: Wide QRS Tachycardia
Stephen Hammill, MD
7:30 a.m.
Primary SCD Prevention in Patients with Non-Ischemic Cardiomyopathy: Does ICD Provide Incremental Benefit to Contemporary Medical Therapy?
Nicholas Tan, MD
7:50 a.m.
PVCs and Idiopathic VT: How Many PVCs Are Too Many, and How Do I Manage?
Dan Sorajja, MD
8:10 a.m.
Ablation for Ventricular Arrhythmias in Patients with Structural Heart Disease: Clinical Indications and Technological Advances
Ammar Killu, MBBS
8:30 a.m.
Advanced Ablation Options for VT Not Amenable to Catheter Ablation: Radioablation, Alcohol Ablation and Surgical Ablation
Konstantinos Siontis, MD
8:50 a.m.
Choosing an ICD: Transvenous, Subcutaneous or Substernal: Which Device for Which Patient?
Paul Friedman, MD
9:10 a.m.
Panel Discussion
9:30 a.m.
Refreshment Break | Visit Exhibits
9:55 a.m.
ECG Chalk Talk: PVC and VT Localization
Malini Madhavan, MBBS, Nicholas Tan, MD
10:15 a.m.
ILLUSTRATIVE CASES: Ventricular Arrhythmia Management
Moderator: Peter Noseworthy, MD, MBA
10:15 a.m.
A 40-Year-Old with LMNA Mutation Presents with 5 ICD Shocks for Polymorphic VT. How Would You Manage?
Nicholas Tan, MD
10:30 a.m.
A 65-Year-Old with Ischemic Cardiomyopathy, EF 35%, Presents with 5 Episodes of Monomorphic VT Terminated with ATP. AAD or Ablation or Both?
Ammar Killu, MBBS
10:45 a.m.
A 58-Year-Old Male with History of HCM, VT and AF Presents with ICD Shock. How Do You Distinguish Appropriate from Inappropriate Shocks? How Do You Manage Inappropriate Shocks Due to SVT?
Malini Madhavan, MBBS
11:00 a.m.
A 64-Year-Old Male is Admitted with Anterior STEMI S/P Revascularization, LVEF of 35% and NSVT Episode. Would You Prescribe a Wearable Defibrillator?
Jagmeet Singh, MD, PhD
11:15 a.m.
A 35-Year-Old Healthy Female Presents with Wide Complex Tachycardia and Syncope During Exercise. Medication, Ablation or Defibrillator?
Konstantinos Siontis, MD
11:30 a.m.
Panel Discussion
12:00 p.m.
ECG Rapid Fire: Wide Complex Tachycardia - VT vs. SVT
Malini Madhavan, MBBS, Peter Noseworthy, MD, MBA
12:25 p.m.
3 Big Things to Know
Peter Noseworthy, MD, MBA
12:30 p.m.
Adjourn
6:30 a.m.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2026
6:30 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
7:00 a.m.
HEART FAILURE
Moderator: Fred Kusumoto, MD
7:00 a.m.
Learning From the 12-Lead ECG: Paced Rhythms
Abhishek Deshmukh, MBBS
7:30 a.m.
Medical Management of HFrEF: A Practical Approach and Advances in Therapy
Lisa LeMond, MD
7:50 a.m.
Advanced Heart Failure Management: When to refer for LVAD and Transplant?
Parag Patel, MD
8:10 a.m.
Management of HFpEF: A Practical Approach and Advances in Therapy
Yogesh Reddy, MBBS
8:30 a.m.
Diagnostic Evaluation of Newly Diagnosed Non-Ischemic Cardiomyopathy: Role of Imaging and Genetic Testing
Parag Patel, MD
8:50 a.m.
Management of AF in Heart Failure: Rate vs. Rhythm Control
Guru Kowlgi, MBBS
9:10 a.m.
Panel Discussion
9:30 a.m.
Refreshment Break | Visit Exhibits
9:50 a.m.
HEART FAILURE & RHYTHM MANAGEMENT
Moderator: Paul Friedman, MD
9:50 a.m.
Remote Monitoring and Digital Health in Heart Failure and Rhythm Management: Redesigning Healthcare of the Future
Jagmeet Singh, MD, PhD
10:20 a.m.
The Great Debate: LAAO or Anticoagulation - Which Strategy Best Prevents Stroke?
10:20 a.m.
LAAO Closure Concurrently with Catheter Ablation
Peter Pollak, MD
10:35 a.m.
Continue Apixaban Indefinitely
Ammar Killu, MBBS
10:50 a.m.
Rebuttals
11:00 a.m.
Pulmonary Hypertension: Evaluation and Management for the General Cardiologist
Yogesh Reddy, MBBS
11:20 a.m.
Cardiac Sarcoid and Arrhythmias: Role of Antiarrhythmic Drugs, Ablation and Device Therapy
Konstantinos Siontis, MD
11:40 a.m.
Cardio-Oncology: An Update on Cardiac Effects of Immunotherapy
Lisa LeMond, MD
12:00 p.m.
Panel Discussion
12:10 p.m.
Device Therapy: Case-Based Challenges and Rapid-Fire Decision Making
Abhishek Deshmukh, MBBS
12:25 p.m.
3 Big Things to Know
Fred Kusumoto, MD
12:30 p.m.
Adjourn
6:30 a.m.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2026
6:30 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
7:00 a.m.
HEART RHYTHM RELATED CONDITIONS: SVT, Syncope & More
Moderator: Peter Noseworthy, MD, MBA
7:00 a.m.
Interesting ECG’s SVT, Conduction
Stephen Hammill, MD
7:30 a.m.
Common SVT’s: Differential Diagnosis and Management of AVNRT, AVRT, and AT
Yong Mei Cha, MD
7:50 a.m.
Long QT, Brugada, CPVT: Genetic Testing and Clinical Management
Michael Ackerman, MD, PhD
8:10 a.m.
Syncope: When to Worry and What Do Guidelines Tell Us?
Win-Kuang Shen, MD
8:30 a.m.
POTS and/or IAST: What Causes It? Can We Denervate?
Dan Sorajja, MD
8:50 a.m.
Neurocardiogenic Syncope: When to Observe, Pace or Denervate?
Guru Kowlgi, MBBS
9:10 a.m.
Panel Discussion
9:30 a.m.
Refreshment Break | Visit Exhibits
9:50 a.m.
HEART RHYTHM RELATED CONDITIONS: Cardiac Device Management
Moderator: Win-Kuang Shen, MD
9:50 a.m.
Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device (CIED) Infection: Key Take Aways from the New Guidelines for the Primary Cardiologist
Daniel DeSimone, MD
10:10 a.m.
When to Pace or Not to Pace After TAVR: Indications and Outcomes
Abhishek Deshmukh, MBBS
10:30 a.m.
Physiologic Pacing vs. Coronary Sinus Pacing for Cardiac Resynchronization. What Do We Know in 2026?
Jagmeet Singh, MD, PhD
10:50 a.m.
A 63-Year-Old Pacemaker Dependent Patient Gets an Alert for High Ventricular Lead Impedance: What is the Etiology and Management?
Yong Mei Cha, MD
11:05 a.m.
A 75-Year-Old with Heart Failure and CRT-D resents with UTI and E Coli Sepsis. How Would You Manage the Device?
Daniel DeSimone, MD
11:20 a.m.
A 35-Year-Old with Non-Ischemic Cardiomyopathy, CRT-D, EF Recovery from 35% to 55% Presents for Generator Replacement: What Would You Implant – CRT-P or CRT-D?
Guru Kowlgi, MBBS
11:35 a.m.
Interesting Chest X-Rays (CXR) in Device Patients
Paul Friedman, MD
11:50 a.m.
Interesting Intracardiac Electrograms (EGMs) in Device Patients
Yong Mei Cha, MD
12:05 p.m.
Panel Discussion
12:25 p.m.
3 Big Things to Know
12:30 p.m.
Adjourn
6:30 a.m.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2026
6:30 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
7:00 a.m.
STATE-OF-THE-ART SESSION: Looking Forward
Moderator: Peter Noseworthy, MD, MBA
7:00 a.m.
ECGs for the Clinician: Diagnosing Heart Disease
Stephen Hammill, MD
7:30 a.m.
Advances in Cardiac Ablation: What Do I See in the Crystal Ball?
Fatima Ezzeddine, MD
7:50 a.m.
The Future of Cardiac Device Management: Leadless, Tissue Integration, Rechargeable, and Future Applications
Nicholas Tan, MD
8:10 a.m.
Wearables and Consumer Medical Electronics: Current Application in Clinical Medicine – What’s Next?
Peter Noseworthy, MD, MBA
8:30 a.m.
Integrating Artificial Intelligence into Clinical Practice: Present and Future
Paul Friedman, MD
8:50 a.m.
Five Studies That Impacted My Practice in 2025. What to Look for in 2026
Christopher DeSimone, MD, PhD
9:10 a.m.
Panel Discussion
9:25 a.m.
Refreshment Break | Visit Exhibits
9:35 a.m.
Picture Contest Voting
9:45 a.m.
UPDATE ON SELECT TOPICS
Moderator: Paul Friedman, MD
9:45 a.m.
Gene Therapy for Cardiac Arrhythmias: Present and Future
Michael Ackerman, MD, PhD
10:05 a.m.
Lifestyle Modification for the Management of Atrial Fibrillation: Practical Approach to Weight Loss
Emily Rueter, PA-C
10:25 a.m.
Advances in Women’s Health: Emerging Science and Evolving Strategies
Amy Pollak, MD
10:45 a.m.
Arrhythmia Management in Complex Congenital Heart Disease: Drugs, Ablation, and Device
Malini Madhavan, MBBS
11:05 a.m.
Malignant Mitral Valve Prolapse: How Do We Identify Patients at Risk and How to Treat?
Fatima Ezzeddine, MD
11:25 a.m.
Panel Discussion
11:35 a.m.
Closing Comments, Course Overview & Things to Take Home for Your Daily Practice
11:40 a.m.
Course Adjourns
Credit Types Offered
-
AMA PRA Category 1™23.75
-
ABIM MOC23.75
-
AAPA23.75
-
ANCC23.75
-
ABS MOC23.75
Price: $875 - $990 | Register by 1/2 to Save $100
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