Agenda 2026

Friday, November 13, 2026

On-Site Agenda

*Times Listed Are Eastern Standard Time
3:00 – 4:00 pm		Check-In and Course Material Pickup
4:00 – 6:30 pm		Hands-on Dissection Demonstration Session Dissection Demonstrations Spotlights Right Atrium and Left Atrium Midline and Annular Structures Ventricles *Main Station Leader:* Samuel Asirvatham, MD *Circulating Faculty:* Wendy Tzou, MD, and William Sauer, MD
6:30 – 8:00 pm		Welcome Reception with Exhibits

*Times Listed Are Eastern Standard Time
8:00 – 9:00 am		Breakfast and Exhibits
9:00 – 9:05 am		Welcome / Introductions / Opening Remarks Wendy Tzou, MD, and William Sauer, MD
Section I: Dissection Directed Topics • Anatomic Fundamentals in Cardiac Electrophysiology
		Spotlight I: Right Atrium and Left Atrium
9:05 – 9:17 am		Anatomy Facilitating Typical Atrial Flutter Roderick Tung, MD
9:17 – 9:29 am		Non-PV AF Trigger Ablation in the Pulsed Field Ablation Era Francis Marchlinski, MD
9:29 – 9:41 am		The Left Atrial Appendage: Why and When to Close Luigi Di Biase, MD, PhD
9:41 – 9:53 am		Location and Role of Atrial Ganglionated Plexi Olujimi Ajijola, MD, PhD
9:53 – 10:10 am		Panel Discussion with Q&A Session *Moderator:* Wendy Tzou, MD, and William Sauer, MD *Panel:* Luigi Di Biase, MD, PhD, Roderick Tung, MD, Olujimi Ajijola, MD, PhD, and Francis Marchlinski, MD *Circulating Moderator:* Joshua Moss, MD
10:10 – 10:30 am		Anatomy Dissection Demonstration: Right Atrium and Left Atrium Samuel Asirvatham, MD
		Spotlight II: Midline and Annular Structures
10:30 – 10:42 am		Anatomy and Importance of the Triangle of Koch: Mapping and Ablation of AVNRT David Frankel, MD
10:42 – 10:54 am		Anatomic Features of Common Accessory Pathway Tachycardias Pasquale Santangeli, MD, PhD
10:54 – 11:06 am		Idiopathic Versus Malignant Outflow Tract Arrhythmias: Typical Locations and Features Francis Marchlinski, MD
11:06 – 11:18 am		Coronary Vein Approach to Target Septal Ventricular Arrhythmias Miguel Valderrábano, MD, PhD
11:18 – 11:40 am		Panel Discussion with Q&A Session *Moderators:* Matthew Zipse, MD, and William Sauer, MD *Panel:* David Frankel, MD, Francis Marchlinski, MD, Pasquale Santangeli, MD, PhD, and Miguel Valderrábano, MD, PhD *Circulating Moderator:* Wendy Tzou, MD
11:40 am – 12:10 pm		Anatomy Dissection Demonstration: Midline and Annular Structures Anatomy Dissection Demonstration: Ventricles Samuel Asirvatham, MD
12:10 – 1:00 pm		Lunch and Exhibits
		Spotlight III: Ventricles
1:00 – 1:12 pm		Right Atrial Approach for Ablation of Ventricular Arrhythmias Pasquale Santangeli, MD, PhD
1:12 – 1:24 pm		Identification and Targeting of the Purkinje System in Ventricular Arrhythmias Roderick Tung, MD
1:24 – 1:36 pm		Substrate for Reentrant Ventricular Tachycardia in Ischemic Versus Nonischemic Heart Disease Francis Marchlinski, MD
1:36 – 1:48 pm		Epicardial Access Approaches to Target Ventricular Arrhythmias André d’Avila, MD, PhD
1:48 – 2:00 pm		Panel Discussion with Q&A Session *Moderators:* Wendy Tzou, MD, and Joshua Moss, MD *Panel:* André d’Avila, MD, PhD, Francis Marchlinski, MD, Pasquale Santangeli, MD, and Roderick Tung, MD *Circulating Moderator:* William Sauer, MD
		Spotlight IV: Catheter Ablation in Practice
2:00 – 2:20 pm		Recorded Case: PVI with Pulsed Field Ablation *Case Presenter:* Jacob Koruth, MD *Moderators:* André d’Avila, MD, PhD and David Frankel, MD *Panel:* Olujimi Ajijola, MD, Miguel Valderrábano, MD, PhD, Francis Marchlinski, MD, and William Sauer, MD *Circulating Moderator:* Wendy Tzou, MD
Section II: Mapping Fundamentals and Ablation Biophysics
2:20 – 2:30 pm		Biophysics of Ablation Primer Joshua Moss, MD
2:30 – 4:00 pm		Biophysics of Ablation Hands-On Workshop Stations • PFA & RF Training Small Group Stations Leaders: Cory Tschabrunn, PhD, David Frankel, MD, Joshua Moss, MD, Jacob Koruth, MD, Roderick Tung, MD, Miguel Valderrábano, MD, PhD, Matthew Zipse, MD, Luigi Di Biase, MD, PhD, and André d’Avila, MD, PhD *Circulating Faculty:* Wendy Tzou, MD, and William Sauer, MD
4:00 – 4:25 pm		Break and Visit Exhibits
4:25 – 4:40 pm		Latest Insights on Pulsed Field Ablation Jacob Koruth, MD
4:40 – 4:55 pm		Mapping Fundamentals: High-Density, Unipolar Signals, etc. Cory Tschabrunn, PhD
4:55 – 5:25 pm		Panel Discussion with Q&A Session *Moderators:* Wendy Tzou, MD, and William Sauer, MD *Panel:* Jacob Koruth, MD, Cory Tschabrunn, PhD, Pasquale Santangeli, MD, PhD, and Francis Marchlinski, MD
5:25 pm		Day 1 Closing Thoughts, Followed by Hands-On Simulator Training Wendy Tzou, MD, and William Sauer, MD
Section III: Simulator Training
5:30 – 7:30 pm		Hands-on Simulator Training This session aims to enhance knowledge through hands-on, interactive training led by company clinical specialists, featuring small-group simulator sessions. A rotational schedule allows participants to engage in simulator training across multiple private rooms.

*Times are Eastern Standard Time
8:00 – 9:00 am		Breakfast and Exhibits
Section I: Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices
9:00 – 9:05 am		Day 2 Welcome Wendy Tzou, MD, and William Sauer, MD
9:05 – 9:17 am		Intracardiac Echocardiography to Optimize Leadless Pacing Implantation Matthew Zipse, MD
9:17 – 9:29 am		Reasons for CRT Non-Response Joshua Moss, MD
9:29 – 9:41 am		Conduction System Pacing Stavros Mountaintonakis, MD
9:41 – 9:53 am		ICD Troubleshooting Sunil Kapur, MD
9:53 – 10:15 am		Panel Discussion with Q&A Session *Moderator:* William Sauer, MD *Panel:* Matthew Zipse, MD, Joshua Moss, MD, Sunil Kapur, MD, and Stavros Mountaintonakis, MD *Circulating Moderator:* Wendy Tzou, MD
10:15 – 11:15 am		Case-Based Device Troubleshooting Workshops *Small Group Station Leaders:* Matthew Zipse, MD, Joshua Moss, MD, Sunil Kapur, MD, Luigi Di Biase, MD, PhD, and Stavros Mountaintonakis, MD *Circulating Faculty:* Wendy Tzou, MD, and William Sauer, MD
Section II: Challenging EGMs Workshop
11:15 am – 12:15 pm		Electrogram Reviews with Audience Response EGMs are presented with real-time ARS employed to test clinical decision-making proficiency in EGM interpretation. *Moderators:* William Sauer, MD, and Wendy Tzou, MD *Panel:* Matthew Zipse, MD, Joshua Moss, MD, Sunil Kapur, MD, Luigi Di Biase, MD, PhD, and Stavros Mountantonakis, MD
12:15 – 1:15 pm		Lunch and Exhibits
		Spotlight V: Leadless Pacing in Practice
1:15 – 1:35 pm		Recorded Case: Leadless Pacing *Case Presenter:* David Frankel, MD *Moderators:* William Sauer, MD, and Wendy Tzou, MD *Panel:* Matthew Zipse, MD, Joshua Moss, MD, Sunil Kapur, MD, Luigi Di Biase, MD, PhD, and Stavros Mountantonakis, MD
Section III: Case Competition
1:35 – 2:35 pm		Case Competition Presentations The 3 case finalists present their work and participate in corresponding discussions with the panel of judges. At the session's conclusion, the overall winner of the Case Competition is announced. All Faculty Judges
Section IV: EP Quiz Challenge
2:35 – 3:35 pm		EP Quiz Challenge
3:35 – 3:45 pm		Closing Remarks and Take-home Lessons Wendy Tzou, MD, William Sauer, MD, and Faculty

Course Chairs
Wendy S. Tzou, MD Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology Professor of Medicine University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Aurora, CO		William H. Sauer, MD Professor of Medicine Network Director for Cardiac Electrophysiology Director of Translational Research University of Chicago Chicago, IL
Faculty
Olujimi Ajijola, MD, PhD University of California Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA		Stavros Mountantonakis, MD Lenox Hill Hospital New York, NY
Samuel Asirvatham, MD Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN		Joshua Moss, MD University of California San Francisco San Francisco, CA
Andre d’Avila, MD, PhD Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston, MA		Pasquale Santangeli, MD, PhD Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH
Luigi Di Biase, MD, PhD Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Montefiore Hospital Bronx, NY		Cory Tschabrunn, PhD Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA
David Frankel, MD Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA		Roderick Tung, MD The University of Arizona College of Medicine—Phoenix Phoenix, AZ
Sunil Kapur, MD Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA		Miguel Valderrábano, MD, PhD Houston Methodist DeBakey Cardiology Associates Houston, TX
Jacob Koruth, MD Mount Sinai Hospital New York, NY		Matthew Zipse, MD University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Aurora, CO
Francis Marchlinski, MD University of Pennsylvania Health System Philadelphia, PA

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