Cardiology Conferences
There is an active conference schedule devoted to all aspects of cardiology. On a weekly basis, there is the Echocardiography, Patient Management Conferences, and the Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery Grand Rounds. On a monthly basis, there is the Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Basic Science, Cardiac Catheterization/Intervention, EKG, Literature Review, QA&I, Pacemaker and Research Conferences. On a quarterly basis, there is the Cardiovascular Surgery, Electrophysiology and Nuclear Cardiology Conferences.
- Melissa Goebel, MD
CPMC
"Palliative Care for the Cardiology Patient" - Gregg C. Fonarow, MD
UCLA
"Comprehensive Disease Modifying Medical Therapy for Heart Failure" - Emmanouil (Manos) Brilakis, MD
Minneapolis Heart Institute
"Chronic Total Occlusion PCI: Update 2021" - Eric Yang, MD
UCLA
"Reaching Across the Aisle: Strategies and Challenges in Cardio-Oncology Program Building" - Karen Earle, MD
CPMC
"Diabetes Update 2021" - Euan Ashley, MD
Stanford
"The Rise of Genomic Medicine" - Melvin Scheinman, MD
UCSF
"Pathogeneses, Diagnoses, Management and Cure of the Brugada Syndrome" - Marc Simon, MD
UCSF
"Update on the Diagnosis and Management of Pulmonary Hypertension" - Peter P. Toth, MD
CGH Medical Center
"Aggressive LDL-C Lowering and the Brain" - Edward J. Miller, MD
Yale School of Medicine
"State of the Art Evaluation and Treatment of Infiltrative Cardiomyopathies" - Muhannad Rizwan Sohail, MD
Baylor College of Medicine
"Cardiovascular Device Infections: Contemporary Approach to Diagnosis, Management, and Prevention” - Karol Watson, MD
UCLA
“Racial Disparities in Cardiovascular Medicine: Addressing Difficult Problems. Confronting Hard Truths” - Michael Pham, MD
Sutter Virtual GRs Series
"Cardiogenic Shock: Recognition, Stabilization and Systems of Care" - Christian Spies, MD
PAMF
"Update to Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion" - Martha Grogan, MD
Mayo Clinic
"TTR Amyloidosis: How to Avoid the Perils of PYP Imaging" - Uri Elkayam, MD
USC
"Valvular Disease in Pregnancy" - Michele Brignole, MD
Italian Auxological Institute (Italy)
"AV Junction Ablation and CRT for Permanent Atrial Fibrillation and Heart Failure: The APAF-CRT Trial and Beyond" - Akhil Narang, MD
Northwestern Medicine
“Transcatheter Therapies for Tricuspid Regurgitation” - Christopher M. Kramer, MD
University of Virginia Health
“Cardiac Magnetic Resonance of Ischemic Heart Disease and Cardiomyopathies” - K. Lance Gould, MD
UT Health
"Coronary Pathophysiology and Mortality – A Missing Link in Cardiology" - Jonathan H. Kim, MD
Emory University
"American-style Football: A Natural Model of Early Cardiovascular Risk" - Philippe Pibarot, DMV
Laval University (Quebec)
"New Frontiers in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Aortic Stenosis" - Thomas Smith, MD
UC Davis
"Structural TEE Imaging for Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair: Mitral and Tricuspid" - Ramon Brugada, MD
The University Hospital of Girona Dr. Josep Trueta (Spain)
"The Role of Genetics in Management of Channelopathies" - Ravi B. Patel, MD
Northwestern Medicine
"Left Atrial Dysfunction in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction and Atrial Fibrillation: The Trojan Horse or A Casualty of War?" - Richard W. Smalling, MD
OUT Health
“A Reappraisal of Strategies for Maximizing Infarct Salvage and Reducing Mortality in STEMI Patients” - Brett Sheridan, MD
CPMC
"Updates in LVAD Technology" - Jane E. Wilcox, MD
Northwestern Medicine
"Taking the Failure out of Heart Failure: Targeting Myocardial Recovery" - Dean M. Ornish, MD
Preventive Medicine Research Institute
"The Transformative Power of Lifestyle Medicine" - Richard F. Wright, MD
Pacific Heart Institute
"How Cardiologist's Get Paid" - Jon A. Kobashigawa, MD
Cedars-Sinai
"Innovations in Rejection Surveillance After Heart Transplantation" - Lynette W. Lissin, MD
Mills Peninsula Palo Alto
"ACHD - Historical Perspective and Future Directions" - Kathryn J. Lindley, MD
Washington University School of Medicine in STL
”The Spectrum of Pregnancy Associated Heart Failure” - Alka M. Kanaya, MD
UCSF
“Cardiometabolic Disease in South Asians: Findings from the MASALA Study” - Roxana Mehran, MD
Mount Sinai NY
"P2Y12 Monotherapy: A Novel Approach for Patients Post PCI" - Ana Barac, MD
MedStar Health
"Clinical Practice and Training in Cardio-Oncology" - Deena Goldwater, MD
David Geffen School of Medicine
"Optimizing Care and Improving Outcomes for Older Adults with Cardiovascular Disease" - Ori Ben-Yehuda, MD
UCSD School of Medicine
“Novel Devices for Heart Failure and Pulmonary Hypertension” - Naomi DL Fisher, MD
Brigham & Women's Hospital
“Innovations in Hypertension Control” - O. William Brown, MD
William Beaumont Hospital
"Medical Malpractice: What You Don't Know Can Hurt You" - Conrad Vial, MD
Sutter Health
"Surgical Management of Mitral Valve Diseases" - Michael J. Bloch, MD
University of Nevada School of Medicine
“Update on Contemporary Management of Resistant Hypertension” - Christopher E. Woods, MD & Eric Flagg, MD
Mills Peninsula Palo Alto and CPMC
"Non-invasive Imaging Methods for Scar Mapping/VT Ablation and VT Therapy" - Rodney H. Falk, MD
Brigham & Women's Hospital
"Cardiac Amyloidosis: The beginning of the End or the End of the Beginning?" - Eric Flaggs, MD, Yu Xie, MD, Brad Angeja, MD
Medicine GRs at CPMC
"Coronary CT and CT-FFR Changing Paradigm for CAD Workup" - Kenneth A. Ellenbogen, MD
VCU School of Medicine
“Monitoring of Atrial Fibrillation: Who, What, When and How” - Zian H. Tseng, MD
UCSF
“Redefining Sudden Cardiac Death: Insights from the POST SCD Study” - John Rumsfeld, MD
University of Colorado
“Digital Transformation for CV Care” - James H. O'Keefe, MD
Saint Luke's Health System
"Diet and Lifestyle for Preventing Alzheimer's and CV Disease" - Mario C. Deng MD
UCLA
"Relational Medicine - Integrating Molecular Origin and Person Level in High-Tech Practices" - Matt Budoff, MD
The Lundquist Institute
“Cardiac CT in 2021” - Thomas Smith, MD
UC Davis
"Imaging for Structural Heart Procedure" - David V. Daniels, MD
Mills Peninsula Palo Alto
"Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement" - Melissa Goebel, MD
CPMC
"Palliative Care for the Cardiology Patient" - Gregg C. Fonarow, MD
UCLA
“Comprehensive Disease Modifying Medical Therapy for Heart Failure” - Emmanouil (Manos) Brilakis, MD
Minneapolis Heart Institute
"Chronic Total Occlusion PCI: Update 2021" - Eric Yang, MD
UCLA
“Reaching Across the Aisle: Strategies and Challenges in Cardio-Oncology Program Building” - Karen Earle, MD
CPMC
"Diabetes Update 2021" - Euan Ashley, MD
Stanford
“The Rise of Genomic Medicine” - Melvin Scheinman, MD
UCSF
"Pathogeneses, Diagnoses, Management and Cure of the Brugada Syndrome" - Rahul P. Sharma, MD
Stanford
"Updates in Structural Cardiology" - Marc Simon, MD
UCSF
"Update on the Diagnosis and Management of Pulmonary Hypertension" - Peter P. Toth, MD
CGH Medical Center
"Aggressive LDL-C Lowering and the Brain" - Edward J. Miller, MD
Yale School of Medicine
"State of the Art Evaluation and Treatment of Infiltrative Cardiomyopathies" - Muhannad Rizwan Sohail, MD
Baylor College of Medicine
"Cardiovascular Device Infections: Contemporary Approach to Diagnosis, Management, and Prevention" - Karol Watson, MD
UCLA
“Racial Disparities in Cardiovascular Medicine: Addressing Difficult Problems. Confronting Hard Truths” - Michael Pham, MD
Sutter Virtual GRs Series
"Cardiogenic Shock: Recognition, Stabilization and Systems of Care" - Christian Spies, MD
PAMF
“Update to Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion” - Martha Grogan, MD
Mayo Clinic
“TTR Amyloidosis: How to Avoid the Perils of PYP Imaging” - Michelle Kittleson, MD
Cedars-Sinai
"Diagnosis and Treatment of HCM- What’s in the Latest 2020 Guidelines?" - Uri Elkayam, MD
USC
"Valvular Disease in Pregnancy" - Michele Brignole, MD
Italian Auxological Institute (Italy)
“AV Junction Ablation and CRT for Permanent Atrial Fibrillation and Heart Failure: The APAF-CRT Trial and Beyond” - Sunil V. Mankad, MD
Mayo Clinic
"Evaluation of Prosthetic Valve Dysfunction" - Akhil Narang, MD
Northwestern Medicine
"Transcatheter Therapies for Tricuspid Regurgitation" - Christopher M. Kramer, MD
University of Virginia Health
“Cardiac Magnetic Resonance of Ischemic Heart Disease and Cardiomyopathies” - K. Lance Gould, MD
UT Health
"Coronary Pathophysiology and Mortality – A Missing Link in Cardiology" - Jonathan H. Kim, MD
Emory University
"American-style Football: A Natural Model of Early Cardiovascular Risk" - Philippe Pibarot, DMV
Laval University (Quebec)
"New Frontiers in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Aortic Stenosis" - Thomas Smith, MD
UC Davis
"Structural TEE Imaging for Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair: Mitral and Tricuspid" - Ramon Brugada, MD
The University Hospital of Girona Dr. Josep Trueta (Spain)
“The Role of Genetics in Management of Channelopathies” - Ravi B. Patel, MD
Northwestern Medicine
"Left Atrial Dysfunction in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction and Atrial Fibrillation: The Trojan Horse or A Casualty of War?" - Finn Gustafsson, MD
University of Copenhagen (Denmark)
“Exercise Intolerance After LVAD Implantation: Underlying Mechanisms and Clinical Importance” - Roderick Tung, MD
University of Arizona
"Advances in VT Ablation" - Pam R. Taub, MD
UCSD School of Medicine
"Management of Cardiometabolic Disease" - Jacob N. Schroder, MD
Duke University
"DCD Heart Transplant: U.S. Update" - Richard F. Wright, MD
Pacific Heart Institute
"How Cardiologists Get Paid" - Jason Roberts, MD
McMaster University (Ontario)
“Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy (ARVC): Evolving Insights and Therapies” - Claudius Mahr, MD
University of Washington
“Cardiogenic Shock: Changing the Paradigm” - R. Michelle Gehring, PhD, ELS
UT Health
"Clinical Research and Publishing During Cardiology Training" - John Elefteriades, MD
Yale School of Medicine
"Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm: Reading the Enemy's Playbook" - Hubert Cochet, MD
University of Bordeaux (France)
“Role of Imaging in Patients with Ventricular Arrhythmias” - James M. McCabe, MD
University of Washington
"Dear Tricuspid Valve, Sorry I Forgot to Text You Back"
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