Program
The AAFP has reviewed Cardio Obstetrics University 2024 and deemed it acceptable for up to 14.25 Live AAFP Prescribed credit(s). Term of Approval is from 07/13/2024 to 07/14/2024.
Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the
extent of their participation in the activity.
Program Director
Uri Elkayam, MD
Program Co-Directors
Afshan Hameed, MD
Avraham Shotan, MD
Candice Silversides, MD
10:00-10:15 (EST)
Introduction and Review of Program
Uri Elkayam MD, USA
10:15-10:45 (EST)
Session 1: Assessment of Pregnancy Risk in the Cardiac Patient: Advantages and Limitations of available Tools
Candice Silversides MD, Canada
10:45-11:15 (EST)
Case Presentation and Panel Discussion
Moderator: Uri Elkayam, MD, USA | Panel: Candice Silverside MD, Canada, Samuel Siu MD, Canada
Case 1: cc TGA, AVSD, RVOTO, Systemic Valve Regurgitation, Cor Atriatum Sinistra | Sebastian Grundman, University hospital Freiburg, Germany
Case 2: Criss cross heart, PS, Glen | Maria Grandinetti MD, Italy
11:15-11:45 (EST)
Session 2: Valvular Heart Disease I: Mitral and Tricuspid Valves
Uri Elkayam, MD, USA
11:45-12:15 (EST)
Case Presentation and Panel Discussion
Moderator: Samuel Siu, MD, Canada | Panel: Uri Elkayam MD, USA, Candice Silversides MD, Canada, Afshan Hameed MD, USA
Case 3: Mitral Stenosis | Fathima Farook, MD Corniche hospital, Abu Dhabi
Case 4: Mitral stenosis hemodynamics | Nare Torosyan, MD, USC
12:15-12:45 (EST)
Session 3: Valvular Heart Disease II Analysis: Aortic and Pulmonic Valves
Samuel Siu MD, Canada
12:45-13:15 (EST)
Case Presentation and Panel Discussion
Moderator: Uri Elkayam, MD, USA MD, USA| Panel: Samuel Siu MD, Canada, Anil Mehra MD, USA
Case 5: MS, AR, Endocarditis | Avish Arora, MD, Montefiore, NY
Case 6: AS Valvuloplasty | Jenica Thangathurai, MD, UCLA
13:15-13:45 (EST)
Session 4: Congenital Heart Disease I: Simple CHD
Marla Mendelson MD, USA
13:45-14:05 (EST)
Break
14:05-14:35 (EST)
Case Presentation and Panel Discussion
Moderator: Candice Silversides MD, Canada | Panel: Marla Mendelson MD, USA, Kathryn Lindley MD, USA
Case 7: ASD, PS | Nare Torosyan, MD, USC
Case 8: Shone’s Complex | Nare Torosyan, MD, USC
14:35-15:05 (EST)
Session 5: Congenital Heart Disease II: Complex CHD
Candice Silversides MD, Canada
15:05-15:35 (EST)
Case Presentation and Panel Discussion
Moderator: Afshan Hameed MD, USA | Panel: Candice Silversides MD, Canada, Marla Mendelson MD, USA
Case 9: DTGA | Fathima Farook, MD, Corniche Hospital Abu Dhabi
Case 10: Congenital Unbalanced AV Canal w/ Functional Common Atrium, Double Outlet Right Ventricle, Common AV Valve, Pulmonary Atresia, and TGA | Jenica Thangathurai, MD, USC
Case 10a: Fontan Circulation | Gurleen Wander, MD, Imperial College, London, UK
15:35-16:05 (EST)
Session 6: Coronary Artery Disease and Acute Myocardial Infarction
Marysia S. Tweet MD, USA
16:05-16:35 (EST)
Case Presentation and Panel Discussion
Moderator: Uri Elkayam MD, USA | Panel: Marysia S. Tweet MD, USA, Anil Mehra MD, USA
Case 11: PE, SCAD, APLS | Nare Torosyan, MD, USC
Case 12: Kawasaki Syndrome | Jena Pizula, MD, Stanford University
Case 12a: Ao Dissection and Coronary Dissection | Abha Khandelwal, MD
16:35-17:05 (EST)
Session 7: Arrythmias in Pregnancy
Danna Spears MD, Canada
17:05-17:35 (EST)
Case Presentation and Panel Discussion
Moderator: Afshan Hameed MD, USA | Panel: Danna Spears MD, Canada, Lee Padove MD, USA
Case 13: Bradycardia, Heart Block | Danna Spears, MD
Case 14: Long QT, Ventricular Arrythmia | Jane Pizula, MD
Case 14a: Atrial Tachycardia HF, Ablation | Nare Torosyan, MD, USC
Case 14b: Atrial Fibrillation | Nare Torosyan, MD, USC
10:00-10:10 (EST)
Review of the program
Avraham Shotan MD, Israel
10:10-10:35 (EST)
Session 1: Aortopathies : Diagnosis and Management
Melissa Russo MD, USA
10:35-11:05 (EST)
Case Presentation and Panel Discussion
Moderator: Sorel Goland MD, Israel | Panel: Mellisa Russo MD, USA, John Elephteriades MD, USA
Case 15: Bicuspid AV and Aortic Aneurysm | Abha Khandelwal, MD, Stanford
Case 16: Marfan Dilated Ao | Melissa Russo, MD, Brown
Case 16a: Aortic Dissection and cor Art Dissection | Abha Khandelwal, MD
11:05-11:20 (EST)
Session 2: Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Sorel Goland MD, Israel
11:20-11:50 (EST)
Case Presentation and Panel Discussion
Moderator: Avraham Shotan MD, Israel | Panel: Sorel Goland MD, Israel; Uri Elkayam MD, USA
Case 17: Non Obstructive HCM and HF | Anum Minhas, MD
Case 18: Severe HOCM | Hillary Shapiro, MD
11:50-12:15 (EST)
Session 3: Peripartum Cardiomyopathy
Kalgi Modi MD, USA
12:15-12:45 (EST)
Case Presentation and Panel Discussion
Moderator: Sorel Goland MD, Israel | Panel: Uri Elkayam MD, USA; Joan Briller MD
Case 19: PPCM | Karen Florio, MD
Case 20: PPCM | Jenica Thangathurai, MD
Case 20a: Heart Failure with Preserved EF |Nare Torosyan, MD
12:45-13:10 (EST)
Session 4: Considerations in the Selection of a Prosthetic Heart Valve in the Childbearing Age
Maral Ouzounian MD, PhD
13:10-13:40 (EST)
Case Presentation and Panel Discussion
Moderator: Avraham Shotan MD, Israel | Panel: Uri Elkayam MD, USA, Maral Ouzounian, MD
Case 21: PMV Thrombosis | Minhal Makshood , MD
Case 22:RHD MR Bioprosthetic Valve after Deliver |Janen Richard, MD
Case 22a: AS, Ross Procedure | Priya Pillutla, MD
13:40-14:00 (EST)
Break
14:00-14:25 (EST)
Session 5: Pulmonary Hypertension
Dianne Zwicke MD, USA
14:25-14:55 (EST)
Case presentation and panel discussion
Moderator: Candice Silversides MD, Canada | Panel: Dianne Zwicke MD,USA; Marie-Louise Meng MD, USA
Case 23:Takayasu Arteritis, HF, PHT | Jenica Thangathurai, MD
Case 24: Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension, Termination | Aditi Newadkar, MD
14:55-15:20 (EST)
Session 6: Hypertension and Preeclampsia
Baha Sibai MD, USA
15:20-15:50 (EST)
Case Presentation and Panel Discussion
Moderator: Afshan Hameed MD, USA | Panel: Baha Sibai MD, USA, Michal Fishel Bartal MD, Israel
Case 25: Post Partum Hypertension | Michal Fishel Bartal MD. Israel
Case 26: Reversible Vasoconstriction Syndroe | Michal Fishel Bartal MD. Israel
Case 26a: PPCM/preeclampsia in the Second Trimester of Pregnancy | Aditi Newadkar, MD
Case 26b: Severe Hypertension, AKI | Nare Torosyan, MD, USC
15:50-16:15 (EST)
Session 7: Analgesia and Anesthesia during Pregnancy, Labor, and Delivery
Marie Louise Meng MD, USA
16:15-16:45 (EST)
Case Presentation and Panel Discussion.
Moderator: Uri Elkayam MD, USA | Panel: Marie Louise Meng MD, USA, Katherine Arendt MD, USA
Case 27: Severe AS | Natalie Koons/ Jena Pizula Stanford
Case 28: Cardiac arrest during induction Severe AS
Nare Torosyan, MD, USC
16:45-17:10 (EST)
Session 8: Management of Labor, Delivery, and Pregnancy Termination in the Cardiac Patient
Afshan Hameed MD, USA
17:10-17:40 (EST)
Case Presentation and Panel Discussion
Moderator: Marla Mendelson MD, USA | Panel: Afshan Hameed MD, USA, Diana Wolfe MD, USA, Anil Mehra MD, USA
Case 29: Severe Mitral Valve Disease, Placenta Accrete, | Jaya Batra, MD
Jennifer Haythe, MD Columbia University, NY
Case 30:D-TGA, LV dysfunction, mechanical Prosthetic AV, Pacemaker, Intrauterine hematoma | Shakeela Faulkner, MD
17:40-18:00 (EST)
Closing Remarks
Uri Elkayam MD, USA
18:00 (EST)
Adjourn