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Women's Cardiovascular Symposium Agenda

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Symposium Agenda 

This year's topics and internationally renowned speakers will provide an inside look at the changes taking place within women's cardiovascular care.

This year's symposium will feature a keynote presentation by

C. Noel Bairey-Merz, MD
Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute
Director, Barbra Streisand Women's Heart Center
Director, Linda Joy Pollin Women's Heart Health Program
Director, Preventative and Rehabilitative Cardiac Center, Smidt Heart Institute
Women's Guild Endowed Chair in Women Health

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7:00 – 7:50​ AM​​Registration, Breakfast, and Networking
 
Exhibitors (Hall & Mt. Auburn) and Poster Session (Mt. Washington)
7:5​​​​​0 – 8:00 AMWelcome (Madisonville Ballroom)
 Odayme Quesada, MD – Symposium Director
8:00 – 9:30 AMTurn, Turn, Turn: Time for Change in Cardiovascular Health (Madisonville Ballroom)
     8:00 – 8:20 AMTurn, Turn, Turn: Time for Change in Cardiovascular Health – Maria Espinola, PsyD
     8:20 – 8:40 AMCardiac Imaging Post COVID-19 – Kate Hanneman, MD
     8:40 – 9:00 AMSoc Determinants of Health, CV Health, & Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes–Garima Sharma, MD
     9:00 – 9:20 AMMen are from Mars, Women are from Venus: Sex Differences in Cardiac Imaging–Niti Aggarwal, MD
     9:20 – 9:30 AMPanel Q&A
9:30 – 9:45 AMBreak
9:45 – 10:45 AMPregnancy: A Woman's First Stress Test (Madisonville Ballroom)
     9:45 – 10:05 AMCardio-Obstetrics: What Every Cardiologist Should Know – Nandita Scott, MD
     10:05 – 10:45 AMCase Presentations & Panel Q&A – Moderator: Elizabeth Moore, DO
 Panelist – Nicole Brown, MD
 Panelist – William Schnettler, MD 
 Panelist – Carri Warshak, MD
10:45 – 11:45 AMKeynote Presentation – Her Heart Matters (Madisonville Ballroom)
     10:45 – 11:15 AMHer Heart Matters – C. Noel Bairey Merz, MD
     11:15 – 11:30 AMQ&A Moderated by Lisa Larkin, MD
     11:30 – 11:45 AMA Patient's Perspective – Carrie Lange & Odayme Quesada, MD
11:45 AM – 12:45 PMNetworking Lunch & Poster Session
 Lunch: Nourishment Centers with seating in Mt. Adams & Mt. Lookout
 Poster Session: Mt. Washington
12:45 – 2:15 PMUpdates in Risk Factors and Management of Women with CVD (Madisonville Ballroom)
     12:45 – 1:05 PMLipids in Women Across the Lifespan – Erin Michos, MD
     1:05 – 1:25 PMNew GLP-1 Agents & Weight Loss – Adrienne Youdim, MD
     1:25 – 1:45 PMImpact of Menopause & Hormone Therapy on the Heart – Chrisandra Shufelt, MD
     1:45 – 2:05 PMPrecision Medicine & Cardiovascular Genetics – Mia Chorney, DNP
     2:05 – 2:15 PMPanel Q&A
2:15 – 3:15 PMAn Evolving Landscape in Advanced Heart Failure (Madisonville Ballroom)
     2:15 – 2:35 PMAdvanced Heart Failure in Women – Susan Joseph, MD
     2:35 – 3:15 PMCase Presentations & Panel Q&A – Moderator: Geetha Bhat, PhD, MD
 Panelist – Kathryn O'Keefe, MD
 Panelist – Jennifer Cook, MD
3:15 – 3:30 PMBreak
3:30 – 5:00 PMAdvances in Sex-Specific Cardiology (Madisonville Ballroom)
     3:30 – 3:50 PMApproach to Chronic Chest Pain in the Absence of Obstructive Diseas –Odayme Quesada, MD
     3:50 – 4:10 PMApproach to Diagnosis & Management of Women with MINOCA – Harmony Reynolds, MD
     4:10 – 4:30 PMWomen & Atrial Fibrillation – Annabelle Volgman, MD
     4:30 – 4:50 PMHer Cancer, Her Heart: Heart Disease in Hammering that Cancer – Tochukwu Okwuosa, DO
     4:50 – 5:00 PMPanel Q&A
5:00 – 6:30 PMClosing Remarks and Networking Social (Ault Park Courtyard)
     5:45 – 6:15 PMPoster Session Awards (Mt. Washington)