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September 25-27, 2026
Ocean Place Resort and Spa
Long Branch, NJ
2025 Core Cardiology
Videos and PDF’s
Core Cardiology
8:30 AM
Session I: Prevention
Jordan Safirstein, MD
8:35 AM
Updates in HTN Management and When to Refer for Renal Denervation
Jafar Raza, MD
8:45 AM
Understanding LP(a) and Current and Future Treatment Options
Robert Fishberg, MD
8:55 AM
LDL Is Not at Goal with Statin: What’s My Algorithm to Achieve Goal?
Craig Walker, MD
10:00 AM
Session II: Cardiomyopathy
Sabahat Bokhari, MD
10:00 AM
Diagnostic Tools and Management of Cardiac Amyloidosis
Sabahat Bokhari, MD
10:10 AM
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Management: When to Use Myosin Inhibitors
Sabahat Bokhari, MD
10:30 AM
Management of Pericarditis: Changing the Treatment Paradigm
Vincent Varghese, MD
10:40 AM
Session III: CV Imaging and More
Partho Sengupta, MD
10:40 AM
Surveillance and Management of Cancer-Therapeutics Related Cardiac Dysfunction
Nidhi Tripathi, MD
11:20 AM
Questions and Answers/Panel Discussion
1:05 PM
Session IV: Heart Failure
Marc Klapholz, MD
1:55 PM
Questions and Answers/Panel Discussion
2:05 PM
Session V: EP
Ted Maglione, MD
2:35 PM
Session VI: PAD
Ramzan Zakir, MD
3:15 PM
Questions and Answers/Panel Discussion/Closing Remarks
| Clinical Cardiology Tract: Saturday, September 14, 2024 | FACULTY: | ||
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| 7:00 AM | 8:00 AM | Breakfast Symposium: Modern PCI in the Drug-Coated Balloon Era | Moderator: Ramzan Zakir, MD |
| 7:00 AM | 7:10 AM | DCB’s Have FINALLY Arrived…Here’s What You Need to Know to Use Them! | Ajay Kirtane, MD |
| 7:10 AM | 7:25 AM | IVUS Guided PCI for the Treatment of ISR | Ziad Ali, MD |
| 7:25 AM | 7:40 AM | Cracking the Calcium Code | Manish Parikh, MD |
| 7:40 AM | 7:45 AM | Case Conclusion using Imaging and Vessel Prep | Ajay Kirtane, MD |
| 7:45 AM | 8:00 AM | Panel Discussion | Q&A | |
| 8:00 AM | 10:00 AM | Session I | Moderator: Jordan Safirstein, MD Panelists: Jafar Raza, MD; Esad Vucic, MD; Partho Sengupta, MD; David Schaer, MD; Matt Finn, MD |
| 8:00 AM | 8:05 AM | Opening Remarks | Jordan Safirstein, MD |
| 8:05 AM | 8:17 AM | Update in HTN Management | Jafar Raza, MD |
| 8:17 AM | 8:32 AM | LDL, LP(a) How to Achieve Goal | Matt Finn, MD |
| 8:32 AM | 8:44 AM | Statin Intolerant Patients: A New Hope | David Schaer, MD |
| 8:44 AM | 8:56 AM | Reducing Cardiovascular Risk with SLGT2 Inhibitors and GLP1 Agonists | Vincent Varghese, MD |
| 8:56 AM | 9:16 AM | CT Coronary Score and Beyond | Esad Vucic, MD |
| 9:16 AM | 9:30 AM | AI in Cardiology | Partho Sengupta, MD |
| 9:30 AM | 9:45 AM | Questions and Answers/Panel Discussion | |
| 9:45 AM | 10:00 AM | Break/Exhibits | |
| 10:00 AM | 10:55 AM | Session II | Moderator: Sabahat Bokhari, MD Panelists: Srihari Naidu, MD; Matt Martinez, MD; Renee Bullock-Palmer, MD |
| 10:00 AM | 10:12 AM | Cardiac Amyloidosis and Treatment Options | Sabahat Bokhari, MD |
| 10:12 AM | 10:24 AM | Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: The Role of Ablation in the Era of Myosin Inhibitors | Srihari Naidu, MD |
| 10:24 AM | 10:40 PM | Cardiac Evaluation of SCD in Sports | Matt Martinez, MD |
| 10:40 AM | 10:55 AM | Management of Pericarditis: Changing the Treatment Paradigm | Renee Bullock-Palmer, MD |
| 10:55 AM | 12:00 PM | Session III | Moderator: Partho Sengupta, MD Panelists: Kameswari Maganti, MD; Yekaterina Kim, MD; Lucy Safi, DO; Sabahat Bokhari, MD |
| 10:55 AM | 11:07 AM | Advances in Cardiac MR | Sabahat Bokhari, MD |
| 11:07 AM | 11:20 AM | Echocardiographic Evaluation of Patients with Heart Failure | Kameswari Maganti, MD |
| 11:20 AM | 11:32 PM | Echocardiographic Evaluation of Pericardial Disease & Cardiomyopathy | Yekaterina Kim, MD |
| 11:32 AM | 11:45 AM | Echocardiographic Evaluation of Patients with Valvular Heart Disease | Lucy Safi, DO |
| 12:00 PM | 12:45 PM | Lunch Symposium (Sponsored by Shockwave: NON-CME) | Moderator: Jordan Safirstein, MD |
| 12:00 PM | 12:10 PM | Lunch Buffet | |
| 12:15 PM | 12:18 PM | Introduction | Jordan Safirstein, MD |
| 12:18 PM | 12:28 PM | History of IVL and Unique MOA | Ziad Ali, MD |
| 12:28 PM | 12:36 PM | Introducing Shockwave E8: The New Peripheral IVL Workhors | Ramzan Zakir, MD |
| 12:36 PM | 12:44 PM | IVL Facilitated Large Bore Acces | Daniel Kiss, MD |
| 12:44 PM | 12:50 PM | Calcium Modification in Complex Coronary PCI | Rajiv Tayal, MD |
| 12:50 PM | 1:00 PM | Questions and Answers/Panel Discussion | |
| 1:00 PM | 2:15 PM | Session IV | Moderator: Marc Klapholz, MD Panelists: Albert Chonyang, MD; Deepa Iyer, MD; Abhishek Singh, MD |
| 1:00 PM | 1:15 PM | What’s New in GDMT for Patients with HF | Chonyang Albert, MD |
| 1:15 PM | 1:30 PM | Devices for HF Monitoring and Management | Marc Klapholz, MD |
| 1:30 PM | 1:45 PM | Pulmonary HTN Diagnosis and Management | Abhishek Singh, MD |
| 1:45 PM | 2:00 PM | Understanding Advanced HF: When Patients Cross the Line | Deepa Iyer, MD |
| 2:00 PM | 2:15 PM | Questions and Answers/Panel Discussion | |
| 2:15 PM | 3:45 PM | Session V | Moderator: Ted Maglione, MD Panelists: Jonathan Sussman, MD; Ramin Hastings, MD; Manabu Takebe, MD |
| 2:15 PM | 2:30 PM | Atrial Fibrillation: Rate vs. Rhythm Management | Jonathan Sussman, MD |
| 2:30 PM | 2:45 PM | LAA Closure: Expanding Indications and Options | Ramin Hastings, MD |
| 2:45 PM | 3:00 PM | Surgical Atrial Fibrillation Ablation | Manabu Takebe, MD |
| 3:00 PM | 3:15 PM | Catheter Atrial Fibrillation Ablation | Ted Maglione, MD |
| 3:15 PM | 3:30 PM | Questions and Answers/Panel Discussion | |
| 3:30 PM | 3:45 PM | Break/Exhibits | |
| 3:45 PM | 4:45 PM | Session VI | Moderator: Ramzan Zakir, MD Panelists: Craig Walker, MD; Jon George; MD; Frank Tursi, DPM |
| 3:45 PM | 3:55 PM | Overview and Management of PAD | Ramzan Zakir, MD |
| 3:55 PM | 4:05 PM | Medical Management of Patients with Coronary and Vascular Disease: Anti-Platelet, Anti-Coagulants | Craig Walker, MD |
| 4:05 PM | 4:15 PM | Management of Superficial and Deep Venous Disease | Jon George, MD |
| 4:15 PM | 4:25 PM | Diagnosis and Management of Non-Healing Arterial and Venous Wounds | Frank Tursi, DPM |
| 4:25 PM | 4:35 PM | Questions and Answers/Panel Discussion | |
| 4:35 PM | 4:45 PM | Closing Remarks | Ramzan Zakir, MD |
| 4:45 PM | 4:45 PM | Adjourn |