Full Schedule

7:00 AM - 8:15 AM PT

Breakfast Symposium: Introduction to AMVUTTRA® (vutrisiran) Supported by Alnylam

Location: Aqua Salon EF

Symposia Speaker: – Cardiology Associates of North Mississippi

Symposia Speaker: – Baptist Memorial Hospital/ Stern Cardiovascular Center

7:00 AM - 5:45 PM PT

Registration Hours

Location: Sapphire North Foyer

8:15 AM - 8:30 AM PT

Opening: AAHFN and Research Awards Announcement

Location: Sapphire Ballroom AB

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM PT

F1 - Incoming Presidential Address

Location: Sapphire Ballroom AB

Faculty: – Tufts Medical Center

Moderator: – Medical University of South Carolina

CE: 0.5

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM PT

F2 - Keynote: Listen to the Music: Finding the Power of Perspective in Life and Leadership

Location: Sapphire Ballroom AB

Keynote Speaker: – MK Consulting

Moderator: – University of Colorado

CE: 1

10:00 AM - 10:45 AM PT

F3 - General Session: HF Diagnostics and Interpretation: Everything a HF Nurse Should Know

Location: Sapphire Ballroom AB

Faculty: – Scripps Clinic

Faculty: – M Health Fairview

Moderator: – UVA Health

CE: 0.75

10:45 AM - 11:15 AM PT

Exhibit Hall Hours & Coffee Break

Location: Sapphire Ballroom CD

10:45 AM - 11:15 AM PT

Product Theater: To Lead or Not to Lead - That is the Question: Implant Experiences, Tips and Patient Selection Consideration ILR/Leadless/EVICDSupported by Medtronic

Location: Sapphire Ballroom CD

11:15 AM - 12:15 PM PT

F4 - Coffee with Leaders in Heart Failure Care

Location: Sapphire Ballroom AB

Panelist: – St. Vincent’s Medical Center

Panelist: – Duke University School of Medicine

Panelist: – Cleveland Clinic

Panelist: – AAHFN

Panelist: – University of Pennsylvania

Moderator: – Atrium Health

CE: 1

11:15 AM - 12:15 PM PT

F5 - Global: HF Jeopardy!

Location: Sapphire Ballroom IJ

Faculty: – University of Colorado

Faculty: – Clev eland Clinic

CE: 1

11:15 AM - 12:15 PM PT

F6 - Advanced: Mechanical Support, Human Body: LVAD Complications, Care, and the Changing Landscape

Location: Sapphire Ballroom MN

Faculty: – UCSF

Faculty: – Ochsner Health

Moderator: – Baptist Memorial Hospital/ Stern Cardiovascular Center

CE: 1

12:15 PM - 1:30 PM PT

F7 - Lunch Symposium: Advancing Heart Failure Care: Integrating CCM Therapy Beyond GDMT Supported by an Independent Educational Grant from Impulse Dynamics

Location: Aqua Salon EF

Faculty: – Scripps Clinic

Faculty: – HonorHealth

Moderator: – Cardiology Associates of North Mississippi

Faculty: – Baptist Heart & Vascular -- Heart Failure (Tenet Healthcare)

CE: 0

12:15 PM - 2:00 PM PT

Exhibit Hall Hours

Location: Sapphire Ballroom CD

1:30 PM - 2:00 PM PT

Product Theater: Chronic Problems, Dual Strategies: Managing Obesity and CV Risk with Wegovy Supported by Novo Nordisk

Location: Sapphire Ballroom CD

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PT

F8 - Power Hour: Blueprints of Change: Building Sustainable Heart Failure Programs that Last

Location: Sapphire Ballroom MN

Faculty: – Cedars Sinia Medical Center

Faculty: – University of Utah Health

Faculty: – Duke University Hospital

Moderator: – Medical University of South Carolina

CE: 1.5

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PT

F9 - Power Hour: A Whole New World in HFpEF: Updates in treatment and how-to identify mimickers

Location: Sapphire Ballroom AB

Faculty: – University of California, San Francisco

Faculty: – Scripps Clinic

Moderator:

CE: 1.5

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PT

F10 - Best Practices

Location: Sapphire Ballroom IJ

Presenter: – The Christ Hospital

Presenter: – The Christ Hospital Health Network

Presenter: – Novant Health

Presenter: – UVA Health

Moderator: – PENN Medicine Lancaster General Hospital

CE: 1.5

2:00 PM - 2:15 PM PT

F10 - Implementing a Standardized Blast-Page Workflow to Reduce Emergency Department Throughput Times for LVAD Patients: A Five-Year Quality Improvement Experience

Location: Sapphire Ballroom IJ

Presenter: – UVA Health

2:15 PM - 2:30 PM PT

F10 - Heart Failure Bootcamp: Teaming Up to Beat the Odds

Location: Sapphire Ballroom IJ

Presenter: – Novant Health

2:30 PM - 2:45 PM PT

F10 - Building Connections in Cardiac Rehab to Enhance Heart Failure Functional Capacity Outcomes

Location: Sapphire Ballroom IJ

Presenter: – The Christ Hospital Health Network

2:45 PM - 3:00 PM PT

F10 - Peer Power: Integrating Heart Failure Support Networks into the Care Continuum

Location: Sapphire Ballroom IJ

Presenter: – The Christ Hospital

3:00 PM - 3:15 PM PT

F10 - Heart Failure Management Clinic Decreases Readmission Rates and Improves Patient Outcomes

Location: Sapphire Ballroom IJ

Presenter: – Aurora Health Care

3:15 PM - 3:30 PM PT

F10 - Heart Failure Nurse Navigators Increase Patient Engagement with PA Pressure Monitoring

Location: Sapphire Ballroom IJ

Presenter: – UPMC Central PA Heart Failure Center

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PT

F11 - Hands-On POCUS:

Location: Sapphire 410

Faculty: – Medical University of South Carolina

Moderator: – Cedars Sinai Medical Center

CE: 1.5

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM PT

Exhibit Hall Hours & Coffee Break

Location: Sapphire Ballroom CD

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM PT

Product Theater: Outpatient Management of Worsening Fluid Overload in Heart Failure Supported by MannKind

Location: Sapphire Ballroom CD

Product Theater Speaker:

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM PT

F12 - Fundamental: Fragile Hearts: Understanding and Addressing Frailty and Cachexia in Heart Failure

Location: Sapphire Ballroom MN

Faculty: – University of Virginia

Faculty: – Oregon Health & Science University

Moderator:

CE: 1

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM PT

F13 - Global: When Systems Collide: Navigating the CKM Puzzle

Location: Sapphire Ballroom AB

Faculty: – Cleveland Clinic

Faculty: – University of Colorado

Moderator: – Cardiology Associates of North Mississippi

CE: 1

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM PT

F14 - Advanced: The Other Side of the Story: Advanced Nursing Approaches to RV Dysfunction

Location: Sapphire Ballroom IJ

Faculty: – Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Faculty: – UCSF

Moderator: – Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute

CE: 1

5:00 PM - 5:30 PM PT

F15 - General Session: Wrapping Up the 2026 Annual Conference

Location: Sapphire Ballroom AB

Faculty: – Montefiore Medical Center

Faculty: – Intermountain Health

Moderator: – University of Minnesota

CE: 0.5

5:45 PM - 6:45 PM PT

Dinner Symposium: Evaluating How Clinical Outcomes for CAMZYOS® Inform the Treatment Journey in Patients With Symptomatic NYHA Class II-III Obstructive HCM Supported by Bristol Myers Squibb

Location: Aqua Salon EF

5:45 PM - 9:00 PM PT

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