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Forward38th Annual Cardiology Update 2026
This course offers a comprehensive update on evidence-based approaches to the diagnosis and management of cardiovascular conditions. Expert faculty will highlight recent advances in clinical cardiology and emphasize team-based strategies for integrating these developments into everyday practice to improve patient outcomes. In addition to clinical education, this activity fosters networking, professional growth, leadership development, and collaboration among physicians and clinical team members.
This conference is being held in person.
NOTE: Please note this activity will be presented 7:00am – 4:00pm CST / 8:00am - 5:00pm EST
Target Audience
This activity is designed for physicians, nurses, pharmacists, pharmacist techs, CT, RT, Echo Techs and other healthcare professionals.
Learning Objectives
At the end of this session, learners should be able to:
- Apply current evidence based cardiovascular guidelines to the diagnosis and management of patients at risk for or living with cardiovascular disease.
- Differentiate treatment strategies based on patient specific risk factors, comorbidities, and clinical presentation.
- Incorporate emerging research findings into individualized cardiovascular treatment plans to optimize patient outcomes.
- Collaborate effectively within interdisciplinary care teams to support guideline directed cardiovascular care in clinical practice.
Course summary
- 6.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™Aurora Health Care is accredited by the Wisconsin Medical Society to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Aurora Health Care designates this activity for a maximum of 6.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
- 6.00 AttendanceAttendance Credit
- 6.00 Approved AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 6.00 Continuing Nursing Education (CE)Aurora Health Care is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Wisconsin Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. 6.00 contact hours have been awarded to this activity by the Wisconsin Nursing Association. To receive contact hours, participants must attend the entire activity.
- 6.00 Continuing Pharmacy Education (CPE)Aurora Health Care Department of Pharmacy Services is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.
- 6.00 Continuing Pharmacy Education (CPE) Pharmacy TechnicianAurora Health Care Department of Pharmacy Services is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.
Agenda
7:00am-8:00am | Registration, Breakfast and Visit Exhibits |
8:00am-8:15am | Welcome and Opening Remarks |
| Session I – Prevention |
8:15am-8:35am | How Low Should We Go? Insights from the Ez-PAVE trial |
8:35am-8:55am | The ABCs of HF: Preventing Heart Failure Before It Starts |
8:55am-9:15am | Visceral Fat, Not Just Dietary Fat: Rethinking Nutrition in Cardiovascular Disease |
9:15am-9:35am | Panel Discussion (15 mins) |
9:35am-10:05am | Refreshment Break and Visit Exhibits (30 mins) |
| Session II – Beyond the Heart: Extra-Cardiac Conditions |
10:05am-10:25am | Sleep Apnea: Treatment Beyond CPAP |
10:25am-10:45am | Intermediate-Risk Pulmonary Embolism: Time to Move Beyond Anticoagulation? Insights from HI-PEITHO |
10:45am-11:05am | Cardiorenal Crossroads: Rethinking Volume Management: Is there a Role for Saline Infusions? |
11:05am-11:20am | Panel Discussion (15 mins) |
| Session III – Structural |
11:20am-11:40am | TAVR in the Low-Risk Era: Durability, Lifetime Management, and Future Directions (OR Basilica for TAVR) |
11:40am – 12:00pm | Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion and ICE Guidance: Building an Efficient Concomitant Workflow |
12:00pm-12:20pm | Complex Mitral Valve Interventions: The Expanding Role of M-TEER and Transcatheter Mitral Replacement |
12:20pm-12:35pm | Panel Discussion (15 mins) |
12:35pm-1:35pm | Lunch Break and Visit Exhibits (60 mins) |
| Session IV – Concurrent Sessions: Debates and Echo Session |
1:35pm-1:55pm
1:55pm-2:15pm
2:15pm-2:30pm | Option 1: Debate: Symptomatic Chest Pain: Pros & Cons
Pro: Symptomatic Chest Pain: Time to Move Beyond Functional Testing? The Case for a CTA-First Strategy.
Con: Symptomatic Chest Pain: Why Exercise Nuclear Imaging Remains the Preferred First-Line Test.
Panel Discussion (15 minutes) |
1:35pm-1:55pm
1:55pm-2:15pm
2:15pm-2:30pm | Option 2: Echo Clinical Session
Echocardiographic Assessment After Tricuspid TEER & TTVR
Diastolic Dysfunction
Panel Discussion (15 minutes) |
1:35pm-1:55pm
1:55pm-2:15pm
2:15pm-2:30pm | Option 3: EP Debate: Anticoagulation Discontinuation: Pros & Cons
Pro: Should Anticoagulation Be Discontinued After Successful PAF Ablation in Patients with Low CHA₂DS₂-VASc Scores?
Con: Should Anticoagulation Be Discontinued After Successful PAF Ablation in Patients with Low CHA₂DS₂-VASc Scores?
Panel Discussion (15 minutes) |
2:30pm-2:45pm | Refreshment Break and Visit Exhibits (15 minutes) |
| Session V: Heart Failure |
2:45pm-3:05pm | Obesity Related HFpEF and the GLP-1 Revolution |
3:05pm-3:25pm | Combined Pre/Post-Capillary PH and HFpEF: Any role for therapies? (CADENCE Trial) |
3:25pm-3:45pm | The Relationship between Cardiometabolic Disease and Diastolic Heart Failure |
3:45pm-4:00pm | Panel Discussion (15 mins) |
4:00pm | Closing Remarks and Raffle Drawing |
Faculty
| Name of Individual | Degree | Job Title/Affiliation |
| Agarwal, Subhashish | MD | Cardiologist Advocate Lutheran General Hospital |
| Baker, Manisa | APP | APP, Cardiology Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital |
| Bode, Sharon | APRN | Adv Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) Specialty - Procedural - Cardiology Advocate Sherman Hospital |
| Bufalino, Dominick | MD | Cardiologist Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital |
| Chaus, Adib | MD | Interventional and Structural Cardiologist, Clinical Lipidologist Advocate Lutheran General Hospital |
| Chua, Dave | MD | Cardiologist Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital |
| Danciu, Sorin | MD | Cardiologist Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center |
| Guo, Jia | MD | Cardiologist Advocate Lutheran General Hospital |
| Hussain, Shoeb | MD | Cardiologist Advocate Lutheran General Hospital |
| Landup, Dan | PharmD | Dan Landup, PharmD HF-Cert, Heart Failure and Cardiovascular Clinical Pharmacist, Advocate Health |
| Malick, Owais | MD | Cardiologist Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital |
| Mao, Justin | MD | Electrophysiologist Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital |
| Naik, Manan | MD | Interventional Cardiology Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital |
| Palm, Denada | MD | Interventional Cardiologist Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center |
| Pannek, Kaylee | Cardiac Sonographer | Cardiac Sonographer Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital |
| Raju, Mahesh | MD | Interventional Cardiology Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital |
| Sabaliauskas, Gaile | MD | Cardiologist Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital |
| Santana, Cesilia | R.T.(R)(CT) | CT Lead Technologist Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital |
| Sawlani, Neal | MD | Interventional Cardiology Advocate Lutheran General Hospital |
| Siddiqui, Mohammed | DO | Pulmonary & Critical Care Advocate Medical Group/Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital |
| Silverman, Paul | MD | Vice President, Heart & Vascular Service Line Advocate Health |
| Sobieski, Linda | CME Coord | CME Program and Events Coordinator Advocate Aurora Health |
| Suboc, Gessa Therese | MD | Obesity Medical Director Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital |
| Udani, Suneel | MD | Nephrologist Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital |
| Valika, Ali | MD | Cardiologist Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital |
| Wadhwani, Lalit | MD | Electrophysiologist Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center |
| Ziffra, Jeffrey | MD | Cardiologist Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital |
Disclosure
Faculty disclosures are being reviewed and will be presented to the audience in advance of the program.
Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, Advocate Health is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Credit Statement(s)
American Medical Association (AMA)
Advocate Health designates this live activity for a maximum of 6.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
Advocate Health designates this live activity for a maximum of 6.00 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE)
Advocate Health designates this live activity for a maximum 6.00 hours of CPE credit for (pharmacists and pharmacy technicians). CPE credit can be claimed on the AAH CE platform within 60 days of activity completion and information will be provided to CPE Monitor. Participants should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Pharmacy UAN: JA0006327-0000-26-153-L01-P
Pharmacy Technician UAN: JA0006327-0000-26-153-L01-T
Available Credit
- 6.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™Aurora Health Care is accredited by the Wisconsin Medical Society to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Aurora Health Care designates this activity for a maximum of 6.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
- 6.00 AttendanceAttendance Credit
- 6.00 Approved AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 6.00 Continuing Nursing Education (CE)Aurora Health Care is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Wisconsin Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. 6.00 contact hours have been awarded to this activity by the Wisconsin Nursing Association. To receive contact hours, participants must attend the entire activity.
- 6.00 Continuing Pharmacy Education (CPE)Aurora Health Care Department of Pharmacy Services is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.
- 6.00 Continuing Pharmacy Education (CPE) Pharmacy TechnicianAurora Health Care Department of Pharmacy Services is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.
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