Atherosclerosis and Preventive Cardiology Conference Schedule

Conferences are held on Mondays, 12–1 p.m., via Teams unless noted. Core curriculum lectures are in bold.

 

Conference Series 2026–2027
DateTopicSpeaker
Aug. 31LDL-C-lowering medications and guidelinesVijay Nambi
Sept. 14Cardiometabolic disease: why the time to focus is nowLayla Abushamat
Sept. 21Journal ClubThomas Tsai
Sept. 28Triglycerides: what works now and what will in the futureChristie Ballantyne
Oct. 5HDL: current relevance in CVD (part 1)Baiba Gillard
Oct. 12HDL: current relevance in CVD (part 2)Henry Pownall
Oct. 19Journal ClubThomas Tsai
Oct. 26Hypertension managementAddison Taylor
Nov. 2AHA prepOpen
Nov. 16AHA reviewThomas Tsai
Nov. 30Cardiovascular risk stratificationJosé Rivas
Dec. 7Metabolomics and proteomicsBing Yu
Jan. 11Management of inflammation in CVD preventionChristie Ballantyne
Jan. 25Journal ClubThomas Tsai
Feb. 1Weight loss strategiesLayla Abushamat
Feb. 8Biomarkers and CVDRon Hoogeveen
Feb. 15Macrophages, monocytes, and CVDHuaizhu Wu
Feb. 22Lipoprotein(a)Anandita Kulkarni
March 1CAC scoring, CT scanning, and atherosclerosis Mahmoud Al Rifai
March 8Pediatric lipid managementJustin Zachariah
March 15Aging, brain health, and atherosclerosisAnum Saeed
March 22Women and cardiovascular diseaseMini Varughese
March 29Residual riskVijay Nambi
April 5ACC prepOpen
April 19ACC reviewThomas Tsai
April 26Journal ClubThomas Tsai
May 3Make up
May 10Year in review: my researchThomas Tsai