Update in Clinical Cardiology

Online or In Person

October 11 – October 13, 2023

The Comprehensive Clinical Cardiology Update

Evaluation • Treatment • Patient Care • Procedures • Challenging Cases

Update in Clinical Cardiology will be held on October 11 – 13, 2023. You have the option to attend either online as the course is live streamed or in person in Boston, MA.

This course provides a comprehensive review of state-of-the-art practices to diagnose and treat patients with cardiovascular conditions. Led by the leading clinical faculty of Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Corrigan Minehan Heart Center, Update in Clinical Cardiology ensures attendees are current with recent advances in clinical cardiology and the best ways to incorporate them into daily practice to optimize patient outcomes.

Coverage includes:

  • Coronary Artery Disease
  • Diabetes
  • Biomarkers
  • Valvular Heart Disease
  • Congestive Heart Failure
  • Cardiomyopathies
  • Dyslipidemia
  • Coronary Artery Disease
  • Diabetes
  • Biomarkers
  • Valvular Heart Disease
  • Congestive Heart Failure
  • Cardiomyopathies
  • Dyslipidemia
  • Atrial Fibrillation
  • Supraventricular Tachycardia
  • Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection
  • Ventricular Arrhythmias
  • Advances in Electrical Devices
  • Exercise and Heart Disease
  • Thoracic Aortic Disease

The 2023 program offers you the opportunity to learn:

  • Important medical and procedural advances for the management of common clinical problems such as coronary artery disease and heart failure (including heart failure with preserved ejection fraction)
  • The latest transcatheter options
  • Best practices to treat patients with severe valvular disease
  • Important techniques for managing heart disease in pregnancy
  • The new paradigms for care of specialized populations, such as adults with congenital heart disease, cardiac patients with cancer, and athletic individuals
  • The latest concepts of diagnosis, decision-making, pharmacology, and therapy in the areas of ischemic heart disease, cardiac arrhythmias, and congestive heart failure

The faculty is assembled from the best clinician-educators at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital and is designed to deliver the highest quality educational experience:

  • Teaching practical, effective clinical reasoning and approaches that enable you to practice state-of-the-art clinical cardiology
  • Allowing ample time for participants to interact with faculty and to pose and get answers to your specific questions
  • Providing the latest information in an engaging manner and clinically usable context so that you have knowledge you can “take home” and immediately apply to patient care

OPTIMIZED FOR IN-PERSON and REMOTE EDUCATION

The 2023 program has been enhanced for both in-person and distance learning. In addition to being held live in Boston, all sessions will be live streamed, and all sessions will be recorded and made available to participants for online viewing for 60 days after the end of the course.

Choose your learning experience:

Attend Online

ATTEND ONLINE for LIVE STREAMING education and online Q&A with faculty.

Attend in Person

ATTEND IN PERSON in Boston, MA at the Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel. Faculty provide dedicated time for Q&A with participants.

Both options provide participants with:

Recordings
RECORDINGS of all sessions, which will be made available online for viewing, at your convenience, for 60 days following the conclusion of this program.

Ask Questions
The chance to POSE YOUR SPECIFIC QUESTIONS to course faculty.

Flexibility
FLEXIBILITY to CHANGE your attendance preference: Should your circumstances change after you have registered for either the ONLINE or IN-PERSON program, you have the ability to change from one attendance option to the other up until two weeks before the program begins.

Earn up to:

22.50 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM

22.50 ABIM MOC points

22.50 ANCC contact hours

AAPA Category 1 CME credits

Schedule

Wednesday, October 11, 2023

Morning Moderator: Rory B. Weiner, MD
Afternoon Moderator: Emily S. Lau, MD, MPH

Start Time

End Time

Session Title

Speaker

7:50am

8:00am

Introduction

Rory B. Weiner, MD

8:00am

8:40am

What’s New in Cardiac Markers

James L. Januzzi, MD

8:40am

8:50am

Q&A Session

James L. Januzzi, MD

8:50am

9:30am

The New Role of the Cardiologist in Diabetes Management

James L. Januzzi, MD

9:30am

9:40am

Q&A Session

James L. Januzzi, MD

9:40am

9:55am

Morning Break

9:55am

10:35am

Aortic Stenosis: Timing of Intervention and Choosing
Between Surgery and Percutaneous Therapy

Nilay Patel, MD

10:35am

10:45am

Q&A Session

Nilay Patel, MD

10:45am

11:25am

Transcatheter Valvular Procedures in the Cath Lab:
Imaging and Intervention

Jonathan Passeri, MD

11:25am

11:35am

Q&A Session

Jonathan Passeri, MD

11:35am

12:15pm

Inaugural Adolph M. Hutter, Jr., MD Lecture: Mitral Valve Disease 2023:
Much Has Changed

Patrick T. O’Gara, MD

12:15pm

12:25pm

Q&A Session

Patrick T. O’Gara, MD

12:25pm

1:20pm

Lunch Break

1:20pm

2:00pm

Advances in Medical Treatment of Systolic Heart Failure

Daniel Zlotoff, MD, PhD

2:00pm

2:10pm

Q&A Session

Daniel Zlotoff, MD, PhD

2:10pm

2:50pm

Advanced Heart Failure: Acute and Chronic Therapy

Erin Coglianese, MD

2:50pm

3:00pm

Q&A Session

Erin Coglianese, MD

3:00pm

3:15pm

Afternoon Break

3:15pm

3:55pm

Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF)

Gregory D. Lewis, MD

3:55pm

4:05pm

Q&A Session

Gregory D. Lewis, MD

4:05pm

4:45pm

Cardiac Critical Care

David Dudzinski, JD, MD

4:45pm

4:55pm

Q&A Session

David Dudzinski, JD, MD

Thursday, October 12, 2023

Morning Moderator: Rory B. Weiner, MD
Afternoon Moderator: Emily S. Lau, MD, MPH

Start Time

End Time

Session Title

Speaker

7:50am

8:00am

Introduction

Rory B. Weiner, MD

8:00am

8:40am

Incorporating Advances in Electrical Therapy in Heart Failure
for Improved Patient Outcomes

Jagmeet P. Singh, MD, PhD

8:40am

8:50am

Q&A Session

Jagmeet P. Singh, MD, PhD

8:50am

9:30am

Atrial Fibrillation: Recent Advances in Pharmacologic
and Nonpharmacologic Therapy

Moussa Mansour, MD

9:30am

9:40am

Q&A Session

Moussa Mansour, MD

9:40am

9:55am

Morning Break

9:55am

10:35am

The Newest Approaches to Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation

Kevin Heist, MD, PhD

10:35am

10:45am

Q&A Session

Kevin Heist, MD, PhD

10:45am

11:25am

Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT) in 2023

Theofanie Mela, MD

11:25am

11:35am

Q&A Session

Theofanie Mela, MD

11:35am

12:15pm

Thoracic Aortic Disease: Updates from New Practice Guidelines

Eric M. Isselbacher, MD

12:15pm

12:25pm

Q&A Session

Eric M. Isselbacher, MD

12:25pm

1:20pm

Lunch Break

1:20pm

2:00pm

Dyslipidemia: Latest Concepts

Pradeep Natarajan, MD

2:00pm

2:10pm

Q&A Session

Pradeep Natarajan, MD

2:10pm

2:50pm

Acute Coronary Syndromes- STEMI and NSTEMI:
The New Data and Clinical Implications

Marc Sabatine, MD, MPH

2:50pm

3:00pm

Q&A Session

Marc Sabatine, MD, MPH

3:00pm

3:15pm

Afternoon Break

3:15pm

3:55pm

Dual Antiplatelet Therapy in Cardiovascular Disease

Michelle L. O’Donoghue, MD

3:55pm

4:05pm

Q&A Session

Michelle L. O’Donoghue, MD

4:05pm

4:45pm

Coronary Disease: Medicate/Dilate/Operate

Rahul Sakhuja, MD

4:45pm

4:55pm

Q&A Session

Rahul Sakhuja, MD

Friday, October 13, 2023

Morning Moderator: Rory B. Weiner, MD
Afternoon Moderator: Emily S. Lau, MD, MPH

Start Time

End Time

Session Title

Speaker

7:50am

8:00am

Introduction

Rory B. Weiner, MD

8:00am

8:40am

Peripheral Arterial Disease in 2023

Douglas E. Drachman, MD

8:40am

8:50am

Q&A Session

Douglas E. Drachman, MD

8:50am

9:30am

Pulmonary Embolism

Ido Weinberg, MD

9:30am

9:40am

Q&A Session

Ido Weinberg, MD

9:40am

9:55am

Morning Break

9:55am

10:35am

State-of-the-Art Approaches to Cardio-Oncology

Tom Neilan, MD

10:35am

10:45am

Q&A Session

Tom Neilan, MD

10:45am

11:25am

Specialized Procedures in the Cardiac Cath Lab

Akl Fahed, MD &
Farouc Jaffer, MD, PhD

11:25am

11:35am

Q&A Session

Akl Fahed, MD &
Farouc Jaffer, MD, PhD

11:35am

12:15pm

Update in Cardiovascular Disease and Pregnancy

Nandita Scott, MD

12:15pm

12:25pm

Q&A Session

Nandita Scott, MD

12:25pm

1:20pm

Lunch Break

1:20pm

2:00pm

INOCA: Ischemia with Non-Obstructive Coronary Arteries

Emily S. Lau, MD, MPH

2:00pm

2:10pm

Q&A Session

Emily S. Lau, MD, MPH

2:10pm

2:50pm

Cardiomyopathies with Increased Wall Thickness

Christopher Learn, MD

2:50pm

3:00pm

Q&A Session

Christopher Learn, MD

3:00pm

3:15pm

Afternoon Break

3:15pm

3:55pm

Evaluation and Treatment of Adult Congenital Heart Disease

Christopher Learn, MD

3:55pm

4:05pm

Q&A Session

Christopher Learn, MD

4:05pm

4:45pm

Sports Cardiology

J. Sawalla Guseh, MD

4:45pm

4:55pm

Q&A Session

J. Sawalla Guseh, MD

4:55pm

5:00pm

Closing Remarks

Rory B. Weiner, MD

Faculty

Course Directors

Rory Weiner, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Cardiologist specializing in Echocardiography and Cardiovascular Performance, Massachusetts General Hospital
Emily Lau, MD, MPH
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School;
Director, Hormones & Cardiovascular Disease Clinic, Massachusetts General Hospital

Nurse Planner

Keynote Speaker

Susan McDermott MSN ANP-BC
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Cardiologist specializing in Echocardiography and Cardiovascular Performance, Massachusetts General Hospital
Patrick O’Gara, MD
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School;
Director of Strategic Planning for the Cardiovascular Division, Brigham & Women’s Hospital

Faculty

Erin E. Coglianese, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Medical Director, Mechanical Cardiac Support Program, Massachusetts General Hospital
Douglas E. Drachman, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Director of Education and Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program, Massachusetts General Hospital
David Dudzinksi, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Director of Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital
Akl Fahed, MD, MPH
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Interventional Cardiologist, Massachusetts General Hospital
J. Sawalla Guseh, MD
Instructor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Director of Cardiovascular Performance Fellowship Program, Massachusetts General Hospital
Kevin Heist, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Cardiac Electrophysiologist, Massachusetts General Hospital
Eric Isselbacher, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Co-Director, Thoracic Aortic Center, Massachusetts General Hospital
Farouc Jaffer, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Director, Coronary Intervention; Director, MGH CTO Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Program, Massachusetts General Hospital
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Accreditation

In support of improving patient care, Mass General Brigham is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™

Mass General Brigham designates this live activity for a maximum of 22.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nursing

Mass General Brigham designates this activity for 22.5 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Physician Assistant

Mass General Brigham has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 22.5 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation

MOC Recognition Statement 

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the activity, with individual assessments of the participant and feedback to the participant, enables the participant to earn 22.5 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

Register

In-Person Venue

The 2023 program offers participants two ways to attend. You can choose one of these two options when you register:

ATTEND VIRTUALLY/ONLINE:
All sessions will be live streamed and support interactive, online Q&A with faculty, giving you the ability to get answers to your specific questions.

OR

ATTEND IN PERSON in BOSTON, MA at the Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel:

138 St. James Ave, Boston, Massachusetts
+1 617-267-5300

This luxury downtown Boston landmark hotel has been a symbol of the city’s rich history and offers top-notch accommodations and amenities. Located within the heart of Boston, Fairmont Copley Plaza is an easy walk to many of the city’s historic sites, shopping, museums, and restaurants.

Accommodations

Fairmont Copley Plaza has reserved a block of discounted rooms for course participants.

  • Important to note:
    The number of discounted rooms is limited.
  • Discounted rooms are available on a first-come, first-served basis.
  • The discounted room rate is only available until September 19, 2023, or when the block sells out, which typically happens well in advance of this date.

To reserve your room:

By phone: If you are calling the hotel rather than using the dedicated link above to request a discounted room, please call 1-866-540-4417 and be sure to specify that you are enrolled in Update in Clinical Cardiology.

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