Heart Failure Management for NP, PA, and Primary Care Providers

March 22-25, 2027
In-Person or Livestream | Disney's Grand Floridian Resort, Lake Buena Vista, FL

Currently accepting registrations!
Credit Types: AMA PRA Category 1™ (20.75), Nursing (20.75), ABS MOC (20.75), AAPA (20.75), ABIM MOC (20.75), Price: $870 - $995 | Register by Feb. 22 to save $100!

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Program

3:00 p.m.

SUNDAY, MARCH 21, 2027

3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Registration

7:00 a.m.

MONDAY, MARCH 22, 2027

7:00 a.m.

Registration and Continental Breakfast

7:45 a.m.

Welcome and Course Overview

Moderators: Sara Severson, APRN, CNP, DNP, Janell Grazzini Frantz, APRN, MSN, CNP, Lisa Mielniczuk, MD, Melissa Lyle, MD

8:10 a.m.

FOUNDATIONS OF HEART FAILURE

Moderators: Lisa Mielniczuk, MD, Janell Grazzini Frantz, APRN, MSN, CNP

8:10 a.m.

Welcome to the Clinic: Illustrative Case

Melissa Skov, APRN, 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.

Echo in Heart Failure: What You Need to Know

Rosalyn Adigun, MD

9:45 a.m.

Questions and Answers

10:05 a.m.

Refreshment Break | Visit Exhibits

10:30 a.m.

TOOLS TO COMPLETE THE PUZZLE

Moderators: Melissa Lyle, MD, Sara Severson, APRN, CNP, DNP

10:30 a.m.

Choosing Diagnostic Testing: When to Order a CT or MRI

Jonathan Wong, MD

10:50 a.m.

Genetics: When and What to Order – Role of Genetic Testing in Heart Failure

Lauren Boucher, MS

11:10 a.m.

Selecting Appropriate Stress Test for the Heart Failure Patient: Case Based

Jonathan Wong, MD

11:30 a.m.

Challenging Clinical Heart Failure Presentations: Clinical Clues and Evaluation

Barry Boilson, MD

12:00 p.m.

Questions and Answers

12:15 p.m.

Working Lunch – Pick-up Lunch Return to General Session

12:30 p.m.

CASES IN DAILY PRACTICE: WHAT TO DO

Moderators: Melissa Lyle, MD, Sara Severson, APRN, CNP, DNP

12:30 p.m.

Cardiomyopathy and No Heart Failure

Jonathan Wong, MD

12:45 p.m.

HF Recovered

Melissa Skov, APRN, CNP

1:00 p.m.

HCM Genetic Testing

Lauren Boucher, MS

1:15 p.m.

HEART FAILURE CONTRIBUTING PLAYERS

Moderators: Lisa Mielniczuk, MD, Janell Grazzini Frantz, APRN, MSN, CNP

1:15 p.m.

Valve Disease in Heart Failure: Current and Emerging Treatment Options

Trevor Simard, MD, PhD

1:40 p.m.

Common Dysrhythmias in Patients with Heart Failure

Emily Rueter, PA-C

2:05 p.m.

Coronary Artery Disease in Heart Failure

Trevor Simard, MD, PhD

2:30 p.m.

Questions and Answers

2:45 p.m.

Adjourn

7:00 a.m.

TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 2027

6:45 a.m.

Continental Breakfast

7:00 a.m.

EKG Bootcamp

Emily Rueter, PA-C

7:25 a.m.

Daily Overview & Announcement

7:30 a.m.

PILLARS OF THERAPY

Moderators: Sara Severson, APRN, CNP, DNP, Lisa Mielniczuk, MD

7:30 a.m.

Foundations of Guideline Directed Medical Therapy

Melissa Lyle, MD

7:55 a.m.

Guideline Directed Medical Therapy for HFpEF

Barry Boilson, MD

8:20 a.m.

When Do I Use Vericiguat? Ivabradine? Digoxin?

Rosalyn Adigun, MD

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: Melissa Lyle, MD, 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.

Device Therapy in Heart Failure: ICD, Pacing, CRT

Emily Rueter, PA-C

11:15 a.m.

ILLUSTRATIVE CASES

Moderators: Melissa Lyle, MD, Janell Grazzini Frantz, APRN, MSN, CNP

11:30 a.m.

Starting GDMT

Melissa Lyle, MD

11:45 a.m.

MRA or SLGT2

Melissa Skov, APRN, CNP

12:00 p.m.

Beta Blocker / ARNI

Barry Boilson, MD

12:15 p.m.

Titration

Janell Grazzini Frantz, APRN, MSN, CNP

12:15 p.m.

Questions and Answers

12:30 p.m.

Adjourn

6:45 a.m.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 2027

6:45 a.m.

Continental Breakfast

7:00 a.m.

Coffee Bytes – Digital Health

Jane Linderbaum, APRN, CNP

7:25 a.m.

Daily Overview & Announcement

7:30 a.m.

ZEBRAS AND OTHER EXOTICS

Moderators: Sara Severson, APRN, CNP, DNP, Drew Rosenbaum, MD

7:30 a.m.

Amyloid Heart Disease: Diagnosis and Management

Janell Grazzini Frantz, APRN, MSN, CNP

7:55 a.m.

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Jane Linderbaum, APRN, CNP

8:20 a.m.

Inflammatory Disease: Myocarditis and Sarcoidosis

Drew Rosenbaum, MD

8:45 a.m.

Cardio-Oncology

Rosalyn Adigun, MD

9:10 a.m.

Questions and Answers

9:35 a.m.

Refreshment Break | Visit Exhibits

10:00 a.m.

FRIENDS AND FOES: COMORBIDITIES ASSOCIATED WITH HEART FAILURE

Moderators: Lisa Mielniczuk, MD, Janell Grazzini Frantz, APRN, MSN, CNP

10:00 a.m.

Approach to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in the Hospital: Evaluation and Management

Lyle Baker, MD

10:25 a.m.

Pulmonary Hypertension

Lisa Mielniczuk, MD

10:50 a.m.

Cardiorenal Syndrome: Understanding the Heart-Kidney Connection

Lyle Baker, MD

11:15 a.m.

DON'T FORGET THE RIGHT SIDE

Moderators: Lisa Mielniczuk, MD, Janell Grazzini Frantz, APRN, MSN, CNP

11:15 a.m.

What is a Right Heart Cath: Illustrative Case Examples

Jose Nativi Nicolau, MD

11:40 a.m.

Right Heart Failure

Lisa Mielniczuk, MD

12:05 p.m.

Questions and Answers

12:30 p.m.

Adjourn

7:00 a.m.

THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 2027

7:00 a.m.

Continental Breakfast

7:25 a.m.

Daily Overview & Announcement

7:30 a.m.

ADVANCED HEART FAILURE

Moderator: Lisa Mielniczuk, MD

7:30 a.m.

Symptom Management in Advanced Heart Failure

Sarah Godfrey, MD, MPH

7:55 a.m.

Management of Acute Decompensated Heart Failure in the Hospitalized Patient

Juan Carlos Leoni-Moreno, MD

8:20 a.m.

Strategies When Discussing End of Life Issues

Sarah Godfrey, MD, MPH

8:45 a.m.

Challenging Clinical Heart Failure Presentations: Inpatient Practice

Drew Rosenbaum, MD

9:15 a.m.

Questions and Answers

9:35 a.m.

Refreshment Break | Visit Exhibits

9:50 a.m.

HOW TO APPROACH THE STAGE D HEART FAILURE PATIENT

Moderator: Melissa Lyle, MD

9:50 a.m.

Palette of Devices for Temporary Mechanical Circulatory Support

Jose Nativi Nicolau, MD

10:15 a.m.

Cardiac Transplant and LVAD: When to Refer?

Juan Carlos Leoni-Moreno, MD

10:40 a.m.

ILLUSTRATIVE CASES IN ADVANCED HEART FAILURE

Moderators: Melissa Lyle, MD, Sara Severson, APRN, CNP, DNP

10:40 a.m.

Palliative Care

Sarah Godfrey, MD, MPH

10:55 a.m.

Cardiogenice Shock

Jose Nativi Nicolau, MD

11:10 a.m.

LVAD

Drew Rosenbaum, MD

11:25 a.m.

End Stage HF

Juan Carlos Leoni-Moreno, MD

11:40 a.m.

Summary and Closing Comments

11:45 a.m.

Course Adjourns

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Credit Types Offered

AMA PRA Category 1™

20.75
Nursing

20.75
ABS MOC

20.75
AAPA

20.75
ABIM MOC

20.75

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