Conference Schedule

Thursday, April 3rd, 2025

8:00 am – 9:00 am 

Registration 

8:30 am – 9:00 am 

Board Meeting 

8:45 am – 9:00 am 

Opening Remarks 

9:00 am – 10:00 am 

Decreasing Racial Disparities in Cardiac Rehab Referrals for Patients with AMI

Aaron Pergolski MA, CEP, CCRP and Whitney Quast MS, CEP, CCRP 

10:00 am – 10:30 am 

AACVPR update

Dr. David Prince  

10:30 am – 11:00 am 

Vendor Time 

11:00 am – 12:00 pm 

The Evolving Landscape of Heart Transplantation

Dr. Tomas Alexy  

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm 

Lunch 

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm 

Hybrid Cardiac Rehab and the Virtual World

Dr. David Prince 

2:45 pm – 3:15 pm 

Break/Vendor Time 

3:15 pm – 4:15 pm 

               

Innovation Winners and Breakouts 

4:15 pm - 5:15 pm 

Words That Shape You – The Art of Rewriting Your Story

Barb Fagan MS, MAACVPR 

5:30 PM - 7:30 PM 

Vendor Happy Hour/Innovation Table 

 Friday, April 4th, 2025

7:00 am – 8:00 am 

Breakfast and Vendor Time 

8:00 am – 8:15 am 

Opening Remarks 

8:15 am – 9:15 am 

Arrythmias & Devices

Mary Jo Lemke, RN, CCDS 

9:15 am – 10:15 am 

Cardio-Oncology

Valery Hoover, APRN, FNP-BC 

10:15 am – 10:45 am 

Break and Vendor Time 

10:45 am – 11:45 pm 

Demystifying Artificial Intelligence in Cardiology

Kathryn Mangold, PhD 

11:45 am – 12:45 pm 

Lunch 

12:45 pm – 1:15 pm 

Meet the Board / Pass the Gavel / Awards 

1:15 pm – 2:15 pm 

Microvascular Angina

'Dr. Anna Svatikova   

2:15 pm – 3:15 pm 

SGLT2 Inhibitors

Ryan Ragan, Pharm D, BCPS, DPLA 

3:15 pm – 3:30 pm 

Wrap Up