Date
Friday, June 20 to Sunday June 22, 2025
Event registration now available.
Bringing together experts from the largest health care system in Michigan
Corewell Health experts, along with national and state experts will discuss hot topics in heart and vascular medicine. Topics across all fields in cardiovascular care, cardiovascular surgery, and vascular surgery will be discussed. The course will feature debates, business and political landscape, plus multiple keynote presentations.
Event details
Objectives
- Discuss open versus endovascular intervention for chronic limb-threatening ischemia
- Review advances in atrial fibrillation
- Discuss the future landscape of health care and value-based care
- Discuss health care and political barriers
- Review complete revascularization during myocardial infarction (MI)
Conference agenda
This event is intended for physicians and advanced practice providers, nurses, residents, fellows, medical students, and health professionals practicing in the fields of cardiology, cardiothoracic surgery, vascular surgery, primary care, and urgent and emergency care.
Friday, June 20
1 to 4 pm | Registration
2 to 2:10 pm | Introduction
2:10 to 2:35 pm | Lessons Learned From the IRAD Registry: How I Take Care of Aortic Dissection Patients | James Froehlich, MD
2:35 to 3 pm | Screening for Carotid Disease, Indications for Asymptomatic and Symptomatic Intervention | Paul Bove, MD
3 to 3:25 pm | Imaging Innovations for Coronary Disease | Michael Gallagher, MD
3:25 to 4:05 pm | Keynote: Intelligence and Medicine | Jason Joseph, MBA
4:05 to 4:30 pm | Q&A
4:30 to 5:30 pm | Reception and Networking
Saturday, June 21
6:30 to 7:30 am | Breakfast
7:30 to 7:40 am | Welcome
7:40 to 8:05 am | Heart Failure Therapies: The Fab 4 Essentials | Sangjin Lee, MD
8:05 to 8:30 am | Current Approach to Hyperlipidemia | Thomas Boyden, MD
8:30 to 8:55 am | Hybrid Options for Complex Aortic Pathologies | Stephane Leung, MD
8:55 to 9:20 am | Perioperative Atrial Fibrillation: Current Management | Andre Gauri, MD
9:20 to 9:35 am | Q&A
9:35 to 9:50 am | Exhibits/Break
9:50 to 10:50 am | Breakout Sessions
- Breakout 1 | Open vs. Endovascular Intervention for Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia
- Vikram Kashyap, MD, Open: Eanas Yassa, MD, Endo: O. William Brown, MD
- Breakout 2 | SAVR vs. TAVR
- Stephane Leung, MD, SAVR: Thomas Schwann, MD, TAVR: William Merhi, DO
- Breakout 3 | Complete Revascularization During Acute MI
- Robert Safian, MD, Complete: Ryan Madder, MD, Culprit: Timothy Joseph, MD
10:50 am to 11:00 am | Exhibits/Break
11 to 11:40 am | Keynote: Current Landscape of A-Fib Ablation: Indications, Technologies, and Outcomes | Oussama Wazni, MD
11:40 to 11:50 am | Q&A
11:50 am to 12:10 pm | Exhibits/Break
12:10 to 12:50 pm | Lunch: Plant-Based Diets vs. Mediterranean Diets | Kristi Artz, MD
12:50 to 1 pm | Exhibits/Break
1 to 1:25 pm | Medical Therapy and Revascularization for Claudication: What Do the New ACC/AHA Lower Extremity PAD Guidelines Recommend? | Herbert Aronow, MD
1:25 to 1:50 pm | Pre-Operative Cardiac Evaluation | Jeffrey Decker, MD
1:50 to 2:15 pm | Acute Pulmonary Emboli: Management and PERT Team | Michael Knox, MD
2:15 to 2:45 pm | Q&A
3 to 4 pm | Faculty and Vendor Reception
Sunday, June 22
7:30 to 8:30 am | Product Theater Breakfast
9 to 9:25 am | The Cardiovascular ASC: The Future Site of Care for Interventional Therapies | David Wohns, MD
9:25 to 9:50 am | Cardiovascular Disease in Pregnancy and Postpartum Periods | Milena Jani, MD
9:50 to 10:15 am | New Afib Guidelines: Top 10 Takeaways | Brian Williamson, MD
10:15 to 10:25 am | Exhibits/Breaks
10:25 to 10:50 am | Robotic Mitra Valve | Rakesh Suri, MD
10:50 to 11:40 am | Keynote: Healthcare & Political Barriers | Sunil Rao, MD
11:40 am to 12 pm | Q&A
Speakers
Program directors
Nagib Chalfoun, MD, FHRS, FACC
Frederik Meijer Heart & Vascular Institute
Simon Dixon, MBChB
William Beaumont University Hospital
Vikram Kashyap, MD, FACS, DFSVS
Frederik Meijer Heart & Vascular Institute
Nagib Chalfoun, MD, FHRS, FACC
Frederik Meijer Heart & Vascular Institute
Simon Dixon, MBChB
William Beaumont University Hospital
Vikram Kashyap, MD, FACS, DFSVS
Frederik Meijer Heart & Vascular Institute
Nagib Chalfoun, MD, FHRS, FACC
Frederik Meijer Heart & Vascular Institute
Simon Dixon, MBChB
William Beaumont University Hospital
Vikram Kashyap, MD, FACS, DFSVS
Frederik Meijer Heart & Vascular Institute
Nagib Chalfoun, MD, FHRS, FACC
Frederik Meijer Heart & Vascular Institute
Simon Dixon, MBChB
William Beaumont University Hospital
Vikram Kashyap, MD, FACS, DFSVS
Frederik Meijer Heart & Vascular Institute
Guest faculty
- Herbert Aronow, MD, Henry Ford Health
- Kristi Artz, MD, University Hospitals Connor Whole Health
- James Froehlich, MD, University of Michigan
- Sunil Rao, MD, Henry Ford Health
- Oussama Wazni, MD, Cleveland Clinic
Corewell Health faculty
- Paul Bove, MD, William Beaumont University Hospital
- Thomas Boyden, MD, Frederik Meijer Heart & Vascular Institute
- O. William Brown, MD, William Beaumont University Hospital
- Jeffrey Decker, MD, Frederik Meijer Heart & Vascular Institute
- Michael Gallagher, MD, William Beaumont University Hospital
- Andre Gauri, MD, Frederik Meijer Heart & Vascular Institute
- Milena Jani, MD, Frederik Meijer Heart & Vascular Institute
- Jason Joseph, MBA, Corewell Health
- Timothy Joseph, MD, Frederik Meijer Heart & Vascular Institute
- Michael Knox, MD, Frederik Meijer Heart & Vascular Institute
- Sangjin Lee, MD, Frederik Meijer Heart & Vascular Institute
- Stephane Leung, MD, Frederik Meijer Heart & Vascular Institute
- Ryan Madder, MD, William Beaumont University Hospital
- William Merhi, DO, Frederik Meijer Heart & Vascular Institute
- Robert Safian, MD, William Beaumont University Hospital
- Thomas Schwann, MD, William Beaumont University Hospital
- Rakesh Suri, MD, William Beaumont University Hospital
- Brian Williamson, MD, William Beaumont University Hospital
- David Wohns, MD, Frederik Meijer Heart & Vascular Institute
- Eanas Yassa, MD, Frederik Meijer Heart & Vascular Institute
Lodging
Reserve your accommodations today
Guest rooms have been reserved for attendees and their guests with special rates at The Park Place Hotel & Conference Center. In order to receive this rate, make a reservation before the room block is filled or before the cutoff date of May 20, 2025. You can also call the hotel directly, at 231-946-5000, option #2022 to speak with someone directly. Group block code: GCHCS.
Additional information and questions
For more information, email amy.fuller3@corewellhealth.org or jordan.bradshaw@corewellhealth.org.