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  • Friday, March 6, 2026
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM CST
    Breakfast
  • 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM CST
    Keynote Address
    Houston Shock Symposium
  • 8:30 AM - 9:57 AM CST
    Session 3: Valvular Shock – Evolving Approaches

    Panelist: Nandish Thurkal

    Panelist: Ismael Salas

    Panelist: Joe Aoun

    Panelist: Richard Smalling, MD PhD – UTHSC - Houston, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine

    Panelist: Karim Al Azizi, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FESC – Baylor Scott & White Health - The Heart Hospital

    Panelist: Feras Khaliel, MD, PhD – King Faisal Hospital & Research Centre

    Moderator: Biykem Bozkurt, MD, PhD – Baylor College of Medicine

    Moderator: Rohit Amin

  • 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
    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
    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: Barinder S. Hansra, MD, FACC – Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    Houston Shock Symposium
  • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CST
    Lunch and Fellow's Shock Jeopardy
  • 1:00 PM - 2:25 PM CST
    Abstract Session 1
  • 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: Jason N. Katz, MD, MHS – New York University, Grossman School of Medicine
    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
    Houston Shock Symposium
  • 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM CST
    Abstract Session 2
  • 3:00 PM - 3:20 PM CST
    Break
  • 3:20 PM - 4:45 PM CST
    Session 6: Hemodynamics in Shock – What Really Matters?
    Moderator: Daniel Burkhoff, MD, PhD – CRF Clinical Trials Center (CTC) Cardiovascular Research Foundation
    Moderator: Sean Van Diepen, MD – University of Alberta
    Panelist: Holger Thiele – Heart Center Leipzig at Leipzig University
    Panelist: Gavin Hickey
    Panelist: Jesus Eduardo Rame
    Panelist: Jaime Hernandez-Montfort, MD, MD, MPH, MSc – Baylor Scott & White Health
    Panelist: Gurusher Panjrath, MD, FACC, FAHA, FHFSA – George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
    Panelist: Steve Hollenberg, MD – Emory University
    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