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Thursday, June 25, 2026
7:00 AM - 8:15 AM
East Coast USA Time
Industry Supported Breakfast
7:00 AM - 8:15 AM
East Coast USA Time
Breakfast Symposium Supported by Cytokinetics
8:20 AM - 8:30 AM
East Coast USA Time
Opening
8:20 AM - 8:30 AM
East Coast USA Time
Opening
8:30 AM - 9:15 AM
East Coast USA Time
T1 - Keynote: Mastering the Art of Patient Care
8:30 AM - 9:15 AM
East Coast USA Time
T1 - Keynote: Mastering the Art of Patient Care
Keynote Speaker:
Michelle M. Kittleson, MD, PhD (she/her/hers)
– Cedars Sinai Medical Center/California Heart Center
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM
East Coast USA Time
T2 - General Session: Joint AAHFN/CHFS Session - Palliative Care
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM
East Coast USA Time
T2 - General Session: Joint AAHFN/CHFS Integrating Palliative Care into Heart Failure Nursing: Evidence, Models, and a Call to Action
Faculty:
Janet Roman, DNP, APRN, ACNP-BC, CHFN, ACHPN (she/her/hers)
– University of South Florida
Faculty:
Ann S. Laramee, MS, ANP, ACNS, CHFN, ACHPN, FHFSA
– University of Vermont Medical Center
Faculty:
Rodolfo Pike, NP (he/him/his)
– Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services
Faculty:
Stephanie Ahuja, Master of Nursing, Advanced Practice Leaderhip
– Regional Heart Failure Program, Providence Health Care/Vancouver Coastal Health, Vancouver BC
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
East Coast USA Time
Exhibit Hall Hours & Coffee Break
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
East Coast USA Time
Exhibit Hall Hours & Coffee Break
10:30 AM - 11:15 AM
East Coast USA Time
T3 - General Session: New Opportunities with Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonists to Improve Outcomes in Heart Failure
10:30 AM - 11:15 AM
East Coast USA Time
T3 - General Session: New Opportunities with Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonists to Improve Outcomes in Heart Failure
Faculty:
Ankeet Bhatt, MD, MBA, ScM
– Assistant Professor, Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine
Faculty:
Lisa Rathman, MSN, CRNP, CHFN, FHFSA, HF-Cert
– PENN Medicine Lancaster General Hospital
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
East Coast USA Time
T4 - Breakout Session: From Recognition to Referral: A Nurse’s Guide to Advanced HF Therapies
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
East Coast USA Time
T4 - Breakout Session: From Recognition to Referral: A Nurse’s Guide to Advanced HF Therapies
Faculty:
Andrea Wallace, NP
– Baptist Memorial Hospital/ Stern Cardiovascular Center
Faculty:
Angela Velleca, DNP, MSHS, RN, CCTC (she/her/hers)
– Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
East Coast USA Time
T5 - Breakout Session: Heart Failure by Design: Recognizing Genetic Phenotypes, Family Implications, and Rewriting the Future
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
East Coast USA Time
T5 - Breakout Session: Heart Failure by Design: Recognizing Genetic Phenotypes, Family Implications, and Rewriting the Future
Faculty:
Meg Fraser, DNP, ANP-C (she/her/hers)
– University of Minnesota
Faculty:
Judith Fan, MS, CGC (she/her/hers)
– UCLA
12:15 PM - 1:50 PM
East Coast USA Time
Exhibit Hall Hours & Lunch
12:15 PM - 1:50 PM
East Coast USA Time
Exhibit Hall Hours & Lunch
12:15 PM - 1:50 PM
East Coast USA Time
Lunch Symposium Supported by Pfizer
12:15 PM - 1:45 PM
East Coast USA Time
Lunch Symposium Supported by Pfizer
1:45 PM - 2:15 PM
East Coast USA Time
T6 - Plenary 2026: What's new in heart failure?
1:45 PM - 2:15 PM
East Coast USA Time
T6 - Plenary 2026: What's new in heart failure?
Faculty:
Robert Mentz, MD (he/him/his)
– Duke University School of Medicine
2:20 PM - 3:20 PM
East Coast USA Time
T7 - Fundamental: Finding the Beat: Practical Rhythm Skills for the HF Nurse
2:20 PM - 3:20 PM
East Coast USA Time
T7 - Fundamental: Finding the Beat: Practical Rhythm Skills for the HF Nurse
Faculty:
Mary Leier, NP (she/her/hers)
– Cedars Sinai Medical Center
Faculty:
Stephanie Yoakum, NP
2:20 PM - 3:20 PM
East Coast USA Time
T8 - Cardiogenic Shock: Igniting Knowledge Through Simulation
2:20 PM - 2:40 PM
East Coast USA Time
T8 - Cardiogenic Shock: Igniting Knowledge Through Simulation
Presenter:
Tracy Suddreth, CNS
– Sanger Heart and Vascular Institute
2:20 PM - 3:20 PM
East Coast USA Time
T8 - Global: Quality Improvement Abstract Presentations
2:20 PM - 3:20 PM
East Coast USA Time
T8 - Global: Quality Improvement Abstract Presentations
2:20 PM - 3:20 PM
East Coast USA Time
T8 - Improving Exercise Tolerance of Heart Patients in Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation
2:40 PM - 3:00 PM
East Coast USA Time
T8 - Improving Exercise Tolerance of Heart Patients in Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation
Presenter:
Kristin Dixon, PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, PCCN-K, CHFN
– Scripps Health
Presenter:
Sierra McGinley, MSN
– Scripps health
3:00 PM - 3:20 PM
East Coast USA Time
T8 - Mobilizing Heart Failure Care: The Impact of Leader-Led Mobility Rounds
Presenter:
Allison Fox, MSN, APRN, AGCNS-BC, PCCN
– Duke Health
2:20 PM - 3:20 PM
East Coast USA Time
T9 - Advanced: The Crosswalk Between the Heart and the Liver: What HF Nurses Need to Know
2:20 PM - 3:20 PM
East Coast USA Time
T9 - Advanced: The Crosswalk Between the Heart and the Liver: What HF Nurses Need to Know
Faculty:
Viet T. Le, DMSc MPAS PA-C FACC FAHA HFCert (he/him/his)
– Intermountain Health
Faculty:
Janet Gripshover, NP
2:20 PM - 3:20 PM
East Coast USA Time
T10 - Simulation Experience: Putting Heart Failure Physical Exam Skills and Hemodynamics into Practice
2:20 PM - 3:20 PM
East Coast USA Time
T10 - Simulation Experience: Putting Heart Failure Physical Exam Skills and Hemodynamics into Practice
Faculty:
K. Melissa Hayes, DNP, ANP-BC, CHFN (she/her/hers)
– Vanderbilt University School of Nursing
Faculty:
Shannon Donovan (she/her/hers)
– Ascension Saint Thomas West Comprehensive Heart Failure Clinic
Faculty:
Allison Fox, MSN, APRN, AGCNS-BC, PCCN
– Duke Health
Faculty:
Krystan Coble, BSN RN
– Duke University Hospital
3:20 PM - 3:50 PM
East Coast USA Time
Exhibit Hall Hours & Coffee Break
3:20 PM - 3:50 PM
East Coast USA Time
Exhibit Hall Hours & Coffee Break
3:50 PM - 4:50 PM
East Coast USA Time
T11 - Fundamental: Women are Not Small Men: Sex Differences in Heart Failure
3:50 PM - 4:50 PM
East Coast USA Time
T11 - Fundamental: Women are Not Small Men: Sex Differences in Heart Failure
Faculty:
Jenna Skowronski
Faculty:
Kismet Rasmusson, DNP, FNP (she/her/hers)
– Intermountain Health
3:50 PM - 4:50 PM
East Coast USA Time
T12 - Global: Research Abstracts Presentations
3:50 PM - 4:50 PM
East Coast USA Time
T12 - Global: Research Abstract Presentations
3:50 PM - 4:10 PM
East Coast USA Time
T12 - Predictors of Heart Failure Self-Care: A Socioecological Perspective
Presenter:
Michelle Whyte, PhD
– University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
4:10 PM - 4:30 PM
East Coast USA Time
T12 - Palliative Care Interventions and Outcomes in Patients with Heart Failure: An Umbrella Review
Presenter:
Jane H. Kim, PhD(c), BSN, RN
– University of Virginia School of Nursing
4:30 PM - 4:50 PM
East Coast USA Time
T12 - Initial Validation of the Modified Fatigue Impact Scale in an Adult Heart Failure Sample
Presenter:
Rita Gengo, PhD, RN, FNI (she/her/hers)
– Florida Atlantic University
3:50 PM - 4:50 PM
East Coast USA Time
T13 - Simulation Experience: Putting Heart Failure Physical Exam Skills and Hemodynamics into Practice
3:50 PM - 4:50 PM
East Coast USA Time
T13 - Simulation Experience: Putting Heart Failure Physical Exam Skills and Hemodynamics into Practice
Faculty:
K. Melissa Hayes, DNP, ANP-BC, CHFN (she/her/hers)
– Vanderbilt University School of Nursing
Faculty:
Shannon Donovan (she/her/hers)
– Ascension Saint Thomas West Comprehensive Heart Failure Clinic
Faculty:
Allison Fox, MSN, APRN, AGCNS-BC, PCCN
– Duke Health
Faculty:
Krystan Coble, BSN RN
– Duke University Hospital
3:50 PM - 4:50 PM
East Coast USA Time
T14 - Practical Management of Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidosis Supported by an Independent Educational Grant From Alnylam
Faculty:
Margaret Cuomo, NP
– Columbia University Medical Center
Faculty:
Justin Grodin, MD, MPH
4:55 PM - 5:25 PM
East Coast USA Time
T14 - General Session: (In)equity in Heart Failure Care: Current Landscape and Potential Solutions
4:55 PM - 5:25 PM
East Coast USA Time
T15 - General Session: (In)equity in Heart Failure Care: Current Landscape and Potential Solutions
Faculty:
Melvin Echols, MD, FACC, FASPC, FASPC, FHFSA (he/him/his)
– American College of Cardiology
5:30 PM - 6:45 PM
East Coast USA Time
Industry Dinner Symposium
5:30 PM - 6:45 PM
East Coast USA Time
Dinner Symposium Supported by Abbott
6:45 PM - 7:45 PM
East Coast USA Time
Dessert Reception Hosted by BridgeBio
6:45 PM - 7:45 PM
East Coast USA Time
Dessert Reception Hosted by BridgeBio
6:45 PM - 7:45 PM
East Coast USA Time
Dessert Reception Supported by BridgeBio
6:45 PM - 7:45 PM
East Coast USA Time
Dessert Reception Supported by BridgeBio
