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Update in Clinical Cardiology 2022

Led by faculty from the Corrigan Minehan Heart Center at Massachusetts General Hospital, this CME course provides a comprehensive review of state-of-the-art practices to diagnose and treat patients with cardiovascular conditions. It ensures attendees are current with advances in clinical cardiology and how to incorporate them into daily practice to optimize patient outcomes.

Led by faculty from the Corrigan Minehan Heart Center at Massachusetts General Hospital, this CME course provides a comprehensive review of state-of-the-art practices to diagnose and treat patients with cardiovascular conditions. The course, held virtually and in-person at the Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel in Boston, MA, ensures attendees are current with advances in clinical cardiology and how to incorporate them into daily practice to optimize patient outcomes.

Learning Objectives

This CME course enables attendees 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)
  • Latest transcatheter options
  • Best practices to treat patients with severe valvular disease
  • Important techniques for managing heart disease in pregnancy
  • New paradigms for care of specialized populations, such as adults with congenital heart disease, cardiac patients with cancer, and athletic individuals
  • Latest concepts of diagnosis, decision-making, pharmacology, and therapy in the areas of ischemic heart disease, cardiac arrhythmias, and congestive heart failure

Course Directors

Adolph M. Hutter, Jr., MD

Founding Director, Cardiac Performance Program, Corrigan Minehan Heart Center, Massachusetts General Hospital
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Anthony Rosenzweig, MD

Chief, Cardiology Division
Co-Director, Corrigan Minehan Heart Center, Massachusetts General Hospital
Evelyn and James Jenks and Paul Dudley White Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Rory B. Weiner, MD

Associate Chief, Cardiology Division, Corrigan Minehan Heart Center, Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Nursing Advisor

Susan McDermott, MSN, ANP-BC

Director of Advance Practice Providers, Cardiology Division, Corrigan Minehan Heart Center, Massachusetts General Hospital

Mass General Faculty

Erin Coglianese, MD

Medical Director, Mechanical Cardiac Support Program
Fellowship Director, Advanced HF and Cardiac Transplant Program, Massachusetts General Hospital
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Doreen DeFaria Yeh, MD

Associate Director, Mass General Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program
Co-Director, Mass General Cardiovascular Disease and Pregnancy Service
Program Director, Mass General Cardiology Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

David M. Dudzinski, MD

Intensive Care Cardiologist
Director, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Akl Fahed, MD

Physician Investigator, Cardiovascular Research Center, Mass General Research Institute
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

J. Sawalla Guseh, MD

Director, Cardiovascular Performance Fellowship Program, Massachusetts General Hospital
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

E. Kevin Heist, MD, PhD

Director, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship Program, Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Eric M. Isselbacher, MD

Director, Healthcare Transformation Lab
Co-Director, Mass General Thoracic Aortic Center, Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Farouc A. Jaffer, MD, PhD

Director, Coronary Intervention
Director, Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO) Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) Program, Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

James Januzzi, MD

Director, Dennis and Marilyn Barry Fellowship in Cardiology Research, Massachusetts General Hospital
Hutter Family Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Christopher Learn, MD

Cardiologist, Cardiology Division, Corrigan Minehan Heart Center, Massachusetts General Hospital
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Gregory D. Lewis, MD

Section Head, Heart Failure
Director, Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing Laboratory
Medical Director, Cardiology ICU and Mechanical Circulatory Support Program, Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Moussa C. Mansour, MD

Cardiac Electrophysiologist and Clinical Cardiologist
Director, Atrial Fibrillation Program, Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Susan McDermott, MSN, ANP-BC

Director of Advance Practice Providers, Cardiology Division, Corrigan Minehan Heart Center, Massachusetts General Hospital

Theofanie Mela, MD

Cardiac Electrophysiologist
Director, Lead Management Program, Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Pradeep Natarajan, MD, MMSc

Director, Preventive Cardiology, Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Tomas G. Neilan, MD, MPH, MRCPI

Director, Cardio-Oncology Program
Co-Director, Cardiac MR PET CT Program, Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Jonathan J. Passeri, MD

Co-Director, Heart Valve Program
Director, Interventional Echocardiography, Massachusetts General Hospital
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Rahul Sakhuja, MD, MPP

Interventional Cardiologist, Massachusetts General Hospital
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Nandita S. Scott, MD

Co-Director, Corrigan Women's Heart Health Program
Co-Director, Cardiovascular Disease and Pregnancy Service, Massachusetts General Hospital
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Jagmeet P. Singh, MD, PhD

Attending Physician, Telemachus & Irene Demoulas Family Foundation Center for Cardiac Arrhythmias, Massachusetts General Hospital
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Albree Tower-Rader, MD

Cardiac Radiologist, Massachusetts General Hospital
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Meagan Murphy Wasfy, MD

Sports Cardiologist, Massachusetts General Hospital
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Ido Weinberg, MD

Director, Vascular Medicine Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Malissa J. Wood, MD

Co-Director, Corrigan Women's Heart Health Program, Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Dan Zlotoff, MD, PhD

Cardiologist, Massachusetts General Hospital
Instructor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Wednesday, October 12, 2022

7:50 am - 8:00 am Introduction
Adolph M. Hutter, Jr., MD
8:00 am - 8:40 am The New Role of the Cardiologist in Diabetes Management
James L. Januzzi, MD
8:40 am - 8:50 am Q&A Session
James L. Januzzi, MD
8:50 am - 9:30 am Pulmonary Embolism Response Team (PERT)
Ido Weinberg, MD
9:30 am - 9:40 am Q&A Session
Ido Weinberg, MD
9:40 am - 9:45 am Break
9:45 am - 10:25 am Catheter Techniques to Define Mechanisms of Ischemia
Akl Fahed, MD
10:25 am - 10:35 am Q&A Session
Akl Fahed, MD
10:35 am - 11:15 am Updates to Evaluate and Treat Adult Congenital Heart Disease
Christopher Learn, MD
11:15 am - 11:25 am Q&A Session
Christopher Learn, MD
11:25 am - 12:05 pm Mitral Regurgitation: Timing of Intervention and Choosing Between Surgery and Percutaneous Therapy
Eric M. Isselbacher, MD
12:05 pm - 12:15 pm Q&A Session
Eric M. Isselbacher, MD
12:15 pm - 12:45 pm Lunch Break
12:45 pm - 1:25 pm Advances in Medical Treatment of Systolic Heart Failure
Daniel Zlotoff, MD
1:25 pm - 1:35 pm Q&A Session
Daniel Zlotoff, MD
1:35 pm - 2:15 pm Advanced Heart Failure: Acute and Chronic Therapy
Erin E. Coglianese, MD
2:15 pm - 2:25 pm Q&A Session
Erin E. Coglianese, MD
2:25 pm - 3:05 pm Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF)
Gregory D. Lewis, MD
3:05 pm - 3:15 pm Q&A Session
Gregory D. Lewis, MD
3:15 pm - 3:55 pm What's New in Cardiac Markers
James L. Januzzi, MD
3:55 pm - 4:05 pm Q&A Session
James L. Januzzi, MD

Thursday, October 13, 2022

7:55 am - 8:00 am Introduction
Rory B. Weiner, MD
8:00 am - 8:40 am Incorporating Advances in Electrical Therapy in Heart Failure for Improved Patient Outcomes
Jagmeet P. Singh, MD, PhD
8:40 am - 8:50 am Q&A Session
Jagmeet P. Singh, MD, PhD
8:50 am - 9:30 am Atrial Fibrillation: Recent Advances in Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Therapy
Moussa C. Mansour, MD
9:30 am - 9:40 am Q&A Session
Moussa C. Mansour, MD
9:40 am - 9:45 am Break
9:45 am - 10:25 am The Newest Approaches to Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation
E. Kevin Heist, MD, PhD
10:25 am - 10:35 am Q&A Session
E. Kevin Heist, MD, PhD
10:35 am - 11:15 am New Technologies in the EP Lab: Device Extractions, Leadless Pacemakers and Remote Monitoring
Theofanie Mela, MD
11:15 am - 11:25 am Q&A Session
Theofanie Mela, MD
11:25 am - 12:05 pm Dual Antiplatelet Therapy in Cardiovascular Disease
Michelle L. O'Donoghue, MD
12:05 pm - 12:15 pm Q&A Session
Michelle L. O'Donoghue, MD
12:15 pm - 12:45 pm Lunch Break
12:45 pm - 1:25 pm Aortic Stenosis: Timing of Intervention and Choosing Between Surgery and Percutaneous Therapy
Jonathan J. Passeri, MD
1:25 pm - 1:35 pm Q&A Session
Jonathan J. Passeri, MD
1:35 pm - 2:15 pm Thoracic Aortic Disease: Optimal Imaging and Management
Eric M. Isselbacher, MD
2:15 pm - 2:25 pm Q&A Session
Eric M. Isselbacher, MD
2:25 pm - 3:05 pm Cardiomyopathies With Thick Walls
Albree Tower-Rader, MD
3:05 pm - 3:15 pm Q&A Session
Albree Tower-Rader, MD
3:15 pm - 3:55 pm Acute Coronary Syndromes - STEMI and NSTEMI: The New Data and Clinical Implications
Marc S. Sabatine, MD, MPH
3:55 pm - 4:05 pm Q&A Session
Marc S. Sabatine, MD, MPH

Friday, October 14, 2022

7:55 am - 8:00 am Introduction
Adolph M. Hutter, Jr., MD
8:00 am - 8:40 am Cardiovascular Care of Aging Athletes: Progress and Future Challenges
Meagan Murphy Wasfy, MD
8:40 am - 8:50 am Q&A Session
Meagan Murphy Wasfy, MD
8:50 am - 9:30 am How Exercise Protects the Heart
J. Sawalla Guseh, MD
9:30 am - 9:40 am Q&A Session
J. Sawalla Guseh, MD
9:40 am - 9:45 am Break
9:45 am - 10:25 am State-of-the-Art Approaches to Cardio-Oncology 2022
Tomas G. Neilan, MD, MPH, MRCPI
10:25 am - 10:35 am Q&A Session
Tomas G. Neilan, MD, MPH, MRCPI
10:35 am - 11:15 am Update in Cardiovascular Disease and Pregnancy
Nandita S. Scott, MD
11:15 am - 11:25 am Q&A Session
Nandita S. Scott, MD
11:25 am - 12:05 pm Coronary Disease: Medicate/Dilate/Operate
Rahul Sakhuja, MD, MPP
12:05 pm - 12:15 pm Q&A Session
Rahul Sakhuja, MD, MPP
12:15 pm - 12:45 pm Lunch Break
12:45 pm - 1:25 pm Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection (SCAD)
Malissa Wood, MD
1:25 pm - 1:35 pm Q&A Session
Malissa Wood, MD
1:35 pm - 2:15 pm Complex Coronary Artery Disease in the Cath Lab
Farouc A. Jaffer, MD, PhD
2:15 pm - 2:25 pm Q&A Session
Farouc A. Jaffer, MD, PhD
2:25 pm - 3:05 pm Dyslipidemia: Latest Concepts
Pradeep Natarajan, MD
3:05 pm - 3:15 pm Q&A Session
Pradeep Natarajan, MD
3:15 pm - 3:55 pm Cardiac Critical Care
David M. Dudzinski, MD
3:55 pm - 4:05 pm Q&A Session
David M. Dudzinski, MD
4:05 pm - 4:15 pm Closing Remarks
Adolph M. Hutter, Jr., MD

The Harvard Medical School is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Harvard Medical School designates this live activity for a maximum of 27.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

See more accreditation information here.