2025 Program

The Tuesday satellite symposia program will be available in the coming months!

6:30 – 7:30 AM
Thursday, November 13^th Breakfast Symposium -
Fairway Ballroom

TBD

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7:30 – 9:30 AM
Thursday, November 13^th Main Session
Grande Ballroom

Live Cases 5 & 6 from Scripps Clinic

Live Cases Panel:
Emmanouil Brilakis, MD, PhD, James Hermiller, MD, Morton Kern, MD, Ajay Kirtane, MD, SM, Ehtisham Mahmud, MD, Evan Shlofmitz, DO & Scripps Faculty

The Year in Review: Key Trials in the Last Year (20 minutes)
Ehtisham Mahmud, MD

Bifurcation Stenting Made Simple in 2025
Emmanouil Brilakis, MD, PhD

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9:30 – 10:00 AM
Break & Visit Exhibit Hall
Scripps Ballroom

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10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Thursday, November 13^th Main Session
Grande Ballroom

Live Cases 7 & 8 from Scripps Clinic

Live Cases Panel:
Emmanouil Brilakis, MD, PhD, James Hermiller, MD, Ajay Kirtane, MD, SM, Ehtisham Mahmud, MD, Evan Shlofmitz, DO & Scripps Faculty

What I Learned from Being the President of SCAI
James Hermiller, MD

Management of the Calcified Lesion: Do We Really Know the Best Approach?
Ajay Kirtane, MD, SM

Practical Things Nobody Ever Talks About
Paul S. Teirstein, MD

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12:00 – 1:30 PM
Thursday, November 13^th Main Session
Fairway Ballroom

Lunch Session
Challenging Life Experiences & Challenging Cases Panel
James Hermiller, MD, Amir Kaki, MD, Morton Kern, MD, Ajay Kirtane, MD, SM & Scripps Faculty

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1:30 – 3:30 PM
Thursday, November 13^th Main Session
Grande Ballroom

Live Cases 9 & 10 from Scripps Clinic

Live Cases Panel:             
Emmanouil Brilakis, MD, PhD, Suhail Dohad, MD, James Hermiller, MD, Ajay Kirtane, MD, SM, Robert W. Yeh, MD & Scripps Faculty

The Future of Drug Coated Balloons: Moving On to De Novo Disease?
Suhail Dohad, MD

Transcatheter Mitral Valve-in-Valve, Ring, and MAC: Tips, Tricks, and Pitfalls
Curtiss T. Stinis, MD

Tips and Tricks for Tackling Complex Peripheral CTOs
Curtiss T. Stinis, MD

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3:30 – 4:00 PM
Break & Visit Exhibit Hall
Scripps Ballroom

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4:00 – 6:00 PM
Thursday, November 13^th Main Session
Grande Ballroom

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Live Cases 11 & 12 from Scripps Clinic

Live Cases Panel:
Emmanouil Brilakis, MD, PhD, Suhail Dohad, MD, James Hermiller, MD, Robert W. Yeh, MD, Scripps Faculty

Post PCI pharmacology in 2025: DAPT, SAPT, and TAPT
TBD

Current Landscape of Transcatheter Mitral Intervention: Repair, Replace, or Refer to Surgery?
Matthew J. Price, MD
Transcatheter Tricuspid Repair and Replacement: Which Therapy and When?
Matthew J. Price, MD

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6:00 – 7:30 PM                                         
Thursday, November 13^th Dinner Symposium
Fairway Ballroom

Program TBD

6:30 – 7:30 AM
Friday, November 14^th Breakfast Symposium -
Fairway Ballroom

TBD

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7:30 – 9:30 AM
Friday, November 14^th Main Session
Grande Ballroom

Live Cases 13 & 14 from Scripps Clinic

Live Cases Panel:
William Lombardi, MD, David Rizik, MD, Eric Topol, MD, Jason Wollmuth, MD, Robert W. Yeh, MD & Scripps Faculty

How to Be a Super Ager
Eric J. Topol, MD

Cardiology’s Evidence Crisis and What We Can Do About It
Robert W. Yeh, MD

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9:30 – 10:00 AM
Break & Visit Exhibit Hall
Scripps Ballroom

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10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Friday, November 14^th Main Session
Grande Ballroom

Live Cases 15 & 16 from Scripps Clinic

Live Cases Panel:
Suhail Dohad, MD, Amir Kaki, MD, William Lombardi, MD, James McCabe, MD, David Rizik, MD, Richard Shlofmitz, MD, Jason Wollmuth, MD, Robert W. Yeh, MD & Scripps Faculty

CTO Guidewires: A-Z
Jason Wollmuth, MD

The Basics of the CTO Hybrid Procedure
William Lombardi, MD

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12:00 – 1:30 PM
Friday, November 14^th Main Session
Fairway Ballroom

Lunch Session
Challenging Life Experiences & Challenging Cases Panel
William Lombardi, MD, David Rizik, MD, Richard Shlofmitz, MD & Scripps Faculty

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1:30 – 3:30 PM
Friday, November 14^th Main Session
Grande Ballroom

Live Cases 17 & 18 from Scripps Clinic

Live Cases Panel:
Amir Kaki, MD, William Lombardi, MD, Jamie McCabe, MD, David Rizik, MD, Richard Shlofmitz, MD, Jason Wollmuth, MD & Scripps Faculty

Transcatheter Electrosurgery…Clipping Aortic Valves: I Do Some Pretty Amazing Things
Jamie McCabe, MD

The Future of Low-Profile Pumps in the Cardiac Cath Lab
Amir Kaki, MD

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3:30 – 4:00 PM
Break & Visit Exhibit Hall
Scripps Ballroom

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4:00 – 6:00 PM
Friday, November 14^th Main Session
Grande Ballroom

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Live Cases 19 & 20 from Scripps Clinic

Live Cases Panel:
Suhail Dohad, MD, Amir Kaki, MD, Jamie McCabe, MD, David Rizik, MD, Richard Shlofmitz, MD & Scripps Faculty

Radiation Protection and Safety in the Cath Lab
David Rizik, MD

CT Guided PCI: Photon Counting CT Has Changed My Life in the Cath Lab
Richard Shlofmitz, MD

6:00 PM
Adjourn