Live Recorded Sessions
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Morning Sessions
Welcome & Introduction of Keynote Speaker: Mary Norine Walsh, MD, MACC, Past President of the ACC
Poonam Velagapudi, MD, MS, FACC, Chair of the Program Planning Committee
Andrew Goldsweig, MD, MS, FACC, FSCAI, FSVM, RPVI, President, Nebraska ACC
Keynote Address: Diversity and Inclusion in Cardiology- Where Are We Now and Where We Are Headed!
Mary Norine Walsh, MD, MACC, Past President of the ACC
Recruiting Women in Clinical Trials
Poonam Velagapudi, MD, MS, FACC
Session 1: Coronary Artery Disease in Women
Thrombosis in Women
Susan Smyth, MD, PhD, FACC, Chair, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Kentucky
Microvascular Dysfunction: The Unseen Obstruction
Nicole Lohr, MD, PhD, FACC, Associate Professor, Medical Director Cardiovascular Clinical Trials, Medical College of Wisconsin
HRT in CVD
Amy Arouni, MD, Professor, Creighton University School of Medicine
Session 2: Cardio Obstetrics
Management of HTN in Pregnancy
Garima Sharma, MBBS, FACC, Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology and Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Pregnancy in Congenital Heart Disease
Marla Mendelson, MD, Co-director, Women's Health Research Institute Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) and Pediatrics, Northwestern Medicine Feinberg School of Medicine
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy
Mahi Ashwath, MD, MBA, FACC, FASE, FSCMR, Clinical Associate Professor, Cardiac MRI Program Co-Director, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Session 3: Structural Heart Disease
TAVR in Women-Are There Sex Disparities?
Anuradha Tunuguntla, MD, FACC, FSCAI, Interventional Cardiologist, CHI Health- Nebraska Heart
Surgery for Aortic Stenosis: When and Why?
Sharon Larson, DO, MS, FACOS, FACS, Clinical Assistant Professor, Surgical Director of ECMO Program, University of Iowa
TMVr for Secondary MR: What Does the Data Tell Us?-
Poonam Velagapudi, MD, MS, FACC, Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine, Associate Program Director, Cardiovascular Medicine Fellowship, Director, Digital Innovation and Social Media Strategy, University of Nebraska College of Medicine
Poster Awards
Kristen Brown, MD
Omar Kousa, MD
Alexandra Sarau, MD
Afternoon Session
Session 4: The Business of Medicine
Contract Negotiation
Sasanka Jayasuriya, MD, FACC, FASE, RPVI, FSCAI, Interventional Cardiologist, Ascension Medical Group
Building a Program
Niti Aggarwal, MD, FACC, Cardiologist, Mayo Clinic Health System
RVUs in Cardiology
Toniya Singh, MD, FACC, Chair, ACC Women in Cardiology Section
Session 5: The Healthy Heart
Diet and CVD: Facts and Fiction
Tammana Singh, MD, FACC, Clinical Cardiologist, Cleveland Clinic
Exercise & the Heart
Anne Albers, MD, PhD, RVT, FACC, FASE, FAHA, FSVM, Director of Women's Heart and Vascular Program, Ohio Health Vascular Institute
Wellness Matters
Sherry Ann Brown, MD, PhD, Director of Cardio-Oncology; Assistant Professor, Froedtert and Medical College of Wisconsin
Session 6: Mentorship & Sponsorship for WIC
Mentorship: When You Give You Get
Sandra Lewis, MD, FACC, Chair of ACC Section Steering Committee
Sponsorship: Sharing Your Success
Annabelle Volgman, MD, FACC, Professor of Medicine and Senior Attending Physician, Rush Heart Center for Women
Getting Involved with National Societies: A FIT Perspective
Hena Patel, MD, Advanced Cardiac Imaging Fellow, The University of Chicago Medicine
Closing Session: Heart to Heart
Sasha Shillcutt, MD, MS, FASE, Professor, Cardiac Anesthesiologist, Vice Chair of Strategy and Innovation, University of Nebraska College of Medicine
Toniya Singh, MD, FACC, Chair, ACC Women in Cardiology Section;
Poonam Velagapudi, MD, MS, FACC Chair of ACC Early Career Section
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