Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute Cardiovascular Summit | Baptist Health South Florida

2016 Schedule______________________

	Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute Cardiovascular Summit Saturday, February 20
7:15 a.m.	Registration, Continental Breakfast and Visit Exhibits
	Moderator: Michael Ozner, M.D.
7:50 a.m.	Welcome and Introductions
	Genetics
8:00 a.m.	Genetics and Cardiovascular Disease: Are We Getting to the Heart of the Matter? Jonathan Cohen, Ph.D.
	Familial Hypercholesterolemia
8:20 a.m.	Familial Hypercholesterolemia: Clinical Update Raul Santos, M.D.
	Heart Disease Prevention in Women
8:40 a.m.	Acute Coronary Syndrome in Younger Women: When Does Prevention Fall Short? Sharonne Hayes, M.D.
9:00 a.m.	Familial Hypercholesterolemia and Pregnancy James Underberg, M.D.
9:20 a.m.	Menopausal Hormone Therapy: Where Do We Stand Now? Eliot Brinton, M.D.
	Testosterone and CVD in Men: Helpful or Harmful?
9:40 a.m.	Testosterone Therapy and Cardiovascular Risk: Advances and Controversies Kevin Billups, M.D.
10:00 a.m.	Panel Discussion With Question and Answer Session Sharonne Hayes, M.D., James Underberg, M.D., Eliot Brinton, M.D., Kevin Billups, M.D.
10:20 a.m.	Break and Visit Exhibits
	HDL and CVD Risk: Is it Dead or Alive?
10:50 a.m.	HDL-Cholesterol Versus HDL-Function: What is the Science and What is the Best Clinical Approach? Eliot Brinton, M.D.
	Gut Flora and Heart Health
11:10 a.m.	Keynote Address: Gut Microbes as Participants and Therapeutic Targets in Cardiometabolic Disease Stanley Hazen, M.D.
11:45 a.m.	Question and Answer Session
12 noon	Lunch and Visit Exhibits
	Atherosclerotic Plaque
	Moderator: Arthur Agatston, M.D.
1:00 p.m.	Plaque Burden Versus Plaque Composition: Which is More Important? Arthur Agatston, M.D.
	Atrial Fibrillation
1:30 p.m.	Medical Therapy and Catheter Ablation Fermin Garcia, M.D.
1:50 p.m.	Surgical Therapy of Atrial Fibrillation Ralph Damiano., M.D.
2:10 p.m.	Panel Discussion with Questions and Answers Session Fermin Garcia, M.D., Ralph Damiano., M.D.
	Heart Failure
2:25 p.m.	Medical Treatment and Prevention Mariell Jessup, M.D.
3:00 p.m.	PVC-Induced Cardiomyopathy: A Reversible Form of Heart Failure Fermin Garcia, M.D.
3:20 p.m.	Break and Visit Exhibits
3:40 p.m.	Cardiac Transplantation and Left Ventricular Assist Devices Matthias Loebe, M.D.
4:00 p.m.	Panel Discussion with Questions and Answers Session Mariell Jessup, M.D., Joshua Hare, M.D., Matthias Loebe, M.D., Lisardo Garcia-Covarrubias, M.D
	Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
4:30 p.m.	Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Where Do We stand in 2016? Wayne Franklin, M.D.
4:50 p.m.	Question and Answer session
5:00 p.m.	Adjourn

Schedules are subject to change.

NOTE: Partial credit is not available. Where credits are approved on a session-by-session basis, participants must attend each session in its entirety to receive complete credit for the session. This does not apply to M.D.s and D.O.s. who are responsible for claiming credit commensurate with the amount of time they participate in the session/symposium.

Attire
Attire for the symposium is business casual and comfortable. Please bring a sweater or jacket to the educational sessions since meeting room temperatures and personal comfort levels vary.