7:00 AM Continental Breakfast

Registration and continental breakfast
2nd floor; Bayview ballroom

8:00 am

Welcome and overview (3rd floor; Salon A-E)

Ronald Kanter, MD

• Director, electrophysiology, Nicklaus Childrens Hospital

8:10 am

Patient presentation and tribute to Mr. Mobasseleh

Steven Fishberger, MD

• Electrophysiologist, Nicklaus Childrens Hospital, Miami, FL

8:20 am

Keynote speaker: Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome… the Long and Winding Road.
Introduction by Dr. Ronald Kanter

D. Woodrow Benson, MD, PhD

• Director, Congenital and Pediatric Cardiac Research, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

9:00 am

Newer ECG criteria and their value in screening

Salim Idriss, MD, PhD, BME

• Director, Pediatric Electrophysiology, Duke University, Durham, NC

9:20 am

How cardiopulmonary exercise testing can help make the diagnosis or help with disease prognosis

Paul Stephens, Jr, MD

• Exercise physiologist, Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

9:40 am

A contemporary viewpoint by a genetic cardiologist: Five reasons to NOT perform genetic testing

Michael Ackerman, MD, PhD

• Director, Long QT Syndrome/Genetic Heart Rhythm Clinic and the Windland Smith Rice Sudden Death Genomics Laboratory, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

10:00 am

How to develop a clinic for survivors of SCA and for families of non-survivors

Dominic Abrams, MBBS

• Director, Inherited Cardiac Arrhythmias Program, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA

10:20 AM Questions and Discussion (all speakers)

10:35 AM Break/Visit the exhibits

11:00 am

Recognition and treatment of the sudden and serious arrhythmia

Anthony Rossi, MD

• Director, CICU, Nicklaus Childrens Hospital, Miami, FL

11:25 am

How pacemakers work and simple programming

Christine Chiu-Man, MSC

• Team leader, Electrophysiology Division, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON

11:50 am

How ICDs work and simple programming

Randall M. Bryant, MD

• Interventional electrophysiologist, Wolfson’s Children’s Hospital, University of Florida, Jacksonville, FL

12:15 PM Questions and Discussion (all speakers)

12:30 PM Lunch

2nd floor; Bayview ballroom

• Video welcome from Jack and Barbara Nicklaus

Plenary session II (3rd floor; Salon A-E) Cardiac conditions associated with sudden cardiac arrest and the role of athletics for affected patients

• Moderator: Michael Silka, MD

2:00 pm

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Maully Shah, MBBS

• Director, Electrophysiology, Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

2:20 pm

Acquired and congenital coronary artery abnormalities

Ming-Lon Young, MD

• Director, Electrophysiology, Joe DiMaggio Childrens Hospital, Hollywood, FL

2:40 pm

Conditions associated with a dilated aortic root

John Papagiannis, MD

• Director, Electrophysiology, Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO

3:00 pm

Post-operative congenital heart disease

Ronald Kanter, MD

• Director, Electrophysiology, Nicklaus Childrens Hospital, Miami, FL

3:20 PM

Questions and Discussion (all speakers)

3:35 PM Break/Visit the exhibits

4:00 pm

Long QT syndrome

Elizabeth Saarel, MD

• Electrophysiologist, Primary Children’s Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT

4:20 pm

Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia

Shubhayan Sanatani, MD

• Division Head, Pediatric Cardiology and Medical Director, BCCH Heart Centre, British Columbia Childrens Hospital, Vancouver, BC

4:40 pm

Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy

Jane Crosson, MD

• Director, Pediatric Electrophysiology and Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Bloomberg Childrens Center, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD

5:00 pm

Wolff-Parkinson-White pattern and syndrome

Mitchell Cohen, MD

• Co-director, Phoenix Children’s Heart Center and Program Director, CHC Research & Education, Phoenix Children’s Hospital, Phoenix, AZ

5:20 Pm

Questions & Discussion

• An opportunity for those attending live, and those attending virtually to ask questions of the session’s speakers

5:35 pm

Explore Miami - Its sights, its culture, and its cuisine

7:00 am Registration/sign-in & continental breakfast

• (2nd floor; Bayview ballroom)

8:00 am

Welcome from Dr. M. Narendra Kini, CEO and President, Nicklaus Childrens Hospital, introduction by Dr. Anthony Rossi (3rd floor; Salon A-E)

8:10 am – 9:45 am
Session 1 (3rd floor; Salon A-E) Morbidities associated with recreation

• Moderator: Dr. Anthony Rossi

8:10 am

Discriminating the “athletes heart” from real disease by ECG and echocardiogram

Christopher Erickson, MD

• Director, Electrophysiology and Pacing, Children’s Hospital and Medical Center, University of Nebraska Medical Center and Creighton University Medical Center, Omaha, NE

8:30 am

Morbidities in the ultra-athlete and marathoner

Shubhayan Sanatani, MD

• Division Head, Pediatric Cardiology and Medical Director, BCCH
• Heart Centre, British Columbia Childrens Hospital, Vancouver, BC

8:50 am

When there is concomitant use of ilicit drugs: Cocaine, MDMA, marijuana, LSD

Peter Fischbach, MD

• Chief Academic Officer, Children’s Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship Program, Sibley Heart Center Cardiology and Emory University, Atlanta, GA

9:10 am

Morbidities In athletes who use PEDs or stimulant drugs for ADHD

Steven Fishberger, MD

• Electrophysiologist, Nicklaus Childrens Hospital, Miami, FL

9:30 am Questions and Discussion (all speakers)

8:10 AM – 9:45 AM
Session 2 (2nd fl; Watson Island Rm) The nurse’s role in ambulatory management of at-risk patients.

• Moderator: Melissa Olen, ARNP

8:10 am

Rhythm strip primer

Christine Chiu-Man, MSC

• Team leader, Electrophysiology Division, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON

8:30 am

Pre-participation screening

Melissa Olen, ARNP

• Electrophysiology Nurse Practitioner, Nicklaus Children’s Hospital, Miami, FL

8:50 am

Development of a home monitoring program for patients with cardiac rhythm management devices

Brynn Dechert-Crooks, CPNP

• Electrophysiology Nurse Practitioner, C. S. Mott Childrens Hospital and the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

9:10 am

Improving the quality of life for at risk youth

Debra Hanisch, CPNP

• Electrophysiology Nurse Practitioner, Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford, Palo Alto, CA

9:30 am Questions and Discussion (all speakers)

9:45 am Break/Visit the exhibits

Parallel Sessions End

Plenary session III (3rd floor; Salon A-E) Prevention of sudden death: Juxtaposition with the legal system, the economy, and the public welfare

• Moderator: Dr. Mitchell Cohen

10:15 am

Keynote address: Medical and legal issues in the cardiovascular evaluation of competitive athletes, introduction by Dr. Mitchell Cohen

Timothy Paterick, MD, JD, MBA

• Cardiologist and Professor of Medicine, University of Florida, Jacksonville, FL

10:55 am Questions and discussion

Debate: ECG screening should be part of the young teenager well-child exam

11:05 am

Pro: ECG screening SHOULD be part of the young teenager well-child exam

Frank Zimmerman, MD

• Director, Electrophysiology, Hope Children’s Hospital, Oak Lawn, IL

11:20 am

Con: ECG screening SHOULD NOT be part of the young teenager well-child exam

Richard Friedman, MD, MBA

• Professor of Pediatric Cardiology, Cohen Children’s Medical Center and Long island Jewish School of Medicine, New Hyde Park, NY

11:35 am Questions and Discussion

• Drs. Zimmerman & Friedman

11:45 am

How to develop and execute a public health agenda: From grass roots to legislation

Stuart Berger, MD

• Chief of Pediatric Cardiology; Director of Cardiac Catheterization and Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program

12:10 pm

Return to play: Who decides and where’s the precedent?

Michael Silka, MD

• Chief, Pediatric Cardiology, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

12:35 pm Questions and Discussion

• Drs. Berger and Silka

12:45 pm Lunch & visit exhibits

• 2nd floor; Bayview ballroom

Plenary session IV (3rd floor; Salon A-E) Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators in the young and in athletes

• Moderator: Dr. Bhavya Trivedi

2:00 pm

ICD implantation for primary and secondary prevention: Indications and outcomes

Anjan Batra, MD

• Vice chair, Department of Pediatrics and Chief, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA

2:20 pm

Technical aspects of implantation and programming according to disease entity

Peter Fischbach, MD

• Chief Academic Officer, Children’s Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship Program, Sibley Heart Center Cardiology and Emory University, Atlanta, GA

2:40 pm

Behavioral and emotional implications of ICDs in the young and in athletes

Brynn Dechert-Crooks, CPNP

• Electrophysiology Nurse Practitioner, C. S. Mott Childrens Hospital and the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

3:00 pm Questions and discussion

• All speakers

Debate: The athlete with an ICD should be permitted to return to non-collision sports

3:15 pm

Pro: The athlete with an ICD SHOULD be permitted to return to non-collision sports

Rachel Lampert, MD

• Electrophysiology and Arrhythmia Service, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT

3:30 pm

Con: The athlete with an ICD SHOULD NOT be permitted to return to non-collision sports

Ian Law, MD

• Director, Pediatric Electrophysiology, University of Iowa School of Medicine, Iowa City, IA

3:45 pm Questions and discussion

4:00 pm

Concluding remarks

Ronald Kanter, MD

• Director, Electrophysiology Nicklaus Childrens Hospital, Miami, FL

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