Cardiology Grand Rounds

Join us for Cardio Grand Rounds on Thursdays from 8-9am.

January - February 2025

Date/Time Location Presenter Title
2/20/25
8-9am
Zoom

Ryan J. Tedford, MD, FACC, FAHA, FHFSA
Dr. Peter C. Gazes Endowed Chair in Heart Failure
Professor of Medicine/Cardiology
Section Chief, Heart Failure
Medical Director, Cardiac Transplantation
Director, Advanced Heart Failure &
Transplant Fellowship Training Program
Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC)

"The Peoples Ventricle: Assessment and
Treatment of Right Heart Failure”

2/13/25
8-9am
Zoom

Pable Garcia-Pavia, MD, PhD 
Director, Heart Failure & Inherited Cardiac Diseases Unit
Department of Cardiology,
Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro, Madrid Spain
Full Professor, Spanish National Cardiovascular Research Institute (CNIC)

"The Importance of Genetics in DCM”

2/06/25
8-9am
Zoom

Luke Laffin, MD, FACC
Co-Director, Center for Blood Pressure Disorders
Medical Director of Cardiac Rehabilitation Main Campus
Section of Preventive Cardiology & Rehabilitation
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio

"Hypertension in 2025 and Beyond”

1/30/25
8-9am
Zoom

Annemarie Thompson, MD, MBA, FAHA
Professor of Anesthesiology, Medicine,
and Population Health Sciences
Director, Anesthesiology Residency Program
Vice Chair of Education
Duke University Medical Center

"A Decade in the Making:
The 2024 AHA/ACC Perioperative Guideline Highlights”

1/23/25
8-9am
Zoom

Rod. S. Passman, MD, MSCE, FACC, FHRS, FAHA
Jules J. Reingold Professor of Electrophysiology
Professor of Medicine and Preventive Medicine
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Director, Northwestern University Center for Arrhythmia Research
Associate Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology,
Northwestern Memorial Hospital

"Pill-in-Pocket Anticoagulation for AF: Fact, Fiction, or Foolish”

1/16/25
8-9am
Zoom

Benjamin D. Levine, MD, FACC, FAHA, FACSM
Director, Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine
S. Finley Ewing Jr. Chair for Wellness
at Texas Health Presbyterian Dallas
Harry S. Moss Heart Chair for Cardiovascular Research
Professor of Medicine and Cardiology
Distinguished Professorship in Exercise Science
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

"The Athlete’s Heart: Friend or Foe”

1/9/25
8-9am
Zoom

Roderick Tung, MD, FACC, FHRS
Tenured Professor of Medicine, Chief, Division of Cardiology
The University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix
Banner - University Medical Center

"Toward a Greater Understanding of Human VT:
Hunting Down a Public Enemy”