Harvard Update in Clinical Cardiology 2025

• Target Audience: cardiologists, internists
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The Comprehensive Clinical Cardiology Update

Evaluation • Treatment • Patient Care • Procedures • Challenging Cases

COURSE OVERVIEW

Update in Clinical Cardiology provides comprehensive updates for state-of-the-art care and guidance to incorporate them into daily practice to optimize patient outcomes. Coverage includes:

Coronary Artery Disease

Diabetes and Obesity

Valvular Heart Disease

Heart Failure (reduced and preserved ejection fraction)

Cardiomyopathies

Dyslipidemia

Hypertension

Exercise and Cardiovascular Benefits

Atrial Fibrillation

Supraventricular Tachycardia

Ventricular Arrhythmias

Thoracic Aortic Disease

Pericarditis

Peripheral Arterial Disease

Renal Artery Stenosis

Renal Artery Denervation

Pulmonary Embolism and Venous Thromboembolism

Cardio-Oncology

Adult Congenital Heart Disease

Cardiac Critical Care

Ischemia with Non-Obstructive Coronary Arteries (INOCA)

Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection (SCAD)

Cardiac Biomarkers

Heart Disease in Pregnancy

Sports Cardiology

Pulmonary Hypertension

Endocarditis

The faculty is assembled from the best clinician-educators at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital and is designed to deliver the highest quality educational experience:

Teaching practical, effective clinical reasoning and approaches that enable you to practice state-of-the-art clinical cardiology

Allowing ample time for participants to interact with faculty and to pose and get answers to your specific questions, including Q&A sessions and case-based panel discussions

Providing the latest information in an engaging manner and clinically usable context so that you have knowledge you can “take home” and immediately apply to patient care

2025 PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

Management of obesity and diabetes for improved cardiovascular health outcomes

Use of GLP-1 agonists and SGLT2-inhibitors

Acute coronary syndrome guidelines writing committee chair, Dr. Michelle O’Donoghue, presents answers to your questions about the new guidelines for diagnosis and treatment

New clinical trials: data findings, updates, and implications for daily practice

Novel transcatheter and structural treatment options: important updates for the management of valvular disease

Optimized approaches to heart failure and cardiomyopathies, including hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and cardiac amyloidosis

Advances in electrical devices and mechanical support

Complex coronary artery disease management in the cath lab with novel diagnostic and revascularization techniques

Who Should Attend

Physicians, Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners, Registered Nurses, Pharmacists, and Fellows from the following specialties:

Cardiology

Vascular Medicine

Internal Medicine

Family Medicine

Geriatrics

Surgery

Hospital Medicine

Critical Care and Trauma

Emergency Medicine

Anesthesiology

• Topics:

Wednesday, October 15, 2025

Wednesday Morning Session Moderator: Rory B. Weiner, MD

7:50am to 8:00am Introduction Rory B. Weiner, MD and Emily Lau, MD, MPH

Cardiovascular Prevention

8:00am to 8:30am The Role of the Cardiologist in Obesity Management James L. Januzzi, MD

8:30am to 8:40am Q&A Session James L. Januzzi, MD

8:40am to 9:10am Dyslipidemias: Going Beyond Statins Pradeep Natarajan, MD

9:10am to 9:20am Q&A Session Pradeep Natarajan, MD

9:20am to 9:50am Exercise as Cardiovascular Prevention Katie Stewart, CNP, MS and J. Sawalla Guseh, MD

9:50am to 10:00am Q&A Session Katie Stewart, CNP, MS and J. Sawalla Guseh, MD

10:00am to 10:20am CV Prevention Case-Based Panel Discussion James L. Januzzi, MD; Pradeep Natarajan, MD; Katie Stewart, CNP, MS; J. Sawalla Guseh, MD

10:20am to 10:35am Break

Electrophysiology

10:35am to 11:05am Atrial Fibrillation: What’s New in 2025 Moussa Mansour, MD

11:05am to 11:15am Q&A Session Moussa Mansour, MD

11:15am to 11:40am Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation: Anticoagulation and Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Kevin Heist, MD, PhD

11:40am to 11:50am Q&A Session Kevin Heist, MD, PhD

11:50am to 12:15pm New Developments in Devices: Pacemakers and CRT Jagmeet Singh, MD, PhD

12:15pm to 12:25pm Q&A Session Jagmeet Singh, MD, PhD

12:25pm to 12:45pm Arrhythmia Case-Based Panel Discussion Moussa Mansour, MD; Kevin Heist, MD, PhD; Jagmeet Singh, MD, PhD

12:45pm to 2:00pm Break*

Wednesday Afternoon Session Moderator: Emily S. Lau, MD, MPH

Valvular Disease

2:00pm to 2:35pm Aortic Valve Disease: TAVR, Surgery, or Watchful Waiting? Nilay Patel, MD

2:35pm to 2:45pm Q&A Session Nilay Patel, MD

2:45pm to 3:20pm Mitral Regurgitation: Transcatheter Therapies vs. Surgery Jonathan Passeri, MD

3:20pm to 3:30pm Q&A Session Jonathan Passeri, MD

3:30pm to 3:45pm Break

3:45pm to 4:20pm Management of Tricuspid Valve Disease: When to Watch vs. Fix? Evin Yucel, MD

4:20pm to 4:30pm Q&A Session Evin Yucel, MD

4:30pm to 4:50pm Valvular Case-Based Panel Discussion Nilay Patel, MD; Jonathan Passeri, MD; Evin Yucel, MD; Caitlin O’Callaghan Reen, NP

4:50pm Study Hall

Time for self-paced study of any of the pre-recorded sessions. These sessions provide updates and recommendations for your day-to-day practice:

Supplementary Sessions

Supraventricular Arrhythmias Theofanie Mela, MD

Hypertension Randall Zusman, MD

Biomarkers James Januzzi, MD

Pulmonary Hypertension Alison Witkin, MD

Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection Amy Sarma, MD

Endocarditis Evin Yucel, MD

Ventricular Arrhythmias William Hucker, MD, PhD

Wearables Shaan Khurshid, MD

Pulmonary Embolism Gaurav Parmar, MD

CPET Rajeev Malhotra, MD

Thursday, October 16, 2025

Thursday Morning Session Moderator: Rory B. Weiner, MD

7:55am to 8:00am Introduction Rory B. Weiner, MD

Ischemic Heart Disease

8:00am to 8:35am Acute Coronary Syndromes: Updates from 2025 Practice Guidelines Michelle O’Donoghue, MD, MPH

8:35am to 8:45am Q&A Session Michelle O’Donoghue, MD, MPH

8:45am to 9:20am Stable CAD: Medicate, Dilate, Operate Farouc Jaffer, MD, PhD

9:20am to 9:30am Q&A Session Farouc Jaffer, MD, PhD

9:30am to 10:00am Demystifying INOCA/ANOCA Akl Fahed, MD

10:00am to 10:10am Q&A Session Akl Fahed, MD

10:10am to 10:30am Ischemic Heart Disease Case-Based Panel Discussion Michelle O’Donoghue, MD, MPH; Akl Fahed, MD; Farouc Jaffer, MD, PhD

10:30am to 10:45am Break

10:45am to 11:05am Imaging in Ischemic Heart Disease: Functional Testing Michael Osborne, MD

11:05am to 11:15am Q&A Session Michael Osborne, MD

11:15am to 11:35am Imaging in Ischemic Heart Disease: Coronary CT Angiography Brian Ghoshhajra, MD, MBA

11:35am to 11:45am Q&A Session Brian Ghoshhajra, MD, MBA

11:45am to 1:00pm Break*

Thursday Afternoon Session Moderator: Emily S. Lau, MD, MPH

Adolph M. Hutter, Jr., MD, Keynote Lecture

1:00pm to 1:40pm The Landscape of Cardiovascular Clinical Trials in 2025 Marc Sabatine, MD, MPH

1:40pm to 1:50pm Q&A Session Marc Sabatine, MD, MPH

Heart Failure

1:50pm to 2:20pm Updates in Management of Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction Daniel Zlotoff, MD, PhD

2:20pm to 2:30pm Q&A Session Daniel Zlotoff, MD, PhD

2:30pm to 3:00pm Advanced Heart Failure: Acute and Chronic Therapies and When to Refer Erin Coglianese, MD

3:00pm to 3:10pm Q&A Session Erin Coglianese, MD

3:10pm to 3:25pm Break

3:25pm to 3:55pm Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF) Gregory D. Lewis, MD

3:55pm to 4:05pm Q&A Session Gregory D. Lewis, MD

4:05pm to 4:30pm Cardiac Critical Care in 2025 David Dudzinski, MD, JD

4:30pm to 4:50pm Heart Failure Case-Based Panel Discussion Daniel Zlotoff, MD, PhD; Erin Coglianese, MD; Gregory D. Lewis, MD; David Dudzinski, MD, JD

4:50pm Study Hall

Time for self-paced study of any of the pre-recorded sessions. These sessions provide updates and recommendations for your day-to-day practice:

Supplementary Sessions

Supraventricular Arrhythmias Theofanie Mela, MD

Hypertension Randall Zusman, MD

Biomarkers James Januzzi, MD

Pulmonary Hypertension Alison Witkin, MD

Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection Amy Sarma, MD

Endocarditis Evin Yucel, MD

Ventricular Arrhythmias William Hucker, MD, PhD

Wearables Shaan Khurshid, MD

Pulmonary Embolism Gaurav Parmar, MD

CPET Rajeev Malhotra, MD

Friday, October 17, 2025

Friday Morning Session Moderator: Rory B. Weiner, MD

7:55am to 8:00am Introduction Rory B. Weiner, MD

Myocardial Disorders

8:00am to 8:30am Cardiac Amyloidosis in 2025 Hanna Gaggin, MD, MPH

8:30am to 8:45am Q&A Session Hanna Gaggin, MD, MPH

8:45am to 9:20am What Is New in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Albree Tower-Rader, MD

9:20am to 9:30am Q&A Session Albree Tower-Rader, MD

10:00am to 10:10am Q&A Session Tomas Neilan, MD, MPH, MRCPI

10:10am to 10:25am Break

Friday Afternoon Session Moderator: Emily S. Lau, MD, MPH

Vascular Disease

10:25am to 10:50am Peripheral Arterial Disease in 2025 Maya Serhal, MD

10:50am to 11:00am Q&A Session Maya Serhal, MD

11:00am to 11:25am State-of-the-Art Approaches to Renal Artery Disease Joseph Garasic, MD

11:25am to 11:35am Q&A Session Joseph Garasic, MD

11:35am to 12:15pm Updates in Thoracic Aortic Disease Eric Isselbacher, MD

12:15pm to 12:25pm Q&A Session Eric Isselbacher, MD

12:25pm to 1:40pm Break*

Specialty Topics in Cardiology

1:40pm to 2:10pm Adult Congenital Heart Disease: Primer for the General Cardiology Practitioner Christopher Learn, MD; Doreen DeFaria Yeh, MD

2:10pm to 2:20pm Q&A Session Christopher Learn, MD; Doreen DeFaria Yeh, MD

2:20pm to 2:50pm Updates in Cardio-Obstetrics: Cardiovascular Disease in Pregnancy Nandita Scott, MD

2:50pm to 3:00pm Q&A Session Nandita Scott, MD

3:00pm to 3:15pm Break

3:15pm to 3:55pm Updates in Acute and Recurrent Pericarditis Jonathan Salik, MD

3:55pm to 4:05pm Q&A Session Jonathan Salik, MD

4:05pm to 4:10pm Closing Remarks Rory B. Weiner, MD and Emily S. Lau, MD, MPH

4:10pm Study Hall

Time for self-paced study of any of the pre-recorded sessions. These sessions provide updates and recommendations for your day-to-day practice:

Supplementary Sessions

Supraventricular Arrhythmias Theofanie Mela, MD

Hypertension Randall Zusman, MD

Biomarkers James Januzzi, MD

Pulmonary Hypertension Alison Witkin, MD

Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection Amy Sarma, MD

Endocarditis Evin Yucel, MD

Ventricular Arrhythmias William Hucker, MD, PhD

Wearables Shaan Khurshid, MD

Pulmonary Embolism Gaurav Parmar, MD

CPET Rajeev Malhotra, MD