2026 Supporters & Industry Event Schedule

Internal Medicine

2026 Industry Theater Schedule of Events:

Thursday, February 20, 2025
Breakfast Industry Theater (Non-CME)
CVRx (Ballroom) – Chairs: Rich Shelton, MD, SLC VA/ U of U; Tom Hanff, MD, MPH, U of U

Targeting the Neurohormonal Cascade

Integrating and Staging Treatment Options within a Comprehensive Advanced Heart Failure Program
Arvind Bhimaraj, MD, MPH, Houston Methodist
Patient Selection Protocols and Keys to Success
Shelley Hall, MD, Baylor, Dallas

BMS (Amphitheater) - Chairs: Alison Brann, MD; Alan Jacobsen, MD; Ree Lu , MD, U of U

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Therapies

Camzyos (mavacamten) – A Difference you can see, and your patients can feel

Robert Fowles, MD, Inermountain

Lunch Industry Theater (Non-CME)
J&J Medtech (Ballroom) – Chair: Roberta Chapman, MD, Abiomed

Optimizing Therapy in Heart Failure Cardiogenic Shock

An Integrated Device-Drug Strategy

Manreet Kanwar, MD, U of Chicago

Panel Discussion: Nir Uriel, MD, Columbia; Stavros Drakos, MD, PhD, U of U

Alnylam (Amphitheater) – Chairs: Spencer Carter, MD; Jill Waldron, APRN; Josef Stehlik, MD, U of U

Amyloidosis Therapies

Introduction to AMVUTTRA (vutrisiran), for the treatment of ATTR-CM and hATTR PN in adults

Zubair Shah, MD, U of Kansas

Friday, February 21, 2025:
Breakfast Industry Theater (Non-CME)
Impulse Dynamics (Ballroom) – Chairs: Jared Bunch, MD, UoU/VA; Kevin Felpel, MD, U of U

Cardiac Contractility Modulation (CCM)

Devices in HF: Integration of CCM Therapy with Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy

Marat Fudim, MD, Duke

Fire I Foundry (Amphitheater) - Chairs: Lillian Khor, M.B.BCh, BAO; Libo Wang, MD; U of U

Remote HF Monitoring

The Future of IVC Based Physician Directed HF Patient Self-Management

Nir Uriel, MD, Columbia

Lunch Industry Theater (Non-CME)
Abbott (Ballroom) – Chairs: Craig Selzman, MD; Jake Fetzer, PA-C; Stavros Drakos, MD, PhD, U of U

Clinical Evidence Shaping the Future of Heart Failure Care

Panel Discussion: Manreet Kanwar, MD, U of Chicago; Nir Uriel, MD, Columbia; Kelly O’Connell, Clinical Program Director, Clinical Affairs, Abbott

AstraZeneca (Amphitheater) – Chairs: Spencer Carter, MD; Jill Waldron, APRN; Josef Stehlik, MD, U of U

Amyloidosis Therapies

hATTR Progression: Addressing Polyneuropathy

Zubair Shah, MD, U of Kansas

ENTER to WIN!

All Attendees are invited to enter to win a FANTASTIC Grand Prize package, worth over $250!
Pick up a punch card at the registration desk and visit each of our exhibitor booths to receive a punch on your card. Once you have visited each exhibit, fill out your contact info and drop the card into one of the boxes located in the exhibit area & registration desk. Drawing will be held at 2:45pm on Friday, February 6th during the last break of the day. Winner does not need to be present to win and will be contacted via text once their name is drawn. A back up winner will also be chosen in the event that the first winner does not respond within 24 hours or declines. Thanks for your support and good luck!