Conference Schedule 2026

Thursday April 16, 2026

8:00 am           Registration         

8:45  am          Opening Remarks 

9:00 am           POTS - the Hennepin Healthcare Experience

                              Adam Loavenbruck, MD MS

10:00 am         AACVPR Update 

                            Stacey Greenway, MA MPH

10:30 am         Break and Vendor Time 

11:00 am         Advocacy for your program-from the rehab floor to the boardroom

                           Stacey Greenway, MA MPH

12:00 pm         Lunch & Speaker 

12:45 pm         Break & Vendor Time

1:15 pm           Cultivating a Trauma Informed Culture in Healthcare

                            Meghan Sandve MS RECEP      

2:15 pm           Innovation Winners and Board Meeting

                           Mike Nelson/Lisa Kappes                     

2:45 pm           Break/Vendor Exhibits

3:15 pm           Innovation Breakouts

4:15 pm           More Plants for Health, Happy Hearts!

                           Jamie Freier MS, RDN, CNSC 

5:15 pm           Happy Hour/Vendor Exhibits

Friday April 17th, 2026

7:00 am           Breakfast/Vendor Exhibits

8:00 am           Opening Remarks           

8:15 am           Strengthening Cardiac Rehabilitation Through Public Health Initiatives: Challenges and Opportunity

                          James Peacock, PHD, MPH

                          Sara Johnson, MS RD

                          Paul Spilde PT               

9:15 am         Lung Reduction/Zephry Valves/transplant

                         Kathleen Mahan MD 

10:45 am        Fad Diets & Weight Loss: What's the Evidence?

                          Jamie Freier MS, RDN, LD, CNSC

11:45 am         Lunch & Speaker

12:30 pm         Break & Vendor Time 

1:00 pm           Meet the Board/ Pass the Gavel / Awards 

1:30 pm          TBD

2:30 pm           Anxiety/Depression in Patients with Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Diagnoses

                          Toni Mahowald, PsyD, LP

3:30pm           Wrap-up