Vandalia Health Heart and Vascular Conference

Program Overview

The 2025 Vandalia Health Heart and Vascular Conference will provide a comprehensive review of current topics, treatments and strategies for Structural Heart Disease including: transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), cardiogenic shock, imaging techniques, medications, case presentations, and poster sessions. This interdisciplinary conference is designed for physicians, pharmacists, nurses, radiologic technicians and technologists, and all interested allied health professionals. On Saturday afternoon, there will be concurrent breakout sessions: one for physicians and a simultaneous program for nurses and radiologic technologists and technicians.

Objectives

• Provide guidance on imaging tools and techniques for SHD
• Advise on decision making between surgical and transcatheter therapies
• Describe current diagnostic and treatment techniques for cardiogenic shock
• Debate the merits of TandemHeart, LVAD, ECMO, CAD, PE, Mitral Clip
• Describe strategies and treatments for mitral regurgitation
• Discuss criteria for case selections for Impella and balloon pumps
• Advise on strategies for complications of TAVR, mitral clip, Watchman for LAA
• Explain indications for surgery for mitral regurgitation and valvular heath disease
• Relate case-based medical treatment for closure devices
• Enumerate techniques to manage complications of clips and closures
• Describe medical management strategies for SHD

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Lodging

A block of rooms are being held for this conference. To secure your room at Stonewall Resort, call 304-269-7400 and state that you will be attending the 2025 Vandalia Health Heart and Vascular Conference. You may also click here to reserve online. 

We encourage participation by all individuals. If you have a disability, advance notification of any special needs will help us better serve you.

Agenda

Friday, Aug. 8, 2025

3:30 p.m. | Check in, registration and coffee in the corridor

5:15 p.m. | CE announcements

5:30 p.m. | Welcome and introductions (chair/moderator)

5:45 p.m. | Renal Denervation – Wissam Gharib, MD

6:30 p.m. | The Future of Valvular Heart Disease – Blase Carabello, MD

7:15 p.m. | Adjourn

Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025

Concurrent sessions begin at 8:10 a.m.

7:30 a.m. | Registration and coffee

8 a.m. | Welcome and introductions (chair/moderator)

Concurrent session 1

8:10 a.m. | Pulsed Field Ablation – Chafik Assal, MD

9 a.m. | Surgery for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy – Chris Cook, MD

9:45 a.m. | Lifetime Management of AV Disease – Andres Tobar, MD

10:30 a.m. | Break/vendors

10:45 a.m. | Indications for Angio-Vac – Peter Rodgers-Fischl, MD

11:30 a.m. | Tough Cases in VHD – Blase Carabello, MD

12:15 p.m. | Lunch in Stillwaters

1:15 p.m. | Mitra Clip – Richard Han, MD

2:30 p.m. | Tri Clip – Joseph Choo, MD

3:15 p.m. | Adjourn

Concurrent session 2

8:10 a.m. | Heart Age – Scaling Pre-operative cardio metabolic optimization

9 a.m. | What EMS Does Before the Hospital for Heart Attacks – Captain Smith, Charleston Fire Department

9:45 a.m. | Research topics with Frank Annie, MD, and Adam Belcher, MD

10:30 a.m. | Break/vendors

10:45 a.m. | Leadless Pacemakers – Matthew Gaskill, DO

11:30 a.m. | Endocarditis – Chris Cook, MD

12:15 p.m. | Lunch in Stillwaters

1:15 p.m. | Surgery of the Aortic Root – Chris Cook, MD

2:30 p.m. | Tri Clip – Joseph Choo, MD

3:15 p.m. | Adjourn

1:15 p.m. | Mitra Clip – Richard Han, MD

2:30 p.m. | TBA – Bradford Warden, MD

3:15 p.m. | Adjourn

Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025

8 a.m. | Registration and coffee

8:30 a.m. | Welcome and introductions (chair/moderator)

8:45 a.m. | Mechanical Complications of MI – Elise Anderson, MD

9:30 a.m. | IFR – Haytham Alkhaimy, MD

10:15 a.m. | LM PCI – Wissam Gharib, MD

11 a.m. | Pre-op Evaluation – Elie Gharib, MD