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2025 HCM Society Scientific sessions Program


Members: Misplaced your promo code for free registration? Email the office at info@hcmsociety.org before registering. Please note that space is limited. The 2025 HCMS Scientific Sessions are held in collaboration with AHA. 

 Friday, November 7, 2025

TIME TOPIC SPEAKER 
6:45 am - 7:45 pmSatellite #1: Topic TBD  Cytokinetics
7:45 am - 8:00 amCoffee Break 
8:00 am - 8:15 amOpening Remarks  
8:15 am - 9:15 amSession 1: Multimodality Imaging for Diagnosis, Risk Stratification and Management of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Moderators: Jeffrey Geske, Martin Maron

New perspectives on diagnosis and differential diagnosis of HCM: Artificial intelligence to the rescue? James Moon
 Unmasking a masquerader: leveraging multimodality imaging to characterize phenocopies Ahmad Masri
 Sudden death risk assessment and multimodality imaging: Reconciling recommendations across the pond  Betty Raman
 The good the bad the ugly of imaging a CMI patient  Milind Desai
 Moderated discussion  All
9:15 am - 9:30 am  Break 
9:30 am -
10:30 am
Session 2: Impact of Genetics on the Family – from Mendelian to PolygenicModerators: Sharon Cresci, Michele Michels
 How has the bench helped us be better at the bedside?Jolanda Van der Velden
 The basics of pediatric HCM: Who, what, when, where, why? Joe Rossano
 Emerging concepts in genetic testing: The new ground truth or still works in progress? Jodie Ingles
 Leveraging polygenic risk scores in HCM: Is more the merrier?James Ware
 Moderated discussion  All
10:30 am - 11:00 am The Inaugural Eugene Braunwald Lecture Watch for the announcement soon!
11:00 am - 12:30 amLunch - visit with sponsors 
11:30 am - 12:30 pmSatellite #2: Topic TBD BMS
12:30 pm - 12:45 pmBreak 
12:45 pm - 2:25 pmSession 3: Approved and Novel Therapies for the Management of Obstructive and Nonobstructive HCMModerators: Sharlene Day, Andrew Wang,
 More (Aerobic) Power to the PeopleJames Macnamara
 CMIs in Obstructive HCM: Exploring Sequoia trees with Valor while enjoying Maple syrupSara Saberi
 Treatment of nonobstructive HCM: Where are we? And where do we go?Anjali Owens
 Invasive Therapies for Obstructive HCM : A shave, a tuck or a squirt ?Nick Smedira
 (Debate) What path for which patient: CMI vs. SRT as an initial optionMatthew Martinez, Steve Ommen, Andrew Wang
 (Panel Discussion) HCM is a Team SportJane Linderbaum; Ted Abraham; Erin Davidson, PharmD; Alex de Feria; Susan Ospina, NP; Ozlam Bilen

2:25 pm - 
2:40 pm

 Break 
2:40 pm -
3:40 pm
Oral Abstracts with moderated discussion (watch for announcements!)Moderators Carolyn Ho, Nosheen Reza
3:45 pm -
4:45 pm
Session 4: Complications of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Recognition and Treatment of Arrhythmias and Advanced Heart Failure

Moderators Mariko Harper, Anna Woo

 Rowin' Troubled Rivers: AF in HCM is a bad actorEthan Rowin
 Afib and VT management in the eyes of EP: Monitor, medicate, anticoagulate, and ablateFatima Ezzeddine
 Navigating the bridge too far: Advanced heart failure and transplantationJorge Silva Enciso
 ICD selection: the right wire for the right warriorMark Link
 Moderated discussion All
4:45 pm -
5:45 pm
Session 5: Managing Double Trouble - How the Experts Approach Complex CasesModerators Richard Bach, Melissa Burroughs
 Severe aortic stenosis and obstructive HCM Srihari Naidu
 Severe oHCM and severe CAD: Navigating complex LGE patternAlbree Tower Radar
 Amyloid and HCM Florian Rader
 Fabry and HCM Daniele Massera
 What makes the Fabry heart tick? The role of inflammation in CardiomyopathyJohn Jefferies
5:45 pm - 6:45 pmReception and Posters (reception is courtesy of Sanofi) 




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