2026 Agenda

GENERAL SESSION

Wednesday, April 8, 2026

All times are in Central Daylight Time (CDT)

7:15 am REGISTRATION / CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
Ballroom Prefunction, Lobby Level
7:55 am WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION
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
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
David G. Rizik, MD
8:50 am Mechanical Circulatory Support (MCS) in High-Risk PCI and Cardiogenic Shock: New Evidence and Insights
Manish Parikh, MD
9:05 am Left Main PCI: Optimizing with Imaging and Physiology
Nishith Chandra, MD
9:20 am Bifurcation PCI: State-of-the-Art
Yves R. Louvard, MD
9:35 am LIVE CASE 1 | COMPLEX CORONARY I
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: Deepak Davidson, MD; Michael J. Lim, MD; Wei Lui, MD; Madan Mohan, 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
Col. Donald Taylor
10:43 am Discussion
Nicolas Gausserand
10:59 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: Matthew J. Chung, MD; Madan Mohan, MD; Christian McNeely, MD; Alpesh Shah, MD; Jeffrey S. Tran, MD; Rayji S. Tsutsui, MD
11:10 am Update on Pharmacology in Interventional Cardiology
Jeffrey S. Tran, MD and Juhi Thaman, PharmD
11:25 am Radiation Risk and Protection
David G. Rizik, MD
11:40 am Bleeding Avoidance and Reducing AKI in the Cath Lab
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
1:05 – 1:10 pm Q & A
NON-CME ACCREDITED SESSION ENDS
1:40 pm WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION
David G. Rizik, MD
KEYNOTE LECTURE II
1:45 pm KEYNOTE LECTURE II | Innovations in Structural Procedures: Expanding Horizons and Imaging Technologies
Santiago Garcia, MD
SESSION IV | STRUCTURAL HEART DISEASE I
Moderators: Stanley J. 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
2:20 pm Advanced Imaging for Structural Procedures: From Echo, CT, ICE to AI
Nishath Quader, MD
2:35 pm Update in Percutaneous Mitral Valve Therapies
Srinivas Iyengar, MD
2:50 pm Percutaneous Tricuspid Therapies: What We’ve Learned Over the Year
Sudeshna Banerjee, MD
3:05 pm Percutaneous Treatment of Aortic Insufficiency
Ravi K. Ramana, DO
3:20 pm PANEL DISCUSSION / Q&A
3:30 pm BREAK / VISIT EXHIBITS
3:45 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;
4:30 pm PANEL DISCUSSION / Q&A
SESSION V | CASES WITH MASTERS
Moderators: Davinder Singh Chadha, MD & John M. Lasala, MD
Panel: Nishith Chandra, MD; Deepak Davison, MD;, Yves Louvard, MD; Kirti Punamiya, MD; Prof. Ahmed Magdy, Sr., MD, PhD; Sandeep Nathan, MD
4:40 pm Case Presentation 1  Frederick Brown, MD
Case Presentation 2  Mohammed Ahmed, MD
Case Presentation 3  Sopan Lahewala, MD
Case Presentation 4  Case Submission Winner
Case Presentation 5  Case Submission Winner
5:30 pm CLOSING REMARKS / CME SESSION ENDS / PROCEED TO 2ND FLOOR, SOLARIUM FLOOR
John M. Lasala, MD
5:35 pm Adjourn
GLOBAL IMAGING AND PHYSIOLOGY SYMPOSIUM
2nd Floor, Solarium
Supported by Philips

WELCOME RECEPTION / COCKTAILS
6:30 pm to 7:00 pm

 *EVENING SYMPOSIA
7:00 pm to 8:30 pm

 *Not Accredited for CME
WELCOME RECEPTION AND EVENING SYMPOSIUM
Supported by Philips
5:45 pm WELCOME RECEPTION / COCKTAILS
Solarium, 2nd 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
Jasvindar Singh, MD
6:15 pm State-Of-The-Art Lecture: Future of Imaging in Interventional Cardiology
Bert van Meurs, Philips Executive VP and Chief Business Leader of Image Guided Therapy
6:30 pm TBA
8:30 pm CLOSING REMARKS AND OUTLINE OF NEXT DAY SESSIONS
Prashanth D. Thakker MD