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ForwardCardiology Symposium 2026: Cardiovascular Care for the Non-cardiologist
Overview
The Cardiology Symposium is designed to connect primary card providers with cardiologist and bridge the gap for patient care. The purpose of this educational activity is to update the primary care community on the latest advances in cardiovascular care and how these advances apply to ongoing patient care. Through a combination of lectures, panel discussions and case broadcast, participants will be better equipped to evaluate patients with cardiac disease and assess treatment options. Lecture sessions are enhanced by panel Q&A. Additionally, scheduled break-out sessions provide an opportunity for specific case Q&A with a dedicated field expert.
ABIM MOC Medical Knowledge Credit
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 7.25 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.
Upon completing the activity evaluation and claiming the appropriate AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™, participants will be able to complete quiz questions to earn MOC points.
Registration Pricing
Physician - $125.00
Advanced Practice Providers - $50.00
Residents and Medical Students - $10.00
All other Prisma employees - $10.00
Other attendees - $10.00
If you would like to be an exhibitor at the Cardiology Symposium 2026: Cardiovascular Care for the Non-cardiologist, please click here.
Target Audience
- Primary Audience
Practicing Physicians, Fellows, Residents - Secondary Audience
Medical Students, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, Registered Nurses, Technicians - Specialty Audience
Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, Internal Medicine
Learning Objectives
As a result of participating in this activity, learners will...
- Have a better understanding of updated diagnostics, intervention, and ongoing management of cardiac diagnoses seen by primary care providers in their patients, including how and when to refer these patients to cardiology.
- Know more about updated treatment modalities available through heart and vascular services.
- Have an increased understanding and in-practice application of updated concepts of diagnostics, intervention, and ongoing management of cardiac diagnoses.
- Have an increased understanding and in-practice application of referral to cardiology for continued and new treatment modalities.
Additional Information
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 Ethos User Instructions | 141.07 KB |
| Agenda | |
| 7:00am | Registration, continental breakfast, visit vendor booths |
| 8:00am | Welcome Trey Chandler, MD |
| Session I Moderator: Dr. Jesse Jorgensen | |
| 8:10am | Infective Endocarditis – An Old Problem with a New Look John Erwin, MD |
| 8:45am | Pace Yourself - A New Era of Pacemaker Therapies Zain Gowani, MD |
| 9:20am | Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (CRT) for Heart Failure; from HIS to conduction system pacing Gopi Dandamudi, MD |
| 9:55am | Panel Q&A |
| 10:10am | Break/Visit Vendors |
| Session II Moderator: Dr. Dev Vaz | |
| 10:30am | Unmasking Amyloidosis: Recognition, Treatment, and Patient Experience Jason Guichard, MD With special thanks to Mr. Claude Beauregard and Mr. Steve Romano |
| 11:25am | Q&A |
| 11:30am | Lunch Instructions/Lunch Selection/Visit Vendors/Break Jesse Jorgensen, MD |
| Session III Break Out Sessions | |
| 11:50am | Breakout Sessions A. Vascular Medicine – Open Q&A |
B. Nutritional supplements for cardiovascular disease: Help or Hype? | |
| 12:30pm | Break/Visit Vendors |
| Session IV Moderator: Dr. Tara Holder | |
| 12:50pm | Navigating Lipids: Updates and Practical Insights for Primary Care Eldon Matthia, MD |
| 1:25pm | What goes bump in the night: clinical pearls from Cardio-OB cases Maya Dassanayake, MD |
| 2:00pm | Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy and Direct Myosin Inhibitors: Why cut? Who cut? Josh Doll, MD |
| 2:35pm | Panel Q&A |
| 2:50pm | Break/Visit Vendors |
| Session V Moderator: Dev Vaz, MD | |
| 3:05pm | Superficial venous insufficiency: physiology, patient characteristics and treatment options Joseph Goeke, MD |
| 3:40pm | The Role of Primary Care in Limb Salvage Tara Holder, MD |
| 4:15pm | Q&A |
| 4:25pm | Closing Remarks Jesse Jorgensen, MD |
“The University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville has been reviewed by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME®) and awarded Accreditation with Commendation as a provider of continuing medical education (CME) for physicians. Accreditation in the ACCME System seeks to assure the medical community and the public that the University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville delivers education that is relevant to clinicians’ needs, evidence-based, evaluated for its effectiveness, and independent of commercial influence.”
Available Credit
- 7.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™The University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville designates this live activity for a maximum of 7.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
The University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. - 7.25 Attendance
If you would like to be an exhibitor at the Cardiology Symposium 2026: Cardiovascular Care for the Non-cardiologist, please click here.
Price
Registration Pricing
Physician - $125.00
Advanced Practice Providers - $50.00
Residents and Medical Students - $10.00
All other Prisma Health employees - $10.00
Other attendees - $10.00
In-Person vs Virtual Attendance
Please select whether you plan to attend the conference in-person or virtual. This will be used by event coordinators to plan accordingly for lunch. You may change your selection at any time by emailing [email protected].