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2026 Agenda

General Session
Wednesday, April 8, 2026

General Session
Thursday, April 9, 2026

EVENING INDUSTRY EVENTS
Thursday, April 9, 2026

General Session
Friday, April 10, 2026

FELLOWS COURSE
Saturday, April 11, 2026

EVENING SESSIONS
(Industry sponsored, not CME Accredited)

GENERAL SESSION

Wednesday, April 8, 2026

All times are in Central Daylight Time (CDT)

7:15 am	REGISTRATION / CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
7:15 am	Ballroom Prefunction, Lobby Level

7:55 am	WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION
7:55 am	Jasvindar Singh, MD

	KEYNOTE LECTURE
	Moderators: Yves R. Louvard, MD and Jasvindar Singh, MD

8:00 am	KEYNOTE LECTURE I \| Evolving Landscape of Interventional Cardiology: Charting the Course for the Next Decade
8:00 am	Gregg Stone, MD

	SESSION I \| CORONARY I
	Moderators: David A. Cox, MD and Gregg Stone, MD
	Panel: Yves R. Louvard, MD; Sandeep Nathan, MD; Manish Parikh, MD; David G. Rizik, MD; Alpesh Shah, MD; Robert L. Shapiro, MD

8:35 am	Major Advances in Interventional Cardiology 2025-2026
8:35 am	David G. Rizik, MD

8:50 am	Mechanical Circulatory Support (Micro-Axial Flow Pump) in High-Risk PCI and Cardiogenic Shock: New Evidence and Insights
8:50 am	Manish Parikh, MD

9:05 am	Left Main PCI: Optimizing with Imaging and Physiology
9:05 am	Nishith Chandra, MD

9:20 am	Bifurcation PCI: State-of-the-Art
9:20 am	Yves R. Louvard, MD

9:35 am	LIVE CASE 1 \| COMPLEX CORONARY I PROTECTED PCI
	Transmitted from Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri
	Operators: Jasvindar Singh, MD; David G. Rizik, MD; Marc A. Sintek, MD; Prashanth D. Thakker, MD
	Moderators: John M. Lasala, MD and David A. Cox, MD
	Panel: Nishith Chandra, MD; Michael J. Lim, MD; Wei Lui, MD; Sandeep Nathan, MD; Manish Parikh, MD; Gregg Stone, MD

10:20 am	BREAK / VISIT EXHIBITS

	SESSION II \| EXPLORING AI IN THE FUTURE OF CARDIOLOGY: A PANEL DISCUSSION
	Moderator: George S. Chrysant, MD and Craig Walker, MD
	Panel: Col. Donald Taylor, Nicolas Gausserand; Ali Golshan, MD; Wei Lui, MD and Kirti Punamiya, MD and Jie Qian, MD

10:35 am	Hype to Heart: Establishing Guardrails Around AI
10:35 am	Col. Donald Taylor

10:45 am	Discussion
10:45 am	Nicolas Gausserand

10:55 am	Panel Discussion / Q & A

	SESSION III \| IMPROVING OUTCOMES AND MINIMIZING RISKS IN THE CATH LAB
	Moderators: Arthur B. Reitman, MD and David G. Rizik, MD
	Panel: Dave Cox, MD; Matthew J. Chung, MD; Manish Parikh, MD; Christian McNeely, MD; Alpesh Shah, MD; Rayji S. Tsutsui, MD

11:10 am	Update on Pharmacology in Interventional Cardiology
11:10 am	Frederick J. Brown, MD and Juhi Thaman, PharmD

11:25 am	Radiation Risk and Protection
11:25 am	David G. Rizik, MD

11:40 am	Bleeding Avoidance and Reducing AKI in the Cath Lab
11:40 am	Rayji S. Tsutsui, MD

11:55 am	PANEL DISCUSSION / Q&A

12:10 pm	PICK-UP LUNCH AND VISIT EXHIBITS

	LUNCH SESSION BEGINS
	*Not Accredited for CME

12:40 pm	Topic Coming Soon
12:40 pm

1:05 – 1:10 pm	Q & A

	NON-CME ACCREDITED SESSION ENDS

1:40 pm	WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION
1:40 pm	David G. Rizik, MD

	KEYNOTE LECTURE II

1:45 pm	KEYNOTE LECTURE II \| Innovations in Structural Procedures: Expanding Horizons and Imaging Technologies
1:45 pm	Santiago Garcia, MD

2:15 pm	KEYNOTE LECTURE III \| Future of Left Atrial Appendage Closure
2:15 pm	Chetan Huded, MD

	SESSION IV \| STRUCTURAL HEART DISEASE I
	Moderators: Stanley J. Chetcuti, MD and David G. Rizik, MD
	Panel: Sudeshna Banerjee, MD; Srinivas Iyengar, MD; Majesh Makan, MD; Nishath Quader, MD; Ravi K. Ramana, DO; Marc A. Sintek, MD

2:45 pm	Advanced Imaging for Structural Procedures: From Echo, CT, ICE to AI
2:45 pm	Nishath Quader, MD

3:00 pm	Update in Percutaneous Mitral Valve Therapies
3:00 pm	Srinivas Iyengar, MD

3:15 pm	Percutaneous Tricuspid Therapies: What We’ve Learned Over the Year
3:15 pm	Sudeshna Banerjee, MD

3:30 pm	Percutaneous Treatment of Aortic Insufficiency
3:30 pm	Ravi K. Ramana, DO

3:45 pm	PANEL DISCUSSION / Q&A

3:55 pm	BREAK / VISIT EXHIBITS

4:10 pm	LIVE CASE 2 \| STRUCTURAL
	Transmitted from Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri
	Operator: Tsuyoshi Kaneko, MD and Alan Zajarias, MD
	Moderators: Stanley Chetcuti, MD and David G. Rizik, MD
	Panel: Sudeshna Banerjee, MD; Srinivas Iyengar, MD; Samuel M. Lindner, MD; Nishath Quader, MD; Ravi K. Ramana, DO; Marc A. Sintek, MD;

	SESSION V \| CASES WITH MASTERS
	Moderators: Davinder Singh Chadha, MD & John M. Lasala, MD
	Panel: Nishith Chandra, MD; Michael J. Lim, MD; Yves Louvard, MD; Kirti Punamiya, MD; Prof. Ahmed Magdy, Sr., MD, PhD; Sandeep Nathan, MD; Div Verma, MD

4:55 pm	Case Presentation 1 Frederick Brown, MD / Sopan Lahewala, MD Case Presentation 2 Mohammed Ahmed, MD Case Presentation 3 Vince Siebert, MD Case Presentation 4 Case Submission Winner Case Presentation 5 Case Submission Winner

5:45 pm	CLOSING REMARKS / CME SESSION ENDS / PROCEED TO 2^ND FLOOR, SOLARIUM FLOOR
5:45 pm	John M. Lasala, MD

5:50 pm	Adjourn

CORONARY IMAGING AND PHYSIOLOGY SYMPOSIUM*:
2026 UPDATE FOR THE INTERVENTIONALIST
2^nd Floor, Solarium
Supported by Philips

*Not Accredited for CME

6:00 – 6:55 pm	WELCOME RECEPTION WITH COCKTAILS AND DINNER BUFFET
6:00 – 6:55 pm	2^nd Floor: Outside Solarium

6:55 pm	WELCOME AND SESSION OVERVIEW
6:55 pm	Jasvindar Singh, MD


	Moderators: Jasvindar Singh, MD
	Panel: Mohammed Ahmed, MD; Frederick Brown, MD; Sanah Christopher, MD; Matthew J. Chung, MD; Jonathan Hill, MD; Sukhjinder S. Nijjer, BSc, MBChB, PhD; Marc A. Sintek, MD; Prashanth D. Thakker, MD; Rayji S. Tsutsui, MD

7:00 pm	Coronary Physiology: What’s New and What Matters
7:00 pm	Sukhjinder S. Nijjer, BSc, MBChB, PhD

7:15 pm	Physiology Case Presentation & Discussion
7:15 pm	Matthew J. Chung, MD

7:30 pm	Intravascular Imaging Update: IVUS and OCT in 2026
7:30 pm	Marc A. Sintek, MD

7:40 pm	Imaging Case Presentation & Discussion
7:40 pm	Prashanth D. Thakker, MD

7:55 pm	Imaging–Physiology Integration: Beyond One Modality
7:55 pm	Sanah Christopher, MD

8:10 pm	Imaging–Physiology Integration Case Presentation & Discussion
8:10 pm	Rayji S. Tsutsui, MD

8:25 pm	Emerging Technologies & Future Directions
8:25 pm	Jonathan Hill, MD

8:40 pm	Case Presentations: From Wire to Stent Optimization
8:40 pm	Case 1: Frederick Brown, MD Case 2: Mohammed Ahmed, MD

8:55 pm	Closing Comments
8:55 pm	Jasvindar Singh, MD

5:45 pm	WELCOME RECEPTION / COCKTAILS
5:45 pm	Solarium, 2^nd Floor

	GLOBAL IMAGING AND PHYSIOLOGY
	Moderators: Ganesh Kumar AV, MD; Wei Liu, MD; Marc A. Sintek MD; Prashanth D. Thakker MD; Viji Samuel Thomson, MD

6:10 pm	INTRODUCTION
6:10 pm	Jasvindar Singh, MD

6:15 pm	State-Of-The-Art Lecture: Future of Imaging in Interventional Cardiology
6:15 pm	Bert van Meurs, Philips Executive VP and Chief Business Leader of Image Guided Therapy

6:30 pm	TBA
6:30 pm

8:30 pm	CLOSING REMARKS AND OUTLINE OF NEXT DAY SESSIONS
8:30 pm	Prashanth D. Thakker MD

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