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7:00-8:00 am
Registration and Light Breakfast
8:00-8:05
Welcome & Announcements Euan Ashley, FRCP, DPhil
8:05-10:00 Panel: Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FH) Moderators: Kyla Dunn, MS, LCGC and David Maron, MD
8:05-8:30
Population Scale Screening for FH Eric Sijbrands, MD, PhD
8:30-8:45
Should We Test Children for FH? Should We Treat FH in Children? James Priest, MD
8:45-9:00
Lipoprotein(a): An Emerging Causal Risk Factor for Cardiovascular Disease Cindy Lamendola, RN
9:00-9:20
Comprehensive FH Care for Individuals, Their Families and the Public Joshua Knowles, MD, PhD
9:20-10:00
Panel Discussion and Q&A
10:00-10:30
Break
10:30-12:30 pm Panel: Exercise in Inherited Cardiovascular Disease - Sports Cardiology Moderators: Kate Beutner, NP and Jonathan Myers, MD
10:30-10:45
Exercise in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: The RESET Study and More Sharlene Day, MD
10:45-11:00
What’s a Normal ECG for an Athlete? The Seattle 2 Criteria Jonathan Drezner, MD
11:00-11:15
Cardiopulmonary Testing in Patients and Athletes Jeffrey Christle, PhD
11:30-11:45
Impact of Exercise Limitations on Quality of Life and Family Julia Platt, MS, LCGC
11:45-12:30 pm
12:30-1:30
Lunch
1:30-3:30 Panel: Inherited Arrhythmia - What’s New? Moderators: Kara Motonaga, MD and Allysonne Smith, RN
1:30-1:45
New Insights into Cardiac Channelopathies Steven Lubitz, MD, MPH
1:45-2:00
Early Onset Atrial Fibrillation Marco Perez, MD
2:00-2:15
New Therapies for Arrhythmogenic Disease Calum MacRae, MD, PhD
2:15-2:30
Puzzling Pediatric Arrhythmias Anne M. Dubin, MD
2:30-2:45
Genetic Counseling for Inherited Arrhythmia Syndromes Jodie Ingles, PhD
2:45-3:30
3:30-4:00
4:00-6:00 Panel: Marfan Disease and Aortopathies Moderators: Mitchel Pariani, MS, LCGC and Tia Moscarello, MS, LCGC
4:00-4:15
Genetics of Aortopathies Dianna Milewicz, MD, PhD
4:15-4:30
Imaging the Heart and Blood Vessels David Liang, MD, PhD
4:30-4:45
Connective Tissue Disease and Children Tom Collins, MD
4:45-5:00
Aortic Emergencies and Their Surgical Treatment Michael Fischbein, MD
5:00-5:15
Psychological Issues in Aortopathies Valerie Hoover, PhD
5:15-6:00
6:00-6:10
Closing Remarks
6:10 pm
Adjourn
7:00-9:00 pm
Dinner with Keynote Speaker (No CME) Thomas Fogarty Winery
Registration & Light Breakfast
Announcements Euan Ashley, FRCP, DPhil
8:05-10:05 Breakout Sessions (choose one)
Nursing Challenges and Opportunities Cindy Lamendola, RN Heidi Salisbury, RN MSN, CNS Calum MacRae, MD, PhD Kate Beutner, NP
Genetic Counseling Challenges and Opportunities Julia Platt, MS, LCGC Mitchel Pariani, MS, LCGC Kyla Dunn, MS, LCGC
Difficult Cases in Inherited Cardiovascular Disease in Adults Victor Froelicher, MD Matthew Wheeler, MD, PhD Joshua Knowles, MD, PhD
Difficult Cases in Inherited Cardiovascular Disease in Children Anne M. Dubin, MD Beth D. Kaufman, MD James Priest, MD
10:05-10:35
10:35-12:35 pm Panel: Familial Cardiomyopathy Moderators: Karim Sallam, MD and Colleen Caleshu, MS, LCGC
10:35-10:50
Classifying Cardiomyopathy: New Insights into Pathophysiology Chris Semsarian, MBBS, PhD
10:50-11:05
Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy - ARVC is Only the Beginning Victoria Parikh, MD
11:05-11:20
Cardiomyopathy in the Young Beth Kaufman, MD
11:20-11:35
New Insights into Preclinical and Early Stage Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Carolyn Ho, MD
11:35-11:50
New Therapies for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Matthew Wheeler, MD, PhD
11:50-12:35
12:35-12:45
12:45 pm