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AUC 2025 Program Overview

​​All times Mountain Standard Time

Subject to change

Wednesday, January 15, 2025

REGISTRATION DESK OPEN 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Theatre Foyer
 
EMERITUS SESSION

Salon & Patio
Moderators: Nanette K. Wenger, MD (Chair), Michael Cain and Rose Marie Robertson
 
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM: William A. Zoghbi, MD, MACC
"Mitral Regurgitation: Evolving Concepts in Diagnosis, Prognosis, and Management"
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM: Beverly Lorell, MD, FACC
"New FDA Mandates and Their Implications for Clinical Research"


 

ADJOURN
5:00 PM
 
AUC WELCOME RECEPTION
5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
Orchid Lawn (weather permitting)
Badge and program pick-up available during reception


Thursday, January 16, 2025
Note: all sessions are in Estrella Theatre

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

CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
Salon & Patio

PRESIDENTIAL SESSION
President's Welcome
9:00 AM - 9:10 AM: Jane Freedman, MD

Presidential Lecture
9:10 AM - 10:00 AM

Jane Freedman, MD
"The Veracity of Medical Research"
Moderator: Charles Lowenstein, MD

Nanette K Wenger Honorary Lecture
10:00 AM - 10:50 AM: Elizabeth Bik, PhD
Science Consultant
Harbers Bik LLC
Founder, Microbiome Digest
Founder, Science Integrity Digest
"Errors and Misconduct in Biomedical Research"
 
Book Discussion for Guests
10:00 AM - 12:00 Noon
​Location: Cottonwood


BREAK
10:50 AM – 11:10 AM
Estrella Theatre

George Burch Memorial Lecture
11:10 AM - 12:00 Noon: Sanjay Kaul, MD, FACC, FAHA
Professor of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
"Intention to Deceive: Insights from Sloppy Science to Research Misconduct in Cardiovascular Medicine"

LUNCH
12:00 Noon – 1:00 PM
Location: West Lawn (weather permitting)
WOMEN'S NETWORKING LUNCHEON

12:00 Noon – 1:00 PM

Location: Salon & Patio

INTRODUCTION OF NEW MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE
1:00 PM – 1:15 PM: Jane Freedman, MD

SCIENTIFIC SESSION 1
Moderator: TBD
1:15 PM - 2:10 PM New member presentations
 
BREAK
2:10 – 2:30 PM 
Estrella Theatre

SCIENTIFIC SESSION 2
Moderator: TBD
2:30PM - 3:10 PM: New Member Presentations

ADJOURN
3:10 PM  

RECEPTION
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
East Lawn (weather permitting)
FORMAL DINNER (Black-Tie)
7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
East Lawn (weather permitting)


Friday, January 17, 2025
Note: all sessions are in Estrella Theatre

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

Continental Breakfast
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM 
Salon & Patio
BUSINESS MEETING
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
SCIENTIFIC SESSION 3
Moderator: TBD
9:00 AM - 9:40 AM: New Member Presentations

BREAK

9:40 AM – 10:10 AM

Estrella Theatre

SCIENTIFIC SESSION 4

Moderator: TBD
10:30AM - 10:50AM: New Member Presentations

CLOSING COMMENTS
10:50 AM – 11:00 AM: Charles Lowenstein, MD
ADJOURN
11:00 AM
 

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