Hearts in Sonoma: UCSF Update on Heart Failure Therapies - 2025

Registration Fees

Early Bird Before 07/01/2025
$500.00 Physicians
$300.00 Advanced Health Professionals
$200.00 Residents/Fellows
$750.00 Industry (Publish)

Regular Fee After 07/01/2025
$550.00 Physicians
$350.00 Advanced Health Professionals
$250.00 Residents/Fellows
$750.00 Industry (Publish)

On Site Fee
$550.00 Physicians
$350.00 Advanced Health Professionals
$250.00 Residents/Fellows
$750.00 Industry (Publish)

Cancellation Policy

Cancellations received in writing before September 10, 2025 will be refunded, less a $100 administrative fee. No refunds will be made on cancellations received after that date.

Please submit your cancellation request at
https://tiny.ucsf.edu/cmehelp

Overview

Heart failure affects approximately seven million Americans and is the most common diagnosis for acute hospitalization in patients over sixty-five years of age, with numbers increasing dramatically over the coming decades. UCSF Update on Heart Failure Therapies will feature up-to-date presentations on the evaluation and treatment of heart failure from initial diagnosis to advanced therapies. This conference will cover the success of guideline directed care, remote monitoring in the treatment and management of chronic heart failure, new approaches and innovations in the areas of cardiogenic shock, acute and long term mechanical circulatory support devices, heart transplantation, novel valvular heart disease therapeutics, genetic cardiomyopathies, cardiac amyloidosis and management of right heart failure and pulmonary hypertension. A comprehensive, advanced heart failure program can integrate treatment advances into a comprehensive patient-centered heart failure management program.

Target Audience
This course is designed for practicing internists, cardiologists, family practitioners, advanced practice providers, nurses, pharmacists, and all other healthcare professionals taking care of heart failure patients.

Objectives

Describe the latest guideline updates in the treatment and management of heart failure (HF), including optimization of drug therapy, remote monitoring, and novel clinical interventions and clinical trials;
Describe current approaches for the management of cardiogenic shock and the use of acute mechanical circulatory support devices in these patients. Highlight the importance of partnership with a quaternary care center cardiogenic shock team to facilitate rapid transfer of the patient in refractory cardiogenic shock.
Describe the use of long-term durable LVADs in patients with advanced heart failure, our minimally invasive surgical implant techniques, and the UCSF shared care programs with community cardiologists and co-management of patients;
Describe the latest innovations in heart transplant care, including novel approaches for organ acquisition, preservation, and procurement, dual organ transplantation, and expanded donor criteria leading to increased donor pool and decreased waiting times;
Review management of pulmonary hypertension in advanced heart failure: challenges and successes;
Discuss therapies and review new era drugs and strategies for the management of cardiac amyloidosis;
Discuss the comprehensive multidisciplinary care and services available to manage complex cardiac patients through the evolution of their disease pre- and post advanced cardiac intervention, and UCSF’s commitment to linking with community physicians.

Accreditation

In support of improving patient care, the University of California, San Francisco is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Onsite and Remote Learning Options:
The course will be offered as a live conference. Registrants have the option to attend in person or to tune in remotely via zoom live stream during programming hours (Pacific Time). Login instructions along with the digital syllabus will be shared with attendees before the meeting. Included in your registration fee is access to the course recordings on demand after the conference and for 30 days after the course. You must tune in to the live conference (in person or remotely) to claim CME.

Course Outline

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Course Chairs

Amy G. Fiedler MD
Associate Professor of Medicine;
Surgical Director Heart Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support
Chair, Global Cardiac Surgery, Center for Health Equity in Surgery and Anesthesia (CHESA)

Liviu Klein, MD, MS
Professor of Medicine;
Director, UCSF Advanced Heart Failure Comprehensive Care Center
Section Chief, Advanced Heart Failure, Mechanical Circulatory Support, Pulmonary Hypertension and Heart Transplant

Nimaljeet Tarango, NP, MS
Nurse Practitioner;
Director, UCSF Advanced Heart Failure Comprehensive Care Center

Faculty

(University of California, San Francisco unless indicated)

Mandar Aras, MD, PhD
Christopher Barnett, MD
Leila Beach, MD
Jacqueline T. DesJardin, MD
Shweta Motiwala, MD, MPH
Connor O'Brien, MD
Pooja Prasad, MD
Michael Salerno, MD, PhD
Marc Simon, MD, MS
Jason W. Smith, MD, FACS

Travel & Lodging

For reservations, guest should call the reservations department at 707-938-1000 or the global reservations team at 1-800-257-7544 and identify yourself as an attendee with the UCSF Heart and Vascular group over September 12-13, 2025.

Exhibitors

Exhibit Fee: $3,000
Email Contact for Exhibits [email protected]

Pay $3,000 Fee Via Credit Card

Exhibit Description

For more information to exhibit (and interest in a product theater), please contact Dawn Bohlmann at [email protected].