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  • Thursday, April 3, 2025
  • 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM CST
    Breakfast
  • 8:00 AM – 11:50 AM CST
    Shock Scenarios With Experts (Non-Accredited)
  • 8:00 AM – 11:50 AM CST
    Society of Critical Care Cardiology Inaugural Meeting
  • 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM CST
    Lunch & Shock Jeopardy 1 (Accredited)
    Host: Bindu Chebrolu, MD – Houston Methodist DeBakey Cardiology Associates
    Host: Nadeen Faza, MD, FACC – DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center
    Judge: Bindu Akkanti, MD – University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
    Judge: Steve Hollenberg, MD – Emory University
    Judge: Carlos Alviar, MD, FACC, FESC – New York University School of Medicine
    Judge: Garima Dahiya, MD, FACC – Mayo Clinic, Rochester
  • 1:30 PM – 3:07 PM CST
    Session 1: The Left is Right (LV Shock, Valvular Shock) (Accredited)
    Moderator: Biswajit Kar, MD – University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
    Moderator: William O'Neill, MD – Henry Ford Health System
    Panelist: Sean Van Diepen, MD – University of Alberta
    Panelist: Nandish Thukral, MD – Cardiology Clinic of San Antonio Methodist Heart Hospital San Antonio, TX
    Panelist: Esther Vorovich, MD, MSCE – Northwestern University
    Panelist: Marwan Jumean, MD – University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
    Panelist: David A. Baran, FACC, FSCAI, FHFSA – Cleveland Clinic Florida
    Panelist: Amanda Bergeron, MSN, APRN, AGACNP-BC, HF-Cert – Memorial Hermann Hospital- Texas Medical Center
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  • 1:30 PM – 4:30 PM CST
    Right Time, Right Patient, Right Device Abbott Sponsored Session (Non-Accredited)
  • 3:07 PM – 3:30 PM CST
    BREAK
  • 3:30 PM – 4:45 PM CST
    Session 2: The Right has left (RV Failure) (Accredited)
    Moderator: Maria Patarroyo-Aponte, MD – University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
    Moderator: Marvin A. Konstam, MD – The CardioVascular Center at Tufts Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine
    Panelist: Jerry D. Estep, MD, FACC, FASE – Cleveland Clinic Florida
    Panelist: Mehmet Akay, MD – Houston Methodist Hospital
    Panelist: Marvin J. Slepian, MD, J.D. – The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson
    Panelist: Sean Van Diepen, MD – University of Alberta
    Panelist: Robin Miller, DNP, MPH, ACNP – Providence St. Vincent Medical Center
    Panelist: Subhasis Chatterjee, MD, FACS – Michael E. DeBakey Dept. of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine
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  • 3:45 PM – 4:30 PM CST
    Right Time, Right Patient, Right Device Abbott Sponsored Session (Non-Accredited)
  • 4:45 PM CST
    BREAK
  • 4:45 PM – 6:00 PM CST
    Emerging Leaders Lounge (Non-Accredited)
  • 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM CST
    Poster Viewing and Welcome Reception (Non-Accredited)
    Poster Judge: Maya Guglin, MD, PhD – Indiana University School of Medicine
    Poster Judge: Sriram Nathan, MD – University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
    Poster Judge: Ran Lee, MD, FACC – CCLCM of CWRU - Cleveland Clinic
    Poster Judge: Priyanka Sen, MD – Texas Heart and Vascular Specialists
    Poster Judge: Anju Bhardwaj, MD – UT Health Houston McGovern Medical School
    Poster Session
  • 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM CST
    Shock Experiences Exhibit Hall

    Poster Judge: Maya Guglin, MD, PhD – Indiana University School of Medicine

    Poster Judge: Alex Hajduczok, MD – UC San Diego

    Poster Judge: Sriram Nathan, MD – University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

    Poster Judge: Ran Lee, MD, FACC – CCLCM of CWRU - Cleveland Clinic

    Poster Judge: Priyanka Sen, MD – Texas Heart and Vascular Specialists

  • Friday, April 4, 2025
  • 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM CST
    Breakfast
  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM CST
    Session 3: Neither Right nor Left - Shock (None CS Talks) (Accredited)
    Moderator: Andrew B. Civitello, MD, FACC – Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center/ Texas Heart Institute
    Moderator: Evgenij Potapov, MD – Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charite
    Panelist: Joyce W. Wald, DO – Penn Medicine
    Panelist: Steve Hollenberg, MD – Emory University
    Panelist: Esther Vorovich, MD, MSCE – Northwestern University
    Panelist: Duc Thinh Pham, MD – Northwestern Medicine Feinberg School of Medicine
    Panelist: Rahat Hussain, MD – University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
    Panelist: Michelle N. Ferri, MS, ACNP-BC – Inova
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  • 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM CST
    J&J MedTech| Heart Recovery: "Journey Through Shock" (Non-Accredited)
  • 9:30 AM – 10:00 AM CST
    BREAK
  • 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM CST
    Session 4: Which Device is Right? (Device Therapy in Shock) (Accredited)
    Moderator: Richard Smalling, MD
    Moderator: Stavros Drakos, MD, PhD, FACC – UHealth, University of Utah
    Panelist: Arvind Bhimaraj, MD, MPH, FACC, FHFSA – DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center
    Panelist: Nir Uriel, MD, MSc, FACC – NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
    Panelist: Amanda R. Vest, MBBS, MPH – Cleveland Clinic
    Panelist: Carolyn Rosner, MSN, NP-C, MBA – Inova Schar Heart and Vascular
    Panelist: Khaled Chatila, MD – University of Texas Medical Branch
    Panelist: Ismael Salas de Armas, MD – University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
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  • 11:30 AM – 11:45 AM CST
    Session 4: Which Device is Right? (Device Therapy in Shock) (Accredited)
  • 11:45 AM – 12:00 PM CST
    BREAK
  • 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM CST
    Lunch & Shock Jeopardy 2 (Accredited)
  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM CST
    AOP Health: "A New Therapeutic Option for Rapid and Precise Ventricular Rate Control in the Critical Care Setting" (Non-Accredited)
  • 1:30 PM – 3:15 PM CST
    Session 5: I can't tell Left from Right (Debates) (Accredited)
    Moderator: Timothy Henry, MD, FACC, MSCAI – The Christ Hospital Health Network
    Moderator: Venu Menon, MD – Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University
    Panelist: Maya Guglin, MD, PhD – Indiana University School of Medicine
    Panelist: Steve Hollenberg, MD – Emory University
    Panelist: Daniel De Backer, MD – Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
    Panelist: Andrew Higgins, MD – Cleveland Clinic
    Panelist: Ayaaz K. Sachedina, MD FRCPC – Foothills Medical Centre, Libin Cardiovascular Institute, University of Calgary
    Panelist: Manreet Kanwar, MD – University of Chicago
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  • 3:15 PM – 3:30 PM CST
    BREAK
  • 3:30 PM – 4:45 PM CST
    Session 6: Pre-Right and Post-Left (Preload, Afterload & Hemodynamics) (Accredited)
    Moderator: Sriram Nathan, MD – University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
    Moderator: Marvin A. Konstam, MD – The CardioVascular Center at Tufts Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine
    Panelist: Ramesh Hariharan, MD – University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
    Panelist: Mir B. Basir, DO – Henry Ford Health System
    Panelist: Jerry D. Estep, MD, FACC, FASE – Cleveland Clinic Florida
    Panelist: Harish Devineni, MD – University of Texas - Houston
    Panelist: Russell Perkins, AGACNP-BC – Duke University Hospital
    Panelist: Joyce W. Wald, DO – Penn Medicine
    Houston Shock Symposium
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM CST
    Shock Experiences @ Exhibit Hall (Non-Accredited)
  • 4:45 PM – 5:00 PM CST
    BREAK
  • 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM CST
    Breakout Session: Frontline Focus: Nursing and Advanced Practice Provider Highlights and Case Reflections (Accredited)
  • 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM CST
    Session 7: What's Left of the Native Right (Assessing RVF on MCS) (Accredited)
    Moderator: Marvin J. Slepian, MD, J.D. – The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson
    Moderator: Nir Uriel, MD, MSc, FACC – NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
    Panelist: Daniel De Backer, MD – Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
    Panelist: Phyllis Billia, MD, PhD, FRCPC – University of Toronto
    Panelist: Manish Patel, MD – University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
    Panelist: Mark Slaughter, MD – University of Louisville, School of Medicine
    Panelist: Evgenij Potapov, MD – Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charite
    Panelist: David Feldman, MD, PhD – Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, an RWJBarnabas Health facility
    Houston Shock Symposium
  • 6:00 PM – 6:30 PM CST
    BREAK
  • Saturday, April 5, 2025
  • 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM CST
    Breakfast
  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM CST
    Moderated Abstract Cases Session 1 (Accredited)

    Panelist: Joseph Zwischenberger, MD – University of Kentucky

    Panelist: Aniket S. Rali, MD – Vanderbilt University Medical Center

    Panelist: Timothy Henry, MD, FACC, MSCAI – The Christ Hospital Health Network

    Panelist: Alexander Postalian, MD, FSCAI, FACC – Texas Heart Institute

    Panelist: Chandra Kunavarapu, MD – Methodist Heart and Lung institute

    Panelist: Sukhdeep Basra, MD – University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM CST
    Session 8: Doing the Right thing when nothing is Left (Accredited)
    Moderator: Stavros Drakos, MD, PhD, FACC – UHealth, University of Utah
    Moderator: Shashank S. Sinha, MD, MSc – Inova Schar Heart and Vascular, Inova Fairfax Medical Campus
    Panelist: Joseph Zwischenberger, MD – University of Kentucky
    Panelist: Ismael Salas de Armas, MD – University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
    Panelist: Barinder S. Hansra, MD, FACC – Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    Panelist: Laura Wueste, ACNP – Memorial Hermann Memorial City Medical Center
    Panelist: David A. Baran, FACC, FSCAI, FHFSA – Cleveland Clinic Florida
    Panelist: James A. Burke, MD, PhD, – Lehigh Valley Heart and Vascular Institute-Jefferson
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  • 9:30 AM – 10:00 AM CST
    BREAK
  • 9:45 AM – 11:15 AM CST
    Moderated Abstract Cases Session 2 (Accredited)

    Panelist: Joseph Zwischenberger, MD – University of Kentucky

    Panelist: Aniket S. Rali, MD – Vanderbilt University Medical Center

    Panelist: Timothy Henry, MD, FACC, MSCAI – The Christ Hospital Health Network

    Panelist: Alexander Postalian, MD, FSCAI, FACC – Texas Heart Institute

    Panelist: Chandra Kunavarapu, MD – Methodist Heart and Lung institute

    Panelist: Sukhdeep Basra, MD – University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

  • 10:00 AM – 11:15 AM CST
    Session 9: Cases: From Left to Right (Accredited)
    Moderator: Mark Slaughter, MD – University of Louisville, School of Medicine
    Moderator: Phyllis Billia, MD, PhD, FRCPC – University of Toronto
    Panelist: Carlos R. Manrique, MD – University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
    Panelist: Farah Kazzaz, MD – University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
    Panelist: Sandeep Nathan, MD, MSc – The University of Chicago Medicine | Heart and Vascular Center
    Panelist: David A. Baran, FACC, FSCAI, FHFSA – Cleveland Clinic Florida
    Panelist: Jason N. Katz, MD, MHS – New York University, Grossman School of Medicine
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  • 11:15 AM – 11:45 AM CST
    BREAK
  • 11:45 AM – 12:30 PM CST
    Session 10: The Future is Bright (Non-Accredited)
    Moderator: Ileana L. Pina, MD, MPH – Thomas Jefferson University
    Moderator: Biswajit Kar, MD – University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
    Panelist: Kenneth Stein, MD, FACC, FHRS – Boston Scientific
    Panelist: Jeff Closs, MBA – ANCORA HEART
    Panelist: Roberta Chapman, MD, FACC, FACP, FHFSA – J&J MedTech Heart Recovery Abiomed, Inc.
    Panelist: Nir Uriel, MD, MSc, FACC – NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
    Panelist: Robert Kormos, MD, FACS, FRCS (C), FAHA – University of Pittsburgh
    Panelist: Timothy Henry, MD, FACC, MSCAI – The Christ Hospital Health Network
    Houston Shock Symposium
  • 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM CST
    LUNCH AND ADJOURN