Agenda
Friday, November 14, 2025
7:00 am
Registration & Breakfast
University Ballroom Prefunction (Not Accredited for CME)
Translating Evidence into Action: Evolving Strategies in ATTR-Cardiac Amyloidosis Management
Kartik Telukuntla, MD
Sponsored by Pfizer
7:45 am
BREAK / VISIT EXHIBITS
8:15 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, MSCS
8:20 am
Predicting Failure: Hemodynamics as Energetics
Jonathan Grinstein, MD
8:30 am
Modern Implantable Cardiac Devices – The Key to Recoupling?
James C. Fang, MD
8:40 am
Conduction System Pacing: The 5th Pillar of HF Therapy
Gaurav A. Upadhyay, MD
8:50 am
Panel Discussion / Q&A
8:55 am
Hemodynamic Phenotyping to Guide HFpEF Therapies
Sanjiv J. Shah, MD
9:05 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: Sara Kalantari, MD, Nikhil Narang, MD, Sanjiv J. Shah, MD
9:25 am
Debate: What Type of Invasive Exercise is Best?
- Supine is Divine - Barry A. Borlaug, MD
- Fight for Upright - Marat Fudim, MD, MHS
9:45 am
Panel Discussion / Q&A
9:50 am
Defining HFpEF Hemodynamics for Trial Inclusion
Yogesh Reddy, MBBS
10:00 am
Hemodynamic Targets for PH Trials
Mardi Gomberg-Maitland, MD, MSc
10:10 am
Updating Hemodynamic Criteria for Cardiogenic Shock Trials
Manreet K. Kanwar, MD
10:20 am
Panel Discussion / Q&A
10:30 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, MSCS
10:45 am
Finishing Touches: PV Loops in Action
Ryan J. Tedford, MD
10:55 am
Integration of the PAC with PV Loop Measurement
M. Imran Aslam, MD
11:05 am
Advanced Analysis of PV Loops
Daniel Burkhoff, MD, PhD
11:15 am
Panel Discussion / Q&A
11:25 am
Foundations: Overview of Necessary Equipment, Set-Up, and Practical Application for Invasive Exercise Testing
Gregory Lewis, MD
11:35 am
Case-Based Learning with the Experts
James C. Fang, MD; Marat Fudim, MD, MHS; Gregory Lewis, MD; Susanna Mak, MD, PhD;
Farhan Raza, MD; Jennifer Thibodeau, MD, MSCS
12:10 pm
PICK UP LUNCH / VISIT EXHIBITS
LUNCH SYMPOSIUM
12:40 pm
Supported by CVRx
(Not Accredited for CME)
1:10 pm
BREAK / 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
1:40 pm
Moderators: Jennifer A. Cowger, MD, MS; Marat Fudim, MD, MHS; Jonathan Grinstein, MD
Panelists: Kevin Bourque; Omid Forouzan, PhD; Manreet K. Kanwar, MD; Mandeep R. Mehra, MD;
Nir Uriel, MD, MSc
SESSION IV | LVAD
Moderators: Steven Hsu, MD; Manreet K. Kanwar, MD; Gabriel T. Sayer, MD
2:10 pm
Dynamic Testing before LVAD
Jennifer Thibodeau, MD, MSCS
2:20 pm
Heart Failure Syndromes & Hemodynamic Aberrancies
Mandeep R. Mehra, MBBS, MSc
2:30 pm
Hemodynamic Related Events: Addressing RV Failure and Aortic Insufficiency
Farooq H. Sheikh, MD
2:40 pm
Panel Discussion / Q&A
2:45 pm
Hemodynamics of Recovery
Stavros G. Drakos, MD, PhD
2:55 pm
Improving Hemodynamics in Future Pump Development
Kevin Bourque
3:05 pm
Panel Discussion / Q&A
3:15 pm
BREAK / VISIT EXHIBITS
SESSION V | PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
Moderator: Mardi Gomberg-Maitland, MD, MSc, Stanley Swat, MD
3:30 pm
From CPET to Wave Mechanics—Decoding Pulmonary Vascular Pathobiology
Farhan Raza, MD
3:40 pm
PA Compliance and RV-PA Coupling
Marc R. Pritzker, MD
3:50 pm
Predicting the Future: RV Reserve in Cardiopulmonary Disease
Claudia Baratto, MD, PhD
4:00 pm
Panel Discussion / Q&A
4:05 pm
Acute Hemodynamics Changes with PE
Jonathan D. Paul, MD
4:15 pm
Management of Pulmonary Hypertension in the ICU
Anthony P. Carnicelli, MD
4:25 pm
WSPH Challenge Accepted: Optimizing PH Risk Scoring with Hemodynamics
Thomas M. Cascino, MD, MSc
4:35 pm
Panel Discussion / Q&A
4:45 pm
WELCOME RECEPTION
Exhibit Hall
SESSION VI
THE FUTURE OF HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING AND DEVICE THERAPIES IN HEART FAILURE: FROM PIPELINE TO PRIMETIME
(Not Accredited for CME)
5:15 pm
Moderators: Jennifer A. Cowger, MD, MS; Manreet K. Kanwar, MD; Nir Uriel, MD, MSc
Panelists: Jacob Abraham, MD (Edwards Lifesciences); Kasper Bourdette (Acorai);
Amit Gupta (Cardiosense); Finn Gustaffson, MD, PhD (Abbott); Navin Kapur (J&J MedTech);
John Lipman (SleepRes); Brien Neudeck (Fire1)
6:00 pm
Concluding Remarks
Mark N. Belkin, MD and Jonathan Grinstein, MD
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