ACHD General

ACHA Accreditation & Using ACHA as a Platform for Patient Connections – Mark Roeder

ACHD Guidelines – Karen Stout, MD

Patient Experience Video and Panel – Moderators – David Highfill, LCSW and Amy Basken, MS
Patients: Robin Davis, Jane McMaster Thornton, and Terese Quarino

Panel Discussion and Q&A – Moderators – David Highfill, LCSW and Joanna Ghobrial, MD, MS
Panel: Mark Roeder, Karen Stout, MD, and Tara Karamlou, MD, MSc

The Pulmonary Valve (TOF and Other Lesions)

Ventricular Arrhythmia Risk Prediction in Repaired Tetralogy of Fallot Using Personalized Computational Cardiac Models – Natalia Trayanova, PhD

Tetralogy of Fallot – RV Remodeling and Timing of PVR – Tara Karamlou, MD, MSc

Tetralogy of Fallot – Managing More Than 4 Arrhythmias – Akash Patel, MD

Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Interventions – Joanna Ghobrial, MD, MS

Keynote Presentation – Adult Congenital Heart Disease – Past, Present, and Future – Vaughn Starnes, MD

Fireside Chat – Vaughn Starnes, MD, and Lars Svensson, MD, PhD

Single Ventricle Specifically

Fontan Outpatient Evaluation and Medical Therapy – Sanjeeb (Sean) Bhattacharya, MD

Surgery After Fontan Procedure – Edward John Hickey, MD

Imaging – Echo, CT MR and 3D Printing for Fontan Imaging – Justin Tretter, MD

EP – Arrhythmias in the Fontan Patient – Jeremy Moore, MD

Fontan-Associated Liver Disease (FALD) – Evaluation for the Failing Fontan Liver, When to Transplant the Liver, When to Do En-Block Heart and Liver Transplantation – Koji Hashimoto, MD, PhD

Timing of Advanced Heart Failure Therapy? Do We Wait Too Long? – Edward Soltesz, MD, MPH

Nurse-NP Perspective – Fontan Patient Follow Up-Long Term Care – Nicole Rush, NP

Panel Discussion and Q&A – Panel: Sanjeeb (Sean) Bhattacharya, MD, Edward John Hickey, MD, Justin Tretter, MD, Jeremy Moore, MD, Koji Hashimoto, MD, PhD, Edward Soltesz, MD, MPH, Nicole Rush, NP, Tara Karamlou, MD, MSc, and Natalia Trayanova, PhD

RV and LV Failure: Medical and Surgical Solution

Pulmonary Hypertension – Medical Therapy for Systemic RVs – Is There Any Data? – Miriam Jacob, MD

Evaluation of the Systemic RV and Systemic AV Valve – Rukmini Komarlu, MD

ACHD – ICD or No ICD – Mohamed Kanj, MD

VAD in the Systemic Right Ventricle – Surgical Pearls – Edward Soltesz, MD, MPH

ccTGA Physiologic Repair vs Anatomic Repair – Is Adulthood Too Late for Anatomic Repair? – Tara Karamlou, MD, MSc

Surgical Strategies for Challenging Small Aortic Root or Redo Aortic Root – Hani Najm, MD, MSc

Problems in ACHD: Innovations in Clinical Care and Research

Genetic Testing in Adult Congenital Heart Disease – Joseph Liu, MS, LGC

Bicuspid Aortic Valves and Aortopathy – New Approaches
  • Case Presentation – Beka Bakhtadze, MD
  • Imaging – Justin Tretter, MD
  • Intervention – Joanna Ghobrial, MD, MS
  • Surgical (Reimplantation in Bicuspid Valves) – Tara Karamlou, MD, MSc

Ebstein’s and Challenging – Atrioventricular Valves
  • Case Presentation – Nandini Mehra, MD
  • Imaging – Margaret Fuchs, MD
  • Surgical – Vaughn Starnes, MD
  • Interventional Approaches – Joanna Ghobrial, MD, MS

Ozaki and Ross – When and for Whom…and Does it Last
  • Case Presentation – William Frankel, MD
  • The Ross Procedure – Ismail El-Hamamsy, MD, PhD

AAOCA in Adults – Comprehensive Approach to Evaluation and Treatment
  • Case Presentation – Thomas M. Das, MD
  • Imaging – Joanna Ghobrial, MD, MS
  • Surgical – Hani Najm, MD, MSc
  • CCF Outcomes – Tara Karamlou, MD, MSc

Panel Discussion and Q&A – Panel: Ismail El-Hamamsy, MD, PhD, Hani Najm, MD, MSc, and Tara Karamlou, MD, MSc

Special Topics in the Arc of Care for ACHD

ACHD Groundbreaking Research Trials and Studies – Animesh (Aashoo) Tandon, MD and Amber Khanna, MD

Adult Congenital Heart Disease and Socioeconomic Disparities – Keila Lopez, MD, MPH

Reproductive Considerations for ACHD Patients in 2023 – Implications in a Restrictive Climate – Justin Lappen, MD

Congenital Heart Disease and Sports – Michael Emery, MD