AUC 2024 Program Overview

All times Eastern Standard Time

Subject to change

Wednesday, February 21, 2024

REGISTRATION DESK OPEN 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Second Floor West Foyer

EMERITUS SESSION
Jenkins King Charles Room
Moderators: Nanette K. Wenger, MD (Chair), Michael Cain and Rose Marie Robertson

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM: Linda Gillam, MD
“Health Equity in Cardiovascular Care: Challenges and Opportunities”

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM: Robert O. Bonow, MD
“Reflections on 50 Years of Studying Aortic Valve Disease”

ADJOURN

5:00 PM

AUC WELCOME RECEPTION

6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Palmetto Garden Room
Badge and program pick-up available during reception

Thursday, February 22, 2024
Note: all sessions are in Cypress/Dogwood

REGISTRATION DESK OPEN 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Cypress Foyer

CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
Live Oak

PRESIDENTIAL SESSION

President’s Welcome
9:00 AM – 9:10 AM: Barry London, MD, PhD

Nanette K Wenger Honorary Lecture
9:10 AM – 10:00 AM: Sylvia Priori, MD, PhD
Professor of Cardiology, Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Pavia; Director of the Molecular Cardiology Unit at the IRCCS ICS Maugeri, Pavia, Italy; Professor and Director of Molecular Cardiology Laboratories at the Carlos III National Cardiovascular Research Institute (Madrid, Spain)

George Burch Memorial Lecture
10:00 AM – 10:50 AM: Kevin Campbell, PhD
Professor and Chair of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics; Roy J. Carver Biomedical Research Chair in Molecular Physiology & Biophysics; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Director, Senator Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Specialized Research Center, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City
“Beyond Gene Replacement for Muscular Dystrophy: The Need to Restore Normal Muscle Function”

BREAK
10:50 AM – 11:10 AM
Gazebo

Presidential Lecture
11:10 AM – 12:00 Noon

Barry London, MD, PhD

“Regulating Cardiac Excitation (aka Exciting Cardiac Regulation)”
Moderator: Jane Freedman, MD

LUNCH
12:00 Noon – 1:00 PM
Live Oak

INTRODUCTION OF NEW MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE
1:00 PM – 1:10 PM: Barry London, MD, PhD

SCIENTIFIC SESSION 1
Moderator: Karol E. Watson, MD

1:10 PM – 1:30 PM: Susan Cheng, MD
“Sex Differences in Cardiovascular Risk”

1:30 PM – 1:50 PM: Jennifer Mieres, MD
“Racial and Ethnic Differences in Awareness and Prevalence of Unidentified Cardiovascular Risk Factors Among Health System Employees”

1:50 PM – 2:10 PM: Jeffrey Goldberger, MD
“Adjunctive Medical Therapy Improves Outcomes of Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation”

BREAK
2:10 – 2:30 PM

Gazebo

SCIENTIFIC SESSION 2
Moderator: Charles J. Lowenstein, MD

2:30 PM – 2:50 PM: Stephen Y. Chan , MD
“Developing a Precision Medicine Approach to Vascular Inflammation and Pulmonary Hypertension”

2:50 PM – 3:10 PM: Sean Wu, MD PhD
“Single Cell Multi-omic Approaches to Understanding Cardiac Development and Disease”

ADJOURN
3:10 PM

RECEPTION
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
The Riviera Theater
227 King Street (across the street from the Charleston Place)

FORMAL DINNER (Black-Tie)
7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
The Riviera Theater

Friday, February 23, 2024
Note: all sessions are in Cypress/Dogwood

REGISTRATION DESK OPEN 7:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Cypress Foyer

Continental Breakfast
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM
Live Oak

BUSINESS MEETING
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM

SCIENTIFIC SESSION 3
Moderator: SUMEET S. CHUGH, MD

9:00 AM – 9:20 AM: Larry Allen, MD
“Engaging Patients to Improve Medical Decision Making and Optimize Health Outcomes”

9:20 AM – 9:40 AM: Jeffrey T. Kuvin, MD

“Uniting to Build a Cardiovascular Medicine Board”

BREAK

9:40 AM – 10:10 AM

Gazebo

SCIENTIFIC SESSION 4

Moderator: Jane Freedman, MD

10:10 AM – 10:30 AM: Laurence S. Sperling, MD
“Impact of COVID-19 on Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes, Care and Prevention”

10:30 AM – 10:50 AM: John Rutherford, MD
“The Health of a President"