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Friday, June 26, 2026
7:00 AM - 8:15 AM
East Coast USA Time
Breakfast Symposium Supported by Alnylam
7:00 AM - 8:15 AM
East Coast USA Time
Breakfast Symposium Supported by Alnylam
8:15 AM - 8:30 AM
East Coast USA Time
Opening
8:15 AM - 8:30 AM
East Coast USA Time
Opening
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
East Coast USA Time
F1 - Incoming Presidential Address
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
East Coast USA Time
F1 - Incoming Presidential Address
Faculty:
Linda Ordway, MS, Nursing
– Tufts Medical Center
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
East Coast USA Time
F2 - Keynote
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
East Coast USA Time
F2 - Keynote: Listen to the Music: Finding the Power of Perspective in Life and Leadership
Keynote Speaker:
Michael Kutcher
– MK Consulting
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
East Coast USA Time
F3 - General Session: HF Diagnostics and Interpretation: Everything a HF Nurse Should Know
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
East Coast USA Time
F3 - General Session: HF Diagnostics and Interpretation: Everything a HF Nurse Should Know
Faculty:
James Thomas Heywood, MD (he/him/his)
– Scripps Clinic
Faculty:
Taylor K. Hart, DNP, FNP-C (she/her/hers)
– M Health Fairview
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM
East Coast USA Time
Exhibit Hall Hours & Coffee Break
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM
East Coast USA Time
Exhibit Hall Hours & Coffee Break
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
East Coast USA Time
F4 - Coffee with Leaders in Heart Failure Care
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
East Coast USA Time
F4 - Coffee with Leaders in Heart Failure Care
Panelist:
Robin Miller, DNP, MPH, ACNP-BC, CHFN
– St. Vincent’s Medical Center
Panelist:
Robert Mentz, MD (he/him/his)
– Duke University School of Medicine
Panelist:
Nancy M. Albert, PhD, CCNS, CHFN, CCRN, NE-BC, FAHA, FCCM, FHFSA, FAAN (she/her/hers)
– Cleveland Clinic
Faculty:
Kenneth Margulies, MD (he/him/his)
– University of Pennsylvania
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
East Coast USA Time
F5 - Global: HF Jeopardy!
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
East Coast USA Time
F5 - Global: HF Jeopardy!
Faculty:
Robert L. Page, II, PharmD, MSPH (he/him/his)
– University of Colorado
Faculty:
Laura Peters, DNP
– University of Colorado
Faculty:
Rebecca Reay
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
East Coast USA Time
F6 - Advanced: Mechanical Support, Human Body: LVAD Complications, Care, and the Changing Landscape
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
East Coast USA Time
F6 - Advanced: Mechanical Support, Human Body: LVAD Complications, Care, and the Changing Landscape
Faculty:
Sylvie Baudart, BSN, MS (she/her/hers)
– UCSF
Faculty:
William J. Bradley, MSN, APRN, AGACNP-BC, VAD-C
– Loma Linda University Medical Center
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM
East Coast USA Time
CE Lunch Symposium Supported by Impulse Dynamics
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM
East Coast USA Time
CE Lunch Symposium Supported by Impulse Dynamics
12:15 PM - 2:00 PM
East Coast USA Time
Exhibit Hall Hours & Lunch
12:15 PM - 2:00 PM
East Coast USA Time
Exhibit Hall Hours & Lunch
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
East Coast USA Time
F7 - Power Hour: Blueprints of Change: Building Sustainable Heart Failure Programs that Last
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
East Coast USA Time
F7 - Power Hour: Blueprints of Change: Building Sustainable Heart Failure Programs that Last
Faculty:
Maria Fe White, RN, MSN, FNP/ACNP-BC, AACC, FHFSA, CENP (she/her/hers)
– Cedars Sinia Medical Center
Faculty:
Erin S. Davis, MBA, RN (she/her/hers)
– University of Utah Health
Faculty:
Stephanie G. Barnes, DNP, AGNP, CHFN (she/her/hers)
– Duke University Hospital
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
East Coast USA Time
F8 - Power Hour: A Whole New World in HFpEF: Updates in treatment and how-to identify mimickers
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
East Coast USA Time
F8 - Power Hour: A Whole New World in HFpEF: Updates in treatment and how-to identify mimickers
Faculty:
John Teerlink, MD, FACC, FAHA, FESC, FHFA, FHFSA, FRCP(London) (he/him/his)
– University of California, San Francisco
Faculty:
Noelle Simms, DNP, FNP-C (she/her/hers)
– Scripps Clinic
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
East Coast USA Time
F9 - Best Practices
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM
East Coast USA Time
F9 - Implementing a Standardized Blast-Page Workflow to Reduce Emergency Department Throughput Times for LVAD Patients: A Five-Year Quality Improvement Experience
Presenter:
Darbi Andes
2:15 PM - 2:30 PM
East Coast USA Time
F9 - Heart Failure Bootcamp: Teaming Up to Beat the Odds
Presenter:
Derrick Andrews
2:30 PM - 2:45 PM
East Coast USA Time
F9 - Building Connections in Cardiac Rehab to Enhance Heart Failure Functional Capacity Outcomes
Presenter:
Pamela Colton
2:45 PM - 3:00 PM
East Coast USA Time
F9 - Peer Power: Integrating Heart Failure Support Networks into the Care Continuum
Presenter:
Kirsty Reid
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
East Coast USA Time
F10 - Hands-On POCUS:
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
East Coast USA Time
F10 - Hands-On POCUS:
Faculty:
Gregory Jackson, MD
– Medical University of South Carolina
Faculty:
Stacey B. Gross, MS NP CHFN
– Cedars Sinai Medical Center
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
East Coast USA Time
Exhibit Hall Hours & Coffee Break
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
East Coast USA Time
Exhibit Hall Hours & Coffee Break
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
East Coast USA Time
F11 - Fundamental: Fragile Hearts: Understanding and Addressing Frailty and Cachexia in Heart Failure
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
East Coast USA Time
F11 - Fundamental: Fragile Hearts: Understanding and Addressing Frailty and Cachexia in Heart Failure
Faculty:
Kelley M. Anderson, PhD, RN, FNP, CHFN, AAHFN-F
– University of Virginia
Faculty:
Quin Denfeld, RN, PhD, FAHA, FAAN, FHFSA
– Oregon Health & Science University
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
East Coast USA Time
F12 - Global: When Systems Collide: Navigating the CKM Puzzle
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
East Coast USA Time
F12 - Global: When Systems Collide: Navigating the CKM Puzzle
Faculty:
Nancy M. Albert, PhD, CCNS, CHFN, CCRN, NE-BC, FAHA, FCCM, FHFSA, FAAN (she/her/hers)
– Cleveland Clinic
Faculty:
Laura Peters, DNP
– University of Colorado
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
East Coast USA Time
F13 - Advanced: The Other Side of the Story: Advanced Nursing Approaches to RV Dysfunction
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
East Coast USA Time
F13 - Advanced: The Other Side of the Story: Advanced Nursing Approaches to RV Dysfunction
Faculty:
Sarine Beukian, NP (she/her/hers)
– Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Faculty:
Marc Simon, MD
– UCSF
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM
East Coast USA Time
F14 - General Session: Wrapping Up the 2026 Annual Conference
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM
East Coast USA Time
F14 - General Session: Wrapping Up the 2026 Annual Conference
Faculty:
Marie Galvao, MSN, ANP-BC, CHFN, HF-Cert, FHFSA
– Montefiore Medical Center
Faculty:
Kismet Rasmusson, DNP, FNP (she/her/hers)
– Intermountain Health
5:45 PM - 6:45 PM
East Coast USA Time
Dinner Symposium Supported by Bristol Myers Squibb
5:45 PM - 6:45 PM
East Coast USA Time
Dinner Symposium Supported by Bristol Myers Squibb
