Cardiology at Cancun: Topics in Clinical Cardiology
February 23-27, 2026
In-Person | JW Marriott Cancun Resort, Cancun, Mexico
Currently accepting registrations!
Credit Types:
AMA PRA Category 1™
(24.5),
ANCC
(24.5),
Price: $775-$925 | Register By 1.26.26 to Save $100
Program
5:00 p.m.
Sunday, February 22, 2026
5:00 p.m.
- 6:00 p.m.
Precourse Registration (JW Marriott Salon A Foyer)
6:30 a.m.
Monday, February 23, 2026
6:30 a.m.
Precourse Registration and Continental Breakfast
7:15 a.m.
Welcome and Course Objective Overview
Moderators: Guy Reeder, MD, Steve Ommen, MD
7:30 a.m.
WHAT IS NEW IN PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY
Moderator: Guy Reeder, MD
7:30 a.m.
Assessing Cardiovascular Risk in 2026: The Old, the New and What Is About to Come
Vlad Vasile, MD, PhD
7:50 a.m.
CT-Based CV Risk Assessment: Coronary Calcium, Plaque Assessment, Fat Inflammation and Beyond
Eric Williamson, MD
8:10 a.m.
Primary Prevention of ASCVD: What Has Changed Since the Last Guidelines?
Francisco Lopez-Jimenez, MD
8:30 a.m.
Managing Lipids: What Is New?
8:50 a.m.
Contemporary Treatment of Obesity in Patients With CVD
Francisco Lopez-Jimenez, MD
9:10 a.m.
Hypertension Treatment: Targeting An Old Foe
Anna Svatikova, MD, PhD
9:25 a.m.
Panel Discussion
9:40 a.m.
Refreshment Break & Visit Exhibits
10:00 a.m.
HOW TO PREVENT CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE: CASE-BASED MANAGEMENT
Moderator: Steve Ommen, MD
10:00 a.m.
Managing the Patient With Recurrent CVD Events: Addressing Hidden CVD Risk Factors
Anna Svatikova, MD, PhD
10:20 a.m.
Providing Effective Nutritional Recommendations for CVD Patients in Our Busy Practice
Vlad Vasile, MD, PhD
10:40 a.m.
Complex Lipid Cases
11:10 a.m.
Exercise as a Medical Prescription
Thomas Allison, PhD
11:20 a.m.
Challenging Cases in Preventive Cardiology
11:50 a.m.
Panel Discussion
12:05 p.m.
Adjourn
6:00 p.m.
- 7:00 p.m.
Welcome Reception (Beachside Garden)
All attendees, faculty, exhibitors and their family members are invited.
7:00 a.m.
Tuesday, February 24, 2026
7:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast - Visit Exhibits
7:30 a.m.
ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE – I
Moderator: Steve Ommen, MD
7:30 a.m.
Top 5 CAD Trials From Last Year
Malcolm Bell, MD
7:50 a.m.
The New ACC/AHA ACS Guidelines: What Has Changed?
Gregory Barsness, MD
8:10 a.m.
Coronary CT Angiogram: Better Diagnostics With FFR, Photon Counting
Eric Williamson, MD
8:30 a.m.
SPECT CT for Diagnosis of Ischemia: The Gold Standard?
Panithaya Chareonthaitawee, MD
8:50 a.m.
Complete Revascularization in ACS: When and How
Malcolm Bell, MD
9:10 a.m.
Panel Discussion
9:35 a.m.
Refreshment Break & Visit Exhibits
10:00 a.m.
ISCHEMIC HEART DIEASE - II
Moderator: Steve Ommen, MD
10:00 a.m.
ANOCA: Update on Diagnosis and Treatment
Panithaya Chareonthaitawee, MD
10:20 a.m.
Risk Stratification in Chronic CAD: Things Are Not Always as They Seem
Bernard Gersh, MB, ChB, DPhil
10:40 a.m.
Why Treat Chronic Total Occlusions? Where Is the Evidence?
Rajiv Gulati, MD, PhD
11:00 a.m.
The Need for New Trials of Old Drugs: Beta-Blockers and ACE Inhibitors
Bernard Gersh, MB, ChB, DPhil
11:20 a.m.
Intravascular Imaging - Why Do We Do It?
Rajiv Gulati, MD, PhD
11:40 a.m.
Panel Discussion
12:05 p.m.
Adjourn
4:30 p.m.
- 5:30 p.m.
Evening Session: Cases in Ischemic Heart Disease
Gregory Barsness, MD, Malcolm Bell, MD, Panithaya Chareonthaitawee, MD, Rajiv Gulati, MD, PhD, Eric Williamson, MD
7:00 a.m.
Wednesday, February 25, 2026
7:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast - Visit Exhibits
7:30 a.m.
HEART FAILURE - I
Moderator: Steve Ommen, MD
7:30 a.m.
Top 5 New Heart Failure Trials of 2025
Brian Hardaway, MD
7:50 a.m.
Diagnostic Dilemmas in HFpEF
Paul McKie, MD
8:10 a.m.
Chronic Ischemic Heart Disease in Heart Failure
Lisa Mielniczuk, MD
8:30 a.m.
HFrEF: Pillars of GDMT
Paul McKie, MD
8:50 a.m.
Updates in GDMT for HFpEF
Brian Hardaway, MD
9:10 a.m.
Panel Discussion
9:35 a.m.
Refreshment Break & Visit Exhibits
10:00 a.m.
HEART FAILURE - II
Moderator: Steve Ommen, MD
10:00 a.m.
Cardiac Complications of Cancer Therapies
Grace Lin, MD, MBA
10:20 a.m.
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Treatment Strategies
Robert Frantz, MD
10:40 a.m.
Valvular Heart Disease in the Failing Ventricle
Grace Lin, MD, MBA
11:00 a.m.
Temporary Mechanical Support in Heart Failure
Parag Patel, MD
11:20 a.m.
Advanced Heart Failure: When to Refer?
Robert Frantz, MD
11:40 a.m.
Panel Discussion
12:05 p.m.
Adjourn
4:30 p.m.
- 5:30 p.m.
Evening Session: Challenging Cases in Heart Failure: Focus on Cardiogenic Shock
Brian Hardaway, MD, Lisa Mielniczuk, MD, Parag Patel, MD
Moderator: Grace Lin, MD, MBA
7:00 a.m.
Thursday, February 26, 2026
7:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast - Visit Exhibits
7:30 a.m.
CASE BASED HOSPITAL AND ACUTE ARRHYTHMIA MANAGEMENT
Moderator: Fred Kusumoto, MD
7:30 a.m.
Anticoagulation Strategies for AF in Special Populations: “Older,” GI Bleed, Intracranial Bleed, Coronary Disease
Thomas Munger, MD
7:55 a.m.
Acute Management of Ventricular Tachyarrhythmias: First Steps
Win-Kuang Shen, MD
8:15 a.m.
Acute Management of Atrial Fibrillation: First Steps
Komandoor Srivathsan, MD
8:35 a.m.
Acute Management of Slow Heart Rates: First Steps
Fred Kusumoto, MD
8:55 a.m.
Syncope: When Should We Admit and What Should We Do?
Mays Ali, MD
9:15 a.m.
Panel Discussion
9:30 a.m.
Refreshment Break & Visit Exhibits
10:00 a.m.
ARRHYTHMIAS IN THE OUTPATIENT SETTING
Moderator: Fred Kusumoto, MD
10:00 a.m.
Management of Arrhythmias in Patients With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, Cardiac Sarcoidosis, and Amyloidosis
Mays Ali, MD
10:20 a.m.
New Atrial Fibrillation: Now What?
Thomas Munger, MD
10:40 a.m.
Exactly How Do I Treat POTS and VVS?
Win-Kuang Shen, MD
11:05 a.m.
PVCs on an ECG: What to Do?
Fred Kusumoto, MD
11:25 a.m.
Artificial Intelligence ECG: Fun, Fact or the Real Deal?
Komandoor Srivathsan, MD
11:45 a.m.
Panel Discussion
12:10 p.m.
Adjourn
12:15 p.m.
Lunch With the Surgeon
4:30 p.m.
Evening Session: Rapid Fire ECG Based Cases
Mays Ali, MD, Bernard Gersh, MB, ChB, DPhil, Thomas Munger, MD, Win-Kuang Shen, MD, Komandoor Srivathsan, MD
Moderator: Fred Kusumoto, MD
5:30 p.m.
- 6:30 p.m.
Evening Session: Interactive ECG Interpretation Seminar
Fred Kusumoto, MD
7:00 a.m.
Friday, February 27, 2026
7:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast - Visit Exhibits
7:00 a.m.
VALVULAR HEART DISEASE – I
Moderator: Steve Ommen, MD
7:30 a.m.
Mitral and Aortic Regurgitation: From Diagnosis to the OR, What to Monitor, When to Refer
Hector Michelena, MD
7:55 a.m.
Advances in Cardiac Surgery
Kevin Greason, MD
8:15 a.m.
Catheter Therapy for Mitral Disease
8:35 a.m.
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, Diagnosis, and Therapy
Steve Ommen, MD
8:55 a.m.
Marfan and Thoracic Aortic Disease
Sabrina Phillips, MD
9:15 a.m.
Panel Discussion
9:35 a.m.
Refreshment Break & Visit Exhibits
10:00 a.m.
VALVULAR HEART DISEASE - II
Moderator: Steve Ommen, MD
10:00 a.m.
Catheter Removal of Cardiac Masses
Guy Reeder, MD
10:25 a.m.
Aortic Valve Stenosis: From Diagnosis to the OR, What to Monitor, When to Refer
Hector Michelena, MD
10:45 a.m.
Aortic Valve Stenosis: Which Is the Best Procedure for My Patient?
Vuyisile Nkomo, MD
11:05 a.m.
Tricuspid Valve Regurgitation: Finally Getting Some Attention
Vuyisile Nkomo, MD
11:25 a.m.
Catheter Interventions for Tricuspid Regurgitation
11:45 a.m.
Panel Discussion
12:00 p.m.
Closing Remarks
Moderators: Steve Ommen, MD, Guy Reeder, MD
Credit Types Offered
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AMA PRA Category 1™24.5
-
ANCC24.5
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