2nd Annual Virginia Statewide Advanced Heart Failure Symposium

Saturday, October 18, 2025

Symposium begins at 8:00 AM. Please see Agenda for details.


Registration

Registration is open through 10/17/2025 11:59 PM Eastern Time (US & Canada)

Registration is required to attend. The registration fee of $10.00, includes breakfast, lunch, and parking.

Parking passes will be issued digitally 48-hours before event.

Due to other events in downtown Richmond, we are limited in the number of free parking passes we can issue to event attendees. Please register by Friday, September 19th to secure your free parking

Please see the agenda link for details of topics and speakers. We will be offering continued education credits for physicians, nurses, pharmacy, and advanced physician providers (NPs & PAs).

 

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If you have any issues or questions, please contact lily.warden@vcuhealth.org


Continuing Education Credit

Jointly provided by Partners for Advancing Clinical Education and Virginia Commonwealth University Department of Surgery

Joint Accreditation Statement

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Partners for Advancing Clinical Education (Partners) and Virginia Commonwealth University Department of Surgery. Partners is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Physician Continuing Education

Partners designates this live activity for a maximum of 6 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nursing Continuing Professional Development

The maximum number of hours awarded for this Nursing Continuing Professional Development activity is 6 contact hours.

Pharmacy Continuing Education

Partners designates this continuing education activity for a maximum of 6 contact hour(s) (0.6 CEUs) of the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education.
(Universal Activity Number - JA4008073-9999-25-211-L01-P)
Type of Activity: Knowledge

PA Continuing Medical Education

Partners has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for a maximum of 6 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.

Click Here To Claim Credit

Additional Information

Target Audience

This activity is intended for physicians, physician assistant/physician associates, pharmacists, registered nurses, nurse practitioners, and other healthcare professions who care for patients with advanced heart failure.

Educational Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

  • Review best practice updates from clinical guidelines and research in heart failure.
  • Identify evolving diagnostic strategies and implement appropriate use of testing.
  • Analyze cases related to complex patients with associated internal medicine, cardiovascular medicine and cardiomyopathy-related conditions.
  • Apply best practices for working with multidisciplinary teams for successful patient outcomes.

Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest

Partners requires every individual in a position to control educational content to disclose all financial relationships with ineligible companies that have occurred within the past 24 months. Ineligible companies are organizations whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

All relevant financial relationships for anyone with the ability to control the content of this educational activity are listed below and have been mitigated according to Partners policies. Others involved in the planning of this activity have no relevant financial relationships.

Faculty/Planning Committee Financial Relationships
Akos Berthold, MMSc, CGC Has no relevant financial relationships.
Alexander Schoifet, MD Has no relevant financial relationships.
Amin Yehya, MD MS FACC FHFSA Consultant, Advisor, Speaker: Merck, AstraZeneca
Individual publicly traded stocks and stock options: E-trade and Northwestern
Antonio Abbate Consultant, Advisor, Speaker: Kiniksa, Monte Rosa, and Novo Nordisk
Benjamin Van Tassell, PharmD Researcher: Novartis, NovoNordisk, Amgen, Cardiol, Implicit Biosciences
Chawki Elzein, MD, FACS Has no relevant financial relationships.
Christyna Justice RN, BSN, VAD-C Has no relevant financial relationships.
Corey Saul Has no relevant financial relationships.
Cory R. Trankle, MD, MS Has no relevant financial relationships.
Dan Grinnan Has no relevant financial relationships.
Daniel Tang, MD Consultant, Advisor, Speaker: Clinical trial events adjudicator
David Harrison, MD, MPH Has no relevant financial relationships.
Elizabeth Enfield, RN, CCNS Has no relevant financial relationships.
Eric Wolfson, BHA, MSLIS Has no relevant financial relationships.
Hoyle "Trey" Whiteside, MD Has no relevant financial relationships.
James D Bergin, MD Has no relevant financial relationships.
Justin M. Canada, PhD Has no relevant financial relationships.
Kathryn Abernathy, RN, MS Has no relevant financial relationships.
Kirstie Perry, PharmD, BCACP Has no relevant financial relationships.
Kristy Keller, MD Has no relevant financial relationships.
Lauren M. Feeney, MSN, FNP-C, CCK, AACC Consultant, Advisor, Speaker: AstraZeneca, Bayer
LaVone Smith, MD Has no relevant financial relationships.
Linda L. Hart DNP, RN, ACNP-BC, FACC Has no relevant financial relationships.
Manjula Ananthram, MBBS Has no relevant financial relationships.
Matthew Summers, MD Has no relevant financial relationships.
Melissa Smallfield, MD Has no relevant financial relationships.
Mirna Dickey, LPC Has no relevant financial relationships.
Mirnela Byku MD PhD Consultant, Advisor, Speaker: Abbott
Mohammed Makkiya, MD, MSc, FACC Consultant, Advisor, Speaker: Bristol Myers Squibb
Pace Morris, LPN Has no relevant financial relationships.
Qurratulaen Khawaja-Javaid, PA-C Has no relevant financial relationships.
Ramesh Singh, MB, BCh, BaO, LRCP/SI, FACC, AFRCSI Has no relevant financial relationships.
Shashank Desai, MD Has no relevant financial relationships.
Sumeet Singh Mitter, MD, MSc Consultant, Advisor, Speaker: Alexion, Alnylam, AstraZeneca, BridgeBio, Cytokinetics, Emblem Health, NovoNordisk, Pfizer
Theresa Guyton, MSN, RN, AG-ACNP, CHFN Has no relevant financial relationships.
Victor Soukoulis, MD, PhD Has no relevant financial relationships.
William M. Potts LCSW Has no relevant financial relationships.

Americans with Disabilities Act

Event staff will be glad to assist you with any special needs (i.e., physical, dietary, etc). Please contact Lily Warden prior to the live event at lily.warden@vcuhealth.org.


Financials

General Registration Fee

$10.00

Breakfast, Lunch, and Parking provided with registration.


Location

Rooms have been blocked off for a discounted rate for attendees of the symposium who wish to obtain a Hotel Room for the night.

Please click here to reserve a room.


Venue/Hotel:
Richmond Marriott

500 E. Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23219

 

Parking:
Public Parking Garage (on E. Marshall St. between 6th & 7th St.)
607 E Marshall St
Richmond, VA 23219

Parking passes will be issued digitally 48-hours before event.

Due to other events in downtown Richmond, we are limited in the number of free parking passes we can issue to event attendees. Please register by Friday, September 19th to secure your free parking