Symposium Description: Novel biomarkers, artificial intelligence, and virtual reality are changing the way we approach the pulmonary vasculature. This insightful symposium will provide you with the latest tools for your surgical/interventional planning for pulmonary atresia and pulmonary arterial hypertension. Case-based discussions will illustrate how you can apply these tools to your institution or practice.

Learning Objectives:
After completion of this educational activity, participants will be better able to:

1. Understand how cross-sectional imaging and the use of surgical theater can aid surgical/interventional planning
2. Describe how to improve efficiency and safety of surgical/transcatheter intervention
3. Describe how contemporary blood biomarkers are used for clinical phenotyping of pulmonary arterial hypertension
4. Use artificial intelligence to help diagnose and treat pulmonary hypertension

Agenda:

6:30 pm
Doors Open; Registration/Check in

7:00 pm
Dinner and Bar Service

7:30 pm Welcome
Symposium Chairs: Shelby Kutty, MD, PhD, MS, Director, Pediatric Congenital Cardiology, Johns Hopkins Children's Center; and Michael Puchalski, MD, Co-Director, Heart Institute, Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital

7:40 pm
Session A: Pulmonary Atresia

• “Planning the Procedure: Focus on Using Imaging to Optimize Your Surgical Plan” 

James Quintessenza, MD, FACS, Co-Director, Heart Institute, Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital

• “Catheter-based Intervention for Complex Pulmonary Atresia Cases” 

James Thompson, MD, St. Petersburg Outpatient Care Center – Pediatric Cardiology, Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital

8:15 pm
Session B: Concepts in Pulmonary Hypertension

• “Blood Biomarkers for Clinical Phenotyping of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension”

Allen Everett, MD, Director of the Pediatric Proteome Center, Johns Hopkins Children's Center

• “Embracing Complexity in Pulmonary Hypertension: Novel Methods to Generate Insights from Multidimensional Data”

Cedric Manlhiot, PhD, Director, Cardiovascular Analytic Intelligence Initiative, Johns Hopkins Children's Center

8:45 pm
Panel Discussion, Q&A

9:00 pm
Adjourn

Have Registration Questions?
Contact Ryan Cliche at [email protected] or 202-557-8599.