Wednesday, September 3rd
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm - Pre-Registration
Hyatt Regency Hill Country Resort
Hill Country Ballroom Foyer
Thursday, September 4th - Morning
7:00 a.m. - Registration and Continental Breakfast
Hyatt Regency Hill Country Resort
Hill Country Ballroom E
7:45 a.m. - Welcome:
Steven R. Bailey, MD, John M. Erikson, MD, PhD,
George P. Rodgers, MD, William Wu, MD
The Growing Weight of Evidence:
Cardio-Metabolic Risk
Moderator: Robert J. Chilton, DO
8:00 a.m. - Metabolic Syndrome / Lipid Toxicity
Robert J. Chilton, DO
8:20 a.m. - Dallas Heart Study — Lessons Learned
James A. De Lemos, MD
8:40 a.m.- Failure of Single Class Agents
James M. Wilson, MD
9:00 a.m. - Cardiovascular Effects of Diabetes
Kenneth Cusi, MD
9:30 a.m. - Break / Visit Exhibits/ Posters
Evolution of Non-Invasive Imaging
Moderator: John M. Erikson, MD, PhD
10:00 a.m. - Imaging of the Peripheral System
Robert S. Schwartz, MD
10:20 a.m. - CTA Guided PCI: The New Paradigm
Harvey S. Hecht, MD
10:40 a.m. - Contemporary use of Echocardiography
in Assessment of CAD
Ian Nixon, MD
11:00 a.m. - Briscoe Keynote Address
Joaquin Cigarroa Jr, MD
Thursday, September 4 - Lunch
11:30 - 1:00 pm - Lunch
Ethics CME
What's Going On Here?!
Care Variation in CV Medicine
Allan Anderson, MD
The Doctor in the Courtroom
Charles H. Beckmann, MD
Thursday, September 4 - Afternoon
Coronary Artery Disease A to Z
Moderator: Steven R. Bailey, MD
1:00 pm - Acute Coronary Syndromes
Steven R. Bailey, MD
1:20 pm - Current Interventional Therapy for Acute MI
Joseph D. Babb, MD
1:40 pm - Door to Balloon: Are We on Time?
Timothy D. Henry, MD
2:00 pm - Missed Opportunities:
Prescription for Late Presentations
David Hillis, MD
2:30 pm - Break / Visit Exhibits / Posters
Facilitating Recovery:
Treatment of
Heart Failure in 2008
Moderator: Joseph Murgo, MD
3:00 pm - Overview of State of the Heart
Cardiac Transplantation
Thomas J. Wang, MD
3:30 pm - Left Ventricular Assist Devices as
Destination Therapy for Heart Failure
Roberta C. Bogaev, MD
4:00 pm - State of the Art: Cell Based Therapy
Timothy D. Henry, MD
4:30 pm - Oral Research Presentations
Texas Fellows-in-Training
Thursday, September 4 - Evening
5:00 - 7:00 pm - Reception
Exhibit Hall