California Heart Rhythm Symposium

Program

Thursday, September 1
14:00 – 15:00	Registration
15:00 – 17:00	FELLOWS PROGRAM Entrainment for Arrhythmias: Theory and Practice, John Miller, MD Live Case/Recorded Case

Friday, September 2
07:00 – 08:00	Breakfast & Registration
08:00 – 08:10	Opening Remarks & Overview, Melvin Scheinman, MD
Atrial fibrillation (AF) Sessions
I. Mechanisms Chair: Peng-Sheng Chen, MD & Alborz Hassankhani, MD, PhD
08:10 – 08:45	I.1 Genomic Mechanisms, Christine Albert, MD, MPH
08:45 – 09:20	I.2 Fractionated Atrial Electrograms and their Relationship to Fibrillatory Conduction around High-Frequency AF Sources, José Jalife, MD, FHRS
09:20 – 09:55	I.3 Insights from Detailed Human Mapping, Sanjiv Narayan, MD, PhD
09:55 – 10:15	Break & Exhibits
II. Ablation Chair: John Miller, MD & David Krummen, MD, FACC, FHRS
10:15 – 10:50	II.1 Ablation of Paroxysmal AF: What’s New, Moussa Mansour, MD
10:50 – 11:25	II.2 Catheter Ablation of Persistent AF, Andrea Natale, MD, FACC, FHRS
11:25 – 12:00	II.3 Surgical and Hybrid AF Ablation, Ralph Damiano, Jr., MD
12:00 – 13:00	Hosted Lunch
III. Innovations in Therapy for AF Chair: Navinder Sawhney, MD, FACC, FHRS & Manish Wadhwa, MD
13:00 – 13:35	III.1 Percutaneous Therapy for Stroke Prevention in AF, Shephal Doshi, MD
13:35 – 14:10	III.2 GP GP Ablation: Surgical or Catheter? Sunny Po, MD, PhD
14:10 – 14:35	III.3 Idiopathic VF Ablation, Matthew Wright, MD, PhD
14:35 – 15:00	Break & Exhibits
15:00 – 16:20	Wine & Cheese Reception/Young Investigator Competition for Junior Faculty/Senior Fellows All symposium faculty, attendees and abstract presenters are invited to attend.
16:20	Adjourn

Saturday, September 3
Ventricular tachycardia (VT) and ventricular fibrillation (VF) Sessions
07:00 – 08:00	Breakfast
08:00 – 08:10	Opening Remarks, Gregory Feld, MD
IV. Translational Aspects of Ventricular Arrhythmias Chair: José Jalife, MD, FHRS & Christine Albert, MD, MPH
08:10 – 08:45	IV.1. Genomic Factors/Inheritability of Sudden Cardiac Arrest, Sumeet Chugh, MD, FACC, FHRS, FAHA
08:45 – 09:20	IV.2 Autonomics in VT/VF, Peng-Shen Chen, MD
09:20 – 09:55	IV.3 Scientific Rationale for Risk Stratifiers in SCA, John Rogers, MD, FACC
09:55 – 10:15	Break & Exhibits
V. Ablation of VT/VF Chair: Sumeet Chugh, MD, FACC, FHRS, FAHA
10:15 – 10:50	V.1 Ventricular Anatomy for the Ablationist, Sam Asirvatham, MD
10:50 – 11:25	V.2 VT Ablation – Entrainment Versus Technology! John Miller, MD
11:25 – 12:00	V.3 New Technology in VT Ablation, Andre D’Avila, MD
12:00 – 13:00	Hosted Lunch
VI. Cutting Edge Therapy in VT/VF Chair: Douglas Gibson, MD & Paul Wang, MD
13:00 – 13:35	VI.1 Epicardial VT Ablation - Do I Need to Get Epicardial Access in Every Case? Debate: Kalyanam Shivkumar, MD, PhD (PRO) versus Andre D'Avila, MD, FAHA, FACC (CON)
13:35 – 14:10	VI.2 Innovations in Arrhythmia and Device Therapy, Paul Wang, MD
14:10 – 14:45	VI.3 Innovative Pharmaceuticals, Brian Olshansky, MD
14:45 – 15:00	Break & Exhibits
15:00 – 16:30	Junior Faculty/Senior Fellows Poster Session
16:30 – 16:45	Closing Remarks/Final Adjournment, Gregory Feld, MD

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