Cardiology at Cancun: Topics in Clinical Cardiology
March 1-5, 2027
In-Person | JW Marriott Cancun, Cancun, Mexico
Currently accepting registrations!
Credit Types:
AMA PRA Category 1™
(24.5),
ABIM MOC
(24.5),
ANCC
(24.5),
ABS MOC
(24.5),
Price: $785-$975 | Register by 2.1.27 to save $100
Program
5:00 p.m.
Sunday, February 28, 2027
5:00 p.m.
Precourse Registration (JW Marriott Salon A Foyer)
6:30 a.m.
Monday, March 1, 2027
6:30 a.m.
Precourse Registration and Continental Breakfast
7:15 a.m.
Welcome and Course Objectives Review
Moderators: Steve Ommen, MD, Guy Reeder, MD
7:30 a.m.
HEART DISEASE PREVENTION: CORE CONCEPTS
Moderator: Guy Reeder, MD
7:30 a.m.
Identifying the Patient at Risk: From PREVENT to Artificial Intelligence
Thomas Allison, PhD
7:50 a.m.
Heart CT for Risk Assessment: CAC, Fat Attenuation and Plaque Analysis
Jeremy Collins, MD
8:10 a.m.
A Practical Summary of the New AHA Lipid Guidelines
Stephen Kopecky, MD
8:30 a.m.
Controversies in Lipid Management: Very Low LDL, Measuring Apo B, Diagnosing Statin Intolerance and a Few More: A Debate
Stephen Kopecky, MD, Francisco Lopez-Jimenez, MD
8:50 a.m.
Targeting Obesity for CVD Risk Reduction: Tips and Tricks using GLP1 RA
Francisco Lopez-Jimenez, MD
9:10 a.m.
Primary Prevention of CVD: Beyond Cholesterol and Obesity
Thomas Allison, 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.
What is New in Hypertension Treatment? A Practical Summary of the Newest Guidelines
10:20 a.m.
Targeting Inflammation to Reduce CVD Risk. Are We There Yet?
Stephen Kopecky, MD
10:40 a.m.
How to Make Your Patient Physically Active: Tips for a Busy Clinician
Thomas Allison, PhD
11:00 a.m.
The Prevention Clinic of the Future: How to Build a High-Impact Multidisciplinary Preventive Cardiology Program
Francisco Lopez-Jimenez, MD
11:20 a.m.
Cardiac Rehabilitation Reimagined: Digital Health, Home-Based Rehab and the Future of Secondary Prevention
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, March 2, 2027
7:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast - Visit Exhibits
7:30 a.m.
ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE – I
Moderator: Guy Reeder, MD
7:30 a.m.
Top 5 CAD Trials in the Last Year
Malcolm Bell, MD
8:00 a.m.
Top 5 Recent Trials in CCU/ICU Practice
Benjamin Hibbert, MD, PhD
8:10 a.m.
Treating Stable Angina: When Is Medical Therapy Enough/Not Enough
Mandeep Singh, MD
8:30 a.m.
ANOCA – Definition, Testing, Therapy in 2027
Claire Raphael, MBBS
8:50 a.m.
Complications of Myocardial Infarction
Mandeep Singh, 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.
DAPT and Triple Therapy After Stenting: Best Practices
Malcolm Bell, MD
10:20 a.m.
SCAD Update
Rajiv Gulati, MD, PhD
10:40 a.m.
MINOCA: Not a Diagnosis - Stepwise Plan to Determine the Etiology
Claire Raphael, MBBS
11:00 a.m.
Mechanical Cardiac Support for High-Risk PCI: When to Use It and Outcomes
Rajiv Gulati, MD, PhD
11:20 a.m.
Multiple Arterial Grafting: Who, When, How?
Kevin Greason, 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.
Cases in Ischemic Heart Disease
Malcolm Bell, MD, Rajiv Gulati, MD, PhD, Benjamin Hibbert, MD, PhD, Claire Raphael, MBBS, Mandeep Singh, MD
7:00 a.m.
Wednesday, March 3, 2027
7:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast - Visit Exhibits
7:30 a.m.
HEART FAILURE - I
Moderator: Steve Ommen, MD
7:30 a.m.
What’s New in Heart Failure? Hot Tips for 2027
Paul McKie, MD
7:50 a.m.
GDMT for HFrEF
Lisa Mielniczuk, MD
8:10 a.m.
Diuresis or Natriuresis: What’s the Evidence?
Brian Hardaway, MD
8:30 a.m.
Unexplained Dyspnea - Challenges in HFpEF Diagnosis and Treatment
Paul McKie, MD
8:50 a.m.
Sotatercept, Spironolactone and Finerenone for HFpEF, What’s the Evidence?
Lisa Mielniczuk, MD
9:10 a.m.
Panel Discussion
9:35 a.m.
Refreshment Break & Visit Exhibits
10:00 a.m.
HEART FAILURE - II
Moderator: Guy Reeder, MD
10:00 a.m.
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: What’s New for 2027?
Steve Ommen, MD
10:20 a.m.
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Treatment Strategies
Robert Frantz, MD
10:40 a.m.
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension: Transcatheter vs Surgical Treatment
Riyaz Bashir
11:00 a.m.
Beyond the Pillars: When to Consider Vericiguat, Ivabradine, and Digoxin
Grace Lin, MD, MBA
11:20 a.m.
Does My Patient Need Advanced Heart Failure Therapies?
Robert Frantz, 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.
Challenging Cases in Heart Failure: Focus on Pulmonary Hypertension
Riyaz Bashir, Robert Frantz, MD, Brian Hardaway, MD
Moderator: Grace Lin, MD, MBA
7:00 a.m.
Thursday, March 4, 2027
7:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast - Visit Exhibits
7:30 a.m.
ARRHYTHMIAS I: ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
Moderator: Fred Kusumoto, MD
7:30 a.m.
New Atrial Fibrillation - Nothing, Drugs, Ablation, or Surgery?
Thomas Munger, MD
7:55 a.m.
Top 5 Studies on AF In 2026
Win-Kuang Shen, MD
8:15 a.m.
CHA2DS2-VASC of 1: Anticoagulate? LAAO?
Komandoor Srivathsan, MD
8:35 a.m.
Case Conundrums
Thomas Munger, MD, Prajwal Reddy, MD, Win-Kuang Shen, MD, Komandoor Srivathsan, MD
9:15 a.m.
Panel Discussion
9:30 a.m.
Refreshment Break & Visit Exhibits
10:00 a.m.
ARRHYTHMIAS II
Moderator: Fred Kusumoto, MD
10:00 a.m.
How Does Imaging Help In Managing Patients With Arrhythmia Issues?
Prajwal Reddy, MD
10:20 a.m.
“Stable” Ventricular Tachycardia: Testing, Medications, Ablation, ICD?
Thomas Munger, MD
10:40 a.m.
Troubleshooting A Device (What Does the Nonspecialist Need to Know?)
Win-Kuang Shen, MD
11:05 a.m.
ECG in Athletes and Young: What’s Abnormal?
Fred Kusumoto, MD
11:25 a.m.
Top 5 Non-AF Arrhythmia Related Studies in 2026
Komandoor Srivathsan, MD
11:45 a.m.
Panel Discussion
12:10 p.m.
Adjourn - Note Special Evening Session
12:15 p.m.
Lunch With the Surgeon
4:30 p.m.
EVENING SESSIONS
4:30 p.m.
Rapid Fire ECG Based Cases
Thomas Munger, MD, Prajwal Reddy, MD, Win-Kuang Shen, MD, Komandoor Srivathsan, MD
Moderator: Fred Kusumoto, MD
5:30 p.m.
ECG Unknowns
Fred Kusumoto, MD
7:00 a.m.
Friday, March 5, 2027
7:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast - Visit Exhibits
7:30 a.m.
VALVULAR HEART DISEASE – I
Moderator: Guy Reeder, MD
7:30 a.m.
Aortic Stenosis Diagnostic Challenges: Low Flow/Low Gradient: Is It Severe or Not? And What About the Asymptomatic Patient With Severe AS?
Rekha Mankad, MD
7:55 a.m.
Aortic Stenosis - The Best Procedures for “Lifetime Management”
Kevin Greason, MD
8:15 a.m.
Mitral Regurgitation: Etiology, Quantitation, When to Refer for Catheter Procedures Versus Surgery
Rekha Mankad, MD
8:35 a.m.
Mitral Regurgitation: Catheter Strategies
Mayra Guerrero, MD
8:55 a.m.
Tricuspid Regurgitation: Etiology, Quantitation, When to Refer for Intervention?
Vuyisile Nkomo, MD, MPH
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.
Tricuspid Regurgitation: Catheter Therapies
Mackram Eleid, MD
10:25 a.m.
Left Atrial Appendage Closure - Indications, Outcomes, Comparison With Anticoagulation
Benjamin Hibbert, MD, PhD
10:45 a.m.
Contemporary Management of PE Including Catheter Extraction
Arashk Motiei, MD
11:05 a.m.
Indications For and Outcomes of PFO Closure
Guy Reeder, MD
11:25 a.m.
Contemporary Catheter Management of Severe Limb Ischemia
Arashk Motiei, MD
11:45 a.m.
Panel Discussion
12:00 p.m.
Closing Remarks and Adjournment
Moderators: Steve Ommen, MD, Guy Reeder, MD
Credit Types Offered
-
AMA PRA Category 1™24.5
-
ABIM MOC24.5
-
ANCC24.5
-
ABS MOC24.5
Price: $785-$975 | Register by 2.1.27 to save $100
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