UCSF Update on Heart Failure Therapies – 2025

Overview

UCSF Update on Heart Failure Therapies – 2025 provides up-to-date presentations on the evaluation and management of heart failure, covering topics from initial diagnosis to advanced therapies. This program addresses guideline-directed care, remote monitoring, cardiogenic shock, mechanical circulatory support devices, heart transplantation, and management of cardiac amyloidosis and pulmonary hypertension.

On-demand cardiology education — accessible anytime, anywhere.

Agenda

This comprehensive conference agenda covers current advances, clinical applications, and multidisciplinary care approaches in heart failure management.

• Registration/Continental Breakfast; Product Theater: Evidence-Based Treatment of Recurrent Pericarditis — John Ryan, MD
• New Pillars of HFpEF Management — Pooja Prasad, MD
• Improving Heart Failure Care by Treating its Comorbidities — Shweta Motiwala, MD
• New Heart Failure Devices — Liviu Klein, MD
• Heart Failure Clinic: the Cornerstone of Patient Care — Shweta Motiwala, MD; Brandon Martinez, PharmD; Robin Fischer, DNP; Jamie Lee, RN; Yuri Nam, NP
• Multimodal Imaging in Cardiomyopathies — Michael Salerno, MD
• Amyloid Cardiomyopathy: a Cinderella no More! — Mandar Aras, MD, PhD
• What’s New in Pulmonary Hypertension? — Marc Simon, MD
• Hosted Lunch
• Risk-Based Prevention of Heart Failure: A New Paradigm — Donald M. Lloyd-Jones, MD, ScM
• Early Recognition of Advanced Heart Failure — Leila Beach, MD
• The Rise of the Machines: LVADs for Long-Term Heart Failure Therapy — Mandar Aras, MD
• Heart Transplantation in 2025: Back to the Future — Amy Fiedler, MD
• Multidisciplinary Care: the Key to the Success of Transplant and LVAD Care — Jose Lazo, PharmD; Julia Galeota, MSW; Marvin Mailom, RN; Simran Grewal, NP; Ashley Jannesen, NP
• GUARDIAN Angel: Organ Transport Updates — Amy Fiedler, MD; Liviu Klein, MD
• Garden Reception
• Continental Breakfast; Product Theater: Introduction to AMVUTTRA (Vutrisiran) for the treatment of ATTR-CM and hATTR-PN in Adults — Mandar Aras, MD, PhD
• A Primer for Non-Transplant Providers in Caring for Heart Transplant Patients — Jaqueline DesJardin, MD
• Cardiogenic Shock after DanGer — Connor O’Brien, MD
• What if a Heart Transplant or LVAD Patient Show Up in My ER (case studies) — Connor O’Brien, MD; Jaqueline DesJardin, MD; Faculty Panel
• Collaboration for Complex Cases: Bring your Challenging Cases to Discuss — Amy Fiedler, MD; Connor O’Brien; Liviu Klein, MD; Community Cardiologists; Faculty Panel

Objectives

• Describe the latest guideline updates in heart failure management, including drug therapy optimization, remote monitoring, and novel clinical interventions and trials.
• Explain current strategies for managing cardiogenic shock and the use of acute mechanical circulatory support devices, emphasizing collaboration with quaternary care centers.
• Summarize the use of long-term durable LVADs, minimally invasive implant techniques, and shared care programs with community cardiologists.
• Review innovations in heart transplant care, including organ acquisition, preservation, procurement, dual organ transplantation, and expanded donor criteria.
• Discuss management challenges and successes in pulmonary hypertension related to advanced heart failure.
• Outline therapies and new drug strategies for the treatment of cardiac amyloidosis.
• Highlight comprehensive multidisciplinary care and services supporting complex cardiac patients before and after advanced interventions, including community physician collaboration.

Speakers

• John Ryan, MD
• Pooja Prasad, MD
• Shweta Motiwala, MD
• Liviu Klein, MD
• Brandon Martinez, PharmD
• Robin Fischer, DNP
• Jamie Lee, RN
• Yuri Nam, NP
• Michael Salerno, MD
• Mandar Aras, MD, PhD
• Marc Simon, MD
• Donald M. Lloyd-Jones, MD, ScM
• Leila Beach, MD
• Amy Fiedler, MD
• Jose Lazo, PharmD
• Julia Galeota, MSW
• Marvin Mailom, RN
• Simran Grewal, NP
• Ashley Jannesen, NP
• Jaqueline DesJardin, MD
• Connor O’Brien, MD

Target Audience

This course is designed for practicing internists, cardiologists, family practitioners, advanced practice providers, nurses, pharmacists, and all other healthcare professionals involved in the care of patients with heart failure.

Why This Topic Matters

UCSF Update on Heart Failure Therapies – 2025 addresses the evolving landscape of heart failure treatment, reflecting advances in cardiology that impact patient care in various clinical settings. Staying current with these developments is essential for healthcare professionals aiming to strengthen their expertise in heart failure management.

The depth and scope of content provided by MedHub Central in this program enable providers to enhance their clinical decision-making and coordinate multidisciplinary care effectively. This resource supports informed practice and ongoing professional development in cardiology.