Mayo Clinic Foundations in Cardiology Practice 2026

FOUNDATIONS IN CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE ASSESSMENT

Moderators: Michelle Alland, APRN, AGACNP-BC, MSN, Dan Sorajja, MD

Cardiovascular Assessment and Exam

Leslie Janik, APRN

ECG Interpretation 101

Emily Rueter, PA-C

Interesting Cases: What Can Echo Do For You & Interpreting the Echo Report

Brian Shapiro, MD

Introduction to Other Imaging Modalities

Prajwal Reddy, MD

ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE

Moderators: Melanie Blair, APRN, Pragnesh Parikh, MD

Interpreting the Coronary Angiogram

Justine Reuter, PA-C

Acute Coronary Syndrome

Charles Cannan, MB, ChB

Complications of Myocardial Infarction

Michael Gharacholou, MD

Management of Chronic Coronary Disease

Charles Cannan, MB, ChB

Myocardial Infarction with Non-Obstructive Coronary Arteries (MINOCA): Case Studies

Michael Gharacholou, MD

SPECIAL TOPICS

Moderators: Paul McKie, MD, Emily Rueter, PA-C

Healthy Living: How Not to Die

Fred Kusumoto, MD

Should Everyone Be On GLP-1?

Kyla Lara-Breitinger, MD

Cardio-Obstetrics: Navigating Cardiovascular Health in Pregnancy

David Majdalany, MD

Preoperative Evaluation for Non-Cardiac Surgery: Pearls from the Guidelines

Brian Shapiro, MD

Early Bird Session: Cardiovascular Clues – Key Physical Signs You Shouldn’t Miss

Leslie Janik, APRN

HEART RHYTHM I

Moderators: Paul McKie, MD, Emily Rueter, PA-C

Wide Complex Tachycardia Interpretation

Win-Kuang Shen, MD

Ambulatory Monitoring 101 and 911 Monitoring

Dan Sorajja, MD

Atrial Fibrillation: Pearls on Rate and Rhythm Control

Win-Kuang Shen, MD

Stroke Prevention for Atrial Fibrillation: Anticoagulation and LAAO

Fred Kusumoto, MD

HEART RHYTHM II

Moderators: Melanie Blair, APRN, Pragnesh Parikh, MD

Syncope: When to Worry and What do the Guidelines Tell Us?

Win-Kuang Shen, MD

Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS)

Dan Sorajja, MD

Basics of Pacemakers: Case Base Approached

Fred Kusumoto, MD

Illustrative Case: Ablation and Post-Ablation Care

Melanie Blair, APRN

Cardioversion: When 200 Juls is Not Enough

Dan Sorajja, MD

Anticoagulation: GI Bleed

Fred Kusumoto, MD

Lifestyle Interventions & Hypertension Management

Kyla Lara-Breitinger, MD, Satyajit Reddy, MD, MSc

Introduction to Cardiac Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS)

Michelle Alland, APRN, AGACNP-BC, MSN

WORKSHOP: POCUS Hands-On Scanning

Workshop Attendees Will Rotate Scanning Stations Every 30 Minutes

Early Bird Session: Heart Failure – Definitions and Nomenclature

Paul McKie, MD

HEART FAILURE I

Moderators: Michelle Alland, APRN, AGACNP-BC, MSN, Paul McKie, MD

Approach to Working Up a Patient with New Systolic Heart Failure

Jackson Hermanson, PA-C, MS

Foundations of Systolic Heart Failure Management

Shannon Dunlay, MD, MS

Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF)

Omar Abou Ezzeddine, MD, MS

Hospitalized Heart Failure Management

Paul McKie, MD

When to Refer for Advanced Therapies

Shannon Dunlay, MD, MS

HEART FAILURE II

Moderators: Paul McKie, MD, Emily Rueter, PA-C

Cardiac Amyloidosis

Omar Abou Ezzeddine, MD, MS

Advanced Imaging for Cardiomyopathy Heart Disease

Prajwal Reddy, MD

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Jane Linderbaum, APRN, CNP

Myocarditis

Michelle Alland, APRN, AGACNP-BC, MSN

Pericardial Disease

Prajwal Reddy, MD

Early Bird Session: Diabetes and Heart Disease

Satyajit Reddy, MD, MSc

VALVULAR HEART DISEASE

Moderators: Melanie Blair, APRN, Pragnesh Parikh, MD

Murmurs Decoded: Clinical Clues in Valvular Heart Disease

Jane Linderbaum, APRN, CNP

Valvular Regurgitation: Clinical Presentation, Diagnosis, and Evaluation

Pragnesh Parikh, MD

Aortic Stenosis: Clinical Presentation, Diagnosis, and Evaluation

Justin Shipman, MD

Valvular Heart Disease: When to Watch and When to Fix? The Interventional Impact

Pragnesh Parikh, MD

SPECIAL TOPICS

Moderators: Michelle Alland, APRN, AGACNP-BC, MSN, Dan Sorajja, MD

Adult Congenital Heart Disease

Francois Marcotte, MD

Sports Cardiology

Satyajit Reddy, MD, MSc

Aortopathies

Francois Marcotte, MD