Cardiovascular Medicine Grand Rounds are Fridays from 8:00 am - 9:00 am.
Please contact Margo Relaford for questions or to be added to our email list.
On break until 9/5/2025
ACTRI Auditorium (Rm 1W-210) & Zoom
Attendees should plan on meeting in the auditorium each week for in-person speakers.
Zoom option is available for those unable to attend in person.
Dr. Musa Shakoor: "Rewriting Risk: How Plaque Imaging is Changing the CAD Playbook"
Dr. Sampath-Kumar: "Leveraging PCI Registries to Improve Patient Outcomes: A Collaboration Between Sweden and UCSD"
Musa Shakoor, MD & Revathy Sampath-Kumar, MD
Cardiology Fellow
UC San Diego
Dr. Sonya John: "Underestimated and Underrecognized: Rethinking CV Risk in South Asians"
Dr. Emily Nguyen: "Bruton's Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors and Atrial Fibrillation: Navigating Cardiovascular Risks in Modern Hematologic Therapy"
Sonya John, MD & Emily Nguyen, MD PhD
Cardiology Fellow
UC San Diego
“Cardiac remodeling in athletes ”
Masihullah Barat, MD
Mike Ahlers: "Future Transfemoral Transcatheter Treatments of Atrioventricular Valve Regurgitation: What to Anticipate within our Careers?"
Adam Custer: "Cardiac PET: Myocardial Blood Flow Reserve"
Adam Custer, MD & Mike Ahlers, MD
Cardiology Fellows
UC San Diego
“Gene Therapy for Heart Failure”
Barry Greenberg, MD
Director, Advanced Heart Failure
Professor of Medicine
Heart Failure and Transplant
UC San Diego
“Percutaneous management of functional mitral regurgitation, where do we stand now?”
Gary Ma, MD & Alex Hajduczok, MD
Dr. Ma is a Second Year Interventional Cardiology Fellow
Dr. Hajduczok is a Heart Failure and Transplant Fellow
UC San Diego
“Left Atrial Appendage Closure After Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation: The New Normal?”
Praneet Mylavarapu, MD MS & Shelief Robbins-Juarez, MD
Cardiology Fellows
UC San Diego
“The Future of Managing Uncontrolled Hypertension: The Re-Emergence of Renal Denervation”
Eric Alexander Secemsky, MD, MSc, RPVI, FACC, FAHA, FSCAI, FSVM
Director Vascular Intervention
Section Head | Interventional Cardiology and Vascular Research
Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Center for Outcomes Research in Cardiology
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Associate Professor of Medicine | Harvard Medical School
“Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia: 25 years of Progress”
Hugh Calkins, MD
Professor of Medicine
Director of Arrhythmia Service
Director of the John Hopkins ARVD Program
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
“Cardiac Recovery and Mechanical Circulatory Support: A Reality in Selected Patients and a Path to Novel Therapies” (Dr. Taleb)
“Coronary CTA and Prevention of Myocardial Infarction: updates from the SCOT-HEART 10-year outcomes” (Dr. Curran)
Iosef Taleb, MD & Theodore Curran, MD
Cardiology Fellows
UC San Diego
“SUMMIT Trial: Tirzepatide for Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction and Obesity”
Kevin Sung MD, MS & Rebecca Ocher MD
Cardiology Fellows
UC San Diego
“Atrial Fibrillation: Advances in Procedural Management and Update on Research ”
Jonathan Hsu, MD
Cardiac Electrophysiologist
Professor of Medicine
UC San Diego
“The Inextricable Link Between Prevention and Heart Function (Not Failure!)”
Anuradha Lala-Trindade, MD (Anu Lala)
Associate Professor of Medicine at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Director of Heart Failure Research
Program Director, Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Fellowship
“A Jaunt Through the Lesser Circulation in Congenital Heart Disease”
Alexander (Sasha) Opotowsky, MD, MMSc
Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program
Co-Director, Heart Institute Research Core
Co-Director, Cardiopulmonary Exercise Laboratory
Cincinnati Children's Hospital
“Nothing Lasts Forever: Making "Less" Happen
Dr. James McCabe
University of Washington
“Routine Spironolactone in Acute Myocardial Infarction”
Chaitanya Malladi, MD & Melody Huang, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine Fellows
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
University of California, San Diego
“Caring for our Seniors: Invasive treatment strategy for older patients with myocardial infarctions”
Benjamin Hoffman, MD PhD & Apurva Khedagi, MD, MS
“Contemporary Evaluation of Patients with Stable Chest Pain
Armin A. Zadeh MD, PhD MPH
Director, Cardiac Computed Tomography
Professor of Medicine and Biomedical Engineering
Division of Cardiology
Johns Hopkins University
“Going Beyond Imaging in Cardioimmunologic Diseases”
Paul Kim, MD
Associate Clinical Professor
Cardiovascular Medicine
University of California San Diego
“Atherosclerotic Coronary Heart Disease”
Renu Virmani, MD
CVPath Institute Inc
“Using cell-type specific genetic risk scores to improve cardiovascular disease prevention”
Rajat Gupta, MD
Assistant Professor
Harvard Medical School
“YOUR LEGS, YOUR LIFE: THE IMPORTANCE OF A HEALTHY LOWER HALF”
Matthew Allison, MD, MPH, FAHA
Professor and Chief
Division of Preventive Medicine
Department of Family Medicine
University of California San Diego
“From Basic Science to Clinical Application – Critical Challenges in the Two Extremes of Life”
Valentin Fuster, MD, Ph.D.
Physician-in-Chief, The Mount Sinai Hospital
President, Mount Sinai Fuster Heart Hospital
The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
“Polygenic risk scoring for coronary artery disease”
Pradeep Natarajan MD, MMSc
Director of Preventive Cardiology, Mass General Hospital
Paul and Phyllis Fireman Endowed Chair in Vascular Medicine, Mass General Hospital
Associate Director of Personalized Medicine, Mass General Brigham
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Associate Member, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
“TAVR and the Lifetime Management of Aortic Stenosis” (Dr. Chu)
and
“Updates in Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Myocarditis: One Fellow's Journey” (Dr. Power)
Daniel Chu, MD & John Power, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine Fellows
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
University of California, San Diego
“Role of Multimodality Imaging in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Sarcoidosis ” (presented by Dr. Jackson)
and
“To ICD or Not To ICD: Risk Markers for SCD Risk Stratification in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy ” (presented by Dr. Saul)
Candace Jackson, MD, MPH & Tatiana Saul, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine Fellows
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
University of California, San Diego
“Catheter Ablation of Ventricular Arrhythmias in Patients with Severe Heart Failure ”
Andrew Lin, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine Fellow
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
University of California, San Diego
“An Update on Structural Heart Interventions”
Dr. Rahul Sharma, MBBS, FRACP
Associate Professor of Medicine
Director of Structural Interventions
Associate Director of Cardiac Catheterization Lab
Stanford University
“ARTESIA Trial: Apixaban for Stroke Prevention in Subclinical Atrial Fibrillation ”
Adam Custer, MD & Kevin Sung, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine Fellows
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
University of California, San Diego
“The Pandemic of Atrial Fibrillation and Catheter Ablation ”
Luigi Di Biase, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine, Cardiology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
System Director of Electrophysiology
Montefiore Health System
Adventures in Cardiovascular Epidemiology: Novel Biomarkers, Advanced Methodology, and Incident Clinical Outcomes ”
Edward K. Duran, MD, MSc
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
University of California San Diego
“HFpEF as a Renal Disorder: An Update”
James C. Fang, MD, FACC, FAHA,
Professor of Medicine
John and June B. Hartman Presidential Endowed Chair
Chief, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Executive Director, Cardiovascular Service Line
“Semaglutide and Cardiovascular Outcomes: A Deeper Dive into the SELECT Trial ”
Musa Shakoor, MD, & Jonathan Davis, MD
“New Concepts for VT ablation”
David Callans, MD
Professor of Medicine
Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Adult Congenital Heart Disease and Surgery”
John Nigro, MD
Clinical Professor of Surgery,
UCSD School of Medicine
Director Heart Institute Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego
“The VOYAGE to Better Outcomes for Patients with Peripheral Artery Disease ”
Marc P. Bonaca, MD, MPH, FAHA, FACC
Executive Director, CPC Clinical
Research and CPC Community
Health Professor of Medicine,
Cardiology & Vascular Medicine
Director of Vascular Research
University of Colorado School of Medicine
“Molecular Manipulation in HCM: A New Era”
Ahmad Masri, MD, MS
Section Head, Cardiomyopathy
Director, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Center and Cardiac Amyloidosis Program
Assistant Professor of Medicine Oregon Health & Science University
“Extracorporeal Life Support in Infarct-Related Cardiogenic Shock ”
Revathy Sampath-Kumar, MD, & Chaitanya L Malladi, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine Fellows
University of California San Diego
“Utilization of Artificial Intelligence to Maximize the Outcomes of Complete Endovascular Repair of Complex Aortic Pathology ”
Mahmoud Malas, MD, MHS, RPVI, FACS
Professor in Residence
Vice Chair of Surgery for Clinical Research
Chief Division Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
University of California San Diego, Health System
“Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence to Enhance Cardiology and Arrhythmia Care ”
David E. Krummen, MD, FACC, FHRS
Professor of Clinical Medicine
University of California San Diego
Director of Electrophysiology
VA San Diego Healthcare System
“Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidosis: Advances and Challenges ”
Kevin Alexander, MD
Assistant Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine
Stanford University
“Protecting our Young: Unravelling Unexplained Sudden Death and Cardiac Arrest”
Andrew D. Krahn, MD, FCCS, FHRS
Professor, Division of Cardiology
Paul Brunes UBC Professor in Heart Rhythm Disorders
University of British Columbia
“Altering the orbit of intervention for stable coronary disease: the ORBITA-2 trial”
Emily Nguyen, MD, PhD & Benjamin Hoffman, MD, PhD
Cardiovascular Medicine Fellows
University of California San Diego
“How to prevent and manage complications”
Emmanouil S. Brilakis, MD, PhD
Director, Center for Complex Coronary Interventions
Minneapolis Heart Institute
Heart Failure Registries: Discovery, Implementation and Trials”
Lars Lund, MD, PhD
Professor, Karolinska Institutet Karolinska University Hospital
Heart, Vascular and Neuro Theme, Research Unit
Stockholm, Sweden
“Playing with FIRE: Complete or Culprit-Only PCI in Older Patients with Myocardial Infarction”
Michael Ahlers, MD & Gourie Dharmavaram, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine Fellows
University of California San Diego
“Phenomic Imaging in Cardiovascular Medicine”
Jonathan R. Lindner, MD, FACC, FASE
Frances Myers Ball Endowed Professor of Medicine
Vice-chief Research, Cardiovascular Division
University of Virginia
“Chasing rhythm: Catheter Ablation in End-Stage Heart Failure with Atrial Fibrillation”
Masihullah Barat, MD & Joseph Taleb, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine Fellows
University of California San Diego
“Preventing the Clinical Consequences of Atherosclerosis Throughout the Life Course - a template for Global Health ”
Kausik Ray, MD, MPhil, FRCP, FRCP, FESC, FACC, FAHA
President European Atherosclerosis Society
Professor of Public Health and Honorary Consultant Cardiologist
Director of Imperial Centre for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention
Deputy Director of the Imperial Clinical Trials Unit, Head of Commercial
Trials Imperial College London
NIHR ARC National CV Lead
Chief Clinical Officer and Trials Lead DISCOVER NOW- HDR UK Digital Innovation Hub
“Novel Pharmacomechanical Catheter-Directed Treatment of Acute Pulmonary Embolism ”
Riyaz Bashir MD, FACC
Professor of Medicine
Program Director, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship
Director, Vascular and Endovascular Medicine
Division of Cardiovascular Diseases
Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia
“Transplantation Outcomes with Donor Hearts after Circulatory Death: The New Frontier”
Sonya John, MD & Praneet Mylavarapu, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine Fellows
University of California San Diego
“Beyond Ejection Fraction: Using Global Longitudinal Strain to Assess Cardiac Function in Patients with Heart Failure”
Ali Brann, MD
General Cardiology Fellow
University of California San Diego
“Smartwatches: A Smart Way to Detect Atrial Fibrillation?”
Bryan Wu, MD
General Cardiology Fellows
University of California San Diego
ACTRI Auditorium (Rm 1W-210) & Zoom
“The New Heart Valve Team: New Innovations in Mitral and Tricuspid Valve Disease”
Vinod H. Thourani, MD
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery
Marcus Heart and Vascular Center
Piedmont Heart Institute
ACTRI Auditorium (Rm 1W-210) & Zoom
“Is Myocardial Viability testing still Viable?– Updates and Unknowns”
Omid Behnamfar, MD, MDC
General Cardiology Fellow
University of California San Diego
“Coronary Allograft Vasculopathy: Form and Function of the Cardiac Allograft”
Antionette Birs, MD
General Cardiology Chief Fellow
University of California San Diego
ACTRI Auditorium (Rm 1W-210) & Zoom
“Contemporary SCD Prevention: Who Needs and ICD”
Jeanne E. Poole, FACC, FHRS
Professor of Medicine
University of Washington
ACTRI Auditorium (Rm 1W-210) & Zoom
“Brave New World: How Cardiovascular Imaging will Thrive with Artificial Intelligence”
James D. Thomas, MD, FACC, FASE, FESC
Professor of Medicine and Director
Center for Heart Valve Disease
Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute
Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, IL
“Pulsed Field Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation”
Omar Aldaas, MD
General Cardiology Fellow
University of California San Diego
“Tricuspid Valve Regurgitation: Progression and Implications for Interventions”
Gary Ma, MD
Chief General Cardiology Fellow
University of California San Diego
ACTRI Auditorium (Rm 1W-210) & Zoom
“Thrills and Frustrations. The Journey of a Heart Failure Trialist”
Faiez Zannad, MDACTRI Auditorium (Rm 1W-210) & Zoom
“HFpEF – Updates and Unknowns”
Jennifer Ho, MDACTRI Auditorium (Rm 1W-210) & Zoom
“Lifestyle and Atrial Fibrillation: Adventures in Clinical Research Study Designs”
Gregory M Marcus, MD, MASACTRI Auditorium (Rm 1W-210) & Zoom
“A Medically Conservative Approach to Cardiology Practice”
John Mandrola, MD, FACCACTRI Auditorium (Rm 1W-210) & Zoom
“INVICTUS Trial: Rivaroxaban in Rheumatic Heart Disease–Associated Atrial Fibrillation”
John Power, MD & Adam Custer, MDACTRI Auditorium (Rm 1W-210) & Zoom
“This is Your Brain After Cardiac Arrest: Optimizing Current Treatments and Bridging to Goal-Directed Therapies”
Navaz Karanjia, MDACTRI Auditorium (Rm 1W-210) & Zoom
“ HFpEF in 2023: Can we Individualize Treatment Through Physiologic Subphenotyping?””
Gregory D. Lewis, MDACTRI Auditorium (Rm 1W-210) & Zoom
“Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute Myocarditis”
Enrico Ammirati, MD, PhDACTRI Auditorium (Rm 1W-210) & Zoom
“EARLY-AF: Catheter ablation as first-line therapy to prevent recurrence and progression of atrial fibrillation”
Candace Jackson, MD & Masih Barat, MDACTRI Auditorium (Rm 1W-210) & Zoom
“Catheter Based Heart Failure Treatment - the Next Big Wave in Interventional Cardiology ”
Horst Sievert, MDACTRI Auditorium (Rm 1W-210) & Zoom
“The Future of Coronary Revascularization: Transitioning from Ischemia to Vulnerable Plaque”
Gregg W. Stone MD, FACC, MSCAIACTRI Auditorium (Rm 1W-210) & Zoom
“Myocardial Recovery: What Have We Learned and Future Directions”
ACTRI Auditorium (Rm 1W-210) & Zoom
“The FLAVOUR Trial: Comparison of FFR-guided and IVUS-guided PCI in Intermediate Coronary Stenosis”
ACTRI Auditorium (Rm 1W-210) & Zoom
ACTRI Auditorium (Rm 1W-210) & Zoom
ACTRI Auditorium (Rm 1W-210) & Zoom
"Cardiac MRI in Patients with Chest Pain-State of the Art and the Future”
Matthias G. Friedrich MD, FESC FACC, FSCMR
Cardiologist, Chief, Cardiovascular Imaging
McGill University Health Centre
Scientific Director, Courtois Cardiovascular Signature Program
ACTRI Auditorium (Rm 1W-210) & Zoom
ACTRI Auditorium (Rm 1W-210) & Zoom
ACTRI Auditorium (Rm 1W-210) & Zoom
"Neurosurgical Innovation in the Academic Ecosystem: Challenges, Opportunities, and the UC San Diego Experience”
ACTRI Auditorium (Rm 1W-210) & Zoom
"Cardiovascular Care for the LGBTQ+ Community Today”
ACTRI Auditorium (Rm 1W-210) & Zoom
”A Valorous Effort: A Breakthrough in HOCM Therapy”
ACTRI Auditorium (Rm 1W-210) & Zoom
”Challenges and Opportunities in Cardiovascular Clinical Trials”
ACTRI Auditorium (Rm 1W-210) & Zoom
“Radiation Associated Cardiac Disease: A Gray Area” (Dr. Azcarate)
and
“Medical Education: 3D take on new opportunities” (Dr. Bhatia)
Dr. Patrick Azcarate & Dr. Prerana Bhatia
Cardiovascular Medicine Fellows
University of California San Diego
Ajay J. Kirtane, MD, SM
Professor of Medicine at the Columbia University Medical Center
Chief Academic Officer, Columbia Interventional Cardiovascular Care
Director, NYP/Columbia Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories
Candice Silversides, MD
Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto
Editor-in-Chief, JACC Advances
Erin D. Michos, MD, MHS, FAHA, FACC, FASE, FASPC
Associate Professor, Division of Cardiology
Associate Director of Preventive Cardiology
John Hopkins, School of Medicine
Dr. Omar Aldaas & Dr. Andrew Lin
Cardiovascular Medicine Fellows
University of California San Diego
Dr. Candace Jackson & Dr. Bryan Wu
Cardiovascular Medicine Fellows
University of California San Diego
Douglas L. Packer, MD
Professor of Medicine, Mayo
John M. Nasseff, Sr., Professorship in Cardiology
Director, Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology Research Laboratories
Dr. Alison Brann & Dr. John Power
Cardiovascular Medicine Fellows
University of California San Diego
