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Mid-Atlantic Capital Cardiology Symposium 2025

heart house

2400 N St NW, Washington, DC 20037



SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15


10:00am-11:30am


DCACC, MDACC, VCACC Jeopardy 


12:00pm



Lunch & Learn: Your First 6 Months of Practice: Pitfalls to Avoid and Victories to Savor

Enjoy a relaxed lunch as a panel of leaders take your questions and discuss the things they wish they knew before practice: How to build a niche early, Work-life integration, and How and why to find a mentor. FITs will leave this session with valuable advice and lessons learned. 

Leaders will include:

Sammy Zakaria, MD, FACC - President, Maryland Chapter ACC 

Marietta Ambrose, MD, MPH, MSEd, FACC - President.Pennsylvania Chapter ACC; Governor, Eastern PaACC

VIctor Soukoulis, MD, PhD, FACC - President, Virginia Chapter ACC

1:00-2:30pm


 PaACC Jeopardy


5:30-7:00pm

Kick-Off Cocktail Reception

Join members in the lobby and exhibit area of Heart House to kick off MACCS. 

this is a separately ticketed event

Tickets sold through registration or via our Square Site.


SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16

7:00am

Breakfast in the Exhibit Hall


 
7:55am Welcome & Objectives
 

8:00am


Your Cardiovascular Home: ACC

Christopher Kramer, MD, FACC
President, American College of Cardiology

Washington, DC

Chris Kramer 
8:30am

Spotlight on Heart failure, Arrhythmia and Cardiomyopathy

Moderators

Victor Soukoulis, MD, PhD, FACC

President, Virginia Chapter ACC

Associate Professor

University of Virginia 


Rebecca Turner, CRNP

Johns Hopkins University 


Familial Heart Failure From Genetics to Clinical Management  
Daniel F. Pauly, MD, PhD, FACC

Professor

Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine


Management of Acute Myocardial Infarction Related Cardiogenic Shock in the Post-DanGer Shock Era 
Behnam Tehrani, MD

System Associate Director for Interventional Cardiology
Executive Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories for Inova
Co-Director of Complex Coronary Therapeutic Program

Inova Fairfax Hospital


Yasser Jamil, MD

Cardiology Fellow

Inova Fairfax Hospital 


Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Genetics and Clinical Perspective in 2025
Jessica Chowns, MS, CGC

Genetics Counselor

University of Pennsylvania 


Predicting Cardiotoxicity: Precision Medicine in Cardio-oncology
Michael Fradley, MD, FACC

Section Chief, Consultative Cardiology
Medical Director, Thalheimer Center for Cardio-Oncology
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine

University of Pennsylvania 


Novel Pulsed Field Ablation for the Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation 
Rahill Bhaskar, MD 

ChristianaCare


Left Bundle Branch Pacing: State of the Art and Future Directions
Allen Solomon, MD 

Professor of Medicine

Director, Cardiology Fellowship

Director, Electrophysiology

George Washington University

 
Panel discussion and Q & A 



Victor Soukoulis


Rebecca Turner


Dan Pauly

Behnam Tehrani

Yasser Jamil

Michael Fradley

Rahill Bhaskar

Allen Solomon

9:30am

Spotlight on Prevention


Moderators
Marietta Ambrose, MD, MPH, MSEd, FACC

Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine
University of Pennsylvania

Dipal Desai, PA 
Inova Fairfax Hospital

Late-breaking Trials for Anti-lipid Therapy
Gayley Webb, CRNP
University of Pennsylvania

Gender Difference in Cardiometabolic risk 
Faith E. Metlock, PhD, RN 
Inova Fairfax Hospital

Shared Decision Making in Sports Cardiology: Where We Stand
Ankit B. Shah, MD, MPH, FACC

President, Sports & Performance Cardiology LLC

Assistant Professor

Georgetown University


Advancement and Future Therapy for Obesity

Anum Minhas, MD, MHS

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Johns Hopkins University


Deep Dive into New Hypertension Guidelines 
Timothy C. Wong, MD, FACC

Vice President; Governor, Western PA, Pennsylvania Chapter ACC

Director, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center

Associate Director, Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Center

Assistant Professor of Medicine

University of Pittsburgh

Panel discussion and Q & A 

 Marietta Ambrose


Dipal Desai

Galey Webb

Faith Metlock

Anum Minhas

Tim Wong

10:30am



BREAK

Grab a warm beverage and chat with our Exhibitors and visit the FIT Poster Gallery


 

11:00am

Spotlight on Congenital and Pediatrics 


Moderator

Shubhika Srivastava, MD

Co-Director, Cardiac Center
Chief, Cardiology

Nemours Children's Hospital

Realistic Expectations in the CMR Evaluation of Cardiac Masses
W. Patricia Ingkanisorn Bandettini, MD 

Senior Research Physician

National Institutes of Health 


Dyslipidemia in Children
Sarah Clauss, MD 

Advanced Imaging Cardiologist

Children’s National Medical Center


Anomalous Coronary Artery  
Shubhika Srivastava, MD 

Co-Director, Cardiac Center
Chief, Cardiology

Nemours Children’s Hospital


Sudden Cardiac Arrest in the Young 
Brendan Burke, DO
Nemours Children’s Hospital

Panel discussion and Q & A

 Shubhika Srivastava


W. Patricia Inghanisorn Bandettini


Sarah Clauss


Brendan Burke

12:00pm

LUNCH in the Exhibit Area

State of Art Technology Showcases in Conference Rooms


 

1:00pm


 BREAK with the Exhibitors


 

1:15pm

Spotlight on Ischemic Heart Diseases and Pulmonary Vascular Disease 


Moderators
Kevin Copeland, DO 
Christiana Care Hospital

Maureen Julien, CRNP, MSN 
University of Pennsylvania

Coronary Microvascular Disease – Diagnosis and Management
Allison Hays, MD, FACC

Medical Director of Echocardiography Programs

Johns Hopkins University


Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection –Current State of Science 
Patricia Rodriguez-Lozano, MD, MS, FACC
Director, Women’s Heart Health Care Program

Associate Director, Cardiovascular Fellowship Program

University of Virginia


The Troponin is Elevated: Is it Type I MI, Type II MI or Myocardial Injury and Why it Matters
Michael Kontos, MD, FACC

Professor
Virginia Commonwealth University


Surgical Management of CTEPH 
Chetan Pasrija, MD

Surgical Director, Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation

Assistant Professor of Cardiac Surgery

Johns Hopkins University

Pulmonary Hypertension and RV Function: 2025 Update of Guidelines 
Gautam Ramani, MD, FACC

Medical Co-director, Pulmonary Hypertension Program

University of Maryland 


Panel discussion and Q & A 

Kevin Copeland

 

Maureen Julien


Allison Hays

 

Patricia Rodriguez


Michael Kontos


Chetan Pasrija


Gauram Ramani

2:15pm

Spotlight on Structural Heart diseases and Intervention 


Moderators 
Rani Hasan MD, FACC

Director, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Johns Hopkins University


Carol R. Wade, DNP, CRNP

Program Manager. Advanced Practice, Thoracic Transplant, Heart Failure Clinic and VAD Program

University of Maryland


Percutaneous Mitral Interventions: From Edge-to-Edge Repair to Transcatheter Valve Replacement
Benjamin Galper, MD, FACC
Kaiser Permanente Medicine  

TAVR – Postoperative Follow-up in Community, Complications and Cardiac Remodeling 
Susan Huppmann, DNP, CRNP

TAVR Clinical Program Manager

University of Maryland


ICE vs TEE for Intraoperative Guidance 
Nitin Malik, MD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

University of Pennsylvania


TR- Repair vs. Replacement 
Allison Tsao, MD, FACC
University of Pennsylvania

Managing Peripheral Artery Disease: A Vascular Surgeon's Perspective

Courtenay Holscher, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Johns Hopkins University


Panel discussion and Q & A 

 Rani Hasan


Carol Wade


Benjamin Galper


Susan Huppmann


Nitin Malik


Allison Tsao 

Courtenay Holscher

3:15pm

Closing Remarks by MACCS Co-Chairs 
Qiong (Joan) Zhao MD, PhD, FACC, FASE 

Co-Chair, Event Director

Medical Director of Echocardiography Quality, Eastern Region 
Inova Schar Heart and Vascular, Inova Health System
Associate Professor , University of Virginia School of Medicine 


Rani Hasan, MD, FACC

Co-Chair

Director, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Johns Hopkins University


ADJOURN

Joan Zhao


Rani Hasan


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