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.
Accreditation Statements:
ACCME
USF Health is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
USF Health designates this live activity for a maximum of 5.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Relevant Financial Relationships
Prior to the activity, USF Health will disclose and mitigate all relevant financial relationships that relate to the content of the activity.
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
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida
Director of Cardiac Imaging Center of Excellence, Tampa General Hospital
Director of Non Invasive Cardiology, Tampa General Hospital
Program Director, Advanced Cardiac Imaging Fellowship, University of South Florida
9:25 - 10:00 a.m. Break & Vendor Visits
10:00 - 10:30 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
Co-Director, NeuroCardiac Program (NCP)
Interventional Director, Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion (LAAO) Program, TGH Heart & Vascular Institute
1:00 - 1:30 p.m. Tales from the Crypt-o-genic Strokes, 2025
David Z. Rose, MD
Co-Director of Neuro-Cardiac Program (NCP) and Neuro-ICU, 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