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

February 20-24, 2027
In-Person or Livestream | The Steamboat Grand, Steamboat Springs, CO

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Program

12:00 a.m.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2027

3:00 p.m.

Registration - Steamboat Conference Center - Korbel Ballroom

3:30 p.m.

Workshops: Rotate as You Wish

3:30 p.m.

Hands-on: 3-D Dataset Cropping

Bastiaan Kietselaer, MD, PhD, Sunil Mankad, MD

3:30 p.m.

TEE Simulator

Kyle Klarich, MD, Rekha Mankad, MD

3:30 p.m.

POCUS

Garvan Kane, MD, PhD, Charles Luoma, RDCS, Noweeda Mirza, PhD, RDCS

12:00 a.m.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2027

6:30 a.m.

Continental Breakfast - Steamboat Grand Korbel I/II

7:00 a.m.

Welcome and Course Overview and Objectives

Martha Grogan, MD, Kyle Klarich, MD

7:15 a.m.

10th Annual George M. Gura Memorial Lecture

7:15 a.m.

10th Annual George M. Gura Memorial Lectureship - Flying Things on Valves - What do They Mean?

Kyle Klarich, MD

7:45 a.m.

Cardiac Function and Heart Failure

Moderator: Horng Chen, MD

7:50 a.m.

Evaluation of Myocardial Function: Which Test is the Best?

Bastiaan Kietselaer, MD, PhD

8:10 a.m.

Strain: Is it Ready for Prime Time?

Chris Ray, MD

8:30 a.m.

RV: Complex Geometry. How do you Access Fuction?

Garvan Kane, MD, PhD

8:50 a.m.

Rapid Fire Cases

Garvan Kane, MD, PhD, Bastiaan Kietselaer, MD, PhD, Chris Ray, MD

3:15 p.m.

WORKSHOPS

3:30 p.m.

Case-Based Controversies in Valvular Heart Disease

Rekha Mankad, MD

Moderators: Sunil Mankad, MD, Gabor Bagameri, MD, Bastiaan Kietselaer, MD, PhD

4:30 p.m.

Diastolic Dysfunction and Lung Ultrasound: What to Do When Your Patient is Short of Breath

Steven Lester, MD, Charles Luoma, RDCS

5:30 p.m.

Grab your dinner and join in the ballroom for lecture sponsored by BMS

6:00 p.m.

Non-CME Product Theater – BMS

12:00 a.m.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2027

6:30 a.m.

Continental Breakfast

6:45 a.m.

Structural Heart Disease

Moderator: Rekha Mankad, MD

7:00 a.m.

How to Interpret a Hemodynamic Cath

Robert Frantz, MD

7:20 a.m.

Multimodality Imaging in Structural Heart Disease

Ian Chang, MD

7:40 a.m.

Challenges in the Evaluation of Aortic Stenosis

Bastiaan Kietselaer, MD, PhD

8:00 a.m.

Tricuspid Regurgitation: The Forgotten Valve No More

Sunil Mankad, MD

8:20 a.m.

Unmasked: Echo, Drugs, and Decisions

Kyle Klarich, MD

8:40 a.m.

Surgery vs Catheter-based Intervention for Structural Heart Disease: A Surgeon’s Perspective

Gabor Bagameri, MD

9:00 a.m.

Panel Discussion

Gabor Bagameri, MD, Ian Chang, MD, Robert Frantz, MD, Bastiaan Kietselaer, MD, PhD, Kyle Klarich, MD, Sunil Mankad, MD

Moderator: Rekha Mankad, MD

3:15 p.m.

WORKSHOPS

3:30 p.m.

Hemodynamic Workshop

Robert Frantz, MD, Garvan Kane, MD, PhD, Mauricio Villavicencio, MD

Moderator: Sunil Mankad, MD

4:30 p.m.

Cardiomyopathy Cases: Clinical Pathologic Correlation

Roxanne Coderre, MD, Kyle Klarich, MD, Joseph Maleszewski, MD, Chris Ray, MD

Moderator: Kyle Klarich, MD

12:00 a.m.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2027

6:30 a.m.

Continental Breakfast

6:45 a.m.

Myocardial and Pericardial Diseases

Moderator: Martha Grogan, MD

7:00 a.m.

State-of-the-Art Cardiac Transplant: How Do You Know If Your Patient Is a Candidate

Mauricio Villavicencio, MD

7:20 a.m.

Imaging in Cardiac Amyloidosis

Sarah Cuddy, MD, FACC, FESC, FASNC

7:40 a.m.

Pericardial Constriction

Rekha Mankad, MD

8:00 a.m.

ICI Myocarditis – Don’t Miss It!

Chris Ray, MD

8:20 a.m.

Pulmonary Hypertension: A Practical Guide for Clinicians

Robert Frantz, MD

8:40 a.m.

Diastolic Function – Step-by-Step for the Real World

Steven Lester, MD

9:00 a.m.

Panel Discussion

Sarah Cuddy, MD, FACC, FESC, FASNC, Robert Frantz, MD, Steven Lester, MD, Rekha Mankad, MD, Chris Ray, MD, Mauricio Villavicencio, MD

Moderator: Martha Grogan, MD

3:15 p.m.

WORKSHOPS

3:30 p.m.

Congenital Heart Disease: Cases Not to be Missed

Luke Burchill, MBBS, PhD

4:30 p.m.

Satellite Symposium: Challenging Cases in Cardiac Amyloidosis This CME activity is supported by an unrestricted educational grant from AstraZeneca

Ian Chang, MD, Panithaya Chareonthaitawee, MD, Roxanne Coderre, MD, Sarah Cuddy, MD, FACC, FESC, FASNC, Martha Grogan, MD

12:00 a.m.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2027

6:30 a.m.

Continental Breakfast

6:45 a.m.

SPECIAL TOPICS

Moderator: Luke Burchill, MBBS, PhD

7:00 a.m.

Severe Valve Disease Before Age 40: What Would You do?

Luke Burchill, MBBS, PhD

7:20 a.m.

Novel Therapies for Circulatory Failure

Horng Chen, MD

7:40 a.m.

Case-based Cardio-Oncology for the General Cardiologist

Chris Ray, MD

8:00 a.m.

The Table of Truth: Complications of Myocardial Infarction at Autopsy

Joseph Maleszewski, MD

8:20 a.m.

Cardiac Amyloidosis: Clinical Trials and Treatments – Update 2027

Martha Grogan, MD

8:40 a.m.

New Imaging Agents to Diagnose Heart Disease

Panithaya Chareonthaitawee, MD

9:00 a.m.

Panel Discussion

Panithaya Chareonthaitawee, MD, Horng Chen, MD, Martha Grogan, MD, Joseph Maleszewski, MD, Chris Ray, MD

Moderator: Luke Burchill, MBBS, PhD

3:15 p.m.

WORKSHOPS

3:30 p.m.

Cases, Cases, and More Cases

Horng Chen, MD, Sarah Cuddy, MD, FACC, FESC, FASNC, Garvan Kane, MD, PhD, Chris Ray, MD, Mauricio Villavicencio, MD

Moderator: Luke Burchill, MBBS, PhD

4:30 p.m.

Rapid Fire Review: Key Take Home Points

Kyle Klarich, MD, Sunil Mankad, MD

5:20 p.m.

Adjourn - Closing Comments