Thursday - Friday - Saturday - View Program Agenda
Participate in your choice of 16 CME symposia held each day of the Congress. Symposia include meals or refreshments and are ticketed events that fill up quickly. Register for the CMHC today to sign up for these value-added CME/CE activities-at no additional cost!
6:15am - 7:45am | CME Breakfast Symposium A The Triglycerides Conundrum: Practical Clinical Guidance for Reducing Residual CV Risk Supported by an educational grant from Amarin Pharma, Inc. |
Harold E. Bays (Chair) Christie M. Ballantyne, MD Eliot A. Brinton, MD |
6:15am - 7:45am | CME Breakfast Symposium B Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Cardiometabolic Disease Sponsored by the American College of Cardiology in collaboration with the National Minority Quality Forum and the Association of Black Cardiologists | Supported in part by educational grants from Arbor Pharmaceuticals and Merck & Co. |
Laurence Sperling, MD (Chair) Keith C. Ferdinand, MD JoAnne M. Foody, MD Kris Vijay, MD |
12:45pm - 2:15pm | CME Lunch Symposium A Obesity Management 2014: New Perspectives and Therapeutic Options for a Growing Problem Supported by an educational grant from Novo Nordisk, Inc. |
Robert H. Eckel, MD (Chair) Jamy D. Ard, MD George A. Bray, MD Michael D. Jensen, MD |
12:45pm - 2:15pm | CME Lunch Symposium B Closing the Gaps in the Continuum of Care for Patients with Acute Coronary Syndromes: Implications for Optimal Antiplatelet Use Supported by an educational grant from AstraZeneca |
Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, MPH (Chair) Jeffrey L. Anderson, MD Robert A. Harrington, MD P. Gabriel Steg, MD |
12:45pm - 2:15pm | CME Lunch Symposium C Evolving Strategies for LDL-Lowering: Novel Targets and Treatments For CVD Risk Reduction Supported by an educational grant from Sanofi US and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals |
Terry A. Jacobson, MD (Chair) Eliot A. Brinton, MD Sekar Kathiresan, MD Evan A. Stein, MD, PhD |
7:00pm - 9:00pm | CME Dinner Symposium A The Wide Spectrum of Familial Hypercholesterolemia: Discovering Your Highest Risk Patients and Optimizing Treatment Supported by educational grants from Aegerion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Genzyme, A SANOFI COMPANY | Endorsed by The FH Foundation |
Seth J. Baum, MD (Chair) Catherine Davis Ahmed Sarah de Ferranti, MD, MPH Patrick M. Moriarty, MD Pamela B. Morris, MD Scott Radabaugh |
7:00pm - 9:00pm | CME Dinner Symposium B Novel and Emerging Combinations to Achieve Glycemic Control and Reduce Cardiometabolic Risk: A Focus on Incretin-Based Therapy and SGLT2 Inhibitors Supported by an educational grant from AstraZeneca |
George L. Bakris, MD (Chair) Mark E. Molitch, MD Sunder Mudaliar, MD Richard E. Pratley, MD |
6:15am - 7:45am | CME Breakfast Symposium A Optimizing Antihypertensive Therapies in High-Risk and Difficult-to-Treat Patients with Hypertension Supported by an educational grant from Forest Laboratories, Inc. |
George L. Bakris, MD (Chair) Keith C. Ferdinand, MD Thomas Giles, MD Michael A. Weber, MD |
6:15am - 7:45am | CME Breakfast Symposium B Innovations in GLP-1 Receptor Agonist Therapy: Individualized Treatment Strategies to Overcome Barriers and Reduce Cardiometabolic Risk in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Supported by an educational grant from Lilly USA, LLC |
John B. Buse, MD, PhD (Chair) Samuel Dagogo-Jack, MD Richard E. Pratley, MD |
6:15am - 7:45am | CME Breakfast Symposium C New Targets and Treatments for LDL Lowering: Role of PCSK9 Inhibitors Supported by an educational grant from Amgen |
Christie M. Ballantyne, MD (Chair) Michael H. Davidson, MD Marc S. Sabatine, MD, MPH James A. Underberg, MD |
12:30pm - 2:00pm | CME Lunch Symposium A Triglyceride and Mixed Dyslipidemia Management: The Changing Landscape of CV Risk Reduction Supported by an educational grant from AstraZeneca |
Christie M. Ballantyne, MD (Chair) Terry A. Jacobson, MD Michael Miller, MD Dariush Mozaffarian, MD, DrPH |
12:30pm - 2:00pm | CME Lunch Symposium B New Frontiers in Obesity Management: Advances in Neurobiological Treatment Strategies Supported by an educational grant from Takeda Pharmaceuticals International, Inc., US Region and Orexigen |
Caroline M. Apovian, MD (Chair) Louis J. Aronne, MD Lee M. Kaplan, MD, PhD Joshua Thaler, MD, PhD |
12:30pm - 2:00pm | CME Lunch Symposium C Individualizing Therapy in Patients with Stable Ischemic Heart Disease: Managing the Full Spectrum of Comorbidities and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors Supported by an educational grant from Gilead Sciences, Inc. |
JoAnne M. Foody, MD (Chair) Suzanne V. Arnold, MD Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, MPH Peter H. Stone, MD |
7:00pm - 9:00pm | CME Dinner Symposium A Improving Awareness and Outcomes in Lipodystrophy Syndromes: Clinical Manifestations, Diagnosis, and Evolving Therapeutic Strategies Supported by an educational grant from AstraZeneca | Endorsed by Lipodystrophy United |
Abhimanyu Garg, MD (Chair) Rebecca J. Brown, MD Elif A. Oral, MD Andra Stratton |
7:00pm - 9:00pm | CME Dinner Symposium B Integrated Management of the Complexities of Cardiometabolic Diseases: A Patient-Centric Team Approach Supported by an educational grant from Merck & Co., Inc. |
Lawrence Blonde, MD (Chair) Honey E. East, MD Martha M. Funnell, MS, RN, CDE Daniel M. Riche, PharmD |
6:15am - 7:45am | CME Breakfast Symposium Overcoming Obstacles in Obesity Management: New Tools, Techniques, and Treatment Strategies Supported by an educational grant from Eisai, Inc. |
Louis J. Aronne, MD (Chair) Caroline M. Apovian, MD Harold E. Bays, MD Thomas A. Wadden, PhD |