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All sessions will be held on the 6th Floor of The Nines Hotel.

The Main General Session will be held in the Fashion Room. All other locations are noted below.

*Program subject to modifications

Friday, March 13, 2026

11:30 AM5:30 PMRegistration & Name Badge PickupLocation: City View Living Room
12:00 PM1:00 PMNetworking with the ExhibitorsLocation: City View Living & Design Rooms
1:00 PM1:10 PMWelcome and Opening Remarks
John Michael Maier

SESSION I: Advanced Heart Failure in the Current Era

Moderators: Jennifer Beckman, MSN, ARNP, AACC and Jay D. Pal, MD, PhD
1:10 PM1:40 PM
Heart Failure Care in 2026 (PDF)
Robert Scott, MD
1:40 PM1:50 PMDiscussion 
1:50 PM2:20 PM
Developing Regional Care Systems (PDF)
Ron Maier, MD
2:20 PM2:30 PMDiscussantGautam Nayak, MD
2:30 PM2:40 PMDiscussion 
2:40 PM3:00 PM
Artificial Intelligence in Heart Failure Management (PDF)
Effie Andrikopoulou, MD
3:00 PM3:10 PMDiscussion 
3:10 PM3:45 PMRefreshment Break With the ExhibitorsLocation: City View Living & Design Rooms

SESSION II: Considerations in Heart Failure

Moderators: Conrad Macon, MD and Aris Karatasakis, MD
3:45 PM4:00 PMEmerging Insights into Cardiac Amyloid (PDF)Richard Cheng, MD
4:00 PM4:10 PMDiscussion 

DEBATE: CardioRenal Syndrome: Heart vs. Kidney

 
4:10 PM4:25 PMPro: Heart (PDF)April Stempien-Otero, MD
4:25 PM4:40 PMPro: Kidney (PDF) Karen S. De Wolski, MD
4:40 PM5:00 PMRebuttals and Discussion (PDF) (PDF) 
5:00 PM5:30 PMReception With the ExhibitorsLocation: City View Living & Design Rooms
5:30 PM6:30 PM

NON-CME Dinner Symposium

Title: Cardiac Involvement in Fabry Disease

Speaker: Tariq Shah, MD

Sponsored by Sanofi

Location: Culture Room

Saturday, March 14, 2026

6:45 AM5:00 PMRegistration & Name Badge PickupLocation: City View Living Room
7:00 AM8:00 AMNON-CME Sunrise Symposium – Washington Cardiogenic Shock Network InitiativeLocation: Culture Room
7:00 AM8:00 AMContinental Breakfast With the ExhibitorsLocation: City View Living & Design Rooms
8:00 AM8:05 AMOpening Remarks 

SESSION III: Chronic Heart Failure Management

Moderators: Nalini Colaco, MD and Ioannis Dimarakis, MD
8:05 AM8:25 AM
Outpatient Pharmacotherapeutics in Heart Failure (PDF)
Jessie Dunne, PharmD
8:25 AM8:35 AMDiscussion 
8:35 AM8:55 AMVAD Physiology (PDF)Emily Cedarbaum, MD
8:55 AM9:05 AMDiscussion 
9:05 AM9:25 AMPulmonary Hypertension (PDF)Nalini Colaco, MD
9:25 AM9:35 AMDiscussion 
9:35 AM9:55 AMAdvances in Heart Transplantation (PDF)Ioannis Dimarakis, MD 
9:55 AM10:05 AMDiscussion 
10:05 AM10:45 AMRefreshment Break With the ExhibitorsLocation: City View Living & Design Rooms

SESSION IV: Case Presentations

Moderator: Kevin Koomalsingh, MD and Castigliano Bhamidipati, DO
10:45 AM10:51 AMAbstract 1: GLP-1 Receptor Agonist Initiation After ≥1 Year of Maximal GDMT in HFrEF and Clinical Outcomes: A TriNetX Propensity-Matched Cohort Study (PDF)Dhvanil Mehta, MD
10:51 AM10:54 AMQ&A 
10:54 AM11:00 AMAbstract 2: Exploring the Impact of Socioeconomic Status on Heart Transplant Evaluation and Outcomes (PDF)Deeya Sharma
11:00 AM11:03 AMQ&A 
11:03 AM11:09 AMAbstract 3: Incurable Multivalvular Marantic Endocarditis Complicated by Catastrophic Embolic Strokes in a Patient with Advanced Lung Cancer: A Case Report (PDF)Christopher Valentin, MD
11:09 AM11:12 AMQ&A 
11:12 AM11:18 AMAbstract 4: Complete Blood Cell Differential as a Screening Biomarker for Post-transplant Rejection (PDF)
Tomoki Sakata, MD, PhD
11:18 AM11:21 AMQ&A 
11:21 AM11:27 AMAbstract 5: Persistent Allograft Injury After Primary Graft Dysfunction Detected by Donor-Derived Cell-Free DNA (PDF)Olives Nguyen, MD
11:27 AM11:30 AMQ&A 
11:30 AM12:00 PMProgram BreakLocation: City View Living & Design Rooms
12:00 PM12:45 PM

NON-CME Lunch Symposium

Title: Expanding the Donor Pool: Procurement and Preservation of DCD Hearts

Speaker: John Dimarakis, MD

Sponsored by Paragonix

Location: Fashion Room

12:00 PM12:45 PM

NON-CME Lunch Symposium

Title: The Next Beat: KERENDIA (finerenone) for Your Patients with HF with LVEF ≥40%

Speaker: Mahesh Mulumudi, MD

Sponsored by Bayer

Location: Culture Room

12:45 PM1:15 PMProgram BreakLocation: City View Living & Design Rooms

SESSION V: Acute Cardiogenic Shock

Moderator: Gautam Nayak, MD and Frederick Tibayan, MD
1:15 PM1:30 PMInitial Evaluation and Management of Cardiogenic Shock (PDF)
Srini Mukundan, MD
1:30 PM1:40 PMDiscussion 
1:40 PM1:55 PMWWAMI Cardiogenic Shock Working GroupSunu Thomas, MD
1:55 PM2:00 PMDiscussion 
2:00 PM2:15 PMHemodynamic Assessment of Cardiogenic Shock (PDF)Ryan Martin, MD
2:15 PM2:25 PMDiscussion 
2:25 PM2:40 PMShort Term Mechanical Circulatory Support (PDF)Kevin Koomalsingh, MD
2:40 PM2:45 PMDiscussion 

CONCURRENT SESSION: Allied Health in Heart Failure Management

Moderators: Lisa Wiederspan, BSN, RN, PCCN and Christina Redmond, ARNP

Location: Culture Room

1:15 PM1:30 PMHeart Failure Physical Assessment Toolkit (PDF)Mariah Martin, DNP, APRN, ACNP-BC
1:30 PM1:40 PMDiscussion 
1:40 PM1:55 PMBarriers and Strategies for Achieving Guideline-Directed Heart Failure Management (PDF)Katie Bates, DNP, ARNP, CHFN
1:55 PM2:00 PMDiscussion 
2:00 PM2:15 PMCare of the Whole Patient – Optimizing a Patient for LVAD Therapy (PDF)Bethany Tompkins, SW
2:15 PM2:25 PMDiscussion 
2:25 PM2:40 PMManagement of Driveline Infections (PDF)Sunny Rockom, ARNP, DNP
2:40 PM2:45 PMDiscussion 
2:45 PM3:15 PMRefreshment Break With the ExhibitorsLocation: City View Living & Design Rooms

SESSION VI: Current Topics in Heart Failure

Moderators: Kevin Koomalsingh, MD and Kate Love, MD
3:15 PM3:35 PMMobile ECMO/CC Transport (PDF)
Matt Plourde, MS, BSN, RN, CCRN and Katie Johnston, MSN, RN, CFRN, C-NPT, EMT-P
3:35 PM3:45 PMDiscussion 
3:45 PM4:05 PM

Heart Failure in the ACHD Patient (PDF)

Castigliano Bhamidipati, DO, PhD, MSc
4:05 PM4:15 PMDiscussion 

DEBATE: Has LVAD Therapy Reached Equivalence to Heart Transplantation?

 
4:15 PM4:30 PMPro: (PDF)Frederick Tibayan, MD
4:30 PM4:45 PMCon: (PDF)Suneet Purohit, MD
4:45 PM5:00 PMRebuttals and Discussion 
5:00 PM Closing RemarksJohn Michael Maier
  Adjourn