2024 Heart Valve Symposium – Session I

Hosted by the UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute, the 2024 Heart Valve Symposium brought together expert cardiac surgeons and cardiologists to discuss the latest advancements in treatment for patients diagnosed with complex valve and structural heart disease. The symposium featured a range of topics including transcatheter heart valve repair and replacement, heart valve disease in women, tricuspid and pulmonary valve interventions, and what’s next in emerging research, technology, and clinical trials for heart valve disease.

View the presentations focusing on aortic valve disease here.

For more information or to refer a patient, please email HVIReferral@upmc.edu.

Session I: Aortic Valve Disease

Moderated by Amber Makani, MD

Welcome
Presented by: Ibrahim Sultan, MD

Debate: Why TAVR is the Best Therapy for this Patient
Presented by: Dustin Kliner, MD

Debate: He Should Have Surgery with a Mechanical Valve
Presented by: Derek Serna-Gallegos, MD

Debate: Did Someone Say Ozaki Procedure?
Presented by: Danny Chu, MD

Panel I: Debate Rebuttals and Deliberation

Live TAVR from UPMC Presbyterian
Moderated by: Ibrahim Sultan, MD
Presented by: Dustin Kliner, MD
Expert Panel:

• Derek Serna-Gallegos, MD
• Hemal Gada, MD
• Amber Makani, MD
• Timothy C. Wong, MD

Heart Valve Disease: Patient Experience Breakout Session
Presented by: Elissa Castor, PA-C; Elizabeth Christensen, MSN, CRNP; Katie Fatigante, PA-C

Heart Valve Disease in Women: What Do Physicians and Cardiologists Need to Know?
Presented by: Malamo Countouris, MD, MS

Bench to Bedside: Aortic Stenosis
Presented by: Cynthia St. Hilaire, PhD

Expert Perspective: Are All TAVR Platforms the Same?
Presented by: Hemal Gada, MD