Course Description

A Heart Team is now a standard treatment approach for complex cardiovascular patients. The Heart Team consists of cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, nurses and other health care specialists. This includes regular meetings to make consensus treatment recommendations for conditions including obstructive coronary artery disease and valvular heart conditions. This series will provide expert lectures and case presentations geared toward health care professionals who may be part of a Heart Team. Included with be the latest innovations as well as standard treatments, including transcatheter valvular heart therapies and coronary revascularization strategies.

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Brochure

2025 Brochure

2026 Faculty

Kevin Ball, MD, Ascension St. Vincent Heart Center of Indiana
George Bittar, MD, Terre Haute Regional Hospital
Sunit-preet Chaudhry, Ascension St. Vincent Heart Center of Indiana
Atul Chugh, MD, Ascension St. Vincent Heart Center of Indiana
Charles Davidson, MD, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
James Flaherty, MD, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Jarrod Frizzell, MD, The Christ Hospital Cincinnati, Ohio
Jasen Gilge, MD, Ascension St. Vincent Heart Center of Indiana
David Heimansohn, MD, St. Vincent Heart Center of Indiana
Tim Henry, MD, The Christ Hospital Cincinnati, Ohio
Sandeep Joshi, MD, Ascension St. Vincent Heart Center of Indiana
Tsuyoshi Kaneko, MD, Washington University in St. Louis
Amar Krishnaswamy, MD, Cleveland Clinic
Kathleen Morris, MD, Ascension St. Vincent Heart Center of Indiana
Ezekiel Munoz, MD, Ascension St. Vincent Heart Center of Indiana
Nishath Quader, MD, Washington University in St. Louis
Vijay Rao, MD, Ascension St. Vincent Heart Center of Indiana
Ranya Sweis, MD, MS Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Peter Walts, MD, Ascension St. Vincent Heart Center of Indiana
Steve Yakubov, MD, Ohio Health, Columbus, Ohio
Alan Zajarias, MD, Washington University School of Medicine

Learning Objectives 2026

• Evaluate contemporary evidence and recent clinical trials that influence the management of structural heart disease, coronary artery disease, heart failure, and arrhythmias.

• Compare surgical, transcatheter, and medical treatment strategies for complex cardiovascular conditions including valvular heart disease, coronary artery disease, and cardiogenic shock.

• Apply multidisciplinary heart team decision-making to patient cases involving aortic, mitral, and tricuspid valve disease, atrial fibrillation, and coronary interventions.

• Identify emerging technologies, procedural techniques, and pharmacologic therapies that optimize outcomes in structural heart and interventional cardiology.

Target Audience

Specialties - Cardiovascular Disease

Professions - Nurse, Physician, Physician Assistant, Sonographer

Accreditation statement

The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit designation statement

The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 12.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

ABIM MOC RECOGNITION STATEMENT

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 12.25 MOC points and patient safety MOC credit in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

 American Board of Surgery ACCREDITED CME AND SELF-ASSESSMENT

Successful completion of this CME activity enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME requirement of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.

 ABS CME credits will be submitted to the boards within 3 months of the conclusion of the activity.