Emerging Techniques and Technologies in Cardiovascular Imaging 2026

June 4-6, 2026
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

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Program

Thursday, June 4, 2026
7:55 a.m.
Introduction
Philip Araoz, MD
8:15 a.m.
Interesting Cases from Florida
Patricia Mergo, MD
8:15 a.m.
Interesting Cases from Arizona
Clint Jokerst, MD
8:30 a.m.
Interesting Cases from Chile
Julia Alegria, MD
8:45 a.m.
Panel Discussion
Julia Alegria, MD, Clint Jokerst, MD, Patricia Mergo, MD
Coronary Artery
9:00 a.m.
PET Perfusion Agents
Panithaya Chareonthaitawee, MD
9:15 a.m.
SCAD
Marysia Tweet, MD
9:30 a.m.
Coronary CTA Planning Interventions
Yader Sandoval Pichardo, MD
9:45 a.m.
Panel Discussion
Panithaya Chareonthaitawee, MD, Yader Sandoval Pichardo, MD, Marysia Tweet, MD
10:00 a.m.
Break
10:15 a.m.
CAD Prevention and Detection
Elisa Houwink, MD, PhD
10:30 a.m.
Broward County Coronary Screening
Jacobo Kirsch, MD
10:45 a.m.
Evaluation of Plaque Progression and Response to Treatment
Robrecht Planken, MD, PhD
11:00 a.m.
Plaque Burden for Treatment Guidance
Stephen Kopecky, MD
11:15 a.m.
Panel Discussion
Elisa Houwink, MD, PhD, Jacobo Kirsch, MD, Stephen Kopecky, MD, Robrecht Planken, MD, PhD
11:45 a.m.
Break
12:00 p.m.
Lunch / Interesting Aorta Cases
Gabor Bagameri, MD
1:00 p.m.
Break
1:15 p.m.
Interesting Cases
Vera Sorin, MD
1:45 p.m.
Interesting Cases
Vinayak Kumar, MD
2:05 p.m.
Interesting Cases
Gayatri Acharya, MD
2:25 p.m.
Interesting Cases
Michael Morris, MD
2:45 p.m.
Break
Congenital
3:00 p.m.
Clinical Workup of Anomalous RCA
William Miranda, MD
3:20 p.m.
CCTA and Malignant Anomalous RCA
Christopher Francois, MD
3:40 p.m.
Anomalous RCA Unroofing
Elizabeth Stephens, MD
4:00 p.m.
Session Adjourns for the Day
Friday, June 5, 2026
7:50 a.m.
Introduction
Philip Araoz, MD
8:00 a.m.
Fellow Interesting Case Conference
Cardiac Amyloid Treatment Monitoring
9:00 a.m.
Cardiac Amyloid Treatments
Philip Araoz, MD
9:15 a.m.
Current Routine
Ian Chang, MD
9:30 a.m.
New PET
Omar Abou Ezzeddine, MD, MS
9:45 a.m.
New MR Elastography
Nolan Meyer, PhD
10:00 a.m.
Panel Discussion
Omar Abou Ezzeddine, MD, MS, Philip Araoz, MD, Ian Chang, MD, Nolan Meyer, PhD
10:15 a.m.
Break
Heart Transplant
10:30 a.m.
General Overview: Recognizing Normal Findings After Transplant and Identifying Signs of Rejection
Sudhir Kushwaha, MD
10:45 a.m.
Myocardial Rejection After Transplant
Joseph Maleszewski, MD
11:00 a.m.
Cardiac MR for Rejection and Biopsy Planning
Phillip Young, MD
11:15 a.m.
PET
Omar Abou Ezzeddine, MD, MS
11:30 a.m.
Panel Discussion
Omar Abou Ezzeddine, MD, MS, Sudhir Kushwaha, MD, Joseph Maleszewski, MD, Phillip Young, MD
11:45 a.m.
Break
12:00 p.m.
Lunch / CTA for Embolic Source
Deena Nasr, DO
1:00 p.m.
Break
Structural
1:15 p.m.
Aortic Valve
Jordi Dahl, MD, PhD
1:30 p.m.
TAVR
Jacobo Kirsch, MD
1:45 p.m.
Panel Discussion
Jordi Dahl, MD, PhD, Jacobo Kirsch, MD
2:00 p.m.
Mitral Valve Disease, Clinical Challenges in Diagnosis and Timing of Treatment
Steven Chamuleau, MD, PhD
2:15 p.m.
TMVR/TTVR US
Bastiaan Kietselaer, MD, PhD
2:30 p.m.
TMRV TTVR CT
Jeremy Collins, MD
2:45 p.m.
Panel Discussion
Steven Chamuleau, MD, PhD, Jeremy Collins, MD, Bastiaan Kietselaer, MD, PhD
3:00 p.m.
Session Adjourns for the Day
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