Cardiology Grand Rounds
September 17, 2025 (Remote)
Speakers:
Prof. Jereon J. Bax, MD, PhD, FESC, FACC
Director of Noninvasive Imaging, Department of Cardiology
Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
Pieter van der Bijl, MD, PhD, FESC
Research Associate
Leiden University Medical Centre
Topic:
Mitral Regurgitation (primary and secondary) as well as Mitral annular dysfunction
September 24, 2025 (On Site)
Speaker:
Daniel W. Jones, MD, MACP, FAHA
Dean and Professor Emeritus
University of Mississippi School of Medicine
Chancellor, University of Mississippi 2009-2015
President, American Heart Association 2007-2008
Chair 2025 AHA/ACC High Blood Pressure Management Guideline
Topic:
2025 Hypertension Guidelines Management
October 1, 2025 (On Site)
Speakers:
Prof. Stefan Blankenberg
Professor of Medicine
Director, Department of Cardiology
Medical Director, Cardiology Clinic
University Medical Center
Hamburg, Germany
Christina Magnussen, MD
Professor of Medicine
Deputy Director, Department and Polyclinic of Cardiology
University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
Hamburg, Germany
Topic:
Global Effect of Lifetime Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Lifetime Estimates
October 8, 2025 (Cancelled)
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Topic:
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October 15, 2025 (On site)
Speakers:
Firas F. Mussa, MD, MS, FACS, DFSVS
Professor, Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery
McGovern Medical School at UTHealth-Houston
Memorial Hermann Heart and Vascular Institute
Imperial College London
Topic:
Management of Acute Type B Aortic Dissection
October 22, 2025 (Remote)
Speaker:
John M. Miller, MD, FACC, FAHA, FHRS
Professor of Medicine
EP Fellowship Director
Professor of Medicine Director, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis, IN
Topic:
Mechanisms and Treatment of Ventricular Tachycardia
October 29, 2025 (On Site)
Speaker:
Aniruddh Pradip Patel, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Clinic Investigator, Instruct Cardiology, Mass General Research Institute
Boston, MA
Topic:
Evaluation of Lipoprotein (a) ASA prognostic marker of extracoronary disease progression
November 5, 2025 (Remote)
Speakers:
Gilles Lemesle, MD
Professor of Medicine, University of Lille
Interventional Cardiologist, University Hospital of Lille
Lille, France
Topic:
Aspirin in Patients with Chronic Coronary Syndrome Receiving Oral Anticoagulation
November 12, 2025 (TBD)
Speakers:
Silvana Molossi, MD, PhD
Associate Chief, Section of Cardiology Director, Coronary Artery Anomalies Program (CAAP)
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics Texas Children’s Hospital
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas
Topic:
Identifying High Risk Features of Anomalous Aortic Origin of Coronary Arteries (AAOCA)
November 19, 2025 (On Site)
Speaker:
Christopher S. Ogilvy, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School
Director, Brain Aneurysm Institute Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
Topic:
Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms
November 26, 2025 (Cancelled)
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December 3, 2025 (On Site)
Speaker:
Michael M. Givertz, MD
Medical Director, Heart Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Topic:
Update on Cardiac Transplantation
December 10, 2025 (Remote)
Speaker:
Adriana Carrie Luk, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, McMaster University
Toronto, ON
Topic:
Caring for Two: Management of the Critically Ill Cardiac Patient during Pregnancy
December 17, 2025 (Remote)
Speaker:
Hugh Calkins, MD
Catherine Ellen Poindexter Professor of Cardiology
Director, Cardiac Arrhythmia Service, ARVD Program, Atrial Fibrillation, Electrophysiology Laboratory Center
John Hopkins
Baltimore, MD
Topic:
Pulsed Field Ablation to Treat Atrial Fibrillation
December 24, 2025
HOLIDAY BREAK
January 1, 2026
HOLIDAY BREAK
January 7, 2026 (On Site)
Speaker:
Christine E. Seidman, MD
Thomas W. Smith Professor of Medicine and Genetics
Harvard Medical School
Director, BWH Cardiovascular Genetics Center
Boston, MA
Topic:
Molecular Pathology of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM)
January 14, 2026 (TBD)
Speaker:
Patricia A. Pellikka, MD
The Betty Knight Scripps Professor of Cardiovascular Disease Clinical Research / President, Mayo Clinic Officers and Councilors / Editor-in-Chief, Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography / Consultant / Department of Cardiovascular Medicine / Mayo Clinic
Topic:
Utilizing AI to detect Cardiac Amyloidosis
January 21, 2026 (On Site)
Speaker:
Wendy Stead MD
Program Director, Infectious Diseases Fellowship
Firm Chief, Blumgart Firm
Department of Medicine Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
Topic:
Right sided endocarditis management in PWID
January 28, 2026 (Remote)
Speaker:
Allan L. Klein, MD, FRCP (C), FACC, FAHA, FASE, FESC
Director, Pericardial Disease Center
Professor of Medicine Section of CV Imaging
Dept of CV Medicine
Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH
Topic:
2025 Concise Clinical Guidance: An ACC Expert Consensus Statement on the Diagnosis and Management Pericarditis
February 4, 2026 (Remote)
Speakers:
Carmine Pizzi, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences
University of Bologna
Bologna BO, Italy
Luca Bergamaschi, PHD
PhD Student
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences
University of Bologna
Bologna BO, Italy
Topic:
Multimodal Imaging in the Diagnostic Work Up of Patients with Cardiac Masses
February 11, 2026 (Remote)
Speaker:
K. Lance Gould, M.D.
Martin Bucksbaum Distinguished University Chair
Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology and
Executive Director, Weatherhead P.E.T. Imaging Center, McGovern Medical School
University of Texas Health Science Center – Houston
Director Nuclear Cardiology
Memorial Hermann Hospital
Houston, Texas
Topic:
The Pathophysiology of Gender in the Randomized CENTURY Trial and Mechanism for Differences of CAD Between Women and Men
February 18, 2026 (Remote)
Speaker:
Sachin Shah, MD
Professor of Medicine Director, Innovative Clinical and Outcomes Research (iCOR) lab Regional Coordinator
Director of Pharmacy Research and Education – Travis Air Force Base University of the Pacific
acramento, CA
Topic:
Cardiovascular Implications of the Alpha-Gal Syndrome
February 25, 2026 (On Site)
Speaker:
Odayme Quesada, MD, MHS, FACC, HAHA, FESC
Assistant Professor of Medicine, The University of Cincinnati
Medical Director, Women’s Heart Center at The Christ Hospital Heart and Vascular Institute
Ginger Warner Endowed Chair, In Women’s Cardiovascular Health
Cincinnati, OH
Topic:
ANOVA- Diagnosing and managing it.
March 4, 2026 (On Site)
Speakers:
Javed Butler, MD, MPH, MBA Patrick H.
Lehan Chair in Cardiovascular Research
Professor and Chairman, Department of Medicine Professor of Physiology and Biophysics
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Jackson, MS
Topic:
Incretin- Base Therapies and Heart Failure Outcomes: Benefit Beyond Weight Loss
March 11, 2026 (TBD)
Speakers:
Samuel Z. Goldhaber, MD
Director, Faculty Promotions
Director, Thrombosis Research Group
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Topic:
PE Panorama
March 18, 2026 (TBD)
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March 25, 2026 (TBD)
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April 1, 2026 (TBD)
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April 8, 2026 (Remote)
Speakers:
Neal K. Lakdawala, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Cardiovascular Medicine Specialist, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, MA
Topic:
Location of LMNA Variants and clinical outcomes in cardiomyopathy
April 15, 2026 (TBD)
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April 22, 2026 (TBD)
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April 29, 2026 (TBD)
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May 6, 2026 (TBD)
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May 13, 2026 (TBD)
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May 20, 2026 (TBD)
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May 27, 2026 (TBD)
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June 3, 2026 (TBD)
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June 10, 2026 (TBD)
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June 17, 2026 (TBD)
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