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Division of Cardiovascular Medicine Division of Cardiovascular Medicine

Cardiovascular Medicine Grand Rounds Archive

Academic Year Schedules

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▼ AY 2026-2027 Schedule
Date Topic Speaker
Sep 25, 2026 From Cardio-Oncology to Cardio-Immunology: New Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine Javid Moslehi, MD
University of California, San Francisco
Sep 18, 2026 Foundational and Emerging Device Therapies for Heart Failure William Abraham, MD
Ohio State University
Sep 11, 2026 The Evolving Landscape of Structural Heart Interventions Antonio Halais Frangieh, MD
University of California, Irvine
Sep 4, 2026 Imagenomics and Precision Medicine in Cardiology: From Deep Phenotyping to Clinical Implementation Anwar Chahal, MD, PhD, FACC, MRCP, FESC
WellSpan Health

▼ AY 2025-2026 Schedule
Date Topic Speaker
May 29, 2026 Vascular Calcification / Non-invasive Imaging Based Scar Characterization Gourisree Dharmavaram, MD & Kevin Sung, MD MS
Cardiology Fellows, UC San Diego
May 22, 2026 Mitral Annular Calcification / The Physician-Developer Role Jonathan Davis, MD & Praneet Mylavarapu, MD MS
Cardiology Fellows, UC San Diego
May 15, 2026 Routine Spironolactone in AMI / The Cardiovascular Nervous System Benjamin Hoffman, MD PhD & Chaitanya Malladi, MD
Cardiology Fellows, UC San Diego
May 8, 2026 WATCHMAN: A CHAMPION of CLOSURE / Future of Cardiogenic Shock Care Shelief Robbins-Juarez, MD & Iosif Taleb, MD
Cardiology Fellows, UC San Diego
May 1, 2026 Sex Differences in Blood Pressure and Related Outcomes Susan Cheng, MD, MMSc, MPH
Chair, Dept of Cardiology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Apr 17, 2026 Lipoprotein(a): Little “a”, Big Problem Harpreet Bhatia, MD, MAS
Assistant Professor of Medicine, UC San Diego
Apr 10, 2026 AI in Cardiology: Opportunities and Challenges Dipti Itchhaporia, MD
Apr 3, 2026 Atrial Myopathy / Exercise for Primary and Secondary Prevention of CV Disease Theodore B. Curran, MD & Jessica Hong, MD
Cardiology Fellows, UC San Diego
Mar 20, 2026 MINOCA / SCAI Stage B Cardiogenic Shock Melody Huang, MD & Emily Margolin, MD
Cardiology Fellows, UC San Diego
Mar 13, 2026 Contrast Ultrasound: Current Applications and Future Directions Anthony DeMaria, MD
Professor of Medicine, UC San Diego
Mar 6, 2026 Redefining Heart Disease Risk in South Asians / Cardio-Rheumatology in 2026 Apurva Khedagi, MD, MS & Rebecca Ocher, MD
UC San Diego Cardiology Fellows
Feb 27, 2026 CCTA in 2026- Plaque, physiology and planning PCI Dr. Jonathan Leipsic
University of British Columbia
Feb 20, 2026 Ventricular Arrhythmia Management in 2026 Jason Bradfield, MD
UCLA
Feb 13, 2026 Building a mechanism-based cure for atrial fibrillation J. Kevin Donahue, MD
UMass
Feb 6, 2026 How Negative Trials in Acute Heart Failure Have Improved Patient Outcomes Chris O'Connor
Innova
Jan 30, 2026 Decongestion in Heart Failure: Beyond Loop Diuretics Nicholas Wettersten, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, UC San Diego
Jan 23, 2026 Neuromodulation to suppress ventricular arrhythmias Dr. Marmar Vaseghi
University of California Los Angeles
Jan 16, 2026 Interventional therapy in acute pulmonary embolism Dr. Felix Mahfoud
University Hospital Basel
Jan 9, 2026 Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Replacement & Catheter Repair of ASDs Dr. Ziyad Hijazi
Sidra hospital in Doha-Qatar

▼ AY 2024-2025 Schedule
Date Topic Speaker
May 30, 2025 Plaque Imaging / PCI Registries Musa Shakoor, MD & Revathy Sampath-Kumar, MD
Cardiology Fellows, UC San Diego
May 23, 2025 CV Risk in South Asians / BTK Inhibitors and AF Sonya John, MD & Emily Nguyen, MD PhD
Cardiology Fellows, UC San Diego
May 16, 2025 Cardiac remodeling in athletes Masihullah Barat, MD
Cardiology Fellow, UC San Diego
May 9, 2025 TAVR Treatments / Cardiac PET Adam Custer, MD & Mike Ahlers, MD
Cardiology Fellows, UC San Diego
May 2, 2025 Grand Rounds Session Gourisree Dharmavaram, MD & Jessica Hong, MD
Cardiology Fellows, UC San Diego
Apr 24, 2025 Gene Therapy for Heart Failure Barry Greenberg, MD
Director, Advanced Heart Failure, UC San Diego
Apr 18, 2025 Percutaneous management of functional mitral regurgitation Gary Ma, MD & Alex Hajduczok, MD
Cardiology Fellows, UC San Diego
Apr 11, 2025 Left Atrial Appendage Closure After Ablation for AF Praneet Mylavarapu, MD MS & Shelief Robbins-Juarez, MD
Cardiology Fellows, UC San Diego
Apr 4, 2025 The Re-Emergence of Renal Denervation Eric Alexander Secemsky, MD, MSc
Harvard Medical School
Mar 14, 2025 Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia Hugh Calkins, MD
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Mar 7, 2025 Cardiac Recovery / Coronary CTA Iosef Taleb, MD & Theodore Curran, MD
Cardiology Fellows, UC San Diego
Feb 28, 2025 SUMMIT Trial: Tirzepatide for HFpEF and Obesity Kevin Sung MD, MS & Rebecca Ocher MD
Cardiology Fellows, UC San Diego
Feb 21, 2025 Atrial Fibrillation: Procedural Management Jonathan Hsu, MD
Professor of Medicine, UC San Diego
Feb 14, 2025 The Inextricable Link Between Prevention and Heart Function Anuradha Lala-Trindade, MD
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Feb 7, 2025 A Jaunt Through the Lesser Circulation in CHD Alexander Opotowsky, MD, MMSc
Cincinnati Children's Hospital
Jan 31, 2025 Nothing Lasts Forever: Making "Less" Happen Dr. James McCabe
University of Washington
Jan 24, 2025 Routine Spironolactone in Acute Myocardial Infarction Chaitanya Malladi, MD & Melody Huang, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine Fellows, UC San Diego
Jan 17, 2025 Caring for our Seniors: Invasive treatment strategy for MI Benjamin Hoffman, MD PhD & Apurva Khedagi, MD, MS
Cardiovascular Medicine Fellows, UC San Diego
Jan 10, 2025 Contemporary Evaluation of Patients with Stable Chest Pain Armin A. Zadeh MD, PhD MPH
Johns Hopkins University

▼ AY 2023-2024 Schedule
Date Topic Speaker
May 24, 2024 TAVR Lifetime Management / Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Myocarditis Daniel Chu, MD & John Power, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine Fellows, UC San Diego
May 17, 2024 Multimodality Imaging in Sarcoidosis / SCD Risk Stratification in HCM Candace Jackson, MD, MPH & Tatiana Saul, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine Fellows, UC San Diego
May 10, 2024 Update on Structural Heart Interventions Dr. Rahul Sharma, MBBS, FRACP
Stanford University
Apr 19, 2024 ARTESIA Trial: Apixaban for Stroke Prevention Adam Custer, MD & Kevin Sung, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine Fellows, UC San Diego
Apr 12, 2024 The Pandemic of Atrial Fibrillation and Catheter Ablation Luigi Di Biase, MD, PhD
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Apr 5, 2024 Adventures in Cardiovascular Epidemiology Edward K. Duran, MD, MSc
UC San Diego
Mar 22, 2024 HFpEF as a Renal Disorder: An Update James C. Fang, MD, FACC, FAHA
Chief, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Mar 15, 2024 Semaglutide and Cardiovascular Outcomes: SELECT Trial Musa Shakoor, MD & Jonathan Davis, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine Fellows, UC San Diego
Mar 8, 2024 New Concepts for VT ablation David Callans, MD
University of Pennsylvania
Mar 1, 2024 Adult Congenital Heart Disease and Surgery John Nigro, MD
Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego
Feb 23, 2024 The VOYAGE to Better Outcomes for PAD Marc P. Bonaca, MD, MPH
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Feb 16, 2024 Molecular Manipulation in HCM: A New Era Ahmad Masri, MD, MS
Oregon Health & Science University
Feb 9, 2024 Extracorporeal Life Support in Infarct-Related Cardiogenic Shock Revathy Sampath-Kumar, MD & Chaitanya L Malladi, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine Fellows, UC San Diego
Feb 2, 2024 AI to Maximize Outcomes of Complex Aortic Pathology Mahmoud Malas, MD, MHS
University of California San Diego
Jan 26, 2024 Machine Learning and AI to Enhance Cardiology and Arrhythmia Care David E. Krummen, MD, FACC, FHRS
UC San Diego
Jan 19, 2024 Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidosis: Advances and Challenges Kevin Alexander, MD
Stanford University
Jan 12, 2024 Protecting our Young: Unexplained Sudden Death and Cardiac Arrest Andrew D. Krahn, MD, FCCS, FHRS
University of British Columbia
Jan 5, 2024 Altering the orbit of intervention for stable coronary disease: ORBITA-2 Emily Nguyen, MD, PhD & Benjamin Hoffman, MD, PhD
Cardiovascular Medicine Fellows, UC San Diego