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Thursday, July 16th |
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| 3:00pm – 4:00pm | Steering Committee Meeting |
| 4:30pm – 5:30pm | Meet and Greet with Exhibitors to Kick off SACS 2026 |
| 5:00pm – 6:30pm | Cases & Cocktails Moderators: Eileen Dearth, PA and Madhuree Earnshaw, PA-CSpeakers: TBD |
| 6:30pm – 7:30pm | Opening Reception |
Friday, July 17th |
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| 6:00am – 7:00am | Breakfast with Exhibitors |
| 7:00am – 7:05am | WELCOME Speaker: Michael Johnson, MD |
| 7:05am – 7:35am |
Surgical and Transcatheter Strategies for MAC Moderator: Kenan Yount, MD Speakers: Leora Yarboro, MD; Vinod Thourani, MD & John Saxon, MD |
| 7:35am – 8:05am | Cath Lab Disasters Moderators: Nyal Borges, MD & Terence Hill, MD Speakers: Ryan Crisel, MD (invited); Ben Holland, MD & Peter Pollak, MD (invited) |
| 8:05am – 8:35am | Order of Operations: Transcatheter Management of Polyvalvular Disease Moderators: Jonathan Schwartz, MD; John R. Spratt, MD & TBD Speaker: Matt Summers, MD & John Lisko, MD |
| 8:35am – 9:05am | Contemporary Management of Surgical Maze Procedure Moderators: Newton Wiggins, MD & Michael Hoosien, MD Speaker: Trent Magruder, MD |
| 9:05am – 9:35am | Break with Exhibitors |
| 9:35am – 10:05am | Peri-Operative use of MCS in Cardiac Surgery Moderator: Leora Yarboro, MD; Arman Kilic, MD & Ezekiel Molina, MD Speaker: Jack Haney, MD |
| 10:05am – 10:35am | Ross versus Mechanical AVR in Patients < 55-year-old Moderators: John Frederick, MD & TBD Speakers: Jared Beller, MD |
| 10:35am – 11:05am | Evaluation of Pathologic Left Ventricular Hypertrophy Moderator: Chris Kramer, MD Speaker: Deepa Upadhyaya, MD |
| 11:05am – 11:45am | Prevention and Longevity Medicine in Cardiology Moderators: Pascha Schafer, MD & Amy Pollak, MD Speakers: Nishant Shah, MD & TBD |
| 11:45am – 12:15pm | Beyond ISR: Novel Uses of Drug Coated Balloon Moderators: Hector Tamez, MD (invited) & Nyal Borges, MD Speaker: Bill Nicholson, MD |
Saturday, July 18th |
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| 6:00am – 7:00am | Breakfast with Exhibitors |
| 7:05am – 7:35am |
Lead Management in the Era of Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Therapies Moderator: Newton Wiggins, MD; Michael Hoosien, MD (invited) & Matt Summers, MD Speaker: Jimmy Stewart, MD |
| 7:35am – 8:05am | Surgical Disasters Moderator: TBD Speakers: Eric Pruitt, MD & Ryan Abbaszadeh, MD |
| 8:05am – 8:35am | Bioprosthetic vs Mechanical AVR in 55-65 year-old Population Moderators: John Frederick, MD & Jared Beller, MD Speaker: John R. Spratt, MD |
| 8:35am – 9:05am |
Managing Acute Right Heart Failure: Axial Flow vs ECMO vs Medical Management Moderator: TBD Speaker: Ahmad Zeeshan, MD |
| 9:05am – 9:35am | Break with Exhibitors |
| 9:35am – 10:05am | Renal and Hepatic Denervation Moderator: Killian McCarthy, MD Speaker: David Kandzari, MD |
| 10:05am – 10:35am | Current State of TAVR Explant Moderators: Vinod Thourani, MD & TBD Speaker: Kenan Yount, MD |
| 10:35am – 11:05am |
Interventional Heart Failure Therapies Moderator(s): TBD Speaker(s): TBD |
| 11:05am – 11:30am | The SACS Experience: Perspective from Dr. Kevin Accola Moderator(s): TBD Speaker: Kevin Accola, MD |
| 11:30am – 12:15pm | Keynote Address from ACC President Chris Kramer, MD Moderator(s): Michael Johnson, MD & John Frederick, MD Speaker: Chris Kramer, MD |
Sunday, July 19th |
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| 7:00am – 8:00am | Steering Committee Meeting |
| 7:30am – 10:00am | Break with Exhibitors |
| 8:00am – 8:30am | Management of Early Valve Failure in Low Risk TAVR Patients Moderator: TBD Speaker: Jonathan Schwartz, MD |
| 8:30am – 9:00am |
Optimal Imaging Strategies for Patients with Multivalvular Heart Disease Moderator: Chris Kramer, MD |
| 9:00am – 10:00am | Case of the Year |
| 9:30am – 11:00am | Farewell Brunch |
