Faculty Spotlight

13th Annual CMHC Boston

CMHC Chair Christie M. Ballantyne, MD and faculty member Marc S. Sabatine, MD share highlights on the 13th Annual CMHC in Boston.

Jason Tregellas, MD

CMHC Faculty member, Jason Tregellas, MD shares on the impact of exercise on mental and cardiovascular health.

Robert Eckel, MD | Dan Bessesen, MD | Sangeeta Kashyap, MD | Nin T. Nguyen, MD

CMHC Chair Robert H. Eckel, M.D. leads a panel discussion on various approaches to the treatment of type 2 diabetes.

Robert Eckel, MD and Alan Chait, MD

CMHC faculty member Alan Chait, M.D. shares insight on the use of animal models in researching cardiovascular inflammation.

Ken Fujioka, MD

CMHC West Chair, Ken Fujioka, MD shares on the importance of emphasizing weight loss in the management of type 2 diabetes.

Jay Skyler, MD | Steven Kahn, MD | Leigh Perrault, MD | Sanjay Kaul, MD

CMHC Faculty members discuss the latest clinical research in cardiometabolic health.

Clyde Yancy, MD, Bykem Bozkurt, MD, Gurusher Panjrath, MD

CMHC Faculty members, Clyde Yancy, MD, Bykem Bozkurt, MD, and Gurusher Panjrath, MD discuss the importance of addressing co-morbidities in heart disease.

Mini Panel Disucssion with Academic Experts in Nephrology and Endocrinology

CMHC Faculty Member Matthew R. Weir, MD—Professor and Director of the Division of Nephrology at the University of Maryland—discusses the newest therapeutic strategies in cardiometabolic health with nephrologist Lance Sloan, MD and endocrinologist Yehuda Handelsman, MD.

Keith Ferdinand, MD | JoAnn Lindenfeld, MD | Alanna Morris, MD

CMHC Chair, Keith C. Ferdinand, MD leads panel discussion with faculty members, JoAnn Lindenfeld, MD and Alanna A. Morris, MD on the current state of HFpEF intervention options.

Matthew Stryker, MD | Kim Cirtcher, MD

CMHC faculty members Matthew Stryker and Kim Birtcher lead a discussion on prior authorization.

Robert Eckel, MD | Keith Ferdinand, MD

CMHC Chair Robert Eckel and Senior Planning Committee member Keith Ferdinand discuss the importance of cardiometabolic health and the importance of attending the Annual Cardiometabolic Health Congress.

Kate Kirley | Janet Williams

CMHC faculty members Kate Kirley and Janet Williams lead a discussion on their AMA workshops

Irl Hirsch, MD | Anne Peters, MD

CMHC faculty members Irl Hirsch and Anne Peters talk about CGM management

Robert Eckel, MD | Robert Kushner, MD

CMHC Chair Robert Eckel and CMHC faculty member Robert Kushner lead a discussion on obesity management

Jay Skylar, MD | C. Ronald Kahn, MD

CMHC Chair Jay Skyler and CMHC Keynote presenter C. Ronald Kahn discuss Dr. Kahn's keynote presentation regarding his work with insulin receptors and insulin resistance in diabetes and obesity

Keith Ferdinand, MD | JoAnn Lindenfeld, MD | Alanna Morris, MD

CMHC Senior Planning Committee member Keith Ferdinand and CMHC faculty member Alanna Morris, and JoAnn Lindenfeld discuss the importance of HFpEF management

Ken Fujioka, MD | Spero M. Manson, PhD

CMHC West Chair Ken Fujioka, M.D. and CMHC West Keynote speaker Spero M. Manson, PhD discuss the impact of the Special Diabetes Program for Indians.

Christie M. Ballantyne, MD | Salim Virani, MD, PhD, FACC, FAHA

CMHC Chair, Christie M. Ballantyne, MD and Salim Virani, MD, PhD discuss the latest cholesterol guidelines

Ken Fujioka, MD | Alice Lichtenstein, DSc | Andrew Freeman, MD | Kim A. Williams, Sr., MD

CMHC West Chair Ken Fujioka, M.D. leads a spirited panel discussion on the current state of dietary approaches for cardiometabolic health with Alice Lichtenstein, DSc, Andrew Freeman, MD and Kim A. Williams, Sr., MD.

Christie M. Ballantyne, MD | Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, MPH

CMHC Chair, Christie M. Ballantyne, MD and Senior Planning Committee member Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, MPH discuss antithrombotics in diabetic patients.

Christie M. Ballantyne, MD | Pamela B. Morris, MD, FACC, FAHA, FASPC, FNLA

CMHC Chair, Christie M. Ballantyne, MD and Senior Planning Committee member Pamela B. Morris, MD discuss the new era of LDL-C lowering.

George L. Bakris, MD | Clyde W. Yancy, MD, MSc, MACP

CMHC Chair, George L. Bakris, MD and Senior Planning Committee member Clyde W. Yancy, MD, MSc, MACP discuss gender equality and race issues in the treatment of heart failure.

Jay S. Skyler, MD, MACP | Irl B. Hirsch, MD

CMHC Chair, Jay S. Skyler and Irl B. Hirsch, MD discuss insulin access and cost

Jay S. Skyler, MD, MACP | Lawrence Blonde, MD

CMHC Chair, Jay S. Skyler and Lawrence Blonde, MD discuss the updates on cardiovascular outcomes trials.

Pamela B. Morris, MD, FACC, FAHA, FASPC, FNLA | Ralph La Forge, MSc, FNLA, CLS

CMHC Women’s Health Summit Chair, Pamela B. Morris, MD and Ralph La Forge, MSc, FNLA, CLS discuss cardiometabolic risk management in American Indians and Alaska Native Women.

Pamela B. Morris, MD, FACC, FAHA, FASPC, FNLA | Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, MPH

CMHC Women’s Health Summit Chair, Pamela B. Morris, MD and Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, MPH discuss the role of aspirin therapy for CVD prevention in women.

Robert H. Eckel, MD | Christos S. Mantzoros, MD, DSc

CMHC Chair Robert H. Eckel, M.D., and faculty member Christos S. Mantzoros, MD, discuss how fatty liver diseases such as NASH, NAFLD, etc., are directly related to cardiometabolic diseases.

Lawrence Blonde, MD | Eric D. Peterson, MD

Drs. Lawrence Blonde and Eric Peterson discuss the role of Big Data and Real-World Evidence in Cardiometabolic Health

Peter A. McCullough, MD, MPH | Andy Y. Lee, MD | Gurusher S. Panjrath, MD, FACC, FAHA

Drs. Peter McCullough, Gurusher Panjrath, and Andy Lee discuss how Iron deficiency is underdiagnosed and is common in heart failure.

George L. Bakris, MD | Biff F. Palmer, MD | Matthew R. Weir, MD

CMHC Chair George Bakris and experts Biff Palmer and Matthew Weir discuss long-term management of hyperkalemic patients with HF and CKD.

Dr. Jessup | Dr. Butler | Dr. Morris | Dr. Piña

Drs. Jessup, Butler, Morris and Piña discuss the challenges in diagnosis and management of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.

Part 1

Highlights of the Guidelines

Part 2

HTN in the Elderly

George Bakris | Raymond Townsend | Michael Weber

A two-part series with CMHC Chair George Bakris and faculty, Raymond Townsend and Michael Weber who discuss integrating the latest hypertension guidelines and addressing the gaps in management.

Christie M. Ballantyne, MD | Leslie Cho, MD

Drs. Christie Ballantyne and Leslie Cho discuss how to manage patients with statin intolerance.

Christie M. Ballantyne, MD | Roger S. Blumenthal, MD

Dr. Blumenthal, who was the part of cholesterol guidelines writing group and co-chair of recent ACC/ AHA prevention guidelines, reviews these guidelines with CMHC Chair Dr. Ballantyne.

Robert H. Eckel, MD | Holly Wyatt, MD | Stephen Devries, MD, FACC

CMHC Chair Robert Eckel asks the experts Dr. Devries and Dr. Wyatt to discuss the importance of overall dietary patterns and lifestyle modifications to improve cardiometabolic health.

Christie M. Ballantyne, MD | Amit Khera, MD, MSc

Drs. Ballantyne and Khera discuss the role of genomics for the prevention of cardiometabolic diseases.

George L. Bakris, MD | Javed Butler, MD, MPH, MBA

Drs. Bakris and Butler discuss the intersection of heart failure, kidney disease and diabetes – Focused mainly on recent clinical trials such as the DAPA-HF trial.

George L. Bakris, MD | Clyde W. Yancy, MD, MSc, MACP

CMHC Chair George Bakris and Senior Planning Committee Member Clyde Yancy discuss the key highlights of the 2020 CMHC West presentation "Advances in the Prevention and Treatment of HF"