The Heart of the Matter: Innovations Symposium for Heart Disease Prevention & Management
When:
September 6, 2025 | 7 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Where:
TGH-USF People Development Institute
39 Columbia Drive, Tampa, FL 33606
Who Should Attend:
Primary Care, Internal Medicine, General Cardiologists, Physicians, Advanced Practice Providers
Learning Objectives:
As a result of participating in this activity, the learner will be able to:
- Utilize new imaging tool and identify new biomarkers.
- Implement new lifestyle modification strategies.
- Describe earlier detection of coronary artery disease.
- Discuss when it is appropriate to refer to Cardio OB specialist.
Agenda at a Glance:
7:00 - 8:00 a.m. Registration and Breakfast
8:00 - 8:15 a.m. Welcome and Introduction
Dany Sayad, MD
Section Chief, Cardiology, TGH Heart & Vascular Institute
Associate Professor of Medicine, USF Health Morsani College of Medicine
8:15 - 8:45 a.m. Cardiovascular Disease in Women: What Every Clinician Needs to Know
Daniela Crousillat, MD, FACC
Director, Women’s Heart Program, TGH Heart & Vascular Institute
Assistant Professor, Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, Department of Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynecology, USF Health Morsani College of Medicine
8:50 - 9:20 a.m. Cardiac Imaging: Current and Emerging Trends
Aarti Patel, MD
Director, Cardiac Imaging Center of Excellence, TGH Heart & Vascular Institute
9:25 - 10:00 a.m. Break & Vendor Visits
10:00 - 11:30 a.m. Carrot or Stent, You Pick!: Concepts in Lifestyle Medicine
Koushik Reddy, MD
Cardiologist, TGH Heart & Vascular Institute
10:35 - 11:05 a.m. Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists: Cardiovascular Outcomes and Mechanisms of Benefit in Type 2 Diabetes
Bayan Mesmar, MD, Dipl ABOM
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Diabetes & Endocrinology, USF Morsani College of Medicine
11:10 - 11:40 a.m. Panel Discussion: Breaking Silos - Multidisciplinary Strategies to Combat Cardiometabolic Disease
11:40 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Lunch
12:30 - 1:00 p.m. Reducing Stroke Risk: The Collaborative Advantage, including Programmatic Pathways & Operations
Bibhu D. Mohanty, MD
Director, NeuroCardiac Program
Interventional Director, Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion (LAAO) Program, TGH Heart & Vascular Institute
1:00 - 1:30 p.m. Tales from the Crypt-g-genic Strokes, 2025
David Z Rose, MD
Co-Director of Neuro-Cardiac Program (NCP) and Neuro-ICU at Tampa General Hospital
Vascular Stroke Neurologist, Professor, USF Morsani College of Medicine
1:35 - 2:05 p.m. Managing through the Cardiometabolic Program: “A New Paradigm”
Shone Almeida, MD, FACC
Director, Cardiac CT, TGH Heart & Vascular Institute
Director, Cardiometabolic Disease Prevention, Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, Department of Internal Medicine, USF Health Morsani College of Medicine
2:05 - 2:30 p.m. Closing Remarks