Program Agenda:
7:30am: Registration

8:00am: Welcome
Ibrahim Sultan, MD
Section I: Aortic Valve Disease (Moderator: Amber Makani, MD)

8:05am: Case #1 – 65-year-old man with severe symptomatic trileaflet aortic stenosis
Amber Makani, MD

8:15am: Debate: Why TAVR is the best therapy for this patient
Dustin Kliner, MD

8:25am: Debate: He should have surgery with a mechanical valve
Derek Serna-Gallegos, MD

8:35am: Debate: Did someone say Ozaki procedure?
Danny Chu, MD

8:45am: Debate Rebuttals and Deliberation

8:55am: Live TAVR from UPMC Presbyterian
Moderator: Ibrahim Sultan, MD
Presenter: Dustin Kliner, MD
Expert Panel:
Derek Serna-Gallegos, MD
Hemal Gada, MD Amber Makani, MD
Timothy C. Wong, MD

9:00—10:00am: Heart Valve Disease: Patient Experience Breakout Session
Elissa Castor, PA-C
Supervisor, Cardiac Surgery Outpatient Advanced Practice Providers
Elizabeth Christensen, MSN, CRNP
Advanced Practice Provider, Expert, TAVR Program
UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute
Katie Fatigante, PA-C
Supervisor, Structural Heart Team Advanced Practice Providers
UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute

9:25am: Heart Valve disease in Women: What do physicians and cardiologists need to know?
Malamo Countouris, MD, MS

9:35am: Bench to the Bedside: Aortic Stenosis
Cynthia St. Hilaire, PhD

9:45am: Expert Perspective: Are All TAVR Platforms the Same?
Hemal Gada, MD

9:55am: Panel Discussion and Audience Discussion

10:10am: Break
Section II: Mitral and Tricuspid Valve Disease (Moderator: Conrad Smith, MD)

10:25am: Case #2: A 75-year-old woman with P2 prolapse
Conrad Smith, MD

10:35am: Debate: TEER with no fear
Jeff Fowler, DO

10:45am: Debate: Robotic mitral valve repair is standard of care
Johannes Bonatti, MD

10:55am: Debate Rebuttals and Deliberation

11:05am: Live TEER from UPMC Harrisburg
Moderator: Conrad Smith, MD
Presenter: Hemal Gada, MD
Expert Panel:
Jeffrey Fowler, DO
Amber Makani MD
Johannes Bonatti, MD
William Katz, MD
Joshua Levenson, MD

11:35am: Tricuspid TEER for TR: Patients want better QOL
Conrad Smith, MD

11:45am: Transcatheter tricuspid replacement for TR: The new TAVR
Catalin Toma, MD

11:55am: Tricuspid valve surgery: What does the future look like?
Pyongsoo D. Yoon, MD

12:05pm: TEE Toolbox for Structural Heart Cases
Taz Mansoor, MD
Keynote Address:

12:15pm: Social Media, Heart Valve Patients & You
Adam Pick

12:30pm: Panel Discussion and Audience Discussion

12:45pm: Break
Section III: Structural Heart Potpourri (Moderator: Hemal Gada, MD)

1:00pm: Pulmonary embolism: where are we in 2024?
Belinda N. Rivera-Lebron, MD, MSCE

1:10pm: Live Pulmonary Embolism from UPMC Presbyterian
Moderator: Catalin Toma, MD
Presenter: Jeffrey Fowler, DO
Expert Panel Moderators:
Belinda N. Rivera-Lebron, MD, MSCE
Rabih Chaer, MD, MS
Torrey R. Schmidt, DO

1:40pm: When treating valvular heart disease: Don’t forget about AFIB and the left atrial appendage!
Stephen Waterford, MD

1:50pm: Advancements in LAAO: What does the future hold?
Sandeep K. Jain, MD

2:00pm: Live LAAO from UPMC Harrisburg
Moderator: Sandeep K. Jain, MD
Presenter: Chinmay P. Patel, MD
Expert Panel:
Dustin Kliner, MD
Virginia K. Singla, MD
Samir F. Saba, MD
Amber Makani, MD
Matthew Suffoletto, MD

2:30pm: Panel Discussion and Audience Discussion

2:45pm: Adjourn
Ibrahim Sultan, MD