2024 ACC-Massachusetts Annual Meeting

2024 ACC-Massachusetts Annual Meeting

Agenda

Friday, October 4th

6:00 p.m.   Welcome Reception 

Saturday, October 5th

6:00 a.m.   Sunrise Yoga

7:30 a.m.    Registration Opens; Strolling Breakfast in Exhibit Hall

7:50 a.m.   

Welcome

Colleen Harrington, MD – Chapter Governor

8:00 – 9:00 a.m.

Hot Topics Panel

GLI-1 RA for the Cardiac Patient with Kathryn Sheppard, PA-C - Massachusetts General Hospital

SCAD Updates with Colleen Harrington, MD, FACC - Massachusetts General Hospital

Percutaneous Tricuspid Intervention with

Joe Kannam, MD - Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Caitlin Reen, ACNP-BC - Massachusetts General Hospital

9:00 – 9:15 a.m.

Winning FIT Poster Presentation: Top in Each Category

Overall Highest Score

Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes and Premature Menopause Enhance Cardiovascular Risk Among Women with Severe/Familial Hypercholesterolemia

Amanda Jowell (Presenting) - Massachusetts General Hospital

Highest Score: Research Project

Marine Microplastic Levels and the Prevalence of Cardio-Metabolic Diseases in Coastline Counties

Bhargav Makwana (Presenting) - Lahey Hospital and Medical Center

Highest Score: Clinical Study

Atorvastatin and myocardial extracellular volume expansion during anthracycline-based chemotherapy

Vencel Juhasz (Presenting)

Cardiovascular Imaging Research Center,

Division of Cardiology, Department of Radiology,

Massachusetts General Hospital

9:15 – 10:15 a.m.   

Case Records of the MGH: A 38-Year-Old Man with a Cool and Weak Arm, and Abnormal Chest Imaging

Chaired by David M. Dudzinski, MD, FACC - Massachusetts General Hospital

10:15 – 10:30 a.m. Morning Break – Exhibit Hall

10:30 - 11:15 a.m.

Heart Disease in Athletes with

James Sawalla Guseh, MD - Director, Cardiovascular Performance Program - Massachusetts General Hospital

Katie Morganti Stewart, CNP, MS - Massachusetts General Hospital

11:15 – 11:45 p.m.

Updates in Pericardial Disease Management

Brittany Weber, MD, PhD - Brigham and Women's Hospital

11:45 -12:15 p.m.   Poster Break

Please take some time to look at our winning poster submissions following their earlier presentations at the podium.

12:15 – 1:00 p.m.  Non-CME Lunch Program

Non-CME Lunch Program: Timely Diagnosis and Treatment of Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidosis

Dr. Edward Philbin - Professor and Chairman, Department of Medicine; Pataki Endowed Chair of Cardiology - Albany Medical School, Albany, NY

Presented by Pfizer

1:30 – 2:00 p.m.  Coronary Heart Disease in South Asians: A Wake Up Call!

Sourbha Dani, MD, MSc - Beth Israel Lahey Health

2:00 – 2:30 p.m.   Atrial Fibrillation in 2024: New Guidelines & Therapies with Nikhil Shah, MD, FACC - Reliant Medical Group

2:30 p.m. Adjourn

This program is being reviewed for ~5 hours of ACCME and AAPA continuing education credit.