7th Annual Cardiovascular Symposium: Updates in Prevention, Diagnosis, and Management

March 23, 2024

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.

Format

This year's symposium will be offered as a hybrid in=person and virtual event. The symposium will be hosted in=person at the Heart House and virtually via WebEx (virtual participation instructions will be sent to all registered attendees prior to the symposium). The capacity for the meeting is 90 people in person and 100 people online.

HEALTH AND SAFETY

All participants who choose to participate in person must be fully vaccinated.

Fully vaccinated means a person has received all recommended COVID-19 vaccines, including any booster dose(s) when eligible.

Target Audience

This symposium is designed for clinicians involved in multidisciplinary cardiology care, including, but not limited to, cardiologists, internal medicine physicians, nurses, physician assistants and other healthcare professionals.

Learning Objectives

  • Discover which strategy is most helpful to patients with valvular heart disease
  • Incorporate latest cardiology guidelines in practice
  • Understand how to recognize and manage heart failure and cardiac arrhythmias
  • Recognize the need for defibrillation defibrillation and pacemaker options in hospital patients
  • Learn strategies to cope with upcoming healthcare challenges and improve outcomes
  • Utilize the latest breakthroughs and advancements in hypertension and lipid management
  • Review anticoagulant management in Atrial Fibrillation
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 6.25 ABIM MOC 2
  • 6.25 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.
  • 6.25 Completion
Course opens: 
01/12/2024
Course expires: 
06/23/2024
Event starts: 
03/23/2024 - 8:00am EDT
Event ends: 
03/23/2024 - 5:00pm EDT
Cost:
$100.00
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Session 1          Prevention and Population Health

8:00 am – 9:45 am                                                                                                          

Moderator:  Andrew Choi

Case Presentation                                                                                                            Tatiana Busu

Talk 1                    GLP1: New Panacea for Weight Loss and Heart Health?            Marijane Hynes

Talk 2                    Lipids-What You Need to Know in 2024                                        Andrew Choi

Talk 3                    Advancing Women’s Heart Health                                                 Jannet Lewis

Talk 4                    Improving Population Health:  GW Health                                  William Borden

Talk 5                   AI and the EMR:  Will We Need a Clinician?                                Brian Choi

 

Session 2            Advanced Heart Failure and Pulmonary Hypertension

10:15-12:00 noon                                                                                                           

Moderator:   Supria Batra

Case presentation – HF patient with LVH –                                                             Ulweena Sethi

 Talk 6                 Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction                          Gurusher Panjrath

 Talk 7                Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy                                                      Supria Batra

 Talk 8                Group II PH, Emerging Therapies                                                  Mardi Gomberg

 Talk 9                Assessment of LVH on cMRI                                                           Andrew Bradley

 Panel Discussion – Left Ventricular Hypertrophy – not as simple as once thought

 

Session 3          Interventional and Structural Heart Disease

12:30 pm – 2:15 pm                                                                                                       

Moderator: Ramesh Mazhari

Case Presentation                                                                                                         Ganesh Thirunavukkarasu

Talk 10               Multivessel PCI vs CABG                                                                   Ramesh Mazhari

Talk 11               Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair in 2024                                    Christian Nagy

Talk 12               Update in Low-Risk TAVR                                                                 Jonathan Reiner

Panel Discussion   (Mazhari, Nagy, Najam, Prastein, Reiner)

 

Session 4           Cardiac Arrhythmias

2:15 pm – 4:00 pm                                                                                                         

Moderator: Marco Mercader

Case Presentation                                                                                                        Luis Cerna

Talk 13                What is New in Catheter Ablation of AF?                                   Cynthia Tracy

Talk 14                Defibrillators in Cardiomyopathy, Who needs them?               Allen Solomon

Talk 15                Setting the Pace: Cardiac Pacing 2024                                       Jay Chen

Talk 16                Update on Oral Anticoagulants                                                  Marco Mercader

    
Course Directors
 
Marco A. Mercader, MD, FACC, FHRS
Professor of Medicine
Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship
Medical Faculty Associates
The George Washington University
 
Andrew Choi, MD, FACC, MSCCT
Co-Director, Multimodality Cardiac Imaging
Clinical Lead - GW Complex Lipid Program
Associate Professor of Medicine and Radiology
The George Washington University
 
Ramesh Mazhari, MD, FACC
Professor of Medicine
Director, Interventional Cardiology
Medical Faculty Associates
The George Washington University
 
Supria Batra, MD, FACC
Assistant Professor
Advanced Heart Failure, Division of Cardiology
Clinical Apprenticeship Program Course Director
Medical Faculty Associates
The George Washington University
 
 
Faculty
William Borden, MD
Andrew Bradley, MD
Tatiana Busu, MD
Luis Cerna, MD
Jay Chen, MD
Andrew Choi, MD
Brian Choi, MD
Mardi Gomberg, MD
Marijane Hynes, MD
Jannet Lewis, MD
Ramesh Mazhari, MD
Christian Nagy, MD
Gurusher Panjrath, MD
Jonathan Reiner, MD

Ulweena Sethi, MD

Allen Solomon, MD
Ganesh Thirunavukkarasu, MD
Cynthia Tracy, MD

 

PHYSICIAN CME CREDIT
 
The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
 
The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences designates this live activity for a maximum of 6.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Available Credit

  • 6.25 ABIM MOC 2
  • 6.25 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.
  • 6.25 Completion
 

Price

Cost:
$100.00
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Registration & Fees
 
Online Registration will be available through Wednesday, March 20, 2024
 
Registration Category
Rate
Physicians
$100
Residents & Fellows
$25
Other Health Professionals
$50
 
 
Methods of Payment
 
Credit Card
 
Credit card payments are preferred and will ensure your registration is secure. Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and Discover are accepted. Once a registration payment is made, the fee cannot be transferred to another method of payment.
 
Paper Check (must be drawn on a US bank in US dollars)
 
To pay by check, Select the check payment option when registering online.
 
PLEASE NOTE: NO CHECK PAYMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER FRIDAY, March 8, 2024.
 
Make checks payable to "The George Washington University" and mail to:
 
The George Washington University
Office of CEHP
2300 I Street, NW
Room 112C
Washington, DC 20052
 
Unpaid Registration Policy
 
All unpaid registrations must be paid by either credit card or paper check within 15 days of the date of registration. If a registration fee is unpaid after 15 days from the date of registration, the registration will be canceled.
 
Cancellation Policy
 
To cancel a registration, please complete the Contact Us Form and select Cancellation Request. Cancellations cannot be made over the phone.
 
All cancellations must adhere to the cancellation policy dates below:
  • If the cancellation is received by February 23, 2024, the full amount will be refunded, minus a $10 administrative fee.
  • No refunds after February 23, 2024.
 
Please Note: Attendees who do not cancel in writing and do not attend the conference are still responsible for payment.