HEART FAILURE SUMMIT
Agenda
2026 Heart Failure Summit
Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026 | Sacramento, California
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8 - 8:15 a.m. Welcome & Opening Remarks
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| Martin Cadeiras, M.D. | ||
| 8:15 - 9 a.m. Keynote: California BOLD Initiative to Reduce Maternal Mortality | ||
| Diana Ramos, M.D., M.P.H., M.B.A., F.A.C.O.G. | ||
| Taming the Risk of Heart Failure in Women | ||
| 9 - 9:20 a.m. The Impact of Hypertension and Diabetes on Cardiovascular Disease in Women | ||
| Surabhi Atreja, M.D., F.A.C.C., R.P.V.I. | ||
| 9:20 - 9:40 a.m. Substance Use Disorders and Heart Disease in Women: Focus on Methamphetamine and | ||
| Alcohol-Linked Cardiomyopathy | ||
| Aimee Moulin, M.D. | ||
| 9:40-10:00 a.m. Unique Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease in Women I: Menopause and Polycystic | ||
| Ovary Syndrome | ||
| Imo Ebong, M.B.B.S., M.S. | ||
| 10 - 10:20 a.m. Unique Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease in Women II: Autoimmune Disease and | ||
| Breast Cancer Considerations | ||
| Martin Cadeiras, M.D. | ||
| 10:20 - 10:30 a.m. Morning Break & Exhibits | ||
| Overlooked by Design: Diagnosing Conditions That Disproportionately Affect Women | ||
| 10:30 - 10:50 a.m. Women Are Not Little Men: Sex Differences and Atypical Symptoms of Cardiovascular | ||
| Disease in Women | ||
| Sandhya Venugopal, M.D., M.S.-H.P.Ed. | ||
| 10:50 - 11:10 a.m. Coronary Syndromes with Normal Coronary Arteries |
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| Manoj Kesarwani, M.D. | ||
| 11:10 - 11:30 a.m. My Heart Beats Funny: Unique Features of Cardiac Arrhythmias in Women | ||
| Uma Srivatsa, M.B.B.S., M.A.S, M.B.A. | ||
| Precision Medicine & Women's Cardiovascular Risk | ||
| 11:30 - 11:50 a.m. Genetics, Heart Failure, and Maternal Risk | ||
| Kristin Herman, M.D., Colette Defilippo, M.S., C.G.C. | ||
| 11:50 a.m. - 12:10 p.m. More Than Thick Walls: Considerations for Managing Patients with Hypertrophic | ||
| Cardiomyopathy During Pregnancy | ||
| Shirin Jimenez, M.D. | ||
| 12:10 - 1 p.m. Lunch & Exhibits | ||
| Complexities of Maternal Cardiovascular Health | ||
| 1 - 1:20 p.m. Keynote: Pregnancy - An Opportunity to Improve Future Cardiovascular Health | ||
| Afshan B. Hameed, M.D., M.B.A., F.A.C.C., F.A.C.O.G. | ||
| 1:20 - 1:40 p.m. Keynote: Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection - SCAD 2.0: Evolution in the | ||
| Understanding of This Condition | ||
| Rajiv Gulati, MD, PhD | ||
| 1:40 - 2 p.m. Getting to the Heart of the Matter: Maternal Cardiovascular Risk Assessment | ||
| Carolina Reyes, M.D. | ||
| 2 - 2:10 p.m. Coffee Break & Exhibits | ||
| Advanced Heart Disease in Women | ||
| 2:10 - 2:30 p.m. Peripartum Cardiomyopathy and Beyond: Managing Heart Failure in Women | ||
| Along the Pregnancy Continuum | ||
| Guraspreet Bhattal, M.D., M.A.A.S. | ||
| 2:30 - 2:50 p.m. Sex Differences in Cardiogenic Shock | ||
| Swaiman Singh, M.D., F.A.C.C. | ||
| 2:50 - 3:10 p.m. Unique Challenges for Advanced Heart Failure Therapies in Women | ||
| Sabrina Evans, M.D. | ||
| Team-based Approach to the Management of Cardiovascular Maternal Health | ||
| 3:10 - 5 p.m. Case-Based Workshop | ||
| • Real-World Scenarios Presented by Fellows | ||
| • Multidisciplinary Clinical Decision-Making | ||
| • Implementation Strategies for Guidelines: Blood Pressure, Lipid, Diabetes, and | ||
| Heart Failure Management | ||
| R. Bukkapathnam, M.D., M.A.A.S., Sabrina Evans, M.D., Afshan B. Hameed, M.D., M.B.A., | ||
| Munir Janmohamed, M.D., Carolina Reyes, M.D., Sandhya Venugopal, M.D., M.S.-H.P.Ed. | ||
| 5 p.m. Wrap-Up & Key Takeaways | ||