2025 Video Presentations

Presentation Location
Welcoming Remarks
Zubair Hashmi, MD & Amin Yehya, MD

Keynote Presentation
Future of Cardiology: Opportunities and Risk
Victor Soukoulis, MD, PhD
President; American College of Cardiology - Virginia Chapter
Grand Ballroom
Session 1
Moderator - Jamie Kennedy, MD
  • Cardiac Amyloidosis
    Sumeet Mitter, MD
  • Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
    Mohammed Makkiya, MD
  • Treating Inflammatory Cardiomyopathies: Sarcoid and Beyond
    Antonio Abbate, MD, PhD
  • Genetic Causes of Inflammatory Cardiomyopathies
    Akos Berthold, MMSC, LCGC
Capital Ballroom
Session 2
Moderator - Zubair Hashmi, MD
  • What's New in AHA/ACC/HFSA Guidelines
    Mirnela Byku, MD, PhD
  • Cost, providing the needed care
    Lauren Feeney, MSN, FNP-C, AACC, CCK
  • Oral Therapies Beyond Class 1 Drugs
    Benjamin Van Tassell, PharmD
Grand Ballroom
Session 3
Moderator - Shashank Desai, MD
  • What's New in ACHD
    Shashank Desai, MD & Qurratulaen Khawaja-Javaid, PA-C
  • Making the Transition from Peds to Adult
    David Harrison, MD
  • Case Presentation
    Chawki Elzein, MD
  • Patient Perspective
    Mr. Eric Wolfson
Grand Ballroom
Session 4
Moderator - Daniel Tang, MD
  • Atrial Failure Left
    Cory Trankle, MD
  • Classifying PH in the Cardiac Cath Lab: When to Provoke and Answer
    Manjula Ananthram, MD
  • Updates in Pulmonary Hypertension
    Daniel Grinnan, MD
Capital Ballroom
Session 5
Moderator - James Bergin, MD
  • Care Coordination in HF - MCS
    Kathryn Abernathy, MS, RN, Christyna Justice, RN, BSN, VAD-C
  • Development and Management of an Outpatient Pharmacist-Driven GDMT Titration Clinic
    Kirstie Perry, PharmD, BCACP, Rachael Kral, PharmD
  • It Takes a Village - Multidisciplinary Heart Failure Case
    Mirna Dickey, LPC, Elizabeth Enfield, MSN, RN, CCNS, Theresa Guyton, MSN, RN, AG-ACNP, Pace Morris, LPN, Kirstie Perry, PharmD, BCACP
Capital Ballroom
Session 6
Moderator - Leora Yarboro, MD
  • Psychosocial Considerations in Advanced Heart Failure Therapies
    William Potts, LCSW
  • Palliative Care in the Heart Failure PopulationAlex Schoifet, MD
  • Caregiver Stress and Burnout
    Kristy Keller, MD
Capital Ballroom
Session 7
Moderator - Melissa Smallfield, MD
  • Community practices, challenges without dedicated HF specialist
    Linda Hart, DNP, RN, ACNP-BC, FACC
  • Inpatient Risk Factors of Heart Failure
    LaVone Smith, MD
  • CPET Risk Assessment
    Justin M. Canada, PhD, RCEP
Grand Ballroom
Session 8
Moderator - Hoyle "Trey" Whiteside, MD
  • Myocardial Recovery (Role of Medical Therapy and Temporary Mechanical Support)
    John Herre, MD
  • Managing Valvular Heart Disease in Heart Failure Patients
    Matthew Summers, MD
  • Novel Device Therapies to consider when GDMT is not enough
    Amin Yehya, MD
Capital Ballroom
Session 9
Moderator - Zubair Hashmi, MD
  • "Shock Program"
    Ramesh Singh, MD
  • Heart-Lung Transplant
    Mr. Corey Saul
  • Closing Remarks
Grand Ballroom