Department of Medicine

Atherosclerosis and Preventive Cardiology Conference Schedule

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Conferences are held Mondays 1–2 p.m. via Teams unless noted. Core curriculum lectures are in bold.

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Conference Series 2025–2026
DateTopicSpeaker
Sept. 8LDL-C–lowering medicationsVijay Nambi
Sept. 15Triglycerides: what works now and what will in the futureChristie Ballantyne
Sept. 22Cardiometabolic disease: why the time to focus is nowLayla Abushamat
Sept. 29TBDTBD
Oct. 6HDL: current relevance in CVD (part 1)Baiba Gillard
Oct. 13HDL: current relevance in CVD (part 2)Henry Pownall
Oct. 20Journal ClubYakubu Bene-Alhasan
Oct. 27Hypertension managementAddison Taylor
Nov. 3AHA prepopen
Nov. 17AHA reviewYakubu Bene-Alhasan
Dec. 1Cardiovascular risk stratificationJosé Rivas
Dec. 8Metabolomics and proteomicsBing Yu
Jan. 12Management of inflammation in CVD preventionChristie Ballantyne
Jan. 26Journal ClubYakubu Bene-Alhasan
Feb. 2Weight loss strategiesLayla Abushamat
Feb. 9Biomarkers and CVDRon Hoogeveen
Feb. 16Macrophages, monocytes, and CVDHuaizhu Wu
Feb. 23Lipoprotein(a)Anandita Agarwal
March 2CAC scoring, CT scanning, and atherosclerosis Mahmoud Al Rifai
March 9Pediatric lipid managementJustin Zachariah
March 16Aging, brain health, and atherosclerosisAnum Saeed
March 23ACC prepopen
April 6ACC reviewYakubu Bene-Alhasan
April 13Journal ClubYakubu Bene-Alhasan
April 20Residual riskVijay Nambi
April 27Journal ClubYakubu Bene-Alhasan
May 4Make up 
May 11Year in review: my researchYakubu Bene-Alhasan