Heart Failure Management for NP, PA, and Primary Care Providers
March 23-26, 2026
In-Person or Livestream | Disney's Grand Floridian Resort, Lake Buena Vista, FL
Currently accepting registrations!
Credit Types:
ABIM MOC
(22.25),
AAPA
(22.25),
AMA PRA Category 1™
(22.25),
Nursing
(22.25),
Price: $870 - $995 | Register by February 23, 2026 to Save $100!
Program
4:00 p.m.
SUNDAY, MARCH 22, 2026
4:00 p.m.
- 6:00 p.m.
Registration
7:00 a.m.
MONDAY, MARCH 23, 2026
7:00 a.m.
Registration and Continental Breakfast
7:45 a.m.
Welcome and Course Overview
Moderators: Grace Lin, MD, MBA, Janell Grazzini Frantz, APRN, MSN, CNP
8:05 a.m.
FOUNDATIONS OF HEART FAILURE
Moderators: Grace Lin, MD, MBA, Janell Grazzini Frantz, APRN, MSN, CNP
8:05 a.m.
What is Heart Failure? Heart Failure Terms and Evaluations
Danika Nelson, APRN, DNP, CNP
8:30 a.m.
Patient Story in Documentation
Sara Severson, APRN, CNP, DNP
8:55 a.m.
What is Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF)?
Melissa Lyle, MD
9:20 a.m.
Challenging Clinical Heart Failure Presentations: Clinical Clues and Evaluation
Omar Abou Ezzeddine, MD, MS
9:45 a.m.
Questions and Answers
10:05 a.m.
Refreshment Break | Visit Exhibits
10:25 a.m.
TOOLS TO COMPLETE THE PUZZLE
Moderators: Melissa Lyle, MD, Sara Severson, APRN, CNP, DNP
10:25 a.m.
Interpreting the Chest X-Ray
Eric Olson, MD
10:40 a.m.
ECG Interpretation
Danika Nelson, APRN, DNP, CNP
10:55 a.m.
Genetics: When and What to Order – Role of Genetic Testing in Heart Failure
Lauren Boucher, MS
11:10 a.m.
Questions and Answers
11:25 a.m.
Echo in Heart Failure: Clinical Utility Getting the Most Out of an Echo in Various Heart Failure Scenarios
Rekha Mankad, MD
11:40 a.m.
Choosing Diagnostic Testing: When to Order a CT or MRI
Omar Abou Ezzeddine, MD, MS
11:55 a.m.
Selecting Appropriate Stress Test for the Heart Failure Patient: Case Based
Sunil Mankad, MD
12:10 p.m.
Questions and Answers
12:25 p.m.
Working Lunch – Pick-up Lunch (provided) | Return to General Session
12:40 p.m.
HEART FAILURE CONTRIBUTING PLAYERS
Moderators: Grace Lin, MD, MBA, Melissa Lyle, MD
12:40 p.m.
Common Dysrhythmias in Patients with Heart Failure
Abhishek Deshmukh, MBBS
1:05 p.m.
Nomenclature Valve Disease: Primary versus Secondary
Rekha Mankad, MD
1:30 p.m.
Valve Disease in Heart Failure: Current and Emerging Treatment Options
Sunil Mankad, MD
1:55 p.m.
Device Therapy in Heart Failure: ICD, Pacing, CRT
Abhishek Deshmukh, MBBS
2:20 p.m.
Questions and Answers
2:45 p.m.
HANDS-ON WORKSHOP (Cardiac POCUS)
OPTIONAL WORKSHOP: Basic Scanning Skills for Cardiac Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)
Moderator: Govind Panda, MD
2:45 p.m.
Basics, Practical Pointers, Interesting Cases of Pathology
Govind Panda, MD
3:15 p.m.
Scan
Govind Panda, MD
3:30 p.m.
Hands-On Scanning
Ehdaa Blackwell, RDCS, Aaron Blood, RDCS, Grace Lin, MD, MBA, Melissa Lyle, MD, Rekha Mankad, MD, Sunil Mankad, MD, Lori McGlocklin, RDCS, Govind Panda, MD
4:45 p.m.
Adjourn
7:00 a.m.
TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 2026
7:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
7:00 a.m.
Cardiac POCUS Scanning Tips & Tricks: Q&A with Cardiac Sonographers
Ehdaa Blackwell, RDCS, Aaron Blood, RDCS, Lori McGlocklin, RDCS
7:25 a.m.
Overview of the Day
Moderator: Melissa Lyle, MD
7:30 a.m.
PILLARS OF THERAPY
Moderators: Melissa Lyle, MD, Sara Severson, APRN, CNP, DNP
7:30 a.m.
Foundations of Guideline Directed Medical Therapy
Melissa Lyle, MD
7:55 a.m.
Guideline Directed Medical Therapy for HFpEF
Yogesh Reddy, MBBS
8:20 a.m.
When Do I Use Vericiguat? Ivabradine? Digoxin?
Grace Lin, MD, MBA
8:45 a.m.
Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy Challenging Cases: Real World
Lisa Mielniczuk, MD
9:10 a.m.
Patient Adherence
Janell Grazzini Frantz, APRN, MSN, CNP
9:35 a.m.
Questions and Answers
10:00 a.m.
Refreshment Break | Visit Exhibits
10:25 a.m.
OTHER STRATEGIES OR TOOLS TO IMPROVE OUTCOMES
Moderators: Grace Lin, MD, MBA, Janell Grazzini Frantz, APRN, MSN, CNP
10:25 a.m.
Outpatient Volume Management: Non-Pharmacologic Measures, Diuretics Beyond Furosemide
Sara Severson, APRN, CNP, DNP
10:50 a.m.
Food, Fitness, and the Failing Heart: Lifestyle Medicine in Obesity and Heart Failure
Kyla Lara-Breitinger, MD
11:15 a.m.
Questions and Answers
11:30 a.m.
Working Lunch – Pick-up Lunch (provided) | Return to General Session
11:45 a.m.
ILLUSTRATIVE CASES SEEN IN CLINICAL PRACTICE
11:45 a.m.
Stress Induced Cardiomyopathy
Melissa Lyle, MD
12:00 p.m.
Severe AS and Heart Failure
Jeffrey Geske, MD
12:15 p.m.
Constrictive Pericarditis
Jeffrey Geske, MD
12:30 p.m.
Lupus-Cardio-Rheum
Rekha Mankad, MD
12:45 p.m.
Iron Deficiency and Heart Failure
Danika Nelson, APRN, DNP, CNP
1:00 p.m.
Device Therapy in Heart Failure
Yogesh Reddy, MBBS
1:15 p.m.
Questions and Answers
1:30 p.m.
Adjourn
7:00 a.m.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 2026
7:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
7:25 a.m.
Overview of the Day
Moderator: Sara Severson, APRN, CNP, DNP
7:30 a.m.
ZEBRAS AND OTHER EXOTICS
Moderators: Grace Lin, MD, MBA, Sara Severson, APRN, CNP, DNP
7:30 a.m.
Amyloid Heart Disease: Diagnosis and Management
Janell Grazzini Frantz, APRN, MSN, CNP
7:55 a.m.
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Jeffrey Geske, MD
8:20 a.m.
Inflammatory Disease: Myocarditis and Sarcoidosis
Drew Rosenbaum, MD
8:45 a.m.
Cardio-Oncology
Grace Lin, MD, MBA
9:10 a.m.
Questions and Answers
9:35 a.m.
Refreshment Break | Visit Exhibits
9:55 a.m.
FRIENDS AND FOES: COMORBIDITIES ASSOCIATED WITH HEART FAILURE
Moderators: Grace Lin, MD, MBA, Janell Grazzini Frantz, APRN, MSN, CNP
9:55 a.m.
Sleep Apnea in Patients with Heart Failure
Eric Olson, MD
10:20 a.m.
Approach to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in the Hospital: Evaluation and Management
Lyle Baker, MD
10:45 a.m.
Diabetes and Heart Failure
Kyla Lara-Breitinger, MD
11:10 a.m.
Cardiorenal Syndrome: Understanding the Heart-Kidney Connection
Lyle Baker, MD
11:35 a.m.
Questions and Answers
11:50 a.m.
DON'T FORGET THE RIGHT SIDE
Moderators: Grace Lin, MD, MBA, Janell Grazzini Frantz, APRN, MSN, CNP
11:50 a.m.
What is a Right Heart Cath: What Do the Numbers Mean?
Parag Patel, MD
12:15 p.m.
Pulmonary Hypertension
Lisa Mielniczuk, MD
12:40 p.m.
Right Heart Failure
Yogesh Reddy, MBBS
1:05 p.m.
Questions and Answers
1:15 p.m.
Adjourn
7:15 a.m.
THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 2026
7:15 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
7:25 a.m.
Overview of the Day
7:30 a.m.
ADVANCED HEART FAILURE
Moderators: Melissa Lyle, MD, Sara Severson, APRN, CNP, DNP
7:30 a.m.
Symptom Management in Advanced Heart Failure
Amanda Lorenz, MD
7:55 a.m.
Management of Acute Decompensated Heart Failure in the Hospitalized Patient
Lisa Mielniczuk, MD
8:20 a.m.
Palette of Devices for Temporary Mechanical Circulatory Support
Parag Patel, MD
8:45 a.m.
Strategies When Discussing End of Life Issues
Amanda Lorenz, MD
9:10 a.m.
Questions and Answers
9:30 a.m.
Refreshment Break | Visit Exhibits
9:45 a.m.
HOW TO APPROACH THE STAGE D HEART FAILURE PATIENT
Moderators: Melissa Lyle, MD, Janell Grazzini Frantz, APRN, MSN, CNP
9:45 a.m.
Cardiac Transplant and LVAD: When to Refer?
Parag Patel, MD
10:10 a.m.
Basics of Transplant and LVAD
Drew Rosenbaum, MD
10:35 a.m.
Questions and Answers
10:50 a.m.
Illustrative Cases in Advanced Heart Failure
Melissa Lyle, MD
Moderators: Drew Rosenbaum, MD, Parag Patel, MD, Lisa Mielniczuk, MD, Amanda Lorenz, MD
11:30 a.m.
Summary and Closing Comments
Moderator: Melissa Lyle, MD
11:45 a.m.
Course Adjourns
Credit Types Offered
-
ABIM MOC22.25
-
AAPA22.25
-
AMA PRA Category 1™22.25
-
Nursing22.25
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