Convene at 16 West Adams Street - Chicago, Illinois | Virtually Online

Tochi M. Okwuosa, DO, FACC, FAHA 

Course Director

Rush University   Medical Center  

7:30AM – 8:00AM Registration / Breakfast / Exhibits

8:00AM – 8:05AM Welcome
Tochi M. Okwuosa, DO, FACC, FAHA

8:05AM – 8:20AM Opening Remarks
Annabelle Santos Volgman, MD, FACC, FAHA
Kim A. Williams, Sr., MD, MACC, FAHA, MASNC, FESC

8:20AM-8:45AM Overview “Vying for # 1 killer of Americans- How Cancers and Heart Disease Intersect- A
Cardiologist’s Perspective”
Donald Lloyd-Jones, MD, ScM, FACC, FAHA

8:45AM-9:00AM Overview “Vying for # 1 killer of Americans- How Cancers and Heart Disease Intersect-
An Oncologist’s Perspective”
Mary Jo Fidler, MD

9:00AM-9:10AM Panel Discussion & Question
Annabelle Santos Volgman, MD, FACC, FAHA
Kim A. Williams, Sr., MD, MACC, FAHA, MASNC, FESC
Donald Lloyd-Jones, MD, ScM, FACC, FAHA
Mary Jo Fidler, MD
Moderator: Lynne Braun, PhD, CNP, FAHA, FAANP, FPCNA, FAAN

9:10AM - 9:20AM Break

9:20AM - 9:40AM Understanding the Biology of Cancer Treatment Induced Cardiac Toxicity
Eric Yang, MD

9:40AM - 10:00AM Cardiovascular Toxicities of Chemotherapies: Challenging the Paradigm for Monitoring
During and After Treatment
Ana Barac, MD

10:00AM-10:20AM The Modern Era of Radiation Therapy: Contemporary Approaches to Modulating
Cardiovascular Toxicities
Katherine L. Griem, MD

10:20AM-10:40AM Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors; What the Expanding Research is Showing,
Contemplations for the Future
Javid Moslehi, MD

10:40AM - 11:00AM Cardio-Oncology in the Wake of COVID-19: Lessons Learned – Past Reflections, Future
Deliberations
Sherry-Ann Brown, MD

11:00AM – 11:20AM Panel Discussion & Questions
Eric Yang, MD
Ana Barac, MD
Katherine L. Griem, MD
Javid Moslehi, MD
Sherry-Ann Brown, MD
Moderator: Annabelle Santos Volgman, MD, FACC, FAHA

11:20AM - 11:40AM Break

11:40AM - 12:00PM VEGF-Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors: Novel Mechanisms/ Predictors of Hypertension;
Management Strategies
Javier Gomez-Valencia, MD

12:00PM - 12:20PM Cancer Therapeutic Agents of Arrhythmia: Targeted Treatments Based on Possible
Mechanisms
Jean Bernard-Durand, MD, FACP, FCCP, FACC, FHFSA

12:20PM-12:40PM Cardiovascular Perspectives on Stem Cell Transplant and Car-T Cell Therapy: The Old and
the New for Assessment and Management
Vlad Zaha, MD

12:40PM – 1:00PM Multiple Myeloma, Cardiac Amyloidosis: Current and New FDA-Approved Management
Strategies
Agne Paner, MD
Karolina Marinescu, MD

1:00PM - 1:20PM The Triangle of Cancer, Chemotherapy, and Vascular Insult; Future Concepts
for Management
Nausheen Akhter, MD

1:20PM - 1:30PM Panel Discussion & Questions
Javier Gomez-Valencia, MD
Jean Bernard-Durand, MD, FACP, FCCP, FACC, FHFSA
Vlad Zaha, MD
Agne Paner, MD
Nausheen Akhter, MD
Moderator: Sunil Pauwaa, MD

1:30PM – 2:15PM Lunch / Exhibits

2:15PM – 2:55PM Breakout Session A: Physicians
Led by Chris Gans, MD and Ruta Rao, MD

2:15PM – 2:55PM Breakout Session B: Advanced Practice Providers
Led by Teresa O’Brien, NP and Javier Gomez Valencia, MD

Breakout Session C: Pharmacists
Led by Sally Arif, PharmD, BCPS and Haseeb Ilias Basha, MD, FACP, FACC

2:55PM - 3:05PM Break

3:05PM – 3:25PM Novel Imaging Paradigms for Characterization of Cardiovascular Toxicities Associated with
Cancer Therapy
Jeanne DeCara, MD

3:25PM-3:45PM Biomarkers for Monitoring and Prevention in Cancer/Heart Disease: Traditional and
Innovative Perspectives
Salim Hayek, MD

3:45PM-4:05PM Overview of Short and Long-Term Management of Cardiovascular Disease in the Cancer
Patient: Research-Driven Guidance for the Clinician
Mary Branch, MD

4:05PM-4:25PM Panel Discussion & Questions
Jeanne DeCara, MD
Salim Hayek, MD
Mary Branch, MD
Moderator: Chris Gans, MD

4:25PM-4:50PM KEYNOTE LECTURE CARDIO-ONCOLOGY: Past, Present and Future. How to Make a
Difference in Patient Care - A Cardiologists Perspective
Suma Konety, MD

4:50PM-5:15PM KEYNOTE LECTURE: Cardio-Oncology: Past, Present and Future. How to Make a
Difference in Patient Care - An Oncologists Perspective
Funmi Olopade, MD

5:15 PM-5:25PM Closing Remarks

5:25 PM Curbside Consults / Exhibits / Meeting Adjourns