The 13th Annual
Global Cardiovascular Symposium 2026
in collaboration with the Association of Black Cardiologists (ABC)
August 1-2, 8-9, 15-16, 22-23, and 29-30
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
Global Cardiovascular Symposium 2026
Course Directors:
Dr. Ijeoma A. Ekeruo
Dr. Tayo Addo
Dr. Oladipupo Olafiranye
Professor Jane Ajuluchukwu
President:
Dr. Obinnaya Emerole
(Agenda updates are in progress)
Date | Title | Time - EST | Time - WAT | Presenter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
8/1/26 | Back to Basics | 9:00 AM | 2:00 PM | TBA |
8/2/26 | CV Surgery | 9:00 AM | 2:00 PM | TBA |
8/8/26 | Cardiac Electrophysiology | 9:00 AM | 2:00 PM | TBA |
8/9/26 | Advanced Heart Failure | 9:00 AM | 2:00 PM | TBA |
8/15/26 | General Cardiology | 9:00 AM | 2:00 PM | TBA |
8/16/26 | Nurse & Tech Symposium | 9:00 AM | 2:00 PM | TBA |
8/22/26 | Pediatric Cardiology | 9:00 AM | 2:00 PM | TBA |
8/23/26 | Interventional Cardiology | 9:00 AM | 2:00 PM | TBA |
8/29/26 | Advanced Imaging | 9:00 AM | 2:00 PM | TBA |
8/30/26 | Research and Innovation | 9:00 AM | 2:00 PM | TBA |
Agenda
Global Cardiovascular Symposium 2026
Course Directors:
Dr. Ijeoma A. Ekeruo
Dr. Tayo Addo
Dr. Oladipupo Olafiranye
Professor Jane Ajuluchukwu
President:
Dr. Obinnaya Emerole
(Agenda updates are in progress)
Date | Presenter | Time - EST | Time - WAT | Presenter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | TBA | 9:00 AM | 2:00 PM | TBA |
2 | TBA | 9:00 AM | 2:00 PM | TBA |
8 | TBA | 9:00 AM | 2:00 PM | TBA |
9 | TBA | 9:00 AM | 2:00 PM | TBA |
15 | TBA | 9:00 AM | 2:00 PM | TBA |
16 | TBA | 9:00 AM | 2:00 PM | TBA |
22 | TBA | 9:00 AM | 2:00 PM | TBA |
23 | TBA | 9:00 AM | 2:00 PM | TBA |
29 | TBA | 9:00 AM | 2:00 PM | TBA |
30 | TBA | 9:00 AM | 2:00 PM | TBA |
Faculty
(Faculty updates are in progress)
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
Adiele, Ken, MBBS
Pediatric Interventional Cardiology
UNTH
Nigeria
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
Akujuo, Adanna, MD
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Professor
UVA Health University Medical Center
Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
Ananaba, Ndidi, RN
Cardiology
Registered Nurse III
Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center
Houston, Texas, USA
Arua, Onyinyechi, MBBS
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Consultant and Head Surgeon
Federal University Teaching Hospital Owerri
Owerri, Imo, Nigeria
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
Bradley, David, MD
Pediatrics Cardiology
Professor
University of Michigan Medical School
Ann Arbor, Michigan, 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
Demeke, Bisrat, MBBS
General Cardiology
Assistant Professor
St. Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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
Ejituwu, Jacqueline, MBBS
General Cardiology
Consultant Cardiologist
University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital
Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria
Ekeruo, Ijeoma, MD, FACC
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
Falase, Bode, MBBS FRCS, FWACS, CTh, PGDip Informatics
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Professor
Lagos State University Teaching Hospital
Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria
Fatusin, Oluwatosin, MD, MPH
Pediatric and Fetal Cardiology
Assistant Professor
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas, USA
Hadadi, Cyrus, MD
Cardiac Electrophysiology
Associate Director
MedStar Heart & Vascular Institute
Washington, D.C., 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
Holloway, Adrian, MD
Pediatric Critical Care
Associate Professor
University of Maryland
College Park, Maryland, USA
Ijaola, Esther Adebowale, MBBS
Interventional Cardiology
Consultant Interventional Cardiologist
Lagos University Teaching Hospital
Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria
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
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
Linton-Frazier, Latoya, MD, MS, FACC
Cardiac Electrophysiology
Assistant Professor
Duquesne University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 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
Ngwu, Ogundu, MD, MAPMG
Cardiac Electrophysiology
Consultant Cardiologist,
Kaiser Permanente,
Potomac, Maryland, USA
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
Ojo, Amole, MD
Cardiac Electrophysiology
Assistant Professor
University of Rochester Medical Center
Rochester, New York, USA
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
Olusesi, Segun, MD, FACC
Cardiac Electrophysiologist
Consultant Electrophysiologist
Sentara Cardiology Specialists
Norfolk, Virginia, USA
Onyema, Chuka, MBBS, FWACP
General Cardiology
Consultant Cardiologist
Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital Abakiliki
Abakaliki, Ebonyi, Nigeria
Osasona, Ayodele, MD
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Cardiothoracic Surgeon
UK King's Daughters Medical Center
Ashland, Kentucky, USA
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
Patel, Virendra I., MD, MPH
Vascular Surgery
Professor
New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center
New York, New York, USA
Raghunathan, Deepa, MD
Advanced Cardiac Imaging
Assistant Professor,
(UTHealth) McGovern Medical School,
Houston, Texas, USA
Rajkumar, Karuna Puttur, MD
Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology
Assistant Professor
Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
Ruthembesa, Piyo, RN
Cardiology
Electrophysiology Lab Board Runner
Memorial Hermann - Texas Medical Center
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
Vezi, Brian, MBChB(UKZN)
Interventional Electrophysiology
Consultant Electrophysiologist
Umhlanga, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
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
