Overview
The Orlando Health Heart and Vascular Institute is proud to present the 10th annual Orlando Health Heart and Vascular Institute educational symposium, a premier event designed to bring together healthcare professionals, researchers and industry experts in cardiovascular health. This symposium will serve as a platform for attendees to engage with the latest advancements, research and best practices in cardiovascular care, fostering collaboration and knowledge-sharing to advance the field.
Event Highlights:
- Keynote Speakers: Leading experts in cardiovascular medicine will share insights on innovative treatments, technologies and the latest research.
- Panel Discussions: In-depth discussions featuring industry leaders and healthcare professionals will explore the evolving landscape of cardiovascular care.
- Networking Opportunities: Attendees can connect with peers, industry professionals and thought leaders across the field of cardiovascular care.
This year's symposium also includes informative exhibits from top healthcare vendors and presentations from Orlando Health Heart and Vascular Institute's team of experts, offering a comprehensive view of best-in-class care for patients with cardiovascular and vascular needs. The symposium is designed for family practice and internal medicine physicians, advanced practice providers, and specialty providers interested in expanding their knowledge and skills with evidence-based medicine.
Course Directors
Aurelio Duran, MD
General Cardiology
Orlando Health Heart and Vascular Institute
Anthony J. Rongione, MD
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Orlando Health Heart and Vascular Institute
Orlando Health Heart and Vascular Institute’s 2025 Annual Symposium Agenda @accordionTitleTag.Name>
At this year’s symposium, we will be offering two different tracks, a general cardiology and a cardiovascular specialty session.
The general cardiology track will discuss the most cutting-edge development and advancements in cardiovascular management and treatment. Content will focus on diagnosis, treatment and management of cardiovascular diseases.
Primary Target:
Internal medicine, family physician and healthcare providersSecondary Target:
Cardiovascular specialists, advanced practitioners and specialty providers
The specialty track will focus on higher acuity management of our Orlando Health Heart and Vascular Institute's patients to include heart failure, vascular surgery, cardiovascular surgery and structural heart programs.
Primary Target:
Cardiovascular specialists, advanced practitioners and specialty providers
Secondary Target:
Internal medicine, family physician and healthcare providers
*Session topics are subject to change.
Duration of session |
Start Time | End Time | Session | Focus Area | Speaker |
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0:45 | 7:00 AM | 7:45 AM | REGISTRATION/BREAKFAST | ||
0:15 | 7:45 AM | 8:00 AM | Welcome | Aurelio Duran, MD and Anthony Rongione, MD | |
0:10 | 8:00 AM | 8:10 AM | Orlando Health Heart and Vascular Institute Update | Vijaykumar Kasi, MD, PhD, President, Orlando Health Heart and Vascular Institute and Andy Shunk, Assistant Vice President, Orlando Health Heart and Vascular Institute | |
0:20 | 8:10 AM | 8:30 AM | Keynote Speaker | Erick Hawkins, Chief Administrative Officer, Orlando Health | |
0:15 | 8:30 AM | 8:35 AM | BREAK/EXHIBITS | ||
0:15 | 8:35 AM | 8:50 AM | Is That an Elephant or an Ant on the Chest? – Acute Coronary Syndromes | Srinivas Prasad, MD | |
0:15 | 8:50 AM | 9:05 AM | Cleared But at What Risk? Cardiovascular Risk Factor Stratification and Clearance | Christina Dudley, MMSc, PA-C | |
0:15 | 9:05 AM | 9:20 AM | Lipids – What is Floating in 2024–2025? Therapies and Guidelines | George Ghareeb, DO | |
0:15 | 9:20 AM | 9:35 AM | General Cardiology Session | Can We Do Better with Hypertension Management? Closer Look at Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring and Renal Denervation | Farhan Khawaja, MD |
0:15 | 9:35 AM | 9:50 AM | Fighting the Diabetes Epidemic – Will New Medications Help the Heart Win? | Sindhu Jacob, MD | |
0:15 | 9:50 AM | 10:05 AM | Exercise for Cardiovascular Health: Natural Prevention | Wesley Romney, MD | |
0:15 | 10:05 AM | 10:20 AM | Panel Discussion | Moderators: Valerie Izarnotegui, MD and Laith Al-Balbissi, MD | |
0:20 | 10:20 AM | 10:40 AM | BREAK/EXHIBITS | ||
0:15 | 10:40 AM | 10:55 AM | Twisted, Leaky and Swollen – Know Your Veins | Dwayne Badgett, MD | |
0:15 | 10:55 AM | 11:10 AM | What’s New, What’s Hot, What’s Not in Arterial Endovascular Therapies | Jan Skowronski, MD | |
0:15 | 11:10 AM | 11:25 AM | Vascular and Imaging Session | There is New Information in Your Echo Report – Understanding Strain and 3D Image Interpretation | Jonathan Rodriguez-Ortiz, MD |
0:15 | 11:25 AM | 11:40 PM | Do the Stars Predict a Blockage? Nuclear Stress Testing, PET, CTA and Nuances of the Calcium Score | Saji Jacob, MD | |
0:15 | 11:40 PM | 11:55 PM | A Peek Into the Heart From The Outside – Advancements in Cardiac MRI and CT | Allan Chen, MD | |
0:15 | 11:55 PM | 12:10 PM | Panel Discussion | Moderators: Caitlin Merrin, DO and Punita Kaveti, MD | |
0:40 | 12:10 PM | 12:50 PM | LUNCH/EXHIBITS | ||
0:15 | 12:50 PM | 1:05 PM | ECG Jeopardy – Make it Cash | Javier Acevedo, MD | |
0:15 | 1:05 PM | 1:20 PM | The Lights Are Out – Syncope and Sudden Cardiac Death | Stephen Watts, MD | |
0:15 | 1:20 PM | 1:35 PM | Atrial Fibrillation Prevention and Management – Role of Antiarrhythmics and Anticoagulants | Daniel Masvidal, MD | |
0:15 | 1:35 PM | 1:50 PM | Electrophysiology and Pulmonary Session | Putting the Electricity back into Electrophysiology – Pulse Field Atrial Fibrillation Ablation | Luis Garcia, MD |
0:15 | 1:50 PM | 2:05 PM | Breathing to Live: Sleep Disorders and Pulmonary Hypertension | Roberto Swazo, MD | |
0:15 | 2:05 PM | 2:20 PM | Remembering the Pandemic and Its Sequelae – CV Impact of Covid, Long Covid and Vaccines | Alxander Johnson, MD | |
0:15 | 2:20 PM | 2:35 PM | Panel Discussion | Moderators: Daniel Nguyen, MD and Prakash Goutham, MD and David Lew, MD | |
0:20 | 2:35 PM | 2:50 PM | BREAK/EXHIBITS | ||
0:20 | 2:50 PM | 3:10 PM | To Open or Not to Open: CABG vs PCI | Sandeep Gupta, MD and Stephen Bakir, MD | |
0:20 | 3:10 PM | 3:30 PM | Managing Bicuspid Aortic Stenosis and Aortic Insufficiency: TAVR vs SAVR | Edward Ferguson, MD | |
0:20 | 3:40 PM | 4:00 PM | An Equivocal Stress Test: Cath vs CT Angiography | Prakrut Patel, MD and S. Imran Zaidi, MD | |
0:20 | 3:50 PM | 4:10 PM | Debates and Controversies Session | In or Out: Role of Aspirin, Beta Blockers, Vitamins and Health Supplements | Tywaun Tillman, MD and Salvador Lanza, MD |
0:20 | 4:10 PM | 4:30 PM | To Play or Sit Out: Sports Cardiology | Patrick Chang, MD and George Eldayrie, MD | |
0:20 | 4:30 PM | 4:50 PM | Panel Discussion | Moderators: Kamran Akram, MD and Saji Jacob, MD | |
0:10 | 4:50 PM | 5:00 PM | Closing Remarks | Jamal Hakim, MD, Chief Physician Officer, Orlando Health | |
1:00 | 5:00 PM | 6:00 PM | COCKTAIL HOUR | ||
1:30 | 6:00 PM | 7:00 PM | EXHIBITS/DINNER AND SOCIALIZING |
Duration of session |
Start Time | End Time | Session | Focus Area | Speaker |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
0:45 | 7:00 AM | 7:45 AM | REGISTRATION/BREAKFAST | ||
0:15 | 7:45 AM | 8:00 AM | Welcome | Course Directors: Aurelio Duran, MD and Anthony Rongione, MD | |
0:10 | 8:00 AM | 8:10 AM | Orlando Health Heart and Vascular Institute Update | Vijaykumar Kasi, MD, PhD, President, Orlando Health Heart and Vascular Institute and Andy Shunk, Assistant Vice President, Orlando Health Heart and Vascular Institute | |
0:20 | 8:10 AM | 8:30 AM | Keynote Speaker | Erick Hawkins, Chief Administrative Officer, Orlando Health | |
0:05 | 8:30 AM | 8:35 AM | BREAK/EXHIBITS | ||
0:15 | 8:35 AM | 8:50 AM | Heart Failure Basics and Fluid Management (GDMT, Palliative Care and Remote Monitoring) | Shahid Qamar, MD | |
0:15 | 8:50 AM | 9:05 AM | Don’t Get Shocked by Cardiogenic Shock – Know the Management Pathways | Yahaira Ortiz, MD | |
0:15 | 9:05 AM | 9:20 AM | What Has Infiltrated the Heart? Amyloid, Sarcoid, HOCM and the Cardiomyopathies | Jesal Popat, MD | |
0:15 | 9:20 AM | 9:35 AM | Advanced Heart Failure Session | Taking Care of Mother and Baby – MFM and Cardio Obstetrics | Krithika Krishnarao, DO |
0:15 | 9:35 AM | 9:50 AM | Growing Up with Congenital Heart Disease | David Briston, MD | |
0:15 | 9:50 AM | 10:05 AM | Fighting Cancer and Protecting the Heart – Cardio Oncology | Bhavana Bangalore, MD | |
0:15 | 10:05 AM | 10:20 AM | Panel Discussion | Moderators: Jacqueline Dowe, MD and Patrick Fisher, DO | |
0:20 | 10:20 AM | 10:40 AM | BREAK/EXHIBITS | ||
0:15 | 10:40 AM | 10:55 AM | When The Pump Fails – Time for a New Motor – Mechanical Circulatory Support | Anthony Rongione, MD | |
0:15 | 10:55 AM | 11:10 AM | Atrial Fibrillation Treatment – Surgical and Hybrid Strategies | Karen Walker, MD | |
0:15 | 11:10 AM | 11:25 AM | Surgery – CV and Vascular Session | Nature Gave the Aorta Bifurcations – Resolving Frustrations Through Fenestrations | Aleem Mirza, MD |
0:15 | 11:25 AM | 11:40 PM | When East Meets West – AV Fistulas and Dialysis Access | Jacqueline Babb, MD | |
0:15 | 11:40 PM | 11:55 PM | Plaque in the Carotid Artery Can Mean Trouble in the Brain - Carotid Stenting and Endarterectomy | Mohammad Abbasi, MD | |
0:15 | 11:55 PM | 12:10 PM | Panel Discussion | Moderators: Hazem El- Arousy, MD and Robert Winter, MD | |
0:40 | 12:10 PM | 12:50 PM | LUNCH/EXHIBITS | ||
0:15 | 12:50 PM | 1:05 PM | Mitral Flow Backwards – When to Clip the Leaky Valve | Deepak Vivek, MD | |
0:15 | 1:05 PM | 1:20 PM | Tricuspid Valve is Not a Bystander – Significance of Repair | Joel Garcia, MD | |
0:15 | 1:20 PM | 1:35 PM | Stroke in Atrial Fibrillation – Is the Heart to Blame? Closing the LAA | Aurelio Duran, MD | |
0:15 | 1:35 PM | 1:50 PM | Interventional and Structural Cardiology Session | Clots Can Sneak Through Holes in the Heart – Should You Close That PFO? | John Sullebarger, MD |
0:15 | 1:50 PM | 2:05 PM | When Clots Move Up to the Lung – Do We Lyse or Aspirate? | Imran Farooq, MD | |
0:15 | 2:05 PM | 2:20 PM | Hear on a Helix: The Twists and Turns of Cardiovascular Disease | Aditi Dagli, MD | |
0:15 | 2:20 PM | 2:35 PM | Panel Discussion | Moderators: Kiran Mogali, MD and Neeraj Bajaj, MD | |
0:15 | 2:35 PM | 2:50 PM | BREAK/EXHIBITS | ||
0:20 | 2:50 PM | 3:10 PM | Top 5 CV Clinical Trials of 2024–2025 | Jean Gonzalez, MD and Ricardo Villasmil, MD | |
0:20 | 3:10 PM | 3:30 PM | Top 5 CV Technologies of 2024–2025 | Shivangi Patel, MD and Sandip Patel, MD | |
0:20 | 3:30 PM | 3:50 PM | Hot Topics Session | Impact of AI on Cardiology – Introducing Cyberdoc MD | Mohamed Elshazly, MD |
0:20 | 3:50 PM | 4:10 PM | Obesity and Cardiometabolic Syndrome – Will Weight Loss Drugs Win a Nobel? | Vijaykumar Kasi, MD, PhD | |
0:20 | 4:10 PM | 4:30 PM | CV Quality, Rehab and Value-Based Care Update – Patient-Centric Medicine | Calvin Leung, MD | |
0:10 | 4:30 PM | 4:50 PM | Panel Discussion | Moderators: Vishesh Kumar, MD and Jan Skowronski, MD | |
0:10 | 4:50 PM | 5:00 PM | Closing Remarks | Jamal Hakim, MD, Chief Physician Officer, Orlando Health | |
1:00 | 5:00 PM | 6:00 PM | COCKTAIL HOUR | ||
1:00 | 6:00 PM | 7:00 PM | EXHIBITS/DINNER AND SOCIALIZING |
Accommodations
Renaissance Orlando at Seaworld6677 Sea Harbor Dr, Orlando, FL 32821
Continuing Medical Education Credits
This activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.
Nursing continuing education hours pending.
Orlando Health Institute for Learning is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by Florida Board of Nursing (Provider No. FBN 50-1524).
Orlando Health Institute for Learning is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the North Carolina Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation (AP 085).