Agenda
2023 WCIRDC AGENDA
Thursday, December 7, 2023
6:45 am Pre-Registration
7:00 am – 8:00 am Exhibit Hall Opens | Coffee
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7:00 pm – 7:45 pm Breakfast Session Non-CME-Education Product Theater Hall
BMF-219: An Oral Menin Inhibitor in Clinical Development as a Short-term Therapy
to Address the Root Cause of Diabetes, Beta-cell Dysfunction
Supported by Biomea Fusion
Speakers:
Priyanka Somanath, PhD Thomas Butler, MS, MBA Rohit N. Kulkarni, MD, PhD Juan Frias, MD
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8:00 am – 8:15 am Welcome & Introduction | Pre-CME Questions Yehuda Handelsman, MD
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Session 1 Endothelium and Cardiometabolic Disorders
8:15 am – 9:30 am Chairs: Vivian Fonseca * Derek LeRoith, MD
8:15 am The Effects of RYGB on Cholesterol and Bile Acid Metabolism in Humans Bart Staels, PhD
8:35 am Endothelial-Mesenchymal Transition in Cardiovascular Disease (EndMT) Jorge Plutzky, MD
8:55 am The Role of SGLTx in ACS, A. Fib & Metabolism- A Translational Approach Robert J. Chilton, DO
9:15 am – 9:30 am Panel Discussion and Q&A
Session 2 ASCVD Epidemiology, Pathophysiology & Management
9:30 am – 10:45 am Chairs: Ron Krauss, MD * Robert Chilton, MD
9:30 am Importance of Cardiovascular Risk Assessment and Multiple Risk Factor Control in Diabetes Nathan D. Wong, PhD
9:50 am Common Molecular Mechanisms Drive Cardiometabolic and Vascular Diseases Outcomes- Clinical Implications W. Timothy Garvey, MD
10:10 am The Relationships Between HDL Dysfunction, Genetic Very Small LDL, CAC and Insulin Resistance Arthur S. Agatston, MD
10:30 am – 10:45 am Panel Discussion and Q&A
10:45 am – 11:15 am REFRESHMENT BREAK at the Exhibit Hall
Session 3 Lipidology Toward 2024- Panel Session
11:15 am – 12:10 pm Chairs: Erin Michos, MD * Chris Guerin, MD
11:15 am The Role of the Mitochondrial/ER Axis in Cholesterol Metabolism and Statin Myopathy Ronald M. Krauss, MD
Lpa, CETP / BA-CLEAR / Very High HDL Seth S. Martin, MD, MHS
Discussions and Q&A Arthur S. Agatston, MD
12:10 pm
Session 4 Concurrent Sessions: Meet the Experts
12:15 pm – 1:00 pm 45 mins
Ralph A. DeFronzo, MD Insulin Resistance – Intensive Management of DM Mandarin AB
Vivian A. Fonseca, MD DCRM Risk Prediction Sierra CD (Lecture Hall)
Jennifer Green, MD CKD Emerging Strategies Club
Yehuda Handelsman, MD Technology in DM and CRM Salon 6AB
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm LUNCH BREAK
1:10 pm – 1:55 pm Lunch Session Non-CME Product Theater Hall
Jardiance® (empagliflozin) tablets: A Peer Review of the Latest
Clinical Data and Dosing Recommendations
Supported by BI/Lilly Christian Mende, MD
Session 5 Metabolic Science
2:00 pm – 2:50 pm Chairs: Richard Bergman, PhD * Phillip Scherer, PhD
2:00 pm Genome- Proteome- Phenome & Mendelian Randomization Studies, Elucidating Novel Pathways
and Treatments-Clinical Implication in Cardiometabolic Disorders Christos S. Mantzoros, MD, PhD
2:20 pm The Role of mRNA Modifications in the Regulation of Metabolism Rohit N. Kulkarni, MD, PhD
2:40 pm – 2:50 pm Panel Discussion and Q&A
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Session 6 The Future of HTN
2:50 pm – 3:40 pm Chairs: Pam Taub, MD * Chris Mende, MD
2:50 pm Refractory HTN and New Drugs & Procedures in the Future Norman Lepor, MD
3:10 pm Need for New agents to Overcome Healthcare Disparity in Hypertension Keith Ferdinand, MD
3:30 pm – 3:40 pm Panel Discussion and Q&A
Session 7 DCRM 2.0 – Update and Global Transformation
3:40pm – 4:10 pm Chairs: Richard Pratley, MD * Matt Weir MD
3:40 am DCRM 2.0 - Diabetes CardioRenal & Metabolic Diseases- Update & Global Yehuda Handelsman, MD
3:55 pm – 4:10 pm Panel Discussion and Q&A
4:10 pm – 4:40 pm REFRESHMENT BREAK at the Exhibit Hall
Session 8 Insulin Resistance, Diabetes, and Beyond
5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Chairs: Jennifer Green, MD *Jorge Plutzky, MD
4:40 pm Brain HDL and Alzheimer’s Disease: Toward Therapeutic Applications Hussein Yassine, MD
5:00 pm Pulmonary Disease in Diabetes- Another Final Frontier? Peter J. Grant, MD
5:20 pm Contemporary Nomenclature of Fatty Liver Disease Impact on Diagnosis and Management Rohit Loomba, MD, MHSc
5:40 pm Vascular Aging in CKD Matthew R. Weir, MD
6:00pm Management of Diabetes in Patients with Cancer Addressing Impact of Cancer Therapy
Overcoming Treatment Challenges: Management of Patients with Diabetes and Cancer
Emily J Gallagher, MD, PhD
6:20 pm – 6:35 pm Panel Discussion and Q&A
6:35pm – 7:30 pm WELCOME & POSTER RECEPTION AT EXHIBIT HALL
7:30 pm – 9:15 pm Dinner CME Symposium Supported by AstraZeneca
Winning the Trifecta of Diabetes, the Heart and Kidney Diseases
Chairs: Yehuda Handelsman, MD • Muthiah Vaduganathan, MD, MPH
7:30 pm Introduction & Pre-CME Questions Muthiah Vaduganathan, MD, MPH
7:40 pm Early Intervention in Diabetes Addressing Pathophysiology in Preventing Comorbidities Vivian A. Fonseca , MD
8:00 pm SGLT2i Effects Across the Spectrum of CKD and Multiple Populations Peter Rossing, MD
8:20 pm Impact of SGLT2i on HF Outcomes in Various Populations & the Range of LVEF Muthiah Vaduganathan, MD, MPH
8:40 pm Panel Discussion and Q&A: Changing the Trajectory of Heart Failure and CKD, Implementing Guidelines Directed Medical Therapy
Panel: Vivian A. Fonseca, MD • Christian W. Mende, MD • Erin D. Michos, MD, MHS • Peter Rossing, MD •
Muthiah Vaduganathan, MD, MPH
Moderator: Yehuda Handelsman, MD
9:10 pm Concluding Remarks & Post-CME Questions
9:15 pm Adjourn