Women's Cardiovascular Symposium Agenda

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Note: This information pertains to the 2024 symposium. Please check back for updates for 2025. 

Notice: The agenda below is tentative and subject to change. Check back for a final agenda and more information. ​​​​​​

​7:00 - 8:00 a.m.

​Registration, Breakfast & Networking


​Exhibitors (Main Hall & Mt. Washington) and Poster Session (Mt. Lookout)

​8:00 - 8:30 a.m.

​Keynote Address (Madisonville Ballroom)

CVD in Women: Epidemiology, Awareness, Access, & Delivery of Equitable Healthcare –
Nanette Wenger, MD

​8:30 - 10:00 a.m.

​Getting to the Heart of the Matter (Madisonville Ballroom)

​8:30 - 8:50

8:50 - 9:10
9:10 - 9:30
9:30 - 10:00
​Sex Differences in CVD Risk Factors: A Call to Action for Sex-Specific CVD Risk Assessment – 
Odayme Quesada, MD​
Mental Stress and Heart Disease – Puja Mehta, MD
Social Determinants of Health and CVD in Women – Fatima Rodriguez, MD
Debate & Panel Q&A: Moderated by Shree Lata Radhakrishnan, MD

​10:00 - 10:15 a.m.

​Break

​10:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

​My Hormones Made Me Do It (Madisonville Ballroom)

​10:15 - 10:35

10:35 - 10:55
10:55 - 11:15
11:15 - 11:45
11:45 - 12:00
Determinants & Management of Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Women
Michael Honigberg, MD
Caring for the Pregnant Heart: An Overview of Cardio-Obstetrics – Amy Sarma, MD
Menopausal Hormone Therapy at Midlife: Friend or Foe for the Heart? – Lisa Larkin, MD
Debate & Panel Q&A: Moderated by Jennifer Wittwer, MD
A Patient’s Story – Mrs. Neena Volk

​12:00 - 1:00 p.m.

​Networking Lunch, Exhibitors & Poster Session Viewing


​Lunch will be served in the Market
Poster Session: Mt. Lookout

​1:00 - 2:30 p.m.

​Small Vessels, BIG Impact (Madisonville Ballroom)

​1:00 - 1:20
1:20 - 1:40

1:40 - 2:00
​2:00 - 2:30
Angina in the Absence of Obstructive Coronary Disease – Janet Wei, MD
Multimodality Imaging & Treatment of Myocardial Infarction with No Obstructive Coronary
Disease (MINOCA) – Nathaniel Smilowitz, MD
Impact of COVID on the Microvasculature and our Patients…Still… – Timothy Henry, MD
INOCA & MINOCA Case Presentations and Panel Q&A: Moderated by Wojciech Mazur, MD
Case Presenters: Andreas Tzoumas, MD & Janelle Muuse, DO

​2:30 - 2:45 p.m.

​Break

​2:45 - 3:45 p.m.

​Heart Failure Presentation and Panel (Madisonville Ballroom)

​​2:45 - 3:05
3:0​5 - 3:45
​Heart Failure in Women: A Personal Journey – Ileana Piña, MD
Amyloid & HCM Case Presentations and Panel Q&A: Moderated by Eugene Chu​ng, MD
Case Presenters: Dalia Aziz, MD & Mehmet Yildiz, MD
Panelists – Timothy Raymond, MD, Wojciech Mazur, MD, & Ankit Bhatia, MD

​3:45 - 4:00 p.m.

​Poster Session Awards & Closing Remarks (Madisonville Ballroom)

​4:00 - 5:00 p.m.

​Networking Events

​4:00 - 5:00

​4:15 - 4:45
​Networking Social (hors d’oeuvres and drinks served in the pre-function area / Ault Park Terrace) 
& exhibitor engagement raffle (4:50 PM)
Early Career Speed Networking Session (Madisonville Ballroom)​​

​​ ​​​*Times and session topics are subject to change. 

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