AGENDA

Welcome Reception

* A special thank you to our event sponsor AMGEN

Breakfast/Product Theater/Exhibits/Registration

Product Theater - Evaluating Attruby for Patients With ATTR-CM: An Overview and Patient Perspective
BridgeBio

 
Michael G. Dickinson, MD

 Governor's Hall A

Session 1 - Unusual/Infiltrative Cardiomyopathies – Amyloid, HCM, Sarcoid, Lamin

1. ICD or Not to ICD? Primary Prevention in Cardiac Sarcoidosis: My Approach
2. Overview of Genetic Cardiomyopathies For Adult Cardiologists
3. How I Select GDMT  in Infiltrative Cardiomyopathies
4. The Current Landscape of Genetic Counselling and Testing in Cardiomyopathies

Chair/Moderators:
Karthik Ananth, MD, FACC
David Fermin, MD, FACC

Sanjay Dandamudi, MD

Swati Sehgal, MD

Jennifer Cowger, MD, MS, FACC

Marty Tam, MD, FACC

 Governor's Hall E&F

Session 2 - Women's Health

1. HRT Session: New Updates

2. From Pregnancy Risk to Postpartum Prevention: A Cardio-Obstetrics Update

3. Imaging: INOCA/MINOCA

4. Invasive: Procedural complications in women and how to counsel

Chair/Moderators:
Saavia Girgla, MD, FACC
Stacy Willner, DO, FACC

Michelle Forcina, PA-C

Rhym Radjef, MD, FACC

Timothy Joseph, MD, FACC

Eric Cantey, MD, FACC

Session 3 - Acute Pulmonary Embolism: Redefining Risk and Improving Patient Care

Risk Stratification
PERT Activation
Treatment Pathways + HI-PEITHO Discussion

 
Chair/Moderator: Hussein Abu Daya, MD, FACC

Patrick Alexander, MD, FACC
Marcel Letourneau, DO, FACC

 
Governor's Hall E&F

Lunch & Learn | Exhibits

Product Theaters
1. Cardiac Manifestations of Fabry Disease
Chiesi 

2. Arcalyst (rilonacept) For Injection: Evidence-Based Treatment of Recurrent Pericarditis
Kiniksa

 
Ankit Bhatia, MD, FACC

 
Nayan Desai, MD, FACC, FSCAI, RPVI

Governor's Hall A

Governor's Hall B

The Legacy Lecture - 

The AHA/ACC 2025 Hypertension Guidelines
The Landmark Trials that Inform Them and the Influence of the Legacy of Michigan Research on the Hypertension Landscape.

Kenneth A. Jamerson, MD

Session 4: Prevention

1. Prevention: Lipid Guidelines
2. EP: AF risk management and prevention of progression (wearable)
3. Prevention: HTN guidelines
4. Plaque Characteristics and Prevention

Chair/Moderators: 
John Bisognano, MD, PhD, FACC
Katherine Fell, MD

Vincent Pallazola, MD, FACC

Emma Hegwood, DO, FACC

John Bisognano, MD, PhD, FACC
Kavitha Chinnaiyan, MD, FACC

 Governor's Hall E&F

Breakfast/Product Theater/Exhibits

Product Theater - Pivotal Trial and Cardiac Structure and Function Outcomes With CAMZYOS® in Patients With Symptomatic NYHA Class II–III Obstructive HCM 

Bristol Myers Squibb

David Fermin, MD, FACC, FHFSA 

 Governor's Hall A

MIACC President
Nagib Chalfoun, MD, FHRS, FACC

 Governor's Hall E&F

Session 5 - It’s all about what you don’t see- Case-based discussion of ANOCA

1. Case 1 - MVD and Vasospasm
2. Panel Discussion
3. Case 2 - Myocardial Bridge
4. Panel Discussion

Chair/Moderator: Raed Al Najjar, MD


Nishtha Sareen, MD, FACC
Karthik Ananth, MD, FACC
Timothy Joseph, MD, FACC

FIT Jeopardy Michigan Finals

Chair/Moderators:
Mahmoud Assaad, MD, FACC

Teams:
Wayne State University
Corewell Health Royal Oak
Henry Ford St. John

 Governor's Hall E&F

Session 6: Heart Failure Management

1. Cardio-oncology
2. Imaging: Echo Strain, CT, MRI
3. HF: Medication Management
4. Surgeon and transplant cardiologist: Cardiogenic shock or LVAD vs transplant

Chair / Moderators: 
Douglas Horstmanshof, MD, FACC
Cristina Tita, MD

 Governor's Hall E&F

Break and Exhibits | Poster Announcement

Session 7 - Stump the Expert

1. Case 1 - Short Case Presentation
2. LAAO in 2026: Who Should I Refer?
3. Imaging Before and After LAAO: What Does the General Cardiologist Need to Know?
4. Case 2 - Short Case Presentation
5. Rhythm Control After LAAO: Can We Safely Cardiovert or Ablate?

Chair/Moderators: 
Sohail Hassan, MBBS, FACC
Marty Tam, MD, FACC

Zarghoona Wajid, MD
Heather Wheat, MD

Andrew Harris, MD

Mariam Zunnu Rain, MD

Michael Ghannam, MD

 Governor's Hall E&F