Learning Objectives

• Demonstrate appropriate interpretation of cardiovascular guidelines and diagnostic strategies neede d in daily practice.
• Identify the latest strategies in multi-modality imaging such as echo and CMRI.
• Describe the best practices in the treatment of patients with heart failure.
• Identify prevention strategies for treating cardiovascular disease including managing diabetes, resistant hypertension, and hypercholesterolemia.
• Apply the latest evidence to the evaluation, medical management and surgical treatment of patients with valvular heart disease.
• Evaluate current treatment strategies in the investigation and management of coronary artery disease.
• Identify best practices for the management of patients with atrial and ventricular arrhythmias.

Target Audience
This conference is intended for practicing cardiologists, fellows-in-training, nurses, pharmacists and other members of the cardiac care team in the Latin America region.

Conference Overall Goal
The overall goal of this conference is to examine emerging trends and evidence-based strategies as well as contemporary best practices resulting in guideline-driven, practical cardiovascular prevention and management for patients with cardiovascular disease.

CONFERENCE CHAIRS

	B. Hadley Wilson, MD, FACC Executive Vice-Chair The Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute Atrium Health Clinical Professor of Medicine UNC School of Medicine Chair-elect, Governance Committee Immediate Past Chair, Membership Committee & Board of Trustees American College of Cardiology Charlotte, NC, USA
	Cesar J. Herrera, MD, FACC Americas Representative, ACC Assembly of International Governors Chair, ACC Global Heart Attack Initiative (GHATI) Director, CEDIMAT Cardiovascular Center Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Clinical Associate Professor, Montefiore-Einstein Center for Heart and Vascular Care Bronx, NY, USA

PLANNING COMMITTEE

	Juan Aranda, Jr., MD, FACC Professor and Chief, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine Vice Chair of Clinical Affairs, Department of Medicine AHA Sun Coast Endowed Chair University of Florida Gainesville, FL, USA
	Alison L. Bailey MD, FACC Chief, Centennial Heart at Parkridge Physician Director, HCA Healthcare Chattanooga, TN, USA
	Marcus Vinicius Bolivar Malachias, MD, PhD, FACC Associate Professor, Medical Sciences School of Minas Gerais/FELUMA Governor, ACC Brazilian Chapter Clinical Director, Hypertension Institute of Minas Gerais Past President, Brazilian Society of Cardiology Belo Horizonte, Brazil
	Victor Dayan, MD, PhD, FACC Adjunct Professor of Cardiac Surgery, Universidad de la República President, Latin American Association of Cardiac and Endovascular Surgery (LACES) Montevideo, Uruguay
	Karina Gonzalez Carta, MD, MS Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN, USA Ascardio Barquisimeto, Venezuela
	Joseph E. Marine, MD, FACC Professor of Medicine Vice-Director for Operations Division of Cardiology Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore, MD, USA
	Daniel Quesada Chaves, MD, FACC Past President, Costa Rican Association of Cardiology President, Heart Failure Chapter, Costa Rican Association of Cardiology Head, Cardiology Department, Hospital San Vicente de Paúl Heredia, Costa Rica
	Ana Salvati, MD, FACC Past President, Argentine Society of Cardiology Staff Intensive Care Clinical Hospital, Buenos Aires University Chief of Cardiology, Moron Model Clinic Member, Women's Chapter, SIAC and SAC Societies Buenos Aires, Argentina
	Molly Szerlip, MD, FACC Interventional and Structural Cardiologist Medical Director, Percutaneous Valve Program Program Director, Cardiology Fellowship and Structural Fellowship Baylor Scott & White The Heart Hospital Plano, TX, USA

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Alison L. Bailey MD, FACC
Chattanooga, TN, USA

Robert O. Bonow, MD, MS, MACC
Chicago, IL, USA

Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD, MACC
Madrid, Spain

Rebecca T. Hahn, MD, FACC
New York, NY, USA

Cesar J. Herrera, MD, FACC
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Raymond F. Stainback, MD, FACC, FASE
Houston, TX, USA

Karen K. Stout, MD, FACC
Seattle, WA, USA

INVITED FACULTY

Ludhmila Abrahao Hajjar, MD, PhD
São Paulo, Brazil

Marco Antonio Alcocer-Gamba, MD, PhD, FACC
Querétaro, Mexico

Jorge R. Alegria, MD, FACC
Charlotte, NC, USA

Erick Alexanderson, MD, FACC
Mexico City, Mexico

Rui M. S. Almeida, PhD
Cascavel, Brazil

Rafael Alonso-Gonzalez, MD, MSc
Toronto, Canada

Jose A. Alvarez-Cardona, MD, FACC, FHFSA
St. Louis, MO, USA

Carlos L. Alviar, MD, FACC
New York, NY, USA

Celso Amodeo, MD
São Paulo, Brazil

Alexandra Arias, MD, FACC
Mexico City, Mexico

Federico M. Asch, MD, FASE, FACC
Washington, DC, USA

Augusto Atienza, MD
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Ana Barac, MD, PhD, FACC
Washington, DC, USA

Manuel Bazan Milian, MD
Havana, Cuba

Kathryn L. Berlacher, MD, MS, FACC
Pittsburgh, PA, USA

David P. Brasil, MD, MSc, FIACS, FACC
Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

Y. S. Chandrashekhar, MD, FACC
Minneapolis, MN, USA

Rafaelina Concepcion Lantigua, MD
La Vega, Dominican Republic

Licurgo Jacob Cruz, MD, FACC, FACP
Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic

Luigi Di Biase, MD, PhD, FACC, FHRS
Bronx, NY, USA

Jose M. Drago-Silva, MD
Lima, Peru

Gaston R. Dussaillant, MD
Santiago, Chile

Xavier Escudero, MD, FACC
Mexico City, Mexico

Edisson Feliz, MD
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Vicente Finizola, MD, FACC
Barquisimeto, Venezuela

Edgar Eduardo Fuentes Molina, FSISIAC
San Jose, Costa Rica

Mario J. Garcia, MD, FACC
Bronx, NY, USA

Pedro Graziano, MD
Caracas, Venezuela

Mayra Guerrero MD, FACC
Rochester, MN, USA

Carina Hardy, MD 
São Paulo, Brazil

Pura Henríquez, MD, FACC
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

José Maria Hernández Hernandez, MD
Monterrey, Mexico

Alejandro Rubén Hershson, MD
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Violeta Illatopa, MD
Lima, Peru

Dipti Itchhaporia, MD, FACC
Newport Beach, CA, USA

John Jairo Araujo, MD
Rionegro, Colombia

Andrew M. Kates, MD, FACC
St. Louis, MO, USA

Allan L. Klein MD, FRCP(C), FACC, FASE
Cleveland, OH, USA

Bonnie Ky, MD, MSCE
Philadelphia, PA, USA

Fernando Lanas, MD, PhD, FACC
Temuco, Chile

Roberto M. Lang, MD, FASE, FACC, FRCP
Chicago, IL, USA

Bénédicte Lefebvre, MD, FACC
Philadelphia, PA, USA

Fernando Manzur Jattin, MD, FACC
Cartagena, Colombia

David J. Maron, MD, FACC
Stanford, CA, USA

Laxmi Mehta, MD, FACC, FNLA
Columbus, OH, USA

Ivan Mendoza, MD, MSc, FACC
Caracas, Venezuela

Fernán Mendoza Beltrán, MD, FACC
Bogota, Colombia

Gláucia Maria Moraes de Oliveira, MD, MSc, PhD, FACC
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

Pamela B. Morris, MD, FACC
Charleston, SC, USA

Josh Moscoso, MD
Lima, Peru

Viviana Navas, MD   
Weston, FL, USA

Alvaro Niggemeyer, MD, FACC
Montevideo, Uruguay

Elaine Nuñez Ayala, MD, FACC
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Ricardo Obregón, TMSAC, TMFAC, TMSISIAC
Corrientes, Argentina

Patrick T. O'Gara, MD, MACC
Boston, MA, USA

Amalia Peix, MD, PhD, FACC, FASNC
Havana, Cuba

Abigail Peña Aravena, MD
Valparaíso, Chile

Eduardo R. Perna, MTFAC, FACC
Corrientes, Argentina

Daniel R. Pichel, MD, FACC, FACP
Panama City, Panama

Carolina Pimentel, MD, PhD, FACC
Lima, Peru

Daniel José Piñeiro, MD, FACC
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Athena Poppas, MD, MACC
Providence, RI, USA

Gismeily Pringle, MD
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Pravinde Ramoutar, MBBS, FRCP (Edin), MHA
San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago

Sunil V. Rao, MD, FACC
Durham, NC, USA

Gustavo Restrepo, MD
Medellin, Colombia

Vera H. Rigolin, MD, FACC, FASE
Chicago, IL, USA

Michael J. Rinaldi, MD FACC
Charlotte, NC, USA

Eduardo Rivas-Estany, MD, FACC, FSIAC
Havana, Cuba

David Rodríguez García, MD
Guatemala City, Guatemala

Carla P. Rodriguez-Monserrate, MD, FACC
Boston, MA, USA

Pamela Rojo Sánchez, MD
Santiago, Chile

Monica Rosario, MD
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Víctor Rossel, MD
Santiago, Chile

Sonia Rossi, MD
Montevideo, Uruguay

Luis C. Sáenz, MD
Bogota, Colombia

Clara Saldarriaga, MD, FACC, FIASC
Medellin, Colombia

Dipan J. Shah, MD, FACC
Houston, TX, USA

Carlos Sierra, MD
Mexico City, Mexico

Toniya Singh, MBBS, FACC
St. Louis, MO, USA

Henry Rick Steward, MD, MBA, FACC
Willemstad, Curaçao

Thomas D. Stuckey, MD, FACC
Greensboro, NC, USA

Adriana Torres, MD
Bogotá, Colombia

Jose Miguel Torres Viera, MD, FACC
Caracas, Venezuela

Miguel Urina-Triana, MD, MSc, PhD, FACC
Barranquilla, Colombia

Zuilma Y. Vásquez-Ortiz FASE, FEACVI, FICOS
Mexico City, Mexico

Juan R. Vilaro, MD, FACC
Gainesville, FL, USA

Barbara Vrandecic, MD
Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Mary Norine Walsh, MD, MACC
Indianapolis, IN, USA

Gaby Weissman, MD, FACC
Washington, DC, USA

Malissa J. Wood, MD, FACC
Boston, MA, USA

Noé Fernando Zamorano Velázquez, MD
Mexico City, Mexico

Leandro Ioschpe Zimerman, MD, ScD, FACC
Porto Alegre, Brazil

Registration includes full access to the conference with live streaming sessions, abstracts, challenging clinical case discussions, a virtual learning lab, expo and more, as well as on-demand access until January 31, 2022.

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Registration Rates

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Join ACC Latin America chapter teams – each made up of three Fellows in Training (FITs) – as they test their clinical knowledge during the FIT Jeopardy sessions at ACC Latin America 2021!

FIT Jeopardy is a friendly competition that promotes a healthy rivalry between ACC international chapters, fosters FIT engagement within the chapters, and provides educational value to the contestants and audience. Participants will be quizzed on a variety of topics ranging from imaging, prevention, and intervention in an unconventional manner. There will be a panel of judges and chairs to moderate the competition.

Three ACC Latin America chapter teams will compete at ACC Latin America 2021 and the winning team will compete at the ACC.22 competition in Washington, DC in March 2022!

Join us at the FIT Mix & Mingle on Friday, November 5 from 8:30 p.m. – 9:15 p.m. ET, a networking session designed to connect you with the ACC's most influential member leaders! Have questions about pursuing a particular career path? You'll have the opportunity to join "tables" that match your specialty or interest area in a social, interactive environment to ask your questions and build your network.

We are leveraging the latest technology to connect you with expert faculty and other trainees over video chat in small groups. Register today to make meaningful, face-to-face connections and take part in this exciting new virtual experience! Plus, FITs who register for this networking event will receive 50% off conference registration.

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TABLE TOPICS AND FACULTY

CAD/Interventional
Xavier Escudero, MD, FACC
B. Hadley Wilson, MD, FACC

Early Career Council
Sanah Christopher, MBBS, FACC
Poonam Velagapudi, MD, MS, FACC
Newton Wiggins, MD, FACC

Electrophysiology
Luigi Di Biase, MD, PhD, FACC
Leandro I. Zimerman, MD, FACC

FIT Council
Nosheen Reza, MD, FACC
Prashanth Thakker, MD, FACC

Heart Failure
Juan M. Aranda, Jr., MD, FACC
Daniel Quesada Chaves, MD, FACC

Imaging
Erick Alexanderson, MD, FACC
Cesar J. Herrera, MD, FACC

Medical Education
David P. Brasil, MD, MSc, FIACS, FACC
Gaby Weissman, MD, FACC

Mentorship
Daniel J. Piñeiro, MD, FACC
Viviany Rodrigues Taqueti, MD, MPH

Prevention
Marcus Vinicius Bolivar Malachias MD, PhD, FACC
Pamela Bowe Morris, MD, FACC

Research and Publishing
Y. S. Chandrashekhar, MD, FACC
Fernando Lanas, MD, PhD, FACC

Women in Cardiology
Pura Henríquez, MD, FACC
Toniya Singh, MBBS, FACC

The abstract submission site is now closed. Abstract acceptance notifications will be sent out on by Friday, August 27, 2021. For any questions regarding your submission, please contact Robin Young at ryoung@acc.org.

The case submission site is now closed. Case acceptance notifications will be sent out on by Friday, August 27, 2021. For any questions regarding your submission, please contact Robin Young at ryoung@acc.org.

The American College of Cardiology is pleased to invite you to support a groundbreaking and innovative educational initiative – ACC Latin America 2021, taking place November 5 – 6, 2021 virtually. We consider supporters like you to be an important part of this conference, providing our attendees the opportunity to gather useful information about your products and services and further enhancing their knowledge and overall conference experience!

Multiple opportunities exist to support ACC Latin America 2021 through sponsorships and exhibitor presence. Click here to see the full conference prospectus, which contains details on all sponsorship opportunities. If you have any questions regarding sponsorship, please contact Hector Emmanuelli at hemmanuelli@acc.org.