Vandalia Health Heart and Vascular Symposium

Program Overview

The 2025 Vandalia Health Heart and Vascular Symposium (VHHV | 25) will deliver a dynamic and comprehensive review of current practices, innovations and emerging strategies in the management of heart disease, including: percutaneous cardiac interventions, structural interventions and cardiac surgery. This interdisciplinary conference brings together physicians, pharmacists, nurses, radiologic technologists, technicians and allied health professionals for an in-depth educational experience.

Topics will cover advances in transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), cardiogenic shock management, imaging techniques, medical therapies and device-based interventions, alongside case-based discussions and poster sessions showcasing original research and clinical innovation.

Objectives

By the conclusion of the symposium, participants will be able to:

• Provide guidance on imaging tools and techniques for heart disease.
• Evaluate decision-making pathways between surgical and transcatheter therapies for valvular heart conditions.
• Summarize evidence-based strategies for diagnosing and managing cardiogenic shock.
• Compare the benefits and limitations of advanced circulatory support devices, including TandemHeart, LVAD, ECMO, and interventions for CAD, PE, and mitral regurgitation (e.g., MitraClip).
• Describe transcatheter and surgical treatment strategies for valvular disease.
• Outline criteria for selecting patients for Impella and intra-aortic balloon pump support.
• Recognize and manage procedural complications associated with TAVR, MitraClip, and left atrial appendage closure devices (e.g., Watchman).
• Explain surgical indications for mitral valve repair and other valvular interventions.
• Apply case-based learning to guide medical management of closure devices.
• Identify techniques for managing complications following structural heart device implantation.
• Describe evolving pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic management strategies for structural heart disease.

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Lodging

For reservations, please contact Group Rooms Coordinator Courtney Wheatley directly at 304-269-8882 and reference the Vandalia Health Heart and Vascular Symposium. Thank you!

We encourage participation by all individuals. If you have a disability, advance notification of any special needs will help us better serve you.

Conference Leadership

Agenda

Friday, Aug. 8, 2025

3:30 p.m. | Check in, registration and coffee in the corridor

5:15 p.m. | CE announcements

5:30 p.m. | Welcome and introductions (chair/moderator)

5:45 p.m. | Renal Denervation – Wissam Gharib, MD

6:30 p.m. | The Future of Valvular Heart Disease – Blase Carabello, MD

7:15 p.m. | Adjourn

Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025

Concurrent sessions begin at 8:10 a.m.

7:30 a.m. | Registration and coffee

8 a.m. | Welcome and introductions (chair/moderator)

Concurrent session 1

8:10 a.m. | Pulsed Field Ablation – Chafik Assal, MD

9 a.m. | Surgery for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy – Chris Cook, MD

9:45 a.m. | Lifetime Management of AV Disease – Andres Tobar, MD

10:30 a.m. | Break/vendors

10:45 a.m. | Indications for Angio-Vac – Peter Rodgers-Fischl, MD

11:30 a.m. | Tough Cases in VHD – Blase Carabello, MD

12:15 p.m. | Lunch in Stillwaters

1:15 p.m. | Mitra Clip – Richard Han, MD

2:30 p.m. | Tri Clip – Joseph Choo, MD

3:15 p.m. | Adjourn

Concurrent session 2

8:10 a.m. | Heart Age – Scaling Pre-operative cardio metabolic optimization

9 a.m. | What EMS Does Before the Hospital for Heart Attacks – Captain Smith, Charleston Fire Department

9:45 a.m. | Research topics with Frank Annie, MD, and Adam Belcher, MD

10:30 a.m. | Break/vendors

10:45 a.m. | Leadless Pacemakers – Matthew Gaskill, DO

11:30 a.m. | Endocarditis – Chris Cook, MD

12:15 p.m. | Lunch in Stillwaters

1:15 p.m. | Surgery of the Aortic Root – Chris Cook, MD

2:30 p.m. | Tri Clip – Joseph Choo, MD

3:15 p.m. | Adjourn

1:15 p.m. | Mitra Clip – Richard Han, MD

2:30 p.m. | TBA – Bradford Warden, MD

3:15 p.m. | Adjourn

Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025

8 a.m. | Registration and coffee

8:30 a.m. | Welcome and introductions (chair/moderator)

8:45 a.m. | Mechanical Complications of MI – Elise Anderson, MD

9:30 a.m. | IFR – Haytham Alkhaimy, MD

10:15 a.m. | LM PCI – Wissam Gharib, MD

11 a.m. | Pre-op Evaluation – Elie Gharib, MD