American College of Cardiology - Massachusetts Chapter upcoming events

Fellows-in-Training Dinner: Clinical Controversies in Cardiology (29 Apr 2026)

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 23:30:00 GMT

2026 FIT Clinical Controversies in Cardiology Dinner: Lifetime Management of Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease: Steel, Tissue, or Autograft?

6:30 p.m. Check-In Opens, Networking

7:00 p.m. Dinner Program Begins

First Panel Presentation: Autograft or Artificial? The Young Bicuspid Dilemma

Panelists:

Jordan Bloom, MD, MPH

Cardiac Surgeon

Surgical Director, Adult Congenital Heart Disease

Quality Director, MGB Cardiac Surgery

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Eric M. Isselbacher, M.D., M.Sc.

Edmund N. Ansin Endowed Chair In Healthcare Transformation

Director, Healthcare Transformation Lab

Co-Director, MGH Thoracic Aortic Center

Massachusetts General Hospital

Prem S. Shekar MD, MBA

Chairman - Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery

Lahey Hospital and Medical Center

Professor of Surgery - University of Massachusetts Chan School of Medicine

Anne Marie Valente, MD

Section Chief, Boston Adult Congenital Heart (BACH) and Pulmonary Hypertension Program; Senior Associate Cardiologist, Department of Cardiology

Professor, Harvard Medical School

Second Panel Presentation: Catheter or Cross-Clamp? TAVR vs SAVR in Bicuspid Aortic Stenosis

Panelists:

Khansa Ahmad, MD, FACC, FSCAI

Assistant Professor, General Internal Medicine

Boston University School of Medicine

Structural Interventional Cardiologist

Boston Medical Center

Jordan Bloom, MD, MPH

Cardiac Surgeon

Surgical Director, Adult Congenital Heart Disease

Quality Director, MGB Cardiac Surgery

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Bryon A. Gentile, II, MD

Associate Professor

UMass Chan Medical School

Ashvin N. Pande, MD

Director of Invasive Cardiology

Boston Medical Center

Clinical Associate Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine

Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Prem S. Shekar MD, MBA

Chairman - Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery

Lahey Hospital and Medical Center

Professor of Surgery - University of Massachusetts Chan School of Medicine

Women in Cardiology Spring Dinner (13 May 2026)

Wed, 13 May 2026 22:30:00 GMT

About Our Speaker: Diane W. Shannon, MD, MPH, is a former primary care physician with more than 20 years of experience as a professional health care writer and author. Diane was drawn to medicine because of her mother, a certified nurse midwife. After seeing firsthand the healing power of the patient-clinician relationship, she chose to pursue medical training.

However, the clinical environment in which she trained and eventually practiced as a primary care physician was rife with chaos and antithetical to building healing relationships with patients. Eventually, she chose to leave clinical medicine for a writing career, understanding only years later that the underlying cause was professional burnout. She transitioned to a position as medical director of a health care communications and training company in Boston. Three years later, she launched her freelance writing business, Shannon Healthcare Communications.

As an award-winning health care writer she has crafted expert reports, focused white papers, and case studies for national foundations, policymakers, and professional advocacy groups that are working to improve the health care system.

She is co-author of Preventing Physician Burnout: Curing the Chaos and Returning Joy to the Practice of Medicine, published in 2016, and has spoken in various forums across the country on the topic of clinician burnout and well-being, including grand round presentations, interactive workshops, one-day professorships for academic institutions, panel discussions, and podcast interviews. Today, as a professional coach, Diane helps women in healthcare succeed without sacrificing themselves. She also helps organizational leaders address burnout and retain their workforce.

Diane earned her BA in biology from Williams College, her medical degree from Thomas Jefferson University, and her master’s in public health from Harvard University. She completed training in an internal medicine residency program at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center and practiced primary care in Boston. Diane completed her Competency Development Program for Coach Certification at the Gestalt International Study Center. She earned her ICF credential as an Professional Certified Coach, and is a member of the International Coach Federation.

When she’s not coaching or writing, Diane enjoys reading international spy novels, traveling with her architect husband, and having engaging, illuminating conversations with her three children. She resides in Boston.

Thank you to AstraZeneca for supporting our Women in Cardiology initiatives!

*Cancellations made 14 days or more in advance of the event date, will receive a 100% refund. Cancellations made after the 14-day window will not receive a refund for the event.

2026 ACC-Mass Annual Meeting (17 Oct 2026)

Sat, 17 Oct 2026 05:00:00 GMT