ATHEROSCLEROSIS, INFLAMMATION, THROMBOSIS, AND RISK FACTORS

• Pathophysiology of Atherosclerosis: Plaque Rupture and Beyond
  Peter Libby, MD
• Inflammation, Atherosclerosis, and Arterial and Venous Thrombosis
  Paul M. Ridker, MD, MPH
• Dyslipidemia: Including Low HDL, High Triglycerides, and Ezetimibe Update
  Jorge Plutzky, MD

• Modification of Risk Factors for Atherosclerosis
  Deepak Bhatt, MD, MPH
• Thomas W. Smith, MD Memorial Lecture: Cardiovascular Genetics and Genomics: Applications to Practice and Readiness for Clinicians
  Peter Ganz, MD

VALVULAR HEART DISEASE SYMPOSIUM

• Case-Based Approaches to Aortic Valve Disease, Mitral Valve Disease, Infective Endocarditis—Hemodynamic and Clinical Assessment with Guideline-Based Management
  Patrick O’Gara, MD

• Operating Room Valve Repair and Replacement
  Michael Davidson, MD

ELECTROPHYSIOLOLGY: STATE OF THE ART

• What’s New in Electrophysiology?
  Laurence Epstein, MD
• “Ventricular Storm” and Other EP Emergencies: A Case-Based Approach to Management
  William G. Stevenson, MD

• Atrial Fibrillation: Rate Control, Rhythm Control with an Emphasis on Recently
  Approved Drugs, and Ablation—How To Choose—A Case-Based Approach
  Roy John, MD

CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE

• Case-Based Approach to Common Congenital Heart Diseases in the Adult
  Michael J. Landzberg, MD

PULMONARY HYPERTENSION

• Idiopathic Pulmonary Hypertension: Clinical Presentation, Diagnosis, Therapy, Prognosis
  Aaron B. Waxman, MD

• Secondary Pulmonary Hypertension: Differential Diagnosis, Workup, Treatment
  Michael J. Landzberg, MD

ADVANCED HEART FAILURE AND CARDIOMYOPATHY

• Advanced Heart Failure: Principal Management Strategies for Inpatients and Outpatients
  Lynne W. Stevenson, MD
• Ventricular Assist Devices: Technological Update and Focus on “Bridge versus Destination Therapy”
  Michael M. Givertz, MD
• Cardiac Transplantation: Rationing a Scarce Resource and Long-Term Complications of Therapy
  Eldrin F. Lewis, MD

• Diastolic Dysfunction: Definition, Recognition, Management
  Akshay Desai, MD
• Advanced Heart Failure and Chronic Kidney Disease: Interactions and Management Strategies
  Michael M. Givertz, MD
• Cancer and Advanced Heart Failure: A Case-Based Approach to Potentially Cardiotoxic Chemotherapy in the Setting of a Falling Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction
  Anju Nohria, MD

THROMBOEMBOLISM, ANTIPLATELET AGENTS, AND ANTITHROMBOTICS

• Pulmonary Embolism and Deep Vein Thrombosis: Epidemiology and Management, including Thrombolytic Therapy and Embolectomy
  Samuel Z. Goldhaber, MD
• Antithrombotic Agents, including Warfarin/Pharmacogenetics and Novel Oral Anticoagulants that Do Not Require Coagulation Monitoring, such as Dabigatran and Rivaroxaban
  Samuel Z. Goldhaber, MD

• Minimizing peri-PCI Thrombosis: How to Choose among Low Molecular Weight Heparin, Unfractionated Heparin, Fondaparinux, and Bivalirudin, as well as Optimal Dosing Regimen for Clopidogrel — Guidelines and Illustrative Cases
  Kevin Croce, MD
• Sorting out Clopidogrel, Prasugrel, Cangrelor, Ticagrelor: Pharmacology, Genetics, Indications, Dosing, Toxicity, and How To Select a Specific Agent
  Jessica L. Mega, MD

FEATURED CURRICULUM

• Healthcare Reform for the Cardiologist
  Thomas H. Lee, Jr., MD
• “Morning Report” with the Department Chairman: Cases that Don’t Exactly Fit the Guidelines
  Fidencio Saldana, MD, MPH
  Joseph Loscalzo, MD, PhD

• Surprising Findings from Clinical Trials
  Marc A. Pfeffer, MD, PhD

VALVULAR HEART DISEASE SYMPOSIUM (CONTINUED)

• Catheterization Lab Advances in Percutaneous Valve Repair and Replacement
  Frederick G. P. Welt, MD

• Management of Patent Foramen Ovale: Innocent Bystander or Target for Intervention?
  Pinak B. Shah, MD

CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE

• Non-ST Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction and Unstable Angina: Risk Assessment to Determine Which Patients Should Go to the Cath Lab and the Optimal Timing for Cath
  Christopher P. Cannon, MD
• Pericardial Disease
  Leonard S. Lilly, MD

• Kenneth L. Baughman, MD Memorial Lecture: The Role of Exercise in Modern Cardiology
  Paul D. Thompson, MD
• Cardiovascular Medicine: Lessons from the TIMI Trials
  Eugene Braunwald, MD

VASCULAR MEDICINE

• Diseases of the Aorta
  Patrick O’Gara, MD
• Systemic Arterial Hypertension: Definition, Guideline Update, and Therapy
  Mark A. Creager, MD
• Principles of Preoperative Evaluation
  Joshua A. Beckman, MD

• Vascular Medicine Quiz
  Joshua A. Beckman, MD
• ST Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Including Mechanical Complications, Guideline Updates, and Novel/Emerging Therapies
  Elliott M. Antman, MD

INTERSECTION OF CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE AND INTERNAL MEDICINE

• Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Management with emphasis on the Cardiovascular System
  David P. White, MD
  
• What Cardiovascular Specialists Need To Know about Diabetes Mellitus
  Enrico Cagliero, MD

• Nutritional Measures To Curb the Pandemic of Overweight, Metabolic Syndrome, and Obesity
  Dariush Mozaffarian, MD, DrPH

BREAKOUT SESSIONS

• Vascular Medicine and the Vascular Diagnostic Laboratory: Carotid Artery Disease, Renal Artery Disease, Peripheral Arterial Disease
  Reena Pande, MD
  Marie Gerhard-Herman, MD
• ECG Quiz and Consult Cases for Question Cardiac Resynchronization and Question Internal Cardiac Defibrillator Placement
  Bruce A. Koplan, MD
  Usha Tedrow, MD
  Gregory F. Michaud, MD

• Myocardial Ischemia and Myocardial Viability: A Case Based Discussion of Nuclear Cardiology and Integrated Cardiac Imaging
  Sharmila Dorbala, MD
• Coronary Cases, Including Late Presentation after Extensive Anterior MI, Cardiogenic Shock after High Risk PCI with PVAD, GI Bleeding and Acute In-Stent Thrombosis of LAD Stent
  David A. Morrow, MD, MPH
  Michelle A. Albert, MD, MPH

ACTIVITY DIRECTORS

Samuel Z. Goldhaber, MD
Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Director, Venous Thromboembolism
Research Group
Senior Staff Cardiologist
Cardiovascular Division
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, MA

Peter Libby, MD
Mallinckrodt Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Chief, Cardiovascular Medicine
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, MA

Patrick T. O’Gara, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Director Clinical Cardiology
Vice Chairman of Medicine
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, MA

HARVARD FACULTY

Christine M. Albert, MD, MPH
Michelle A. Albert, MD, MPH
Elliott M. Antman, MD
Joshua A. Beckman, MD
Deepak l. Bhatt, MD, MPH
Eugene Braunwald, MD
Enrico Cagliero, MD
Christopher P. Cannon, MD
Mark A. Creager, MD
Kevin Croce, MD
Michael Davidson, MD
Akshay Desai, MD
Sharmila Dorbala, MD
Laurence M. Epstein, MD
Marie Gerhard-Herman, MD

Michael M. Givertz, MD
Roy John, MD
Bruce A. Koplan, MD
Michael J. Landzberg, MD
Thomas H. Lee Jr., MD
Eldrin F. Lewis, MD
Leonard S. Lilly, MD
Joseph Loscalzo, MD, PHD
Jessica L. Mega, MD
Gregory F. Michaud, MD
David A. Morrow, MD, MPH
Dariush Mozaffarian, MD, DrPh
Anju Nohria, MD
Reena Pande, MD

Marc A. Pfeffer, MD, PhD
Jorge Plutzky, MD
Paul M. Ridker, MD, MPH
Fidencio Saldana, MD, MPH
Lee H. Schwamm, MD
Pinak B. Shah, MD
Scott D. Solomon, MD
Lynne W. Stevenson, MD
William G. Stevenson, MD
Peter H. Stone, MD
Usha Tedrow, MD
Aaron B. Waxman, MD
Frederick G. P. Welt, MD
David P. White, MD

GUEST FACULTY

Peter Ganz, MD
Chief, Division of Cardiology
San Francisco General Hospital
Maurice Eliaser Jr. Distinguished
Professor of Medicine
University of California, San Francisco

Paul D. Thompson, MD,
Director, Preventive Cardiology
Hartford Hospital
Professor of Medicine
University of Connecticut
School of Medicine