Cardiology at Cancun: Topics in Clinical Cardiology
February 24-28, 2025
In-Person or Livestream | Marriott Cancun Resort, Cancun, Mexico
Currently accepting registrations!
Credit Types:
ABIM MOC
(25.25),
AMA PRA Category 1™
(25.25),
Nursing
(25.25),
ABS MOC
(25.25),
Price: $750-$900 | Early Registration Saves $100
Program
5:00 p.m.
Sunday, February 23, 2025
5:00 p.m.
- 6:00 p.m.
Pre-Course Registration Check-In (Maya Ballroom Foyer)
6:30 a.m.
Monday, February 24, 2025
6:30 a.m.
Pre-Course Registration Check-In and Continental Breakfast (Maya Ballroom Foyer)
7:15 a.m.
Welcome and Course Objective Overview
Moderator: Steve Ommen, MD
7:30 a.m.
CORE CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE PREVENTION
Moderator: Steve Ommen, MD
7:30 a.m.
Identifying the Patient At Risk Beyond Risk Prediction Formulas
Francisco Lopez-Jimenez, MD
7:50 a.m.
Management of Dyslipidemia: From the Simple, to the Difficult, to the Very Challenging Cases
Stephen Kopecky, MD
8:10 a.m.
Primary Prevention Beyond Cholesterol Management
Thomas Allison, PhD
8:30 a.m.
The Optima Diet For Heart Disease Prevention: From the Facts to the Fads
Francisco Lopez-Jimenez, MD
8:50 a.m.
Physical Activity and Exercise as Medicine: How Much Is Too Much and How Little is Too Little?
Kathryn Larson, MD
9:10 a.m.
Challenging Prevention Cases
Thomas Allison, PhD, Stephen Kopecky, MD, Kathryn Larson, MD, Francisco Lopez-Jimenez, MD
9:30 a.m.
Panel Discussion
9:45 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.
Pearls in the Management of Obesity in Cardiovascular Medicine
Francisco Lopez-Jimenez, MD
10:20 a.m.
Heart Disease Prevention in Women
Thais Coutinho, MD
10:40 a.m.
Exercise Recommendations in Clinically Challenging Situations
Thomas Allison, PhD
11:00 a.m.
Sports Cardiology: A Case-Based Discussion
Thomas Allison, PhD, Kathryn Larson, MD
11:20 a.m.
The Aorta is not Just a Pipe: Prevention of Aortic Aneurysms, Rupture and Dissection
Thais Coutinho, MD
11:40 a.m.
Panel Discussion
12:00 p.m.
Adjourn
6:00 p.m.
- 7:00 p.m.
Welcome Reception (Poolside)
Attendees, faculty, exhibitors, and family members are invited.
7:00 a.m.
Tuesday, February 25, 2025
7:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast - Visit Exhibits
7:30 a.m.
ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE – I
Moderator: Steve Ommen, MD
7:30 a.m.
Stress Test or CTCA for Chest Pain
Patricia Best, MD
7:50 a.m.
Top 5 CAD Trials from Last Year
Malcolm Bell, MD
8:10 a.m.
How to Manage the Patient With ANOCA/MINOCA
Sharonne Hayes, MD
8:30 a.m.
In Stent Restenosis-Prevalence and Management
Patricia Best, MD
8:50 a.m.
Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection-Detection and Management
Sharonne Hayes, 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.
Renal Denervation – Why and When?
Rajiv Gulati, MD, PhD
10:20 a.m.
Coronary Revascularization in Older Patients Including Left Main PCI
Mandeep Singh, MD
10:40 a.m.
Myocardial Infarction in the Younger Patient
Rajiv Gulati, MD, PhD
11:00 a.m.
Contemporary Management of Cardiogenic Shock
Benjamin Hibbert, MD
11:20 a.m.
Deescalation of Antiplatelet Therapy in ACS
Malcolm Bell, MD
11:40 a.m.
Panel Discussion
12:05 p.m.
Adjourn - Note Special Evening Session
4:30 p.m.
EVENING SESSION
4:30 p.m.
- 5:30 p.m.
Cases in Ischemic Heart Disease
Malcolm Bell, MD, Rajiv Gulati, MD, PhD, Benjamin Hibbert, MD, Mandeep Singh, MD
7:00 a.m.
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
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 2024
Parag Patel, MD
7:50 a.m.
HFpEF: State of the Art
Paul McKie, MD
8:10 a.m.
GLP-1 Agonists and SGLT2i in Heart Failure
Grace Lin, MD
8:30 a.m.
Strategies to Optimize GDMT for Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction
Paul McKie, MD
8:50 a.m.
Obesity and Heart Failure: Non-Pharmacologic Approaches
Kyla Lara-Breitinger, MD
9:10 a.m.
Panel Discussion
9:30 a.m.
Refreshment Break - Visit Exhibits
10:00 a.m.
HEART FAILURE - II
Moderator: Steve Ommen, MD
10:00 a.m.
Advanced Therapies for Heart Failure: When to Refer?
Lisa LeMond, MD
10:20 a.m.
Cell and Gene Therapy for the Clinician: What Does It Mean for HF?
Grace Lin, MD
10:40 a.m.
Pulmonary Hypertension: A Stepwise Diagnostic Approach
Robert Frantz, MD
11:00 a.m.
Cardiac Amyloidosis: Which Therapy for Which Patient?
Lisa LeMond, MD
11:20 a.m.
Mechanical Circulatory Support: What are the Basics?
Parag Patel, MD
11:40 a.m.
Panel Discussion
12:05 p.m.
Adjourn - Note Special Evening Session
4:30 p.m.
- 5:30 p.m.
EVENING SESSION
4:30 p.m.
- 5:30 p.m.
Heart Failure Cases
Robert Frantz, MD, Lisa LeMond, MD, Parag Patel, MD
7:00 a.m.
Thursday, February 27, 2025
7:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast - Visit Exhibits
7:00 a.m.
PRACTICAL MANAGEMENT OF AF
Moderator: Fred Kusumoto, MD
7:30 a.m.
Risk Factor Modification for AF: Does it Work?
Fred Kusumoto, MD
7:55 a.m.
New Onset AF: Just Refer for Ablation?
Win-Kuang Shen, MD
8:15 a.m.
New AF Ablation Technologies: Real Change or Just Hype?
Komandoor Srivathsan, MD
8:35 a.m.
Follow-Up After AF Ablation: Complications, Anticoagulation, Antiarrhythmic Medications
Fred Kusumoto, MD
8:55 a.m.
AF Associated with Acute Illness and Surgery: Management, Natural History, and Optimal Follow-Up
Thomas Munger, MD
9:15 a.m.
Panel Discussion
9:30 a.m.
Refreshment Break - Visit Exhibits
10:00 a.m.
DIFFICULT ARRHYTHMIA MANAGEMENT SCENARIOS
Moderator: Fred Kusumoto, MD
10:00 a.m.
Channelopathies: What’s New?
Komandoor Srivathsan, MD
10:25 a.m.
Sudden Cardiac Arrest: Initial Management to Hospital Discharge
Thomas Munger, MD
10:50 a.m.
Managing POTS, Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia, and Vasovagal Syncope in 2025
Win-Kuang Shen, MD
11:15 a.m.
Troubleshooting Devices for the Non-Device Specialist
Komandoor Srivathsan, MD
11:35 a.m.
New Device Technologies: How and When Will They Impact My Practice?
Fred Kusumoto, MD
11:50 a.m.
Panel Discussion
12:10 p.m.
Adjourn - Note Special Evening Session
12:15 p.m.
Lunch with the Surgeon, Dr. Greason (Mexico Room)
4:30 p.m.
EVENING SESSIONS
4:30 p.m.
- 5:30 p.m.
Rapid Fire ECG Based Cases
Thomas Munger, MD, Win-Kuang Shen, MD, Komandoor Srivathsan, MD, Andrew Tseng, MD
5:30 p.m.
- 6:30 p.m.
Complex ECG Unknowns: Pacing and More…
Fred Kusumoto, MD
7:00 a.m.
Friday, February 28, 2025
7:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast - Visit Exhibits
7:30 a.m.
VALVULAR HEART DISEASE – I
Moderator: Steve Ommen, MD
7:30 a.m.
TAVR Update Including Bicuspid Aortic Valve, TAVR for Pure AI
Kevin Greason, MD
7:55 a.m.
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, Diagnosis, and Therapy
Steve Ommen, MD
8:15 a.m.
Surgical Update: Myectomy, Repair versus Prosthesis, Complete Arterial Bypass
Kevin Greason, MD
8:35 a.m.
Mitral and Tricuspid Regurgitation: What Does the Echocardiographer Need to Tell the Surgeon/Interventionalist About the Valve
Vuyisile Nkomo, MD
8:55 a.m.
Aortic Valve Masses
Kyle Klarich, 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.
Management of Asymptomatic AR and MR
Kyle Klarich, MD
10:25 a.m.
Left Atrial Appendage Closure: Indications, Outcomes, Limitations
Benjamin Hibbert, MD
10:45 a.m.
Congenital Heart Disease for the Adult Non-Congenital Cardiologist
Sabrina Phillips, MD
11:05 a.m.
Catheter Interventions for Peripheral Arterial Disease
Arashk Motiei, MD
11:25 a.m.
Current Indications and Outcomes of PFO Closure for Stroke and Other Conditions
Guy Reeder, MD
11:45 a.m.
Panel Discussion
12:00 p.m.
Closing Remarks
Credit Types Offered
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ABIM MOC25.25
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AMA PRA Category 1™25.25
-
Nursing25.25
-
ABS MOC25.25
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