Cardiology In Colorado: A Case Based Approach to Echocardiography and Complementary Imaging Modalities

March 8-12, 2026
In-Person or Livestream | The Peaks Resort & Spa, Telluride, CO

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Program

12:00 a.m.

SUNDAY, MARCH 8, 2026

3:00 p.m.

Registration - Telluride Conference Center (TCC)

3:30 p.m.

Workshop: TEE Simulator, POCUS, Live Scanning Demonstrations

Charles Luoma, RDCS, Sunil Mankad, MD, Rekha Mankad, MD, Serena Van Lanen, RDCS, ACS

4:30 p.m.

Satellite Symposium (sponsored by an unrestricted educational grant from ***): Cardiac Amyloidosis: From Green Slopes to Black Diamonds: Basic to Advance Management & Tips for Clinic Setup

Ian Chang, MD, Robert Frantz, MD, Martha Grogan, MD

12:00 a.m.

MONDAY, MARCH 9, 2026

6:30 a.m.

Continental Breakfast - Telluride Conference Center (TCC) Mountain Village Lobby

7:00 a.m.

Welcome and Course Overview and Objectives

Martha Grogan, MD, Kyle Klarich, MD

7:15 a.m.

9th Annual George M. Gura Memorial Lecture

7:15 a.m.

9th Annual George M. Gura Memorial Lectureship – Unexplained Dyspnea: A Clinical Dilemma We Can Solve

Robert Frantz, MD

7:50 a.m.

Cardiac Function and Heart Failure

Moderator: Rick Nishimura, MD

7:50 a.m.

Evaluation of the LV: Echo and Beyond - Is There A Gold Standard?

Bastiaan Kietselaer, MD, PhD

8:10 a.m.

Strain: Practical Applications – Real World Implementation

Chris Ray, MD

8:30 a.m.

The Echo Says My Patient Has Pulmonary Hypertension – What Should I Do?

Robert Frantz, MD

8:50 a.m.

Rapid Fire Cases

Robert Frantz, MD, Bastiaan Kietselaer, MD, PhD, Chris Ray, MD

9:20 a.m.

Questions and Answers

3:30 p.m.

WORKSHOPS

3:30 p.m.

Pathology Is the Ultimate Cardiac Image: CV M& M: “Greatest Hits”

Melanie Bois, MD, Joseph Maleszewski, MD

Moderators: Martha Grogan, MD, Sunil Mankad, MD

4:30 p.m.

Case-Based Approach to Diastolic Function: Where Do the Guidelines Work and When Do They Fall Short?

Rick Nishimura, MD

Moderators: Garvan Kane, MD, PhD, Charles Luoma, RDCS

5:45 p.m.

Welcome Dinner – Family Members Invited – This will be held at The Peaks Hotel

12:00 a.m.

TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 2026

6:30 a.m.

Continental Breakfast

7:00 a.m.

Structural Heart Disease

Moderator: Gabor Bagameri, MD

7:00 a.m.

Multi-Modality Imaging of Cardiac Valves: What Test(s) Should I do?

Ian Chang, MD

7:20 a.m.

Mitral Annular Disjunction - Big Hype or Not?

Rekha Mankad, MD

7:40 a.m.

Low Flow, Low Gradient Aortic Stenosis; What Is the Current Understanding - Don’t Miss It!

Bastiaan Kietselaer, MD, PhD

8:00 a.m.

Echo Evaluation of MV Clips

Sunil Mankad, MD

8:20 a.m.

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: New Medications How Have They Changed our Practice and the Role of Echo

Kyle Klarich, MD

8:40 a.m.

How to Choose the Right Intervention AS, MR; Where Surgery Shines

Gabor Bagameri, MD

9:00 a.m.

Panel Discussion

3:30 p.m.

WORKSHOPS

3:30 p.m.

Valve Workshop

Gabor Bagameri, MD, Joseph Maleszewski, MD, Rekha Mankad, MD, Rick Nishimura, MD, Serena Van Lanen, RDCS, ACS

4:30 p.m.

HCM Cases: How to Manage the Various Subtypes of HCM

Kyle Klarich, MD

12:00 a.m.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 2026

6:30 a.m.

Continental Breakfast

7:00 a.m.

Myocardial and Pericardial Diseases

Moderator: Martha Grogan, MD

7:00 a.m.

Cardiac Sarcoid-Quintessential Review

Panithaya Chareonthaitawee, MD

7:20 a.m.

ATTR Amyloid: How To Choose the Right Therapies

Martha Grogan, MD

7:40 a.m.

Constriction-A reversable cause of HF, still challenging to diagnose

Rekha Mankad, MD

8:00 a.m.

ICI Myocarditis – How To Recognize It

Ian Chang, MD

8:20 a.m.

Advanced HF – How do I use imaging to guide management decisions

Robert Frantz, MD

9:00 a.m.

Panel Discussion

3:30 p.m.

WORKSHOPS

3:30 p.m.

Echo in the Diagnosis of Congenital Heart Disease: Cases Not to be Missed

Luke Burchill, MBBS, Carole Warnes, MD

4:30 p.m.

Satellite Symposium: Nuclear Cardiac Scintigraphy in Amyloid: Getting the Diagnosis Right! (Sponsored by an unrestricted medical grant from ***)

John Bois, MD, Ian Chang, MD, Panithaya Chareonthaitawee, MD, Martha Grogan, MD

12:00 a.m.

THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 2026

6:30 a.m.

Continental Breakfast

7:00 a.m.

SPECIAL TOPICS

Moderator: Luke Burchill, MBBS

7:00 a.m.

HF In Adults With CHD

Luke Burchill, MBBS

7:20 a.m.

Pregnancy and Heart Disease: Update 2026

Carole Warnes, MD

7:40 a.m.

Case Based Cardio-Oncology for the General Cardiologist or Cardio-oncology Focused Echo for Different Therapy Types

Chris Ray, MD

8:00 a.m.

A Pathologists View: Ascending Aortic Aneurysms

Joseph Maleszewski, MD

8:20 a.m.

Ascending Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms – Imaging In the Diagnosis and Monitoring

John Bois, MD

8:40 a.m.

American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) Presidency Year In Review

Panithaya Chareonthaitawee, MD

9:00 a.m.

Panel Discussion

3:30 p.m.

WORKSHOPS

3:30 p.m.

Most Common Primary Cardiac Tumors Found By Echo: What To Do Next

Melanie Bois, MD, Kyle Klarich, MD

4:30 p.m.

Rapid Fire Review: Key Take Home Points

Kyle Klarich, MD, Sunil Mankad, MD

5:20 p.m.

Adjourn - Closing Comments

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In-Person or Livestream | The Peaks Resort & Spa, Telluride, CO