AGENDA

Friday, October 10

12 - 3 PM Board Meeting  - By Invitation Only  
5 - 6 PM Registration
DeVos Place - Ballroom D
6 - 7 PM

Welcome Reception

* Special thank you to our event sponsor - Abbott

Amway Grand - The Atrium

 Saturday, October 11

7:00a

Breakfast/Product Theater/Exhibits/Registration

Product Theater 
Alnylam
Topic: Introduction to Amvuttra (Vutrisiran)

Novartis

Topic: All you need to know about Lp(a)

 

 

Douglas Horstmanshof, MD, FACC

 

Chris Domenico, PharmD

DeVos Place - Grand Gallery Meeting Room F

 

 

DeVos Place - Grand Gallery Meeting Room E

8:00a Conference Welcome Nagib Chalfoun, MD, FHRS, FACC DeVos Place Ballroom D
8:05 - 9:00a

Session 1 - Prevention

1. Obesity Epidemic (Consequences of Obesity)/ GLP1
2. Coronary Artery Calcium (CAC) Scoring to Personalize Preventive Cardiology
3. Establishing a Preventive Cardiology Clinic (How to Set Up & How to Prescribe) 

Chair: Tom Lalonde, MD, FACC, FACP     
Faculty:
1. Dennis Kerrigan, PhD, FACC

2. Tom Lalonde,  MD, FACC, FACP  

3. Vince Pallazola, MD, FACC

DeVos Place Ballroom D

9:00 - 10:00a

Session 2 - Atrial Fibrillation - Redefined

1. Atrial Fibrillation Guideline Update
2. The Role of Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion in AF Management
3. The Benefit of Early Rhythm Control
4. Device Detected AF & AF burden in Anticoagulation Management

Chairs: Nishaki Mehta & Hakan Oral  

Faculty:
1. Alfred Albano, MD

2. Dipak Shah, MD, FACC

3. Arfaat Khan, MD

4. Xu Gao, MD

DeVos Place Ballroom D
10-10:15a Break and Exhibits   DeVos Place Ballroom C
10:15 - 11:15a

Session 3 - Updates in Structural Heart Disease

1. CAD management in TAVR evaluation: What and when to stent?
2. Special populations in AS: Asymptomatic AS; Moderate AS and LV dysfunction 
3. Tricuspid regurgitation:
-How to classify on echocardiography
-When to refer for consideration of transcatheter therapies and whether to choose T-TEER for TTVR

 


Chairs:
Stephane Leung, MD & Ivan Hanson, MD         

Faculty:

1. Pedro Engel, MD, FACC

2. Devraj Sukul, MD, MSc, FACC

3. Tiberio Frisoli, MD, FACC & Neal Duggal, MD


DeVos Place Ballroom D

11:15 - 12:15p Poster Judging and Exhibits   DeVos Place Ballroom C
12:15-1:15p

Lunch & Learn | Exhibits

Product Theaters
Topics
BridgeBio
"An Extended Overview of Attruby for ATTR-CM"

 
Bristol Myers Squibb

"Phase 3 and Long-Term Outcomes for Cardiac Myosin Inhibition"

 

 

Eesha Purohit, MD

 


David Fermin, MD, FACC, FHFSA

 

DeVos Place 

 

Grand Gallery Meeting Room E

 

Grand Gallery Meeting Room F

1:15-1:45p  CVT Cardiology Feud   DeVos Place Ballroom D
1:45 - 2:45p

FIT Jeopardy

 

DeVos Place Ballroom D

2:45-3:45p CV Team Reception
 
Grand Gallery Meeting Room F
2:45-4:00p FIT Exclusive - Simulation Center Experience at Corewell Health
  Clinical Simulation Center at Corewell Health - Shuttle Service Available
6:00p Mentorship Program Reception   Amway Lumber Baron Bar

 

Sunday, October 12

 

7:15-8:15a

Breakfast/Product Theater/Exhibits/Registration

Product Theater -
Pfizer
Topic: Translating Evidence into Action: Evolving Strategies in ATTR-Cardiac Amyloidosis Management

 

 

David Wolinsky, MD, FACC, MASNC 

DeVos Place - Grand Gallery Meeting Room F

7:45-8:30a Michigan Chapter Business Meeting 

Nagib Chalfoun, MD, FHRS, FACC

DeVos Place Ballroom D

  Chapter Awards Presentations    
  Your College and Chapter - Business Meeting    
  Advocacy Updates Sunil Rao, DO, FACC  
8:30-9:30a 2025 Legacy Lecture

"The Agony and the Ecstasy - Lessons from the Frontline of Cardiovascular Device Innovation"

Tim A. Fischell, MD, FACC, MSCAI DeVos Place Ballroom D
9:30-9:45a Break, Exhibits & Networking   DeVos Place Ballroom C
9:45-10:45a

Session 4: Women's Heart Health

1. Sex-Specific Risk in Cardio-Oncology
2. INOCA and MVD
3. SCAD is Fire
4. Cardio-Obstetrics: a Patient's Journey

Chairs: Brittany Fuller, MD & Milena Jani, MD, MSc  

Faculty:
1. Madhulata Reddy, MD
2. Nishtha Sareen, MD MPH FACC FSCAI
3. Brittany Fuller, MD
4. Rhym Radjef, MD, FACC

DeVos Place Ballroom D

10:45-11:30a

Session 5: Cardiac Zebras: Infiltrative, Inflammatory, and Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathies

1. Cardiac Amyloid: Building a Rare Disease Program
2. Cardiac Sarcoidosis
3. Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathies

Chair: Karthik Ananth, MD, FACC

Faculty:
1. David Fermin, MD, FACC
2. Jennifer Cowger, MD, FACC
3. Supriya Shore, MD


DeVos Place Ballroom D

11:30 - 12:30p

Session 6 - Device Strategies for Heart Failure: Personalizing Care Beyond Medications

Topics:

  • Identifying the Right Patient: Who, When, and Why
  • How Do I Choose Among Advanced HF Device Therapies?
  • Case Presentation

Chair: Marty Tam, MD, FACC

Faculty:

Dr. Supriya Shore, MD

Dr. Lindsey Aurora, MD

Dr. Milena Jani, MD

DeVos Place Ballroom D

12:30p  Conference Dismissed    

 


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