The 12th Annual
Nigerian Cardiovascular Symposium 2025
August 9-10, 16-17, 23-24, and 30-31
Virtual Lecture Series
OVERVIEW
This symposium is designed to provide attendees with an opportunity to learn the basic concepts and recent advances in cardiovascular medicine including Heart Failure, Interventional Cardiology, Electrophysiology and Heart Disease Prevention. Educational methods include didactic lectures, case reviews and group discussions.
TARGET AUDIENCE
The course is intended for Cardiovascular Disease Specialists, Primary Care Providers, Physicians in Training, Nurses and other allied health professionals interested in the field of cardiology.
ACCREDITATION
Nigerian Cardiac Society designates this activity for a maximum of 10 CPD credits.
REGISTRATION
Registration is free. However, there is a 10,000.00-naira processing fee for the CME and attendance certificates.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
At the end of the Symposium, the attendees should be able to do the following:
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Understand and implement the latest strategies for evaluation and Management of Heart Failure.
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Recognize and treat the most common cardiac arrhythmias appropriately.
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Understand and implement the most effective strategies for management of ischemic heart disease.
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Understand and implement the most current strategies in cardiovascular disease prevention.
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Describe the role of interventional Cardiology and Electrophysiology in the management of Heart Failure.
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Understand the latest advances in the management of Heart Failure.
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Understand the latest advances in Echocardiography.
Agenda
Nigerian Cardiovascular Symposium 2025
Course Directors:
Dr. Ijeoma A. Ekeruo
Dr. Tayo Addo
Dr. Oladipupo Olafiranye
Professor Jane Ajuluchukwu
President:
Dr. Obinnaya Emerole
Date | Title | Time - EST | Time - WAT | Presenter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Introduction - President's Address | 8:40 - 9:00 AM | 1:40 - 2:00 PM | Dr. Obinnaya Emerole | |
8/9/25 | Heart Failure in the elderly | 9:00 - 9:25 AM | 2:00 - 2:25 PM | Dr. Lazaros Nikolaidis |
8/9/25 | Guideline based HF medical therapy update | 9:30 - 9:55 AM | 2:30 - 2:55 PM | Dr. Adefemi Adeyemo |
8/9/25 | Iron deficiency in HF | 10:00 - 10:25 AM | 3:00 - 3:25 PM | Dr. Bayo Atanda |
8/9/25 | Panel Discussion, QnA | 10:30 - 10:55 AM | 3:30 - 3:55 PM | |
8/9/25 | Cardiogenic shock | 11:00 - 11:25 AM | 4:00 - 4:25 PM | Dr. Ossama Abou Hassan |
8/9/25 | Cardiac Amyloid | 11:30 - 11:55 AM | 4:30 - 4:55 PM | Dr. Ugochukwu Egolum |
8/9/25 | HF in Sub-Saharan Africa | 12:00 - 12:25 PM | 5:00 - 5:25 PM | Dr. Okechukwu Ogah |
8/9/25 | Case presentation | 12:30 - 12:55 PM | 5:30 - 5:55 PM | Cardiology Fellow |
8/10/25 | Multimodality Imaging in Heart Failure Assessment | 9:00 - 9:25 AM | 2:00 - 2:25 PM | Dr. Fiona Strasserking |
8/10/25 | Viability Assessment by cardiac MRI and PET | 9:25 - 9:50 AM | 2:25 - 2:50 PM | Dr. Danai Kitkungvan |
8/10/25 | CTA Coronaries in a Nutshell - indications, contraindications, and Value | 9:50 - 10:15 AM | 2:50 - 3:15 PM | Dr. Fahed Al Darazi |
8/10/25 | Questions and Answers | 10:15 - 10:35 AM | 3:15 - 3:35 PM | Prof Abdul Talle / Panel |
8/10/25 | When Sound Waves Tell Old Stories, and Echo unmasks the Truth | 10:35 - 11:00 AM | 3:35 - 4:00 PM | Dr. Chuka Onyema |
8/10/25 | Echo considerations in evaluating Infiltrative Heart Disease | 11:00 - 11:25 AM | 4:00 - 4:25 PM | Dr. Saif Al Najafi |
8/10/25 | TEE Basics Prior to Surgery | 11:25 - 11:50 AM | 4:25 - 4:50 PM | Dr. Harrish Devineni |
8/10/25 | Tricuspid Regurgitation: Mechanism, Severity and Assessment for Transcatheter Intervention | 11:50 - 12:15 PM | 4:50 - 5:15 PM | Dr. Enrique Garcia Sayan |
8/10/25 | Cost Effective Imaging Strategies and Appropriate Use Criteria | 12:15 - 12:40 PM | 5:15 - 5:40 PM | Dr. Deepa Raghunathan |
8/10/25 | Questions and Answers | 12:40 - 1:00 PM | 5:40 - 6:00 PM | Panel |
8/16/25 | 2025 ACC Acute Coronary Syndrome Guideline: Updates | 9:00 - 9:25 AM | 2:00 - 2:25 PM | Dr. Gbolahan Ogunbayo |
8/16/25 | PCI verus CABG in the management of Multivessel CAD: The Nigerian Perspective | 9:30 - 9:55 AM | 2:30 - 2:55 PM | Dr. Iseko Iseko |
8/16/25 | Endovascular interventions for Acute Limb Ischemia - All you need to know | 10:00 -10:25AM | 3:00 - 3:25 PM | Dr. Seyi Bolorunduro |
8/16/25 | Aortic, Mitral and Tricuspid Interventions: 2025 Updates | 10:30 - 10:55 AM | 3:30 - 3:55 PM | Dr. Nephertiti Efeovbokhan |
8/16/25 | Renal Denervation in the management of resistant hypertension | 11:00 - 11:25 AM | 4:00 - 4:25 PM | Dr. Tayo Addo |
8/16/25 | Acute Pulmonary Embolism: Role of Mechanical Embolectomy | 11:30 - 11:55 AM | 4:30 - 4:55 PM | Dr. Abdul Oseni |
8/16/25 | Case Presentation - LASUTH PE treatment | 12:00 - 12:25 PM | 5:00 - 5:25 PM | Dr. Seye Oladimeji |
8/16/25 | Case Presentation - Coronary Case | 12:30 - 12:55 PM | 5:30 - 5:55 PM | Dr. Emmanuel Edafe |
8/17/25 | Digital Solutions in Cardiovascular Care: Applicatios in Low Resource Settings | 9:00 - 9:20 AM | 2:00 - 2:20 PM | Prof. Godsent Isiguzo |
8/17/25 | AI Applications in Cardiovascular Care: Implications for Africa | 9:20 - 9:35 AM | 2:20 - 2:35 PM | Dr. Rahul Chaudhary |
8/17/25 | APOL 1 and Chronic Kidney Disease in West Africans | 9:40 - 10:00 AM | 2:40 - 3:00 PM | Dr. Samuel Ajayi |
8/17/25 | Urinary Proteomics and Systems Biology, and the Risk of Hypertension In Africans | 10:00 - 10:15 AM | 3:00 - 3:15 PM | Prof. Augustine N Odili |
8/17/25 | Innovations in Hypertension care for Low-Resource Settings | 10:20 - 10:40 AM | 3:20 - 3:40 PM | Prof. Dike B Ojji |
8/17/25 | Triple therapy for the management of hypertension in Africans: VERONICA Trial | 10:45 - 11:00 AM | 3:45 - 4:00 PM | Dr. Okechukwu S Ogah |
8/17/25 | The nexus between Periodontitis and Atherosclerosis | 11:00 - 11:20 AM | 4:00 - 4:20 PM | Prof. S. Olusegun Nwhator |
8/17/25 | Update on Peripartum Cardiomyopathy | 11:25 - 11:45 AM | 4:25 - 4:45 PM | Prof. Kamilu M Karaye |
8/17/25 | Pericardial Diseases | 11:50 - 12:15 PM | 4:50 - 5:15 PM | Dr. Oladipupo Olafiranye |
8/17/25 | A 55 year old Nigerian man with recurrent calcific constrictive pericarditis | 12:15 - 12:40 PM | 5:15 - 5:40 PM | Dr. John Oladapo |
8/17/25 | An illustrative case of PPCM from Kano | 12:40 - 1:00 PM | 5:40 - 6:00 PM | Dr. Sadiya Iro |
8/23/25 | Allied Health Careers in Cardiology - Panel Discussion | 9:00 - 9:25 AM | 2:00 - 2:25 PM | Louise Waldie, Onomen Ehizojie, Elvis Osobaye, Mariatou Secka, Julius Donkor |
8/23/25 | Everything you need for a Device case | 9:30 - 9:55 AM | 2:30 - 2:55 PM | AJ Hale |
8/23/25 | Left Bundle in Resource Constrained Settings | 10:00 - 10:25 AM | 3:00 - 3:25 PM | Martin Tyrrel, Clint Nelson, Elvis Osabaye, Anne Tierney |
8/23/25 | Radiation Safety | 10:30 - 10:55 AM | 3:30 - 3:55 PM | Nicola Innes |
8/23/25 | ACLS - The NEED to KNOW | 11:00 - 11:25 AM | 4:00 - 4:25 PM | Dr Parag V Patel & Global FICCS + Mariatou |
8/23/25 | Patient Safety and Communication in the Cath/EP Lab | 11:30 - 11:55 AM | 4:30 - 4:55 PM | Ruben Hererra |
8/23/25 | IC case study | 12:00 - 12:25 PM | 5:00 - 5:25 PM | Onomen Ehijozie |
8/23/25 | Post-Procedure Care and Complication Recognition | 12:30 - 12:55 PM | 5:30 - 5:55 PM | John Benavides |
8/24/25 | Pregnancy in women with CHD: Risk assessment and local management | 9:00 - 9:20 AM | 2:00 - 2:20 PM | Dr. Chidambaram Shanthi |
8/24/25 | Fetal Echocardiography: What matters most? | 9:25 - 9:45 AM | 2:25 - 2:45 PM | Dr. Ololade Akintoye |
8/24/25 | VSD, TOF and PDA: Common CHDs and their lifelong impact | 9:50 -10:10 AM | 2:50 - 3:10 PM | Dr. Wale Olabiyi |
8/24/25 | Pediatric and Congenital ECG: The Rules are Different | 10:15 - 10:35 AM | 3:15 - 3:35 PM | Dr. David Bradley |
8/24/25 | Managing the adult with unrepaired congenital heart disease | 10:40 - 11:00 AM | 3:40 - 4:00 PM | Dr. Wilson Lam |
8/24/25 | Abnormal A4C view on Pediatric echo Part I : Understanding the findings | 11:05 - 11:25 AM | 4:05 - 4:25 PM | Dr. Ogochukwu Sokunbi |
8/24/25 | Abnormal A4C view on Pediatric echo Part II: Clinical application with ECG, Echo and case integration (interactive session/Quiz) | 11:30 - 11:50 PM | 4:30 - 4:50 PM | Dr. Tosin Fatusin |
8/24/25 | The Cyanotic Newborn: clinical clues and first line management | 11:55 - 12:15 PM | 4:55 - 5:15 PM | Dr. Natasha Noel |
8/24/25 | Understanding Glenn and Fontan Physiology | 12:20 - 12:40 PM | 5:20 - 5:40 PM | Dr. Tamara Bradford |
8/24/25 | Rheumatic fever: What every cardiologist should know | 12:45 - 1:05 PM | 5:45 - 6:05PM | Dr. Chris Yilgwan |
8/30/25 | Incorporating cardiologist into pre-op and post-op care of cardiac surgery patients. | 9:00 - 9:25 AM | 2:00 - 2:25 PM | Dr. Ken Adiale |
8/30/25 | Intra-operative TEE; should it be standard even in cost constrained areas? | 9:25 - 9:50 AM | 2:25 - 2:50 PM | Dr. Karuna Puttur Rajkumar |
8/30/25 | Skill transfer; How to escalate and optimize | 9:50 - 10:15 AM | 2:50 - 3:15 PM | Dr. Ayodele Osasona |
8/30/25 | Bridging the Pulse Gap: AI, Robotics, and the Future of Cardiothoracic care in Africa | 10:15 - 10:40 AM | 3:15 - 3:40 PM | Dr. David Ike |
8/30/25 | Questions and Answers | 10:40 - 11:00 AM | 3:40 - 4:00 PM | Panel |
8/30/25 | How to start a vascular surgery program in a resource constrained nation | 11:00 - 11:25 AM | 4:00 - 4:25 PM | Dr. Virenda Patel |
8/30/25 | Nigerian Open Heart Registry; Where are we now? | 11:25 - 11:50 AM | 4:25 - 4:50 PM | Dr. Bode Falase |
8/30/25 | Critical Care Management in a resource constrained setting; How to optimize outcomes | 11:50 - 12:15 PM | 4:50 - 5:15 PM | Dr. Adrian Holloway |
8/30/25 | Simplifying Mitral Valve Repair | 12:15 - 12:40 PM | 5:15 - 5:40 PM | Dr. Adanna Akujuo |
8/30/25 | The future of cardiac surgery in Nigeria; the importance of advocacy | 12:40 - 1:05 PM | 5:40 - 6:00 PM | |
8/31/25 | Approach to the patient with SVT | 9:00 - 9:25 AM | 2:00 - 2:25 PM | Dr. Brian Vezi |
8/31/25 | Case Presentations from SSA | 9:30 - 10:30 AM | 2:30 - 3:30 PM | |
8/31/25 | Accra | 9:30 - 9:50 AM | 2:30 - 2:50 PM | Dr. Fiifi Asamoah |
8/31/25 | Addis Ababa | 9:50 - 10:10 AM | 2:50 - 3:10 PM | Dr. Bisrat Demeke |
8/31/25 | LASUTH | 10:10 - 10:30 AM | 3:10 - 3:30 PM | Dr. Oluwaseye Oladimeji |
8/31/25 | ICD's and Sudden Cardiac Death | 10:30 - 10:55 AM | 3:30 - 3:55 PM | Dr. Latoya Linton-Frazier |
8/31/25 | Medical Approach to Management of VT | 11:00 - 11:25 AM | 4:00 - 4:25 PM | Dr. Segun Olusesi |
8/31/25 | Approach to the bradycardic patient | 11:30 - 11:55 AM | 4:30 - 4:55 PM | |
8/31/25 | Updates in pacemaker technology | 12:00 - 12:25 PM | 5:00 - 5:25 PM | Dr. Cyrus Hadadi |
8/31/25 | Device Cases from Nigeria | 12:30 - 12:55 PM | 5:30 - 5:55 PM | Dr. Emmanuel Edafe / Dr. Iseko Iseko |
Agenda
Nigerian Cardiovascular Symposium 2025
Course Directors:
Dr. Ijeoma A. Ekeruo
Dr. Tayo Addo
Dr. Oladipupo Olafiranye
Professor Jane Ajuluchukwu
President:
Dr. Obinnaya Emerole
DateMobile | Title | Time - EST | Time - WAT | Presenter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
9 | Introduction - President's Address | 8:40 - 9:00 AM | 1:40 - 2:00 PM | Dr. Obinnaya Emerole |
9 | Heart Failure in the elderly | 9:00 - 9:25 AM | 2:00 - 2:25 PM | Dr. Lazaros Nikolaidis |
9 | Guideline based HF medical therapy update | 9:30 - 9:55 AM | 2:30 - 2:55 PM | Dr. Adefemi Adeyemo |
9 | Iron deficiency in HF | 10:00 - 10:25 AM | 3:00 - 3:25 PM | Dr. Bayo Atanda |
9 | Panel Discussion, QnA | 10:30 - 10:55 AM | 3:30 - 3:55 PM | |
9 | Cardiogenic shock | 11:00 - 11:25 AM | 4:00 - 4:25 PM | Dr. Ossama Abou Hassan |
9 | Cardiac Amyloid | 11:30 - 11:55 AM | 4:30 - 4:55 PM | Dr. Ugochukwu Egolum |
9 | HF in Sub-Saharan Africa | 12:00 - 12:25 PM | 5:00 - 5:25 PM | Dr. Okechukwu Ogah |
9 | Case presentation | 12:30 - 12:55 PM | 5:30 - 5:55 PM | Cardiology Fellow |
10 | Multimodality Imaging in Heart Failure Assessment | 9:00 - 9:25 AM | 2:00 - 2:25 PM | Dr. Fiona Strasserking |
10 | Viability Assessment by cardiac MRI and PET | 9:25 - 9:50 AM | 2:25 - 2:50 PM | Dr. Danai Kitkungvan |
10 | CTA Coronaries in a Nutshell - indications, contraindications, and Value | 9:50 - 10:15 AM | 2:50 - 3:15 PM | Dr. Fahed Al Darazi |
10 | Questions and Answers | 10:15 - 10:35 AM | 3:15 - 3:35 PM | Prof Abdul Talle / Panel |
10 | When Sound Waves Tell Old Stories, and Echo unmasks the Truth | 10:35 - 11:00 AM | 3:35 - 4:00 PM | Dr. Chuka Onyema |
10 | Echo considerations in evaluating Infiltrative Heart Disease | 11:00 - 11:25 AM | 4:00 - 4:25 PM | Dr. Saif Al Najafi |
10 | TEE Basics Prior to Surgery | 11:25 - 11:50 AM | 4:25 - 4:50 PM | Dr. Harrish Devineni |
10 | Tricuspid Regurgitation: Mechanism, Severity and Assessment for Transcatheter Intervention | 11:50 - 12:15 PM | 4:50 - 5:15 PM | Dr. Enrique Garcia Sayan |
10 | Cost Effective Imaging Strategies and Appropriate Use Criteria | 12:15 - 12:40 PM | 5:15 - 5:40 PM | Dr. Deepa Raghunathan |
10 | Questions and Answers | 12:40 - 1:00 PM | 5:40 - 6:00 PM | Panel |
16 | 2025 ACC Acute Coronary Syndrome Guideline: Updates | 9:00 - 9:25 AM | 2:00 - 2:25 PM | Dr. Gbolahan Ogunbayo |
16 | PCI verus CABG in the management of Multivessel CAD: The Nigerian Perspective | 9:30 - 9:55 AM | 2:30 - 2:55 PM | Dr. Iseko Iseko |
16 | Endovascular interventions for Acute Limb Ischemia - All you need to know | 10:00 -10:25AM | 3:00 - 3:25 PM | Dr. Seyi Bolorunduro |
16 | Aortic, Mitral and Tricuspid Interventions: 2025 Updates | 10:30 - 10:55 AM | 3:30 - 3:55 PM | Dr. Nephertiti Efeovbokhan |
16 | Renal Denervation in the management of resistant hypertension | 11:00 - 11:25 AM | 4:00 - 4:25 PM | Dr. Tayo Addo |
16 | Acute Pulmonary Embolism: Role of Mechanical Embolectomy | 11:30 - 11:55 AM | 4:30 - 4:55 PM | Dr. Abdul Oseni |
16 | Case Presentation - LASUTH PE treatment | 12:00 - 12:25 PM | 5:00 - 5:25 PM | Dr. Seye Oladimeji |
16 | Case Presentation - Coronary Case | 12:30 - 12:55 PM | 5:30 - 5:55 PM | Dr. Emmanuel Edafe |
17 | Digital Solutions in Cardiovascular Care: Applicatios in Low Resource Settings | 9:00 - 9:20 AM | 2:00 - 2:20 PM | Prof. Godsent Isiguzo |
17 | AI Applications in Cardiovascular Care: Implications for Africa | 9:20 - 9:35 AM | 2:20 - 2:35 PM | Dr. Rahul Chaudhary |
17 | APOL 1 and Chronic Kidney Disease in West Africans | 9:40 - 10:00 AM | 2:40 - 3:00 PM | Dr. Samuel Ajayi |
17 | Urinary Proteomics and Systems Biology, and the Risk of Hypertension In Africans | 10:00 - 10:15 AM | 3:00 - 3:15 PM | Prof. Augustine N Odili |
17 | Innovations in Hypertension care for Low-Resource Settings | 10:20 - 10:40 AM | 3:20 - 3:40 PM | Prof. Dike B Ojji |
17 | Triple therapy for the management of hypertension in Africans: VERONICA Trial | 10:45 - 11:00 AM | 3:45 - 4:00 PM | Dr. Okechukwu S Ogah |
17 | The nexus between Periodontitis and Atherosclerosis | 11:00 - 11:20 AM | 4:00 - 4:20 PM | Prof. S. Olusegun Nwhator |
17 | Update on Peripartum Cardiomyopathy | 11:25 - 11:45 AM | 4:25 - 4:45 PM | Prof. Kamilu M Karaye |
17 | Pericardial Diseases | 11:50 - 12:15 PM | 4:50 - 5:15 PM | Dr. Oladipupo Olafiranye |
17 | A 55 year old Nigerian man with recurrent calcific constrictive pericarditis | 12:15 - 12:40 PM | 5:15 - 5:40 PM | Dr. John Oladapo |
17 | An illustrative case of PPCM from Kano | 12:40 - 1:00 PM | 5:40 - 6:00 PM | Dr. Sadiya Iro |
23 | Allied Health Careers in Cardiology - Panel Discussion | 9:00 - 9:25 AM | 2:00 - 2:25 PM | Louise Waldie, Onomen Ehizojie, Elvis Osobaye, Mariatou Secka, Julius Donkor |
23 | Everything you need for a Device case | 9:30 - 9:55 AM | 2:30 - 2:55 PM | AJ Hale |
23 | Left Bundle in Resource Constrained Settings | 10:00 - 10:25 AM | 3:00 - 3:25 PM | Martin Tyrrel, Clint Nelson, Elvis Osabaye, Anne Tierney |
23 | Radiation Safety | 10:30 - 10:55 AM | 3:30 - 3:55 PM | Nicola Innes |
23 | ACLS - The NEED to KNOW | 11:00 - 11:25 AM | 4:00 - 4:25 PM | Dr Parag V Patel & Global FICCS + Mariatou |
23 | Patient Safety and Communication in the Cath/EP Lab | 11:30 - 11:55 AM | 4:30 - 4:55 PM | Ruben Hererra |
23 | IC case study | 12:00 - 12:25 PM | 5:00 - 5:25 PM | Onomen Ehijozie |
23 | Post-Procedure Care and Complication Recognition | 12:30 - 12:55 PM | 5:30 - 5:55 PM | John Benavides |
24 | Pregnancy in women with CHD: Risk assessment and local management | 9:00 - 9:20 AM | 2:00 - 2:20 PM | Dr. Chidambaram Shanthi |
24 | Fetal Echocardiography: What matters most? | 9:25 - 9:45 AM | 2:25 - 2:45 PM | Dr. Ololade Akintoye |
24 | VSD, TOF and PDA: Common CHDs and their lifelong impact | 9:50 -10:10 AM | 2:50 - 3:10 PM | Dr. Wale Olabiyi |
24 | Pediatric and Congenital ECG: The Rules are Different | 10:15 - 10:35 AM | 3:15 - 3:35 PM | Dr. David Bradley |
24 | Managing the adult with unrepaired congenital heart disease | 10:40 - 11:00 AM | 3:40 - 4:00 PM | Dr. Wilson Lam |
24 | Abnormal A4C view on Pediatric echo Part I : Understanding the findings | 11:05 - 11:25 AM | 4:05 - 4:25 PM | Dr. Ogochukwu Sokunbi |
24 | Abnormal A4C view on Pediatric echo Part II: Clinical application with ECG, Echo and case integration (interactive session/Quiz) | 11:30 - 11:50 PM | 4:30 - 4:50 PM | Dr. Tosin Fatusin |
24 | The Cyanotic Newborn: clinical clues and first line management | 11:55 - 12:15 PM | 4:55 - 5:15 PM | Dr. Natasha Noel |
24 | Understanding Glenn and Fontan Physiology | 12:20 - 12:40 PM | 5:20 - 5:40 PM | Dr. Tamara Bradford |
24 | Rheumatic fever: What every cardiologist should know | 12:45 - 1:05 PM | 5:45 - 6:05PM | Dr. Chris Yilgwan |
30 | Incorporating cardiologist into pre-op and post-op care of cardiac surgery patients. | 9:00 - 9:25 AM | 2:00 - 2:25 PM | Dr. Ken Adiale |
30 | Intra-operative TEE; should it be standard even in cost constrained areas? | 9:25 - 9:50 AM | 2:25 - 2:50 PM | Dr. Karuna Puttur Rajkumar |
30 | Skill transfer; How to escalate and optimize | 9:50 - 10:15 AM | 2:50 - 3:15 PM | Dr. Ayodele Osasona |
30 | Bridging the Pulse Gap: AI, Robotics, and the Future of Cardiothoracic care in Africa | 10:15 - 10:40 AM | 3:15 - 3:40 PM | Dr. David Ike |
30 | Questions and Answers | 10:40 - 11:00 AM | 3:40 - 4:00 PM | Panel |
30 | How to start a vascular surgery program in a resource constrained nation | 11:00 - 11:25 AM | 4:00 - 4:25 PM | Dr. Virenda Patel |
30 | Nigerian Open Heart Registry; Where are we now? | 11:25 - 11:50 AM | 4:25 - 4:50 PM | Dr. Bode Falase |
30 | Critical Care Management in a resource constrained setting; How to optimize outcomes | 11:50 - 12:15 PM | 4:50 - 5:15 PM | Dr. Adrian Holloway |
30 | Simplifying Mitral Valve Repair | 12:15 - 12:40 PM | 5:15 - 5:40 PM | Dr. Adanna Akujuo |
30 | The future of cardiac surgery in Nigeria; the importance of advocacy | 12:40 - 1:05 PM | 5:40 - 6:00 PM | |
31 | Approach to the patient with SVT | 9:00 - 9:25 AM | 2:00 - 2:25 PM | Dr. Brian Vezi |
31 | Case Presentations from SSA | 9:30 - 10:30 AM | 2:30 - 3:30 PM | |
31 | Accra | 9:30 - 9:50 AM | 2:30 - 2:50 PM | Dr. Fiifi Asamoah |
31 | Addis Ababa | 9:50 - 10:10 AM | 2:50 - 3:10 PM | Dr. Bisrat Demeke |
31 | LASUTH | 10:10 - 10:30 AM | 3:10 - 3:30 PM | Dr. Oluwaseye Oladimeji |
31 | ICD's and Sudden Cardiac Death | 10:30 - 10:55 AM | 3:30 - 3:55 PM | Dr. Latoya Linton-Frazier |
31 | Medical Approach to Management of VT | 11:00 - 11:25 AM | 4:00 - 4:25 PM | Dr. Segun Olusesi |
31 | Approach to the bradycardic patient | 11:30 - 11:55 AM | 4:30 - 4:55 PM | |
31 | Updates in pacemaker technology | 12:00 - 12:25 PM | 5:00 - 5:25 PM | Dr. Cyrus Hadadi |
31 | Device Cases from Nigeria | 12:30 - 12:55 PM | 5:30 - 5:55 PM | Dr. Emmanuel Edafe / Dr. Iseko Iseko |
Faculty
Addo, Tayo, MD
Interventional Cardiology
Professor
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, Texas, USA
Adeyemo, Adefemi, MD
General Cardiology
Cardiology Fellow, PGY-4
Northeast Georgia Medical Center
Georgia, USA
Ajuluchukwu, Jayne, MBBS
General Cardiology
Professor, Chief of Cardiology,
Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH)
Lagos, Nigeria
Akintoye, Ololade, MD
Pediatric Cardiology
Director of Cardiac Neurology
Orlando Health Children's Heart Institute
Orlando, Florida, USA
Ananaba, Ndidi, RN
Cardiology
Registered Nurse III
Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center
Houston, Texas, USA
Atanda, Adebayo, MD, FACC
Advanced Heart Failure
Consultant Cardiologist
George Washington University Hospital
Winchester, Virginia, USA
Benavides, John, RN, EMT-P, FHRS, CEPS
Certified Electrophysiology Specialist
Registered Nurse
Memorial Hermann Hospital - Texas Medical Center
Houston, Texas, USA
Bolorunduro, Oluwaseyi, MD, MPH, FACC, FSCAI
Interventional Cardiology
Consultant Cardiologist,
NOVA Cardiovascular Care, INOVA Fairfax Hospital
Fairfax, Virginia, USA
Bradford, Tamara, MD
Pediatrics & Pediatric Cardiology
Associate Professor
LSU Health Sciences Center
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Chaudhary, Rahul, MD
General Cardiology
Consultant Cardiologist
VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Chidambarathanu, Shanthi, MBBS, DCH, DNB, FNB
Pediatric and Fetal Cardiology
Consultant Cardiologist
T&M Caring Hearts Clinic
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Al Darazi, Fahed, MD
General Cardiology
Consultant Cardiologist
St Luke's Hospital, Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA
Bradley, David, MD
Pediatrics Cardiology
Professor
University of Michigan Medical School
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Devineni, Harrish, MD
Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant
Assistant Professor, Division of Advanced Heart Failure
McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston
Houston, Texas, USA
Edafe, Emmanuel, MBBS
Interventional Cardiology
Honorary Consultant and Lecturer
Department of Medicine
University of Port Harcout Teaching Hospital,
Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Efeovbokhan, Nephertiti, MD, FACC
Interventional Cardiology
Consultant Cardiologist,
NEA Baptist Hospital,
Jonesboro, Arkansas, USA
Egolum, Ugochukwu, MD, FACC
Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant
Program Director, Cardiology Fellowship
Georgia Heart Institute
Gainesville, Georgia, USA
Ehizojie, Onomen, BSc
Physiology
Lagos State University Teaching Hospital
Lagos, Nigeria
Ekeruo, Ijeoma, MD
Cardiac Electrophysiology
Medical Director
Arrhythmia Care Center
Houston, Texas, USA
Emerole, Obinnaya, MD
Interventional Cardiology
President, Cardiovascular Education Foundation
Consultant Cardiologist,
Georgia Heart Physicians
Macon, Georgia, USA
Fatusin, Oluwatosin, MD, MPH
Pediatric and Fetal Cardiology
Assistant Professor
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas, USA
Hale, Aaron ‘AJ’, CCDS, MBA
Device Services & Management
Vice President of Programs
Dennis & Jane Reese Family Foundation
Hassan, Ossama Abou, MD, FACC
Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine-Temple
Baylor Scott & White Health
Temple, Texas, USA
Innes, Nicola, BSc
Diagnostic Radiography
Specialised Radiographer
NHS Grampian
Scotland
Iro, Sadiya Salele, MBBS
General Cardiology
Senior Resident, Cardiology
Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital Kano
Kano, Nigeria
Iseko, Iseko, MBBS, MBA, FMCP
Interventional Cardiology
Consultant Cardiologist
Cardiocare Hospital, Abuja, The Limi Hospitals,
Nigeria
Isiguzo, Godsent, MBBS, PhD
General Cardiology
Professor
Alex Ekwueme Federal University/Ebonyi State University Abakaliki Nigeria.
Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria
Ruthembesa, Piyo, RN
Cardiology
Electrophysiology Lab Board Runner
Memorial Hermann - Texas Medical Center
Houston, Texas, USA
Karaye, Kamilu, BMBCh, MSc, PhD, FWACP, FRCP, FNCS, FESC, FACC
General Cardiology
Professor
Bayero University and Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital Hospital
Kano, Kano State, Nigeria
Kitkungvan, Danai, MD
Advanced Cardiac Imaging
Associate Professor
UT Health Houston
Houston, Texas, USA
Lam, Wilson, MD
Pediatric and Adult Cardiology
Associate Professor
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas, USA
Al-Najafi, Saif, MD
Clinical Cardiology & Advanced Cardiac Imaging
Consultant Cardiologist
Winchester Medical Center
Winchester, Virginia, USA
Nelson, Clint, MS
Cardiac Rhythm Management
Technical Consultant Manager
Northern England, Medtronic
Dublin, Ireland
Nikolaidis, Lazaros, MD, FACC, FAHA, FHFSA
Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant
Associate Professor of Medicine, Cardiology
Baylor Scott and White
Temple, Texas, USA
Noel, Natasha Denise, MD, FAAP
Pediatric Cardiology
Assistant Professor
University of Illinois College of Medicine Peoria
Peoria, Illinois, USA
Nwhator, S. Olusegun, BDS, PhD, FMCDS, FWACS, Cert LMiH, MPA
Periodontics
Professor
Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, Ile-Ife
Ife, Osun State, Nigeria
Odili, Augustine N, MBBS, PhD
General Cardiology
Professor
University of Abuja Teaching Hospital
Abuja, Nigeria
Ogah, Okechukwu, MBBS, PhD
General Cardiology
Senior Lecturer,
Department of Medicine, University of Ibadan,
Nigeria
Ogunbayo, Gbolahan, MD
Interventional Cardiology
Consultant Cardiologist
Ephraim Mcdowell Health,
Lexington, Kentucky, USA
Ojji, Dike, MBBS, PhD, FWACP, FACP, FRCP, FNCS, FESC
Preventive Cardiology
Professor
University of Abuja Teaching Hospital
Abuja, Nigeria
Olabiyi, Olawale, MD
Pediatric Cardiology
Medical Director
Pediatric Cardiology Consultants of South Texas
Live Oak, Texas, USA
Oladimeji, Oluwaseye, MBBS, FWACP, FMCP
Interventional Cardiology
Consultant Cardiologist,
Lagos State University Teaching Hospital,
Lagos, Nigeria
Olafiranye, Oladipupo, MD, MS
Interventional Cardiology
Associate Professor of Medicine,
UT Southwestern Medical Center, Department of Internal Medicine
Dallas, Texas, USA
Onyema, Chuka, MBBS, FWACP
General Cardiology
Consultant Cardiologist
Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital Abakiliki
Abakaliki, Ebonyi, Nigeria
Oseni, Abdullahi, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Interventional Cardiologist
Consultant Cardiologist
Norton Healthcare
Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Osobaye, Eronmonsele Elvis, BSc, MSc, RCIS
Cardiac Physiology
Manager
Cardiocare Hospital
Abuja, Nigeria
Raghunathan, Deepa, MD
Advanced Cardiac Imaging
Assistant Professor,
(UTHealth) McGovern Medical School,
Houston, Texas, USA
Sayan, Enrique Garcia, MD, FACC, FASE
Advanced Cardiac Imaging
Associate Professor, Director of Non-Invasive Cardiology
The Texas Heart Institute at Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas, USA
Secka, Mariatou, RN
Cardiology
Nurse-in-Charge
Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital
Banjul, Gambia
Sokunbi, Ogochukwu, MBBS
Pediatric Cardiology
Boston Children's Hospital,
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Strasserking, Fiona, MD, FACC, FASE
Advanced Cardiac Imaging
Assistant Professor
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Department of Internal Medicine,
Dallas, Texas, USA
Talle, Mohammed Abdullahi, MBBS
General Cardiology
Professor
Department of Medicine, University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital
Maiduguri, Borno, Nigeria
Tierney, Anne, BSc, MSc
Cardiac Physiology
Cardiology Manager
Blackrock Health
Dublin, Ireland
Waldie, Louise, RN, MSc
Critical Care
Resuscitation Officer
Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
Yilgwan, Christopher Sabo, MBBS, PhD, FWACP
Pediatric Cardiology
Professor
University of Jos College of Health Sciences
Plateau, Nigeria
