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  • Thursday, March 5, 2026
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM CST
    Breakfast
  • 8:00 AM - 8:40 AM CST
    Nursing & APP Shock Summit Session 1: Predicting Cardiogenic Shock (Accredited)
    Moderator: Stephanie Koepke, MSN, APRN, ACNS-BC – Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas
    Moderator: Amanda Bergeron, MSN, AGACNP-BC – Memorial Hermann Hospital Texas Medical Center Houston, TX
    Panelist: Laura Wueste, ACNP – Memorial Hermann Memorial City Medical Center
    Panelist: Lisa Janowiak, CCP, LP – University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
    Panelist: Kha Dinh, MD – University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
    Panelist: Robyn Mitchell, DNP, ACNPC-AG, CCAPP, VAD-C, CHFN, E-AEC, CES-A , VA-BC – Heart Hospital of New Mexico
    Panelist: David A. Morrow, MD, MPH – Brigham and Women's Hospital
    Panelist: Casey Miller, NP – Emory University Hospital
    Nursing and APP Summit
  • 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST
    Shock Scenarios
  • 8:40 AM CST
    Nursing & APP Shock Summit Session 1: Predicting Cardiogenic Shock (Accredited)
  • 8:45 AM - 9:00 AM CST
    Break
  • 9:00 AM - 10:10 AM CST
    Nursing & APP Shock Summit Session 2: Managing Cardiogenic Shock (Accredited)
    Moderator: Robin Miller, DNP, MPH, ACNP – Providence St. Vincent Medical Center
    Moderator: Annie Sheehan, APRN, DNP – M Health Fairview
    Panelist: Kristin Farrell, BSN, RN, CCRN – Memorial Hermann
    Panelist: Max Danis, BSN, RN, CCRN, CSC, E-AEC, CES-A, VAD-C – Prisma Health Heart & Vascular Institute - Midlands
    Panelist: Fidel Gonzalez, Jr., MS, AGANCP-C – Memorial Herman
    Panelist: Aniket S. Rali, MD – Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    Panelist: Russell Perkins, AGACNP-BC – Duke University Hospital
    Panelist: Nancy M. Albert, PhD, CCNS, CCRN, NE-BC, FCCM, FAHA, FHFSA – Cleveland Clinic
    Nursing and APP Summit
  • 10:15 AM - 10:30 AM CST
    Break
  • 10:30 AM - 11:10 AM CST
    Nursing & APP Shock Summit Session 3: Recovering from Cardiogenic Shock (Accredited)
    Moderator: Stephanie G. Barnes, DNP, AGNP-C, CHFN – Duke University Health System
    Moderator: Neha Jharia, AGACNP-BC – University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
    Panelist: Amanda Bergeron, MSN, AGACNP-BC – Memorial Hermann Hospital Texas Medical Center Houston, TX
    Panelist: Ashley Evans, MSN, APRN, AGACNP-BC – Memorial Hermann - Texas Medical Center
    Panelist: Ashrith Guha
    Panelist: Harish Devineni, MD – University of Texas - Houston
    Panelist: Jordan Garcia, PA-C – Center For Advanced Heart Failure
  • 11:15 AM - 11:30 AM CST
    Break
  • 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM CST
    Lunch
  • 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM CST
    Nurse's Shock Jeopardy
    Judge: Fidel Gonzalez, Jr., MS, AGANCP-C – Memorial Herman
    Judge: Stephanie G. Barnes, DNP, AGNP-C, CHFN – Duke University Health System
    Judge: Robin Miller, DNP, MPH, ACNP – Providence St. Vincent Medical Center
  • 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM CST
    Poster Viewing (Non-Accredited)
    Poster Judge: Danny Ramzy, MD PhD – The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
    Poster Judge: Sriram Nathan, MD – University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
    Poster Judge: Cezar Iliescu, MD, FACC, FSCAI – MD Anderson Cancer Center
    Poster Presentation
  • 1:30 PM - 3:05 PM CST
    Session 1: AMI-CS – One Size Does Not Fit All (Accredited)
    Moderator: David A. Morrow, MD, MPH – Brigham and Women's Hospital
    Moderator: Allison Dupont, MD,FACC,FSCAI – Northside Hospital Heart Institute
    Panelist: Marwan Jumean, MD – University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
    Panelist: Abdulla Damluji
    Panelist: Marvin J. Slepian, MD, J.D. – The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson
    Panelist: Rajan Patel
    Panelist: Alpesh Shah, MD – Houston Methodist Hospital
    Panelist: Tarek A. Helmy, MD – Trinity health of New England
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  • 3:10 PM - 3:15 PM CST
    Break
  • 3:25 PM - 4:55 PM CST
    Session 2: Heart Failure-Related Cardiogenic Shock – Getting Granular (Accredited)
    Moderator: Maya Guglin, MD, PhD – Indiana University School of Medicine
    Moderator: Arvind Bhimaraj, MD, MPH, FACC, FHFSA – DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center
    Panelist: Benedikt Schrage, MD, PhD, FESC – University Heart and Vascular Center Hamburg
    Panelist: Maryjane Farr, MD MSC – University of Pennsylvania
    Panelist: Jerry D. Estep, MD, FACC, FASE – Cleveland Clinic Florida
    Panelist: Bobbi Chapman, MD – J&J MedTech, Heart Recovery
    Panelist: Reynolds Delgado, MD, FACC – Delgado Cardiovascular Associates PA
    Panelist: Jennifer Thibodeau, MD, MSCS – University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
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  • 4:55 PM - 5:00 PM CST
    Adjourn
  • 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM CST
    Poster Viewing and Welcome Reception

    Poster Judge: Danny Ramzy, MD PhD – The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

    Poster Judge: Esther Vorovich, MD, MSCE – Northwestern University

    Poster Judge: Sriram Nathan, MD – University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

    Poster Judge: Cezar Iliescu, MD, FACC, FSCAI – MD Anderson Cancer Center

  • Friday, March 6, 2026
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM CST
    Breakfast
  • 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM CST
    Keynote Address: Two Challenges in Subclinical Primary Prevention:  Heart (the Young) and Brain (the Elderly)
    Speaker: Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD – Mount Sinai Hospital
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  • 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST
    Poster Viewing (Non-Accredited)
  • 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST
    Poster Viewing (Non-Accredited)
    Poster Judge: Carlos R. Manrique, MD – University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
    Poster Judge: Savitri Fedson, MD MA – Michael E DeBakey VA Medical Center
    Poster Judge: Jayeshkumar Patel, MD – University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
  • 8:35 AM - 9:57 AM CST
    Session 3: Valvular Shock – Evolving Approaches
    Moderator: Rohit Amin
    Moderator: Biykem Bozkurt, MD, PhD – Baylor College of Medicine
    Panelist: Nandish Thukral, MD – Cardiology Clinic of San Antonio Methodist Heart Hospital San Antonio, TX
    Panelist: Joe Aoun, MD – Houston Methodist Hospital
    Panelist: Richard Smalling, MD PhD – UTHSC - Houston, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
    Panelist: Feras Khaliel, MD, PhD – King Faisal Hospital & Research Centre
    Panelist: Ismael Salas de Armas, MD – University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
    Panelist: Imran Baig, MD, FSCAI – Baylor Heart Hospital/Connected Cardiovascular Care Associates
    Houston Shock Symposium
  • 10:05 AM - 10:20 AM CST
    Break
  • 10:20 AM - 11:45 AM CST
    Session 4: The Future of Cardiogenic Shock Management
    Moderator: Nir Uriel, MD, MSc, FACC – NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
    Moderator: Sean Van Diepen, MD – University of Alberta
    Panelist: David Israeli, MD, MBA – Magenta Medical
    Panelist: Johanna Contreras, MD, MSc, FACC, FAHA, FASE, FHFSA – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
    Panelist: David A. Baran, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FHFSA – Cleveland Clinic Florida
    Panelist: Marat Fudim, MD, MHS – Duke
    Panelist: Biykem Bozkurt, MD, PhD – Baylor College of Medicine
    Panelist: David Feldman, MD, PhD – Trinity Medical WNY, PC
    Houston Shock Symposium
  • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CST
    FIT Shock Jeopardy (Accredited)
    Judge: Johanna Contreras, MD, MSc, FACC, FAHA, FASE, FHFSA – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
    Judge: Khaled Chatila, MD – University of Texas Medical Branch
    Judge: Sean Van Diepen, MD – University of Alberta
  • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CST
    FIT Shock Jeopardy (Accredited)
  • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CST
    Lunch
  • 1:00 PM - 2:25 PM CST
    Oral Abstract Session 1 (Accredited)
    Panelist: Alpesh Shah, MD – Houston Methodist Hospital
    Panelist: Angelo Nascimbene
    Panelist: Phyllis Billia, MD, PhD, FRCPC – University of Toronto
    Panelist: Sriram Nathan, MD – University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
    Panelist: Ashrith Guha
    Panelist: Konstantinos Charitakis
    Houston Shock Symposium
  • 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM CST
    Poster Viewing (Non-Accredited)
    Poster Judge: Anju Bhardwaj, MD – UT Health Houston McGovern Medical School
    Poster Judge: Priyanka Sen, MD – Texas Heart and Vascular Specialists
    Poster Judge: David Feldman, MD, PhD – Trinity Medical WNY, PC
  • 1:30 PM - 2:52 PM CST
    Session 5: Knocking Down the Right Doors in Shock
    Moderator: Navin Kapur, MD, FAHA, FACC, FSCAI, FHFSA – Tufts University School of Medicine & Tufts Medicine
    Moderator: Holger Thiele – Heart Center Leipzig at Leipzig University
    Panelist: Ayaaz K. Sachedina, MD FRCPC – Foothills Medical Centre, Libin Cardiovascular Institute, University of Calgary
    Panelist: Ouriel Saura, MD, MSc – Medical ICU Pitie Salpetriere Hospital, Paris, France
    Panelist: Duc Pham, FACS – Northwestern Medicine Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute
    Panelist: Timothy Henry, MD, FACC, MSCAI – The Christ Hospital Health Network
    Panelist: Marwan Jumean, MD – University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
    Panelist: Sean Van Diepen, MD – University of Alberta
    Houston Shock Symposium
  • 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM CST
    Abstract Session 2
  • 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM CST
    Oral Abstract Session 2 (Accredited)
  • 3:00 PM - 3:20 PM CST
    Break
  • 3:20 PM - 4:45 PM CST
    Session 6: Hemodynamics in Shock – What Really Matters?
    Moderator: Holger Thiele – Heart Center Leipzig at Leipzig University
    Moderator: Steve Hollenberg, MD – Emory University
    Panelist: Gavin Hickey, MD – UPMC
    Panelist: J Eduardo Rame, MD MPhil FAHA FESC – Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
    Panelist: Jaime Hernandez-Montfort, MD, MD, MPH, MSc – Baylor Scott & White Health
    Panelist: Venu Menon, MD – Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University
    Panelist: Sana Shoukat, MD – University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
    Panelist: Duc Pham, FACS – Northwestern Medicine Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute
    Houston Shock Symposium
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM CST
    Innovation in CS Diagnosis and Management: The CEO Corner
  • 4:45 PM - 5:00 PM CST
    Adjourn
  • Saturday, March 7, 2026
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM CST
    Breakfast
  • 8:30 AM - 9:45 AM CST
    Session 7: Managing Non-Cardiogenic Shock in Cardiac Patients
    Moderator: Bindu Akkanti, MD – McGovern Medical School, UT Health-Houston
    Moderator: Demetri Yannopoulos, MD – University of Minnesota
    Panelist: Maulin Patel, MD – University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
    Panelist: Maria Patarroyo-Aponte, MD – University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
    Panelist: Feras Khaliel, MD, PhD – King Faisal Hospital & Research Centre
    Panelist: Daniel De Backer, MD – Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
    Panelist: Farah Kazzaz, MD – University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
    Panelist: Rahat Hussain, MD – University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
    Houston Shock Symposium
  • 9:50 AM - 10:00 AM CST
    Break
  • 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM CST
    Session 8: Rethinking Priorities in Cardiogenic Shock
    Moderator: Holger Thiele – Heart Center Leipzig at Leipzig University
    Moderator: Steve Hollenberg, MD – Emory University
    Panelist: Nir Uriel, MD, MSc, FACC – NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
    Panelist: Daniel De Backer, MD – Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
    Panelist: Juan E. Marcano, MD – University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
    Panelist: J Eduardo Rame, MD MPhil FAHA FESC – Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
    Panelist: Joseph Zwischenberger, MD – University of Kentucky
    Panelist: Savitri Fedson, MD MA – Michael E DeBakey VA Medical Center
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  • 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM CST
    Conference Wrap Up
  • 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM CST
    Lunch & Adjourn