Be sure to add these sessions to your calendar!
(Here is the list of currently reported events
View the full list of ABC members presenting at AHA20.)

 

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13 | 9:00am – 10:00am CT
SESSION: COVID-19: Their Personal Stories and Public Health and Prevention (OnDemand)
Panel Participant: Michelle A. Albert, MD, MPH

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13 | 9:00am – 10:00am CT
SESSION: A Potpourri of Cardiovascular Cases and Management Topics in Cardio-Oncology (OnDemand)
PRESENTATION: Case: Anthracycline-Induced Cardiotoxicity
Presenter: Kevin Michael Alexander, MD
PRESENTATION: Case: To Bleed or Not to Bleed – Considerations for Anticoagulation During Cancer Therapy
Presenter: Sherry-Ann Brown, MD, PhD 

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13 | 9:00am – 10:00am CT
SESSION: Addressing Personal and Professional Wellness in Academic Medicine (OnDemand)
PRESENTATION: The Effect of COVID-19 on Personal and Professional Wellness
Presenter: David Edmund Anstey, MD

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13 | 9:00am – 10:00am CT
SESSION: Cardiomyopathy: Structural and Other Abnormalities (OnDemand)
PRESENTATION: Can Understanding of National Search Engine Queries Inform Heart Failure Prevention? National Internet Search Engine Queries Correlates With CHF Prevalence but Not Outcomes
Presenter: Adebayo Atanda, MD
Co-author: Olajide Buhari, MD

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13 | 9:00am – 10:00am CT
SESSION: Cancer Survival and Cardiovascular Outcomes (OnDemand)
PRESENTATION: Association Between Breast Cancer and Cardiac Autonomic Function as Measured by Heart Rate Variability in the Women’s Health Initiative
Presenter: Mary Branch, MD, MPH

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13 | 9:00am – 10:00am CT
SESSION: Social, Racial, and Gender Determinants in Heart Failure (OnDemand) 
Moderator: Khadijah Breathett, MD

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13 | 9:00am – 10:00am CT
SESSION: Heart Transplant: Referrals, Race, and Risk Factors (OnDemand)
PRESENTATION: Association Between 2018 Unos Heart Transplant Policy Changes and Likelihood of Transplant for Patients in Rural versus Urban Settings
Presenter: Khadijah Breathett, MD
Co-author: Daniel Addison, MD

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13 |  9:00am – 10:00am CT
SESSION: How To Use Behavioral Interventions To Advance Equity in Cardiovascular Health (Simulive)
PRESENTATION: Calling for a Bold New Vision of Cardiovascular Health Interventions to Address Health Disparities
Presenter: LaPrincess C. Brewer, MD, MPH

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13 | 9:00am – 10:00am CT
SESSION: Social, Economic, and Cultural Factors that Affect Care of Patients with Cardiovascular Disease (OnDemand) 
Poster Professor: LaPrincess C Brewer, MD

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13 | 9:00am – 10:00am CT
SESSION: Diversity and Inclusion in Cardiovascular Medicine: Planning for Success and Sustainability: AHA Joint Session with the American College of Cardiology (OnDemand)
PRESENTATION: Filling the Pipeline: Approaches to Promote Training and Retention in CV Medicine
Presenter: Quinn Capers, IV, MD
PRESENTATION: First Steps Toward Solutions: Acknowledging the Problem
Presenter: Ileana L. Pina, MD
PRESENTATION: First Steps Toward Solutions: Identifying the Barriers
Presenter: Clyde W. Yancy Jr., MD

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13 | 9:00am – 10:00am CT
SESSION: 5 Questions about Heart Disease in Women
PRESENTATION: How Should I Manage holesterol and Blood Pressure Elevation After Endocrine Therapy for Breast Cancer?
Presenter: Tochi M. Okwuosa, MD

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13 | 9:00am – 10:00am CT
SESSION: Rapid Fire: The Cardiovascular Lifestyle of a Cancer Patient – Finding a Balance!
PRESENTATION: Nutrition and Metabolic Syndrome: The Tug of War During Cancer Therapy
Presenter: Tochi M. Okwuosa, MD

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13 | 9:00am – 10:00am CT
SESSION: How To Use Behavioral Interventions To Advance Equity in Cardiovascular Health (Simulive)
Social Moderator: Tiffany M. Powell-Wiley, MD
Moderator: Melissa S. Burroughs Pena, MD

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13 | 9:00am – 10:00am CT
SESSION: GRFW: Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology in Women (OnDemand)
PRESENTATION: Religious Attendance and Ideal Cardiovascular Health in Older Women
Presenter: Jonathan Butler, MD, PhD
Co-Author: Michelle A. Albert, MD, MPH

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13 | 9:00am – 10:00am CT
SESSION: Policies and Social Determinants of Cardiovascular Health (OnDemand)
PRESENTATION: Area Deprivation Index and Cardiac Readmissions: Evaluating Risk-prediction in an Electronic Health Record
Presenter: Amber Johnson, MD

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13 | 9:00am – 10:00am CT
SESSION: Patient-Centered Outcomes in Cardiovascular Care (OnDemand) 
PRESENTATION: Using Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Principles to Develop and Implement a Mobile Heart Failure Self-Care Program
Presenter: Amber Johnson, MD

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13 | 9:00am – 10:00am CT
SESSION: Angiogenesis and Endothelial Dysfunction
PRESENTATION: Integration of Vascular Phenotyping With Metabolomic Profiling in Black Subjects With Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction
Presenter:  Alanna A. Morris, MD

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13 | 9:00am – 10:00am CT
SESSION: Am I at Risk?: Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Treatment in Diverse Populations
PRESENTATION: Heart Failure in African Americans: Challenges from Prevention to Transplant
Presenter:  Alanna A. Morris, MD

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13 | 9:00pm – 10:00am  CT 
SESSION: Obesity and Weight Loss in CVD Risk and Prevention (OnDemand)
Poster Professor: Chiadi Ericson Ndumele, MD

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13 | 9:00pm – 10:00am  CT 
SESSION: Optimal Approaches to a Healthy Lifestyle (OnDemand) 
PRESENTATION: Increasing Equity in Efforts and Outcomes
Presenter: Chiadi Ericson Ndumele, MD

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13 | 9:00am – 10:00am CT
SESSION: Prognosis of Heart Failure and Post-LVAD (OnDemand)
PRESENTATION: Change in Caregiver Burden From Before to 1 Year After Surgery: Findings From the Sustaining Quality of Life of the Aged: Transplant or Mechanical Support (Sustain-IT) Study
Presenter: Ike Okwuosa, MD
Co-author: Clyde W. Yancy Jr., MD

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13 | 9:00am – 10:00am CT
SESSION: Self-Efficacy, Resilience, Social Networks, and Policy to Tackle Disparities – Exploring the Superwoman Schema (OnDemand)
PRESENTATION: Associations of Neighborhood Crime and Safety with Cardiovascular Health
Presenter: Tiffany M. Powell-Wiley, MD

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13 | 9:00am – 10:00am CT
SESSION: 2020 ACC/AHA Performance Measures for Adult Heart Failure Care  (OnDemand)
PRESENTATION: Unintended Consequences of Performance Measurement
Presenter: Clyde W. Yancy Jr., MD

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13 | 9:00am – 10:00am CT
OPENING SESSION  Fireside Chat 
Panelist: Clyde W. Yancy Jr., MD

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13 | 10:30am – 11:30am CT
SESSION: Update in Clinical Lipidology: Emerging and Experimental Lipid Lowering Therapies- Looking Towards the Future of Prevention  (Simulive)
PRESENTATION: Experimental Treatment with Inclisiran
Presenter: Karol E. Watson, MD

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13 | 12:00pm – 1:00pm  CT
SESSION: Racism in Medicine: What Medical Centers & Training Programs Can Do to To Be Antiracist (Simulive)
Moderator: Stephen T. Broughton, MD
Panel Participants: Clyde W. Yancy Jr., MD, Ileana Piña, MD MPH, Michelle Albert, MD MPH, Sharonne Hayes, MD

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13 | 5:00pm – 6:00pm  CT
SESSION: Imposter Syndrome – Our Stories  (LIVE on ZOOM)
Panelists: Nasrien E. Ibrahim, MD

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13 | 6:00pm – 7:00pm CT
SESSION: Matching into Cardiology Fellowship: The Inside Scoop From Program Directors & AHA FITs (LIVE on ZOOM)
Moderator: Stephen T. Broughton, MD

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13 | 7:15pm – 8:30pm CT
SESSION: Daily Recap & AHA COVID-19 Rapid Response Research Consortium: Early Results (LIVE)
PRESENTATION: COVID-19 Outcomes: Influence of Health and Economic Disparities
Moderator: Ileana L. Pina, MD
Panelists: Michelle A. Albert, MD, MPH

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14 |  9:00am – 10:00am CT
SESSION: Ischemia After ISCHEMIA: CT vs. Stress Testing (Simulive)
Moderator: Renee P. Bullock-Palmer, MD

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14 |  9:00am – 10:00am CT
SESSION: Addressing Personal and Professional Wellness in Academic Medicine (OnDemand)
PRESENTATION: The Effect of COVID-19 on Personal and Professional Wellness
Presenter: David Edmund Anstey, MD 

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14 |  9:00am – 10:00am CT
SESSION: Structural Racism as a Public Health Crisis
Moderator:  Michelle A. Albert, MD, MPH

SATURDAY,  NOVEMBER 14 | 10:30am – 11:30am  CT
SESSION: Failure is Not an Option: New Targets, New Opportunities
Moderator: Nasrien E. Ibrahim, MD
PRESENTATION: Putting It All Together: Can We Be Precise?
Presenter:  Alanna A. Morris, MD
PRESENTATION: Failure to Launch: Barriers to Implementation
Presenter: Eldrin F. Lewis, MD

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14 | 11:30am – 12:00pm  CT
SESSION: FIRESIDE CHAT: Failure is Not an Option: New Targets, New Opportunities (Live on Zoom)
Moderator: Nasrien E. Ibrahim, MD
Panelists:  Alanna A. Morris, MD, Eldrin F Lewis, MD

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14 | 7:15pm – 8:30pm CT
Daily Recap & Novel Practical Concepts in Cardio-Oncology
Moderator: Tochi M. Okwuosa, MD
Social Moderator: Sherry-Ann Brown, MD

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15 | 9:00am – 10:00am CT
SESSION: Acute Decompensated Heart Failure: Critical Issues For The Clinician (Simulive)

PRESENTATION: Should All ADHF Patients be Treated by Heart Failure Cardiologists? Pro

Presenter: Khadijah Breathett, MD

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15 | 9:00am – 10:00am CT
SESSION: Fish Oil, Fancy Drugs, and Frustrations in Lipid Management
PRESENTATION: Putting it all Together in Lipid Therapy
Moderator: Chiadi Ericson Ndumele, MD
Presenter: Karol E. Watson, MD

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15 | 12:00pm – 1:00pm  CT
SESSION: How I Did This: Lessons Learned in Developing a Career in Cardiometabolic Health
PRESENTATION: How I Pursued a Career at the NIH
Presenter: Tiffany M. Powell-Wiley

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15 | 6:00pm – 7:00pm CT
James B. Herrick Award for Outstanding Achievement in Clinical Cardiology (Live on Zoom)
Named Lecturer: Clyde W. Yancy Jr., MD
* Lecture by Dr. Clyde W. Yancy, winner of James B. Herrick Award for Outstanding Achievement in Clinical Cardiology

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16 | 12:00pm – 1:00pm CT
From Trials to Bedside: Filling the Gaps in Implementing Evidence-based Care
Current Gaps in Guideline-Based Care for Heart Failure
Presenter: Clyde W. Yancy Jr., MD

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17 | 7:15pm – 8:30pm CT 
SESSION: Closing Session: Trending Topics at AHA 2020
PRESENTATION: Trending Topics: Clinical
Presenter: Alanna A. Morris, MD