During the American College of Cardiology's 72nd Annual Scientific Session, “ACC Together with WCC,” five keynote presentations will feature premier experts covering issues facing all who deliver cardiovascular health care today. Photo credit: Getty Images
February 22, 2023 — A range of hot topics will be the focus of five ACC23.WCC keynote presentations to be delivered during the American College of Cardiology 72nd Annual Scientific Session, ACC.23/WCC, set for March 4-6 in New Orleans, LA. Planned in conjunction with the World Congress of Cardiology, the association has announced that during “ACC Together with WCC,” premier experts will cover issues facing all who deliver cardiovascular health care today — from identification and treatment of heart disease in women, wellbeing, and professional fulfillment in cardiovascular medicine and sciences, to testing and treatment of cardiomyopathy, and an ever-important focus on health equity, a major theme throughout the entire meeting, among others.
The five keynote sessions to be presented during ACC.23 Together with WCC include:
1) Saturday, March 4, 12-1:15 p.m. CT - Session 51 (Room La Nouvelle B)
The Evolution of Cardiac ICU: “The Present is Not the Past Nor Can It Be In the Future” Critical Care Cardiology – Intensive I: Cardiogenic Shock
Louis F. Bishop Keynote presented by Susanna Price, MD, PhD, Professor, consultant cardiologist and intensivist based at Royal Brompton Hospital (London, UK)
2) Sunday, March 5, 8-9:15 a.m. CT - Session 653 (Room 252)
Heart Failure Guidelines: “What is Needed in 2023 and Beyond to Ensure Equitable Care for All Patients?” Heart Failure Management in 2023 and Beyond
Kanu and Docey Chatterlee Keynote presented by Clyde W. Yancy, MD, MACC, Chief of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, and Vice Dean for Diversity and Inclusion Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine (Chicago, IL)
3) Sunday, March 5, 12:15-1:30 p.m. - Session 681 (Room 238)
Beyond the Stethoscope: Wellness, Inclusivity and Collaboration: “Well-being and Professional Fulfillment: Whose Job Is It, Anyway?”
Dan G. McNamara Keynote presented by Daniel J. Murphy, MD, FACC, Professor of Pediatrics (Cardiology), Lucile S. Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA)
4) Sunday, March 5, 2-3:30 p.m. - Session 696 (Room 227)
“Toward Precision Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Women” Women are not Smaller Men: Unique Factors that Impact Women’s Heart Health Throughout the Lifespan
Douglas P. Zipes Distinguished Young Scientist Keynote presented by Michael Honigberg, MD, MPP, FACC. Honigberg is a Cardiologist and Researcher at Massachusetts General Hospital and an Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School (Boston, MA)
5) Monday, March 6, 12:45-2 p.m. - Session 412 (Room 257)
“Genetic Testing and Genetic Therapies for Cardiomyopathy”
Eugene Braunwald Keynote presented by Elizabeth M. McNally, MD, PhD, Director of the Center for Genetic Medicine, Professor of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine (Chicago, IL)
The keynote sessions, and range of topics impacting ACC members, were highlighted in a recent “ACC.23 with WCC” media briefing which featured Douglas Drachman, MD, FACC, Chair of the 2023 ACC Scientific Session, and Katie Berlacher, MD, MS, FACC, who is serving as ACC.23 Vice Chair. Drachman is the Director of Education at the Corrigan Minehan Heart Center, and the Teresa G. and Ferdinand F. Martignetti Endowed Chair for Cardiovascular Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital. Berlacher is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Program Director – Cardiovascular Fellowship, Associate Chief of Education, and part of the UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute. She is currently serving as chair of ACC’s Lifelong Learning Oversight Committee.
More information:
https://accscientificsession.acc.org
https://accscientificsession.acc.org/en/Plan-Your-Program
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