Annual New Frontiers, Clinical Dilemmas, and Decision Making in Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery

Experts in Interventional Cardiology, Cardiothoracic surgery, Cardiac Anesthesia, Heart Failure, Cardiac Imaging, Cardiodiabetology and Electrophysiology will provide didactics and high yield discussions on updates and new innovations in imaging and management of coronary artery disease, structural heart disease, innovations in lung transplant, cardiogenic shock, cell-based therapies for heart failure and Artificial Intelligence in echocardiography, and more. Panel discussions with Q & A will be held after each session to answer questions to update community cardiologists and anesthesiologists, residents, fellows, critical care NP, and APRNs.
When Mar 07, 2026
from 07:00 AM to 04:15 PM
Where Heart Hospital, 16th Floor. 201 Abraham Flexner Way, Louisville, KY 40202
Contact Name
Contact Phone 304-610-4832
AttendeesResidents and fellows training in anesthesia, cardiothoracic, cardiology and critical care. Community Cardiologists, Intensivists, Pulmonologists, Anesthesiologists, CRNAs, APRNs, NPs, PAS, RNs, RT(R), etc.
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Contemporary Innovations in Coronary Heart Disease
7:00 a.m. – 7:30 a.m. Registration and  Breakfast
7:30 a.m. - 7:40 a.m.Welcome Dr. Aneeta Bhatia 
7:40 a.m. - 8:03 a.m.Contemporary strategies for non-invasive revascularization in Coronary Artery DiseaseDr. Ibrahim Fahsah
8:05 a.m. – 8:23 a.m. Contemporary strategies for surgical revascularization in Coronary Artery DiseaseDr. Siddarth Pawha
8:25 a.m. - 8:47 a.m.Cardiodiabetology "Pharmaceutical strategies for reducing Coronary Artery Disease in Diabetics"Dr. Krishnaswamy
8:50 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.Q&A
9:00  a.m. - 9:15 a.m.Break, Explore Exhibitors
What's New in Structural Heart and Cardiac Imaging; Moderator: Dr. Marcus Stoddard
9:15 a.m. - 9:37 a.m.Transcatheter Mitral Valve Interventions for Mitral Valve DiseaseDr. Faraaz Rahman
9:40 a.m. - 10:02 a.m.Transcatheter edge-to-edge tricuspid valve repair (TTVR) for treatment of Tricuspid RegurgitationDr. Ravi Sharma
10:05 a.m.-10:27 a.m.Advances and Innovations in Cardiac ImagingDr. Vrinda Sardana
10:30 a.m.-10:52 a.m.Perioperative Echocardiography in Watchman Left Atrial Appendate ClosureDr. Marcus Stoddard
10:55 a.m. - 11:17 a.m.Robotic ElectrophysiologyDr. Jeffrey Stidam
11:20 a.m. - 11:47 a.m.Perioperative Echocardiography and Artificial Intelligence in Transcatheter Repair of the Mitral and Tricuspid ValvesDr. Kiran Belani
11:50 a.m.- 12:00 p.m.Q&A, Explore Exhibitors
12:00 p.m. - 12:30 p.m.Lunch
New Strategies in Advanced Heart Failure; Moderator: Dr. Aneeta Bhatia
12:30 p.m. - 12:52 p.m.Pulmonary Hypertension and Right Heart Failure
12:55 p.m. - 1:12 p.m.Cell Therapies for Heart FailureDr. Roberto Bolli
1:15 p.m. - 1:37 p.m. Novel Devices in management of Advanced Heart FailureDr. Sonali Arora
1:40 p.m. -2:02 p.m.Updates on Cardiogenic ShockDr. Rohan Samson
2:05 p.m. - 2:27 p.m.Updates in Lung Transplant and ex vivo lung perfusion (EVLP) for marginal donor lungsDr. Matthew Fox
2:30 p.m. - 2:50 p.m.Q&A
Innovative Interventional Cardiology and Womens' Heart Health; Moderator: Dr. Amir Piracha
2:50 p.m. - 3:12 p.m.The latest and Greatest Updates in Interventional CardiologyDr. Yuvraj Chowdhury
3:15 p.m. - 3:37 p.m.Renal DenervationDr. Prafull Raheja
3:40 p.m. - 4:02 p.m.Pulmonary Embolism , multidisciplinary Pulmonary Embolism Response Teams (PERT)Dr. Amir Piracha
4:05 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.Q&A / Wrap-up


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Designation Statement

The University of Louisville School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 6 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nursing Credit
This program has been approved by the Kentucky Board of Nursing 7.5 continuing education credits through University of Louisville Hospital, provider number TBA. The Kentucky Board of Nursing approval of an individual nursing education provider does not constitute endorsement of program content. Completion criteria to obtain CE's: Attend entire session and complete the evaluation.

Accreditation Statement
The University of Louisville School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.