MACCS Agenda
Mid-Atlantic Capital Cardiology Symposium 2026
heart house
2400 N St NW, Washington, DC 20037
Speakers will be added as they are confirmed.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14
5:30pm |
Kick-Off Cocktail Reception - Heart House Lobby/Exhibit AreaJoin 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. |
7:00pm7:15pm |
Reception ConcludesAttendees who have signed up for the Monuments by Moonlight tour should go directly to the pick-up point.
Monuments by Moonlight TourSponsored by the Pennsylvania Chapter ACC We are excited to invite you to a unique and immersive evening experience: "Monuments by Moonlight," a private trolley tour through the heart of Washington, D.C. Join ACC members from all Mid-Atlantic states for an evening of reflection and connection. The tour runs approximately two hours with two opportunities to get off and walk around. Pick-up and drop off are scheduled for a one block radius of Heart House. This is a separately ticketed event. Tickets sold through registration or via our Square Site. |
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15
7:00am |
Breakfast in the Exhibit AreaVisit the exhibitors in the Heart House hallways in front of 1st floor meeting rooms. |
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7:55am |
Welcome & Objectives - Multi-purpose Room |
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8:00am |
Rethinking Established Paradigms
Moderator Qiong (Joan) Zhao MD, PhD, FACC, FASE Medical Director of Echocardiography Quality, Eastern Region Director of Research, Echocardiography Inova Schar Heart and Vascular, Inova Health System Associate Professor, University of Virginia School of Medicine Beta-blockers After MI: Are They Still Necessary? Benjamin Khazan, MD, FACC Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine University of Pennsylvania GLP-1 Receptor Agonists and Cardiovascular Outcomes: SELECT, SOUL, and Cardiometabolic Medicine Linda Summers, PA Virginia Commonwealth University Health Application of AI in advanced Echo imaging and interpretation- debate on boundaries and advantages. Raman Dusaj, MD, FACC Inova Fairfax Hospital Jacob McAuliffe MD Cardiology Fellow Inova Fairfax Hospital |
 
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9:00am |
Interventional Cardiology — Where Are We Now?
Moderator Gautam V. Ramani, MD, FACC Medical Co-director Pulmonary Hypertension Program University of Maryland Medical Center Tricuspid and Mitral Transcatheter Interventions: TRISCEND II and MATTERHORN Seyed Hossein Aalaei-Andabili, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine University of Maryland Coronary Physiology-guided PCI: Lessons From FAVOR III and Beyond Rimmy Farrakhan, MD MedStar Health TAVR in Asymptomatic Severe aortic Stenosis: EARLY-TAVR and Its Implications Philip Lavenburg, DO, FACC Interventional Cardiology and Structural Heart Antiplatelet Therapy in PCI Prof. Dr. Tobias Geisler, MD, MHBA, FESC, FACCVice Chair of Department Cardiology and Angiology University Hospital Tuebingen |
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10:00am |
BREAK - Exhibit AreaGrab a warm beverage and chat with our Exhibitors |
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10:30am |
Atrial Fibrillation — Evolving Management StrategiesModerator Colin Craft, MD, FACC Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine University of Pennsylvania Device-detected Subclinical AF: When to Anticoagulate? Colin Craft, MD, FACC Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine University of Pennsylvania DEBATE: Left Atrial Appendage Closure: CLOSURE-AF and Evolving Indications Zeshan Ahmad, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine Johns Hopkins University |
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11:30am |
ACC in ReviewFred Kusumoto, MD, FACCProfessor of Medicine Director of the Heart Rhythm Services Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, FL Member ACC Board of Trustees |
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11:45am |
LUNCH in the Exhibit AreaVisit Exhibitors State of the Art Technology Showcase Hosted in the Multi-purpose Room |
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1:00pm |
Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathy — New Therapies Across the SpectrumModerator Gautam V. Ramani, MD, FACC Medical Co-director Pulmonary Hypertension Program University of Maryland Medical Center Iron Deficiency in Heart Failure: From IRONMAN to INFERRCT Lexi Lahey, PharmD Advanced Heart Failure Clinical Pharmacy Specialist University of Maryland Cardiac Myosin Inhibitors for Obstructive HCM: Mavacamten, Aficamten (SEQUOIA-HCM), and MAPLE-HCM Nosheen Reza, MD, FACC Director, Penn Women in Cardiology Program Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania ATTR Cardiac Amyloid: HELIOS-B, Acoramidis, and the Expanding Treatment Landscape Anantha Sriharsha Madgula, MD, FACCAssistant Professor Heart and Vascular Institute West Virginia University Medicine |
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2:00pm |
Preventive Cardiology — Novel Therapeutics and Risk Reduction
Moderator Lily N. Dastmalchi, DO, MA, FACC, FASPC, MSCP Assistant Professor, Medical Education University of Virginia School of Medicine at Inova Schar Heart and Vascular Menopause and CV Risk TBACholesterol Review of New Cholesterol Guidelines Oby Ibe, MD, MPH, BA, FACC Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Cardiology University of Pennsylvania Updates in Classifying CKM Tiffany Brazile, MD Director of Exercise & Cardio-metabolic Health Inova Cardiology - Fairfax |
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3:00pm |
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