Coronary Artery Disease: Case-Based Learning
October 31 - November 2, 2025
In-Person | Four Seasons Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada
Currently accepting registrations!
Credit Types:
AMA PRA Category 1™
(18.75),
Nursing
(18.75),
ABIM MOC
(18.75),
ABS MOC
(18.75),
Price: $825 - $950 | Register by 9/30 to save $100!
Program
12:00 a.m.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2025
6:30 a.m.
Registration and Continental Breakfast
7:30 a.m.
Welcome and Course Overview
Rajiv Gulati, MD, PhD
7:35 a.m.
FEATURED LECTURES
Moderators: Malcolm Bell, MD, Rajiv Gulati, MD, PhD
7:40 a.m.
Top 5 CAD Trials From the Last Year
Malcolm Bell, MD
8:05 a.m.
A Bad Night’s Sleep: Consequences for the Coronaries?
Virend Somers, MD, PhD
8:25 a.m.
My Patient Is Having VT After Their MI – What Do I Do?
Christopher DeSimone, MD, PhD
8:45 a.m.
Q & A
8:50 a.m.
CASE REVIEWS I
Moderators: Malcolm Bell, MD, Rajiv Gulati, MD, PhD
9:00 a.m.
My Patient Needs a Coronary Angiogram – but Creatinine Is 3.0
Robert Albright, Jr., DO
9:15 a.m.
Chest Pain and Normal Coronaries – Is It Microvascular Disease?
Claire Raphael, MBBS
9:30 a.m.
Complex Left Main Disease and I Don’t Want Surgery
Malcolm Bell, MD
9:45 a.m.
Q & A
10:00 a.m.
Refreshment Break
10:30 a.m.
CASE REVIEWS II
Moderators: Rajiv Gulati, MD, PhD, Kevin Greason, MD
10:30 a.m.
Young Patient with Severe AS Who Really Wants TAVR
10:40 a.m.
ACS a Few Years After TAVR – Challenges for the Interventionist
Claire Raphael, MBBS
10:40 a.m.
Coronary Cases from the CT Scanner
10:45 a.m.
Its 2025 - Does Anyone Need a Viability Test?
J. Wells Askew, III, MD
10:50 a.m.
CABG with Veins, BIMAs or Radials – Dealer’s Choice?
Kevin Greason, MD
11:30 a.m.
Q & A
12:00 p.m.
WORKING LUNCH – pick up lunch and return to general session
12:15 p.m.
WORKING LUNCH DEBATE
Moderator: Charanjit Rihal, MD
12:15 p.m.
My Patient Has Recently Developed Stable Angina – My Next Step Is….
12:20 p.m.
Stress Test Every Time
Garvan Kane, MD, PhD
12:25 p.m.
No, a CTCA Is the Best Diagnostic Test
Prajwal Reddy, MD
12:40 p.m.
Q & A
1:00 p.m.
FEATURED LECTURE
Moderators: Malcolm Bell, MD, Rajiv Gulati, MD, PhD
1:00 p.m.
Angina Revisited – What Have We Got Wrong?
Christopher Rajkumar, MD
1:15 p.m.
Q & A
Christopher Rajkumar, MD
1:20 p.m.
CONTEMPORARY TOPICS
Moderators: Malcolm Bell, MD, Malini Madhavan, MBBS
1:20 p.m.
My Patient with AMI-Shock – How do I Assess?
Jacob Jentzer, MD
1:35 p.m.
Inotropes or Devices in AMI-Shock?
Benjamin Hibbert, MD
1:50 p.m.
Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection – How to Manage
Rajiv Gulati, MD, PhD
2:05 p.m.
Patient with Heart Failure and A Fib – Medicate or Ablate?
Malini Madhavan, MBBS
2:20 p.m.
Mass in the Heart – What to Do?
Abdallah El Sabbagh, MD
2:35 p.m.
Q & A
2:50 p.m.
Adjourn
12:00 a.m.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2025
7:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
7:30 a.m.
Overview of the Day
7:30 a.m.
FEATURED TOPIC LECTURE
Moderators: Malcolm Bell, MD, Rajiv Gulati, MD, PhD
7:35 a.m.
Diet and the Heart – Facts, Fakes and Fads
Kyla Lara-Breitinger, MD
7:55 a.m.
Q & A
Kyla Lara-Breitinger, MD
8:05 a.m.
ANGUISHED DECISION MAKING
Guy Reeder, MD
Moderator: Malcolm Bell, MD
8:10 a.m.
ANTIPLATELET AND ANTICOAGULANT DILEMMAS: PART I
Moderators: Charanjit Rihal, MD, Rajiv Gulati, MD, PhD
8:40 a.m.
Tools in Management of Intermediate Risk PE
Stan Henkin, MD
8:55 a.m.
Case Dilemmas in PE
Robert McBane, MD
9:10 a.m.
Bioprosthetic Valve Thrombosis
Sorin Pislaru, MD, PhD
9:25 a.m.
Actionable Bleeding with DOAC – Case Examples
Robert McBane, MD
9:40 a.m.
Q & A
9:55 a.m.
Refreshment Break
10:00 a.m.
ANTIPLATELET AND ANTICOAGULANT DILEMMAS: PART II
Rajiv Gulati, MD, PhD, Robert McBane, MD
10:15 a.m.
Optimal Duration of DAPT After PCI
Malcolm Bell, MD
10:30 a.m.
Secondary Prevention – Which Antithrombotics for the Vasculopath
Stan Henkin, MD
10:45 a.m.
My Patient with A Fib Needs a Stent
Malcolm Bell, MD
11:00 a.m.
A Case with Huge Intracoronary Thrombus
11:15 a.m.
Q & A
11:30 a.m.
WORKING LUNCH – pick up lunch and return to general session
11:40 a.m.
WORKING LUNCH FEATURED LECTURE
Moderator: Malcolm Bell, MD
11:45 a.m.
THE CRANIAL VIEW Olde Cardiac Cases and New Lessons Learned
Charanjit Rihal, MD
12:15 p.m.
Q & A
Charanjit Rihal, MD
12:20 p.m.
NICHE CORONARY CASES
Moderators: Malcolm Bell, MD, Kevin Greason, MD
12:30 p.m.
Fistula
Charanjit Rihal, MD
12:35 p.m.
Bridging
Amir Lerman, MD
12:40 p.m.
Aneurysm
Rajiv Gulati, MD, PhD
12:40 p.m.
Spasm
Claire Raphael, MBBS
1:05 p.m.
Q & A
1:30 p.m.
RAPID FIRE CASE REVIEWS
Moderators: Malcolm Bell, MD, Rajiv Gulati, MD, PhD
1:30 p.m.
Mystery Case
Guy Reeder, MD
1:35 p.m.
Pericarditis
Garvan Kane, MD, PhD
1:45 p.m.
Acute Severe Mitral Regurgitation
Benjamin Hibbert, MD
1:50 p.m.
CTEPH
Gurpreet Sandhu, MD, PhD
2:00 p.m.
Mystery Case
Sorin Pislaru, MD, PhD
2:15 p.m.
Q & A
2:30 p.m.
- 4:30 p.m.
OPTIONAL SPECIAL HANDS-ON SKILLS SESSION: POINT OF CARE ULTRASOUND (POCUS) IMAGING WORKSHOP
Jared Bird, MD, Sarah Dunn, RDCS, Garvan Kane, MD, PhD, Sorin Pislaru, MD, PhD, Jennifer Warmsbecker, RDCS
12:00 a.m.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2025
6:45 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
7:00 a.m.
Breakfast with Faculty – Bring Your Burning Preventative Questions
7:30 a.m.
Overview of the Day
7:35 a.m.
HOT TOPICS IN PREVENTION
Moderators: Kyla Lara-Breitinger, MD, Stephen Kopecky, MD
7:35 a.m.
Lifestyle, Behavioral Modification and Obesity
Kara Ramakrishna, MSN
7:50 a.m.
Overview of Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty
Daniel Maselli, MD
8:05 a.m.
Weight Loss Medications in CVD Prevention
Kyla Lara-Breitinger, MD
8:20 a.m.
Diabetes Treatment in Established CAD – Case-Based Lessons
Pankaj Shah, MD
8:35 a.m.
Elevated Coronary Calcium: How to Evaluate and Treat
J. Wells Askew, III, MD
8:50 a.m.
Resistant Hypertension
Robert Albright, Jr., DO
9:05 a.m.
Q and A
9:15 a.m.
TRICKY LIPIDS: A STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE
9:20 a.m.
LDL
Stephen Kopecky, MD
9:35 a.m.
HDL
Anna Svatikova, MD, PhD
9:55 a.m.
Lp(a)
Stephen Kopecky, MD
10:10 a.m.
Triglycerides
Kyla Lara-Breitinger, MD
10:25 a.m.
Familial Hyperlipidemia
Anna Svatikova, MD, PhD
10:40 a.m.
Q & A
10:55 a.m.
Course Closing Comments
11:00 a.m.
Adjourn
Credit Types Offered
-
AMA PRA Category 1™18.75
-
Nursing18.75
-
ABIM MOC18.75
-
ABS MOC18.75
Price: $825 - $950 | Register by 9/30 to save $100!
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