3rd Annual The Dowd Foundation Center for Cardio-Oncology Symposium
Atrium Health Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute
Saturday, October 17th, 2026 | 8:00 am – 4:00 pm
Agenda
| Start | End | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00 AM | 8:30 AM | Registration/Breakfast – View Exhibits |
| 8:30 AM | 8:45 AM | Opening Remarks: Ronald Witteles, MD |
| 8:45 AM | 9:45 AM | Session 1: Cardiac Amyloidosis 201 Ronald Witteles, MD Panelists: Joseph Mishkin, MD; Barry Paul, MD; Sunil Pauwaa, MD |
| 9:45 AM | 10:45 AM | Session 2: Management of Pericardial Disease Patrick Collier, MD, PhD Panelists: Bradley Lenoir, MD; Jennifer Atlas, MD |
| 10:45 AM | 11:00 AM | Break – View Exhibits |
| 11:00 AM | 12:00 PM | Session 3: Management of Autonomic Dysfunction Anju Nohria, MD Panelists: Holly Humphrey, MD; Arielle Heeke, MD |
| 12:00 PM | 12:45 PM | Lunch – View Exhibits |
| 12:45 PM | 1:45 PM | Session 4: Coronary Artery Disease & Metabolic Health Avirup Guha, MD, PhD Panelists: Killian McCarthy, MD; Claud Grigg, MD |
| 1:45 PM | 2:45 PM | Session 5: Complex Cases of Pulmonary Embolism Orly Leiva, MD Panelists: Nyal Borges, MD; Gaurav Shah, MD |
| 2:45 PM | 3:00 PM | Break – View Exhibits |
| 3:00 PM | 4:00 PM | Session 6: Valvular Heart Disease in Patients with Cancer Nicolas Palaskas, MD Panelists: Michael Rinaldi, MD; Noreen Kelly, MD; Brittany Ragon, MD |
| 4:00 PM | 4:05 PM | Closing Remarks |
Objectives
- Apply a multidisciplinary approach to the management of acute cardiovascular disease in patients during cancer treatment
- Analyze and implement strategies for monitoring and managing cardiotoxicity
- Discuss the concept of permissive cardiotoxicity and how it applies to different cancer treatment scenarios
Speakers / Panelists
Internal
Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute
- Jai Singh, MD
- Amar Parikh, MD
- Bradley Lenoir, MD
- Joseph Mishkin, MD
- Nyal Borges, MD
- Killian McCarthy, MD
- Noreen Kelly, MD
- Michael Rinaldi, MD
- Geoffrey Rose, MD
Advocate / Wake Forest
- Sujethra Vasu, MD (Wake Forest Baptist)
- Sunil Pauwaa, MD (Advocate Health)
- Holly Humphrey, MD (Wake Forest Baptist)
Levine Cancer Institute
- Barry Paul, MD, PhD
- Jennifer Atlas, MD
- Arielle Heeke, MD
- Claud Grigg, MD
- Gaurav Shah, MD
- Brittany Ragon, MD
External
- Ronald M. Witteles, MD (Stanford)
- Patrick Collier, MD (Cleveland Clinic)
- Anju Nohria, MD (NYU Langone)
- Avirup Guha, MBBS, MPH (Medical College of Georgia)
- Orly Leiva, MD (University of Kentucky)
- Nicolas Palaskas, MD, MPH (MD Anderson Cancer Center)