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Agenda

November 14, 2025

7:15 am

Registration / Continental Breakfast

University Ballroom Prefunction

7:55 am

Welcome and Introduction 

Mark N. Belkin, MD and Jonathan Grinstein, MD 

SESSION I | BEYOND BASELINE HEMODYNAMICS

Moderators: Mark N. Belkin, MD; Susanna Mak, MD, PhD; Jennifer Thibodeau, MD

8:00 am

Predicting Failure: Hemodynamics as Energetics

Jonathan Grinstein, MD

8:15 am

Hemodynamic Phenotyping to Guide HFpEF Therapies

Kavita Sharma, MD

8:30 am

Modern Implantable Cardiac Devices – The Key to Recoupling? 

James C. Fang, MD

8:45 am

Conduction System Pacing: The 5th Pillar of HF Therapy

Gaurav A. Upadhyay, MD

9:00 am

Traveling Outside the Heart: Beyond Intra-Thoracic Hemodynamics

Jenifer A. Cowger, MD, MS

9:15 am

Panel Discussion / Q&A

SESSION II | HEMODYNAMICS IN CLINICAL TRIALS

 Moderators: Robert J. Mentz, MD; Shashank S. Sinha, MD, MSc 

9:25 am

Debate: What Type of Invasive Exercise is Best? 

 Supine is Fine - Barry A. Borlaug, MD

 Fight for Upright - Marat Fudim, MD, MHS

9:45 am

Defining HFpEF Hemodynamics for Trial Inclusion

Yogesh Reddy, MBBS

10:00 am

Hemodynamic Targets for PH Trials

Mardi Gomberg-Maitland, MD, MSc

10:15 am

Updating Hemodynamic Criteria for Cardiogenic Shock Trials

Manreet K. Kanwar, MD

10:30 am

Panel Discussion / Q&A

10:45 am

BREAK / VISIT EXHIBITS

SESSION III | IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY WILL COME….

EXERCISE: GETTING YOUR HEMODYNAMIC CATHETERIZATION LABORATORY UP AND RUNNING 

 Moderators: James C. Fang, MD; Marat Fudim, MD, MHS; Susanna Mak, MD, PhD; Jennifer Thibodeau, MD

11:00 am

Foundations: Overview of Necessary Equipment, Set-Up, and Practical Application for Invasive Exercise Testing 

Gregory Lewis, MD

11:15 am

Elevating the Floor: Interpretation of CPET Data in Conjunction with Hemodynamics 

Farhan Raza, MD

11:30 am

Finishing Touches: PV Loops in Action 

Ryan J. Tedford, MD

11:45 am

Advanced Analysis of PV Loops

Daniel Burkhoff, MD, PhD

12:15 pm

Case-Based Learning with the Experts 

James C. Fang, MD; Marat Fudim, MD, MHS; Gregory Lewis, MD; Susanna Mak, MD, PhD; 

Farhan Raza, MD; Ryan J. Tedford, MD; Jennifer Thibodeau, MD

12:30 pm

LUNCH / VISIT EXHIBITS  

IF YOU DREAM IT, THEY WILL BUILD IT:

TALKING SHOP WITH ENGINEERS AND PHYSICIANS

A Panel Discussion Between Biomedical Engineers and Physicians to Help Address Gaps in the Field of Heart Failure Technology

1:30 pm

Moderators: Jennifer A. Cowger, MD, MS; Marat Fudim, MD, MHS; Rohan M. Goswami, MD;

Jonathan Grinstein, MD


Panelists: Kevin Bourque; Omid Forouzan; Manreet K. Kanwar, MD; Mandeep R. Mehra, MD; 

Nir Uriel, MD

SESSION IV | LVAD

Moderators: Manreet K. Kanwar, MD; Gabriel T. Sayer, MD

2:00 pm

Dynamic Testing before LVAD 

Jennifer Thibodeau, MD

2:15 pm

Heart Failure Syndromes & Hemodynamic Aberrancies

Mandeep R. Mehra, MD

2:30 pm

Hemodynamic Related Events: Addressing RV Failure and Aortic Insufficiency

Farooq H. Sheikh, MD

2:45 pm

Improving Hemodynamics in Future Pump Development

Kevin Bourque

3:00 pm

Panel Discussion / Q&A

SESSION V | PULMONARY HYPERTENSION

 Moderators: Mardi Gomberg-Maitland, MD, MSc; Ryan J. Tedford, MD 

3:10 pm

PA Compliance and RV-PA Coupling

Marc R. Pritzker, MD

3:25 pm

Predicting the Future: RV Reserve in Cardiopulmonary Disease

Claudia Baratto, MD, PhD

3:40 pm

Acute Hemodynamics Changes with PE

Jonathan D. Paul, MD

3:55 pm

Management of Pulmonary Hypertension in the ICU

Anthony P. Carnicelli, MD

4:10 pm

WSPH Challenge Accepted: Optimizing PH Risk Scoring with Hemodynamics

Thomas M. Cascino, MD, MSc 

4:25 pm

Panel Discussion / Q&A

4:35 pm

BREAK / VISIT EXHIBITS

SESSION VI

THE FUTURE OF HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING AND DEVICE THERAPIES IN HEART FAILURE: FROM PIPELINE TO PRIMETIME   


Moderators: Jennifer A. Cowger, MD, MS; Manreet K. Kanwar, MD; Nir Uriel, MD

Panelists: TBD


(Not Accredited for CME)

5:05 pm

To be announced

5:50 pm

Concluding Remarks

Matthew Sorrentino, MD 

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