Coronary Artery Disease: Case-Based Learning
October 23-25, 2026
In-Person or Livestream | The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel, Dana Point, CA
Registration Opening Soon
Credit Types:
AMA PRA Category 1™
(16.75),
Nursing
(16.75),
Price: $865 - $990 | Early Registration Saves $100!
Program
12:00 a.m.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2026
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
8:00 a.m.
Sleep, Stress, Recovery and the Coronaries
Virend Somers, MD, PhD
8:20 a.m.
My Patient Is Having VT After Their MI – What Do I Do?
Christopher DeSimone, MD, PhD
8:40 a.m.
Q and A
8:50 a.m.
CASE REVIEWS I
Moderators: Malcolm Bell, MD, Rajiv Gulati, MD, PhD
8:55 a.m.
Patient Needs a Coronary Angiogram, but Creatinine Is 3.0 Help!
Robert Albright, Jr., DO
9:10 a.m.
Chest Pain and Normal Coronaries – Is It Microvascular Disease?
Claire Raphael, MBBS
9:25 a.m.
Complex Left Main Disease and I Don’t Want Surgery
Malcolm Bell, MD
9:40 a.m.
Q and A
9:55 a.m.
Refreshment Break
10:15 a.m.
CASE REVIEWS II
Moderators: Rajiv Gulati, MD, PhD, Kevin Greason, MD
10:20 a.m.
Asymptomatic 70-Year-Old with Severe Aortic Stenosis: Should We Replace?
Trevor Simard, MD
10:25 a.m.
Calcium Complications
Gurpreet Sandhu, MD, PhD
10:30 a.m.
CT with Photons – Illustrative Cases
Prajwal Reddy, MD
10:35 a.m.
Who Should We Send for a Viability Test?
J. Wells Askew, III, MD
10:40 a.m.
CABG with Veins, BIMAs or Radials – Dealer’s Choice?
Kevin Greason, MD
11:20 a.m.
Q and A
11:35 a.m.
WORKING LUNCH – pick up lunch and return to general session
12:00 p.m.
WORKING LUNCH DEBATE
Moderators: Charanjit Rihal, MD, Rajiv Gulati, MD, PhD
12:05 p.m.
My Patient Has Recently Developed Stable Angina – My Next Step Is…. Stress Test Every Time
Garvan Kane, MD, PhD
12:05 p.m.
No, a CTCA Is the Best Diagnostic Test
Prajwal Reddy, MD
12:30 p.m.
Q and A
12:35 p.m.
FEATURED LECTURE
Moderators: Malcolm Bell, MD, Rajiv Gulati, MD, PhD
12:45 p.m.
Dilated Aorta – What Should I Do?
Juan Bowen, MD
1:10 p.m.
Q and A
1:15 p.m.
CONTEMPORARY TOPICS
Moderators: Malcolm Bell, MD, Malini Madhavan, MBBS
1:20 p.m.
Top 5 Take-Homes from the New Pulmonary Embolism Guidelines
Stan Henkin, MD
1:40 p.m.
SCAD 2.0
Rajiv Gulati, MD, PhD
1:55 p.m.
Patient with Heart Failure and A Fib – Medicate or Ablate?
Malini Madhavan, MBBS
2:10 p.m.
Pulmonary Vein Stenosis – Easy to Miss!
Trevor Simard, MD
2:25 p.m.
Q and A
2:50 p.m.
Adjourn
12:00 a.m.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2026
6:45 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
7:00 a.m.
Cross-Cultural and Linguistic Competency (recorded) - Darryl Chutka, M.D.
7:30 a.m.
Overview of the Day
Malcolm Bell, MD
7:35 a.m.
FEATURED TOPIC LECTURES
Moderators: Malcolm Bell, MD, Rajiv Gulati, MD, PhD
7:35 a.m.
Aortas and the Genes – Key Points for the Clinician
Juan Bowen, MD
7:50 a.m.
Nuclear Testing for Non-Ischemic Disease
Omar Abou Ezzeddine, MD, MS
8:05 a.m.
Q and A
8:20 a.m.
ANGUISHED DECISION MAKING: 80-Year-Old with Severe AS, 3VD, Diabetes, Creatinine 3.1, NSTEMI and Mild Dementia
Moderator: Malcolm Bell, MD
8:30 a.m.
ANTIPLATELET AND ANTICOAGULANT DILEMMAS: PART I
Moderators: Robert McBane, MD, Rajiv Gulati, MD, PhD
8:35 a.m.
CASE REVIEWS
8:50 a.m.
Intermediate Risk PE – When to Intervene?
Riyaz Bashir
9:05 a.m.
Close the Left Atrial Appendage to Stop the Clotting
Trevor Simard, MD
9:20 a.m.
Bioprosthetic Valve Thrombosis
Sorin Pislaru, MD, PhD
9:35 a.m.
Actionable Bleeding with DOAC – Case Examples
Robert McBane, MD
9:50 a.m.
Q and A
10:05 a.m.
Refreshment Break
10:10 a.m.
ANTIPLATELET AND ANTICOAGULANT DILEMMAS: PART II
Moderators: Rajiv Gulati, MD, PhD, Stan Henkin, MD
10:15 a.m.
CASE REVIEWS
10:25 a.m.
Optimal Duration of DAPT After PCI
Malcolm Bell, MD
10:40 a.m.
Workup for Unprovoked DVT – Who and How?
Robert McBane, MD
10:55 a.m.
My Patient with A Fib Needs a Stent
Malcolm Bell, MD
11:10 a.m.
A Case with Huge Intracoronary Thrombus
Arashk Motiei, MD
11:25 a.m.
Q and A
11:40 a.m.
WORKING LUNCH -pick up lunch and return to general session
12:00 p.m.
WORKING LUNCH FEATURED LECTURE
Moderator: Malcolm Bell, MD
12:10 p.m.
THE CRANIAL VIEW The Key to Cardiac Prevention is in the Liver!
R. Scott Wright, MD
12:30 p.m.
Q and A
12:35 p.m.
NICHE CORONARY CASES
Moderators: Malcolm Bell, MD, Kevin Greason, MD
12:40 p.m.
Fistula
Charanjit Rihal, MD
12:40 p.m.
Aneurysm
Rajiv Gulati, MD, PhD
12:40 p.m.
Spasm
Claire Raphael, MBBS
12:40 p.m.
Anomaly
Rajiv Gulati, MD, PhD
1:10 p.m.
Q and A
1:25 p.m.
RAPID FIRE CASE REVIEWS
Moderators: Malcolm Bell, MD, Rajiv Gulati, MD, PhD
1:30 p.m.
Sternal Instability
Kevin Greason, MD
1:30 p.m.
Pericarditis
Garvan Kane, MD, PhD
1:30 p.m.
Femoral Complication
Arashk Motiei, MD
1:30 p.m.
CTEPH
Riyaz Bashir
1:30 p.m.
Mystery Case
Sorin Pislaru, MD, PhD
2:15 p.m.
Q and A
12:00 a.m.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2026
6:45 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
7:00 a.m.
Overview of the Day
Malcolm Bell, MD
7:05 a.m.
DISCUSSION: Complex Cases in Prevention
Sara Severson, APRN, CNP, DNP
Moderator: Stephen Kopecky, MD
7:15 a.m.
HOT TOPICS IN PREVENTION
Moderators: Kyla Lara-Breitinger, MD, Stephen Kopecky, MD
7:30 a.m.
Diet and the Heart – Facts, Fakes and Fads
Kyla Lara-Breitinger, MD
7:50 a.m.
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
R. Scott Wright, 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
9:20 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 and A
10:55 a.m.
Course Closing Comments
Malcolm Bell, MD, Rajiv Gulati, MD, PhD
11:00 a.m.
Adjourn
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AMA PRA Category 1™16.75
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Nursing16.75
Price: $865 - $990 | Early Registration Saves $100!
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