Sunday


October 25, 2026

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EXHIBITS & BREAKFAST
(LOBBY / PLAZA / LEVEL 3)

6:45 AM


7:00 AM

INDUSTRY PRODUCT THEATER
(SEAPORT BALLROOM / MEZZANINE / LEVEL 2)

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Elevating HCM Care


How Advanced Practitioners Are Changing the Game in HCM
Anna Rodonski, PA

8:15 AM


HCM and Pregnancy
Nosheen Reza, MD

8:25 AM


Obesity and HCM: Should Everyone Be on a GLP-1 RA?
Jorge Plutzky, MD

8:35 AM


Translating CPET from Clinical Trials to Patient Management
Caroline Coats, MD

8:45 AM


HCM Clinical Trial Endpoints:
Are They Telling Us What We (and Patients) Hope They Are?

Steve Ommen, MD

8:55 AM


PANEL DISCUSSION: Elevating HCM Care
Moderator: Martin Maron, MD
Panelists: Ms. Rodonski & Drs. Reza, Plutzky, Coats, & Ommen

9:05 AM

Cases with Clinical Masters


HCM Cases from the Vault:
65 Shades of Gray — Unpacking Complexity with the Experts
Moderated by Matthew Martinez, MD & Ethan Rowin, MD

Masters: Drs. Ommen, Owens, & Olivotto

9:20 AM

10:10 AM

BREAK

Exercise & Athletes


The Story of Sports Cardiology: How It All Started
Barry Maron, MD

10:25 AM


Incorporating Exercise: Who, How Much, How Intense?
James S. Guseh II, MD

10:40 AM


Perspectives on Competitive Sports Eligibility in HCM:
Shared Decision-Making and the Team Physician Model

Matthew Martinez, MD

10:55 AM


PANEL DISCUSSION: Exercise in HCM
Moderator: Steve Ommen, MD
Panelists: Drs. B. Maron, Guseh, & Martinez

11:10 AM

Global Experience of HCM


Global Expanse of HCM Centers in Asia:
Fuwai Hospital and the Beijing Experience

Lei Song, MD, PhD

11:25 AM


¡Hola! The HCM Revolution in Latin America
Enrique Berrios, MD

11:37 AM


The Global Epidemic of HCM in Domestic Cats:
What Humans May Learn from Animal Models

Joshua Stern, DVM

11:49 AM


My Extraordinary Patient Journey:
How HCM and a Heart Transplant Led Me to Direct an HCM Center

Colby Salerno, DO

12:01 PM

Gene Therapy: Is It a Cure for HCM?


Gene Therapy: Why for HCM?
Hugh Watkins, MD, PhD

12:20 PM


PANEL DISCUSSION: Gene Therapy
Moderator: Martin Maron, MD

Panelists: Drs. Watkins, Tardiff, & Day

12:45 PM


EPILOGUE
Martin Maron, MD

1:00 PM

1:05 PM

ADJOURN


2:45 PM

INDUSTRY PRODUCT THEATER
(SEAPORT BALLROOM / MEZZANINE / LEVEL 2)

Details Coming Soon…

1:15 PM

INDUSTRY PRODUCT THEATER
(SEAPORT BALLROOM / MEZZANINE / LEVEL 2)

Details Coming Soon…