Annual Meeting

Friday, August 19   

6:30-8:30pm

Welcome Home Dinner 

Saturday, August 20

7:00-7:55am

Breakfast in the Exhibit Hall

Satellite Symposium 

This session is separately accredited.

7:55am

Welcome

Gladys P. Velarde MD, FACC, FAHA

Annual Meeting Program Director

Professor of Medicine

Director Women’s Cardiovascular Health Program

Director Cardiovascular Fellowship Program

University of Florida College of Medicine, Jacksonville

Jacksonville, FL

8:00-8:45am

Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction – Finally a Therapy That Works?

Mark Drazner, MD, FACC

James M. Wooten Chair in Cardiology

Clinical Chief of Cardiology

Professor, Department of Internal Medicine

UT Southwestern Medical Center

Dallas, TX  

8:45-9:30am

Overview of the Chest Pain Guidelines: What You Must Know

Martha Gulati MD MS FACC FAHA FASPC FESC

Chair, 2021 ACC/AHA/Multisociety Chest Pain Guideline
Professor of Medicine
Chief of Cardiology
University of Arizona
Phoenix, AZ

9:30-10:00

The CV Workforce Post COVID

Edward Fry, MD, FACC

President, American College of Cardiology

10:00-10:30am

Break with Exhibitors 

FIT and Translational Research Poster Presentations

Conservative Approaches in Management of Ischemic Heart Disease

William E. Boden, MD, FACC, FAHA

Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine
Lecturer in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Physician Research Lead & Scientific Director, Clinical Trials Network
VA New England Healthcare System
VA Boston – Jamaica Plain Campus
Boston, MA  

11:15am-12:00pm

Debate 2022

In the Treatment of Afib and HF: To Ablate or Not to Ablate That is the Question

12:00-12:30pm

Young Investigator Awards Finalists  

12:30pm

Lunch Pick-up in the Exhibit Hall 

SUMMIT SESSIONS

Florida Chapter Summit Sessions bring the latest research into small break-out rooms where case-based presentations allow for serious debate and discussion on how to translate the research into everyday care settings. Choose from one of the sessions below.

President's Celebration

We're headed to EPCOT for dinner this year, then moving to a private viewing area for the new fireworks show. Tickets for this event will sell out. They may be purchased through while registering for the meeting, or here.

Sunday, August 21

Breakfast in the Exhibit Hall

Satellite Symposium 

This session is separately accredited. 

Welcome Back

Gladys P. Velarde MD, FACC, FAHA

Professor of Medicine

Director Women’s Cardiovascular Health Program

Director Cardiovascular Fellowship Program

University of Florida College of Medicine, Jacksonville

Jacksonville, FL

8:00-8:45am

Basic Principles in the Management of Adults with Congenital Heart Disease: What a General Cardiologist Should Know

Laith Alshawabkeh, MD, MSCI, FACC

Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program
University of California San Diego
La Jolla, CA

8:45-9:30am 

The Irwin R. Callen, MD Memorial Lectureship

Artificial Intelligence in Cardiology – Are We There Yet?

Subha V. Raman, MD, FACC

Chief of Cardiology, Director, Cardiovascular Institute

Vice President, Cardiovascular Services

Indiana University School of Medicine,

Indianapolis, IN

9:30-10:15am

Joint Florida Society of Thoracic Surgery and Florida Chapter American College of Cardiology Lecture

Paul DiGiorgi, MD

Cardiothoracic Surgery Section Chief

Lee Physician Group Cardiothoracic Surgery

Fort Myers, FL

Andres M. Pineda, MD, FACC

Assistant Professor

Medical Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories

University of Florida College of Medicine

Jacksonville, FL

10:15-10:45am 

Break with the Exhibitors 

Resident Poster Presentations

10:45-11:30am

2+ Years into the COVID 19 Pandemic… Is the Heart Still an Innocent Bystander?

Amanda K. Verma, MD, FACC

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology

Director of COVID Cardiology Clinics

Washington University School of Medicine

St. Louis, MO

11:30-11:40am

FCACC/FCACC Foundation Business Meeting 

11:40am

Adjourn