8th Annual Cardiovascular Symposium

Washington, DC US
November 1, 2025

The purpose of this symposium is to discuss the latest updates in management and preventive care and to provide a comprehensive overview of the prevention, diagnosis, and management of cardiovascular diseases.

Target Audience

 
This activity is intended to meet the educational needs of the healthcare team including but not limited to:
  • Physicians
  • Residents
  • Medical Students
  • Pharmacists
  • Physician assistants
  • Nurses
  • Other Healthcare Professionals

Learning Objectives

Session 1: Cardiac Prevention – New Strategies for a Healthier Tomorrow
After this session, participants should be able to: 
  • 1. Evaluate ACC/AHA guidelines and strategies for integration into cardiovascular prevention practice. 
  • 2. Apply modernized risk prediction models, including PREVENT, to improve accuracy in identifying at-risk patients. 
  • 3. Differentiate between statins and novel lipid-lowering therapies to optimize individualized treatment plans. 
  • 4. Integrate lifestyle medicine into patient counseling and long-term management. 

Session 2: Cardiomyopathies and Pulmonary Hypertension – Early Detection and Treatment
After this session, participants should be able to: 

  • 1. Describe emerging therapeutic options for Group II pulmonary hypertension and their clinical implications. 
  • 2. Utilize advanced imaging modalities to aid in the early detection of myocarditis and pericarditis. 
  • 3. Recognize clinical signs of cardiac amyloidosis and apply evidence-based therapeutic approaches. 
  • 4. Implement strategies to prevent and manage cancer therapy–related cardiotoxicity in collaboration with oncology teams. 

Session 3: Interventional and Structural Heart Disease
After this session, participants should be able to: 

  • 1. Describe the medical risk and complications associated with obesity 
  • 2. Utilize various approaches to managing obesity (lifestyle modifications, medical management, and surgical interventions) 
  • 3. Recognize the feedback control mechanism for bodyweight and leptin 
  • 4. Integrate the use of GLP-1’s into practice
  • 5. Apply current evidence and algorithms in the recognition and management of cardiogenic shock. 
  • 6. Assess indications, risks, and outcomes for transcatheter tricuspid valve repair. 
  • 7. Evaluate updated criteria for early TAVR and determine appropriate patient selection. 
  • 8. Identify and address disparities in the diagnosis and treatment of ischemic heart disease in women. 

Session 4: Cardiac Arrhythmias and Devices
After this session, participants should be able to: 

  • 1. Determine appropriate anticoagulation strategies for patients with device-detected atrial fibrillation. 
  • 2. Assess the clinical utility and patient selection criteria for dual-chamber leadless pacemakers. 
  • 3. Compare left bundle branch pacing with traditional pacing modalities to inform device therapy decisions.
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 7.00 ABIM MOC 2
  • 7.00 ACPE Pharmacist
    The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.
  • 7.00 ACPE Pharmacy technician
    The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.
  • 7.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 7.00 Completion
Course opens: 
11/01/2025
Course expires: 
11/01/2028
Event starts: 
11/01/2025 - 8:00am EDT
Event ends: 
11/01/2025 - 5:00pm EDT
The Conference Center at Heart House
2400 N St NW
American College of Cardiology Building
Washington, DC 20037
United States
Faculty & Disclosure
 
Planning Committee
Marco A. Mercader, MD, FACC
Professor of Medicine 
Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship
The George Washington University

Andrew Choi, MD, FACC, MSCCT
Professor of Medicine and Radiology 
Director, Noninvasive Cardiology
Clinical Lead - GW Complex Lipid Program
The George Washington University
 
Ramesh Mazhari, MD, FACC
Professor of Medicine Director, Interventional Cardiology 
Director, Cardiac Care Unit
The George Washington University 
 
Faculty

Andrew Bradley, MD

Malik Ghawanmeh, MD

Mardi Gomberg-Maitlan, MD

Jannet Lewis, MD

Christian Nagy, MD

Gurusher Panjrath, MD

Jonathan Reiner, MD

Allen Solomon, MD

Nardos Temesgen, MD

Cynthia Tracy, MD

 

Disclosure of Relevant Financial Relationships
In accordance with The Standards for Integrity and Independence, GW requires all planners, faculty, and others in control of educational content to disclose the absence or existence of all financial relationships (of any dollar amount) with any ineligible companies within the past 24 months. We define ineligible companies as those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
 
GW reviews all disclosure statements to determine which financial relationships are relevant to the educational content of the CE Activity.  An individual is considered to have a relevant financial relationship if the educational content an individual can control is related to the business lines or products of the ineligible company.
 
Disclosure Statement(s)
 
Absence of Relevant Financial Relationships
None of the planners, faculty, or others in a position to control content for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
 
Relevant Financial Relationships
Upon review of all collected information about financial relationships with ineligible companies, GW has determined that the following planners, faculty, and others in control of educational content have relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies.
 
An individual is considered to have a relevant financial relationship if the educational content an individual can control is related to the business lines or products of the ineligible company.
 
[Insert name], [insert role] for this accredited CE activity, is [nature of relationship(s)] for [insert name of the ineligible company(ies)].
 
All relevant financial relationships listed for these individual(s) have been mitigated.
All others in a position to control content for this educational activity have no relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
 
Disclaimer
The information in this educational activity is provided for general medical education purposes only and is not meant to substitute for the independent medical judgment of a physician relative to diagnostic and treatment options of a specific patient’s medical condition. The viewpoints expressed in this CME activity are those of the authors/faculty. They do not represent an endorsement by The George Washington University.
 
 
Accreditation Statements
The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
 
Credit Designation Statement(s)
Physicians (CME)
 
The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences designates this live activity for a maximum of 7.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
 
American Osteopathic Association (AOA)
The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
 
The American Osteopathic Association (AOA) recognizes AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ earned as AOA Category 2 credit. 
 
It is the physician's responsibility to report CME credits earned directly to AOA.
 
Ways to report CME Credit:
 
Other Healthcare Professionals (Attendance)
All other healthcare professionals who successfully complete the activity will receive a Certificate of Attendance.  Many credentialing bodies such as the ANCC, AANP, and AAPA accept certificates of attendance for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME. If you have doubts about whether an activity will qualify for CE, please contact your certifying organization for clarification on credit eligibility.
 
 
ABIM Maintenance of Certification (MOC)
 
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 7.00 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. 
 
The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences will submit participant completion information to the ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit. You can check the status of your submission via the “Reported Credits” tab in your learner profile.
 
 
Pharmacists (CPE)
 
The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.
 
ACPE#: 0536-0000-25-059-L99-P
Release Date: 10/10/2025
Expiration Date: 10/10/2028
CE Credits: 7.00
 
Pharmacy Technicians (CPE)
 
The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.
 
ACPE#: 0536-0000-25-059-L99-T
Release Date: 10/10/2025
Expiration Date: 10/10/2028
CE Credits: 7.00

Available Credit

  • 7.00 ABIM MOC 2
  • 7.00 ACPE Pharmacist
    The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.
  • 7.00 ACPE Pharmacy technician
    The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.
  • 7.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 7.00 Completion
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