HIC/Yale 2026 Masters of Medicine Conference
AC Hotel Kingston, Jamaica January 16–18, 2026
Bridging the Divide: Tackling Obesity and Genetic Heart Disease in the Era of Preventive Cardiology
Join a dynamic community of professionals for workshops, expert-led seminars, and invaluable networking opportunities. Nursing students, pharmacy students, and medical students — Register NOW to attend!
Opportunities
Thanks to generous grants from our overseas partners, we are able to offer a limited number of FREE seats for the upcoming conference for Residents, Medical Students, Nurses, Pharmacists & All Allied Health Care Professionls. Spaces are filling quickly, so don’t miss this chance.
About Masters
In an era where precision medicine converges with public health imperatives, the 2026 Masters of Medicine Conference emerges as a global catalyst for cardiovascular transformation.
Set against the powerful theme “Bridging the Divide: Tackling Obesity and Genetic Heart Disease in the Era of Preventive Cardiology,” this landmark event will bring together world-renowned experts, emerging innovators, healthcare providers, policymakers, and industry leaders all united by one goal: closing the gaps in heart health through prevention, collaboration, and equitable care.
Obesity and genetic heart conditions especially under-recognized threats like cardiac amyloidosis pose urgent, multifaceted challenges to modern healthcare systems. These conditions disproportionately affect underserved populations, often going undetected until it’s too late. As science accelerates toward prevention and early intervention, we will explore how cutting-edge research, emerging technologies, and bold policy innovations can work together to shift the trajectory of heart health around the world.
This conference provides a timely platform to explore the real-world solutions needed to reimagine cardiovascular care.
Up to 25 CME’s
CME’s available upon attendance through the medical council of Jamaica. CME’s also available through YALE Continuing Medical Education
1 Day conference ticket: $199
2 Day conference ticket: $350
Special Pricing for Local Physicians
2 Day Conference Tickets: $7,250 (45USD).
Spanning keynote addresses, panel discussions, interactive sessions, and high-level networking opportunities, the 2026 Masters of Medicine Conference is designed to ignite partnerships and inspire action. From medical professionals and researchers to government agencies, investors, and health technology vendors, attendees will find a rare and valuable opportunity to:
- Build new partnerships
- Showcase innovations
- Access new markets
- Shape the future of global and regional cardiology
Whether you’re seeking knowledge, collaboration, visibility, or impact—this is where the world of preventive cardiology meets its moment.
Limited sponsorship available for Residents, Medical Students, Nurses, Pharmacists & all Allied Health Care Professionals.
Keynotes + Lectures
For the 2026 conference
Program Moderator
Dainia Baugh, MD, FRCP Edin
President, Heart Institute of the Caribbean
Sara Lawrence Lewis, MD
Program Chairpersons
Ernest Madu, MDErnest C. Madu, MD, FACC, FRCP (Edin)
Founder, Chairman and CEO, Heart Institute of the Caribbean (HIC) and HIC Heart Hospital, Kingston, Jamaica | Nuclear Cardiologist | TED Speaker | Distinguished Award Recipient, American College of Cardiology (International Service) | Fellow, International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences
Edward J. Miller, MD, PhD, FACC, FASNC
Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine) and Radiology, Yale School of Medicine | Vice Chief of Cardiovascular Medicine (Education) | Director, Nuclear Cardiology Laboratory, Yale New Haven Hospital | Director, Cardiology Fellowship Program | President, Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Cardiovascular Council | Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health | Expert in Cardiac Sarcoidosis and Infiltrative Cardiomyopathies
Keynote Speakers
Dr. Jagat Narula
President, World Heart Federation
Dr. Panithaya Chareonthaitawee
President, American Society of Nuclear Cardiology
Dr. Mark Anderson
Dean, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
1 Day conference ticket: $199
2 Day conference ticket: $350
Special Pricing for Local Physicians
2 Day Conference Tickets: $7,250 (45USD)
Master of Medicine 2026 Program Faculty
Marietta Ambrose, MD, MPH, MSEd, FACC
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine), Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania | Director, Penn Cardiology International | Advanced Cardiovascular Imaging and Global Cardiovascular Health
Renee Bullock-Palmer, MD, FACC, FAHA, FASNC, FASE, FSCCT
Director of Non-Invasive Cardiac Imaging and Director of Nuclear Cardiology, Deborah Heart & Lung Center | Director, Women's Heart Center | Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University | Board of Directors, American Society of Nuclear Cardiology | Founding Chair, Women in Cardiology Section, New Jersey Chapter of the American College of Cardiology
Onyedika Ilonze, MD, MPH, FACC, FHFSA, FAHA
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Indiana University School of Medicine | Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist | Mechanical Circulatory Support and Pulmonary Hypertension Specialist
Dainia S. Baugh, MD, FRCP (Edin)
Co-Founder and President, Heart Institute of the Caribbean (HIC), Kingston, Jamaica | Internal Medicine and Women's Cardiovascular Health | Menopause and Cardiovascular Risk Specialist | Chair, HIC Foundation | Founding Organizer, Masters of Medicine Conference
Karen Phillips, MD, DM, MSc, MRCP, FRCP
Consultant Physician and Endocrinologist | Associate Lecturer, University of the West Indies | Medical Director and Co-Founder, Revamp Comprehensive Rehabilitation Centre, Jamaica
Robert L. McNamara, MD, MHS, FAHA, FACC, FASE
Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine), Yale School of Medicine | Director of Echocardiography, Yale New Haven Health System | Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health | Artificial Intelligence in Cardiac Imaging
Gerald Bloomfield, MD, MPH, FACC, FASE, FAHA
Associate Professor of Medicine and Global Health, Duke University School of Medicine | Associate Director for Research, Duke Global Health Institute | Director, Section of Cardiovascular Global Health
Norrisa Haynes, MD, MPH, MSHP
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine), Yale School of Medicine | Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health | Heart Failure, Structural Heart Disease, and Global Cardiovascular Health | Community-Based Cardiovascular Research and Health Equity
Jagat Narula, MD, PhD, FESC, MACC, FMedSci
Executive Vice President and Chief Academic Officer, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston) | K. Lance Gould Distinguished University Chair for Coronary Pathophysiology, McGovern Medical School | President, World Heart Federation | Former Editor-in-Chief, JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging | Master of the American College of Cardiology | Member, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences
Panithaya Chareonthaitawee, MD, FACC, FAHA
Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine | Education Chair and Director of Nuclear Cardiology Laboratory, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic | President, American Society of Nuclear Cardiology
Naveed Sattar, MBChB, PhD, FRCP, FRCPath, FRSE, FMedSci
Professor of Cardiometabolic Medicine, School of Cardiovascular & Metabolic Health, University of Glasgow | UK Government Obesity Healthcare Goals Chair | Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences | ISI Highly Cited Researcher
Robert Hibbert, MD, MPH, MBA
Postdoctoral Fellow, Cardiac Amyloidosis Program, Yale School of Medicine | Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine
Ernest C. Madu, MD, FACC, FRCP (Edin)
Founder, Chairman and CEO, Heart Institute of the Caribbean (HIC) and HIC Heart Hospital, Kingston, Jamaica | Nuclear Cardiologist | TED Speaker | Distinguished Award Recipient, American College of Cardiology (International Service) | Fellow, International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences
Rohan Khera, MD, MS, MBBS
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine) and Biostatistics (Health Informatics), Yale School of Medicine | Director, Cardiovascular Data Science (CarDS) Lab | Clinical Director, Center for Health Informatics and Analytics, Yale Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation | Associate Editor for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Health, JAMA | 2023 Blavatnik Award Laureate
Mark Anderson, MD, PhD
Dean of the Biological Sciences Division and Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago | Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs | Paul and Allene Russell Professor in the Department of Medicine | Member, National Academy of Medicine
Macaulay Onuigbo, MD, MSc, MBA, FASN, FWACP
Professor of Medicine, Robert Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont | Medical Director, Home Dialysis Program, University of Vermont Medical Center | Nephrologist and Clinical Researcher
Edward J. Miller, MD, PhD, FACC, FASNC
Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine) and Radiology, Yale School of Medicine | Vice Chief of Cardiovascular Medicine (Education) | Director, Nuclear Cardiology Laboratory, Yale New Haven Hospital | Director, Cardiology Fellowship Program | President, Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Cardiovascular Council | Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health | Expert in Cardiac Sarcoidosis and Infiltrative Cardiomyopathies
Erica S. Spatz, MD, MHS
Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine) and Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases), Yale School of Medicine | Director, Preventive Cardiovascular Health Program | Director, Remote Patient Monitoring | Associate Director, Yale Medicine Population Health | Clinical Investigator, Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (CORE) | Co-Founder, Project Access-New Haven | Principal Investigator, Pressure Check Study
Sara Tabtabai, MD, FACC
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine), Yale School of Medicine | Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology | Governor, Connecticut Chapter of the American College of Cardiology
Israel Safiriyu, MD
Chief Cardiology Fellow, Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Yale School of Medicine | Clinical and Research Focus on Interventional Cardiology and Critical Care Cardiology
Xavier Brown, MD
Postdoctoral Fellow, Heart Institute of the Caribbean (HIC), Kingston, Jamaica | Cardiovascular Medicine and Health Equity
2026 HIC-Yale Masters of Medicine Conference
Theme: Bridging the Divide: Tackling Obesity and Genetic Heart Disease in the Era of Preventive Cardiology
January 17–18, 2026
Location: AC Marriott Hotel, Kingston, Jamaica
Conference Directors: Ernest Madu, MD and Edward J. Miller, MD, PhD
PRE-CONFERENCE CARIBBEAN HEALTH SUMMIT- FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 2026
Topic: Health Systems Resilience Special Guest- Hon Dr. Christopher Tufton, Minister of Health
DAY 1 — SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 2026
Registration: 7:30 AM
8:30 – 9:00 AM
Welcome and Opening Remarks
- Welcome and Opening Remarks: 8:30 – 9:00 AM
- Welcome by Dainia Baugh, MD (5 mins)
- Introduction of Conference Directors
- Remarks by Ernest Madu, MD and Edward J. Miller, MD, PhD (10 mins)
- Address: Hon. Dr. Andrew Holness, Prime Minister of Jamaica or Hon Dr. Christopher
Tufton, Minister of Health (15 mins)
Session 1 - Obesity, Inflammation and the Metabolic Heart
Session Chairpersons: Ernest Madu, MD and Edward J. Miller, MD, PhD
9:00 AM – 9:20 AM
Obesity and Cardiometabolic Disease: the Big Picture – Naveed Sattar, MBChB, PhD
9:20 AM – 9:40 AM
Characteristics of Heart Failure in Afro-Caribbeans – Robert Hibbert, MD
9:40 AM – 10:00 AM
Obesity and Heart Failure: Implications for Diagnostic Imaging. – Panithaya Chareonthaitawee, MD
10:00 AM – 10:15 AM
Q&A with Panel
Opening Keynote Lecture: From Plaques to Precision Population Health
10:15 AM – 10:20 AM
Introduction – Edward J. Miller, MD, PhD
10:20 AM – 11:00 AM
Lecture – Jagat Narula, MD, PhD
11:00 AM – 11:15 AM
Audience Q&A
11:15 AM – 11:25 AM
Coffee Break
Session 2: GLP-1, SGLT2 and the Cardiovascular Revolution
Session Chairpersons: Karen Phillips, MD and Sara Tabtabai, MD
11:25 AM – 11:45 AM
SGLT2 Inhibitors and Cardiorenal Metabolism: Redefining Multisystem Care – Macauley Onuigbo, MD
11:45 AM – 12:05 PM
Weight Loss, Diabetes and the Heart – Marietta Ambrose, MD
12:05 PM – 12:20 PM
Q&A Panel
12:25 PM – 1:20 PM
Lunch
Afternoon Keynote Lecture: Reframing Obesity in Medicine; From Blame to Biology
1:30 PM – 1:35 PM
Introduction – Dainia Baugh, MD
1:35 PM – 2:15 PM
Lecture -Erica Spatz, MD
2:15 PM – 2:30 PM
Audience Q&A
Session 3: Capacity Building in Cardiovascular Care (Panel)
Session Chairpersons: Ernest Madu, MD and Edward J. Miller, MD, PhD
2:30 PM – 2:40 PM
Cardiovascular Medical Education in the 21 st century-Opportunities for Engagement – Robert McNamara, MD
2:40 PM – 2:50 PM
Leadership and Training Models – Mark E. Anderson, MD, PhD
2:50 PM – 3:00 PM
International Partnerships and Global Health – Gerald Bloomfield, MD
3:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Moderated Audience Q&A
Session 4: Innovation and Risk Prediction in Preventive Cardiology
Session Chairpersons: Rohan Khera, MD and Mark Anderson, MD, PhD
3:30 PM – 3:50 PM
The Current and Emerging Role of Artificial Intelligence in Echocardiography- Xavier Brown, MD
3:50 PM – 4:10 PM
Real-Time Cardiometabolic Risk Scoring: From Bench to Bedside – Rohan Khera, MD
4:10 PM – 4:30 PM
Cardiovascular Phenomics in Elite Athletes- Israel Safiriyu, MD
4:30 PM – 4:45 PM
Q&A Panel
4:45 PM – 5:30 PM
Abstracts/Poster Competition for Young Investigators and Networking/Coffee
8:00 PM
HEARTS OF LEGEND GALA (Venue to be announced)
Day 2
SUNDAY, JANUARY 18, 2026
Registration: 7:30 AM
Welcome Address; 8;00 AM – 8.10 AM- Hon Senator Elon Thompson
Session 5: Genetics, Amyloidosis and Obesity Modulation
Chairpersons – Marietta Ambros, MD and Edward J. Miller, MD, PhD
8:30 AM – 8:50 AM
Genetic Cardiomyopathies and Metabolic Modifiers – Onyedika Ilonze, MD
8:50 AM – 9:10 AM
Emerging Treatments for Transthyretin Amyloidosis – Edward Miller, MD, PhD
9:10 AM – 9:30 AM
CAD Detection in Obese Populations – Renee Bullock-Palmer, MD
9:30 AM – 9:45 AM
Q&A Panel
Keynote Lecture: Genetic Pathways to Precision Prevention: New Frontiers in Cardiovascular Risk and Resilience
9:45 AM – 9:50 AM
Introduction – Ernest Madu, MD
9:50 AM – 10:30 AM
Lecture –Mark Anderson, MD, PhD
10:30 AM – 10:45 AM
Audience Q&A
10:45 AM – 11:00 AM
Coffee Break
Session 6: Nutrition, Hormones and Women's Cardiometabolic Health
Session Chairpersons –Dainia Baugh, MD and Renee Bullock-Palmer, MD
11:00 AM – 11:20 AM
Menopause and Cardiac Risk -Erica Spatz, MD
11:20 AM – 11:40 AM
Hormones, Adiposity and HFpEF in Women – Sara Tabtabai, MD
11:40 AM – 12:00 PM
Sex-Specific Diagnostic Strategies – Norrisa Haynes, MD
12:00 PM – 12:20 PM
Q&A Panel
12:20 PM – 12:30 PM
Closing Remarks
Session 7: Abstracts/Poster Competition for Young Investigators and Networking
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM
Poster Walkthrough and Networking
01:30 PM – 1:45 PM
Announcement of Young Investigator Winners and Prizes
**2 Winners will be selected by the Panel of Judges
1:45 PM
Conference Adjournment
Learning Objectives
- Deepen Understanding of Obesity, Inflammation, and Metabolic Heart Disease
Examine how visceral adiposity, systemic inflammation, and cardiometabolic dysfunction contribute to the pathogenesis of heart failure—along with evolving strategies for diagnostic imaging and targeted intervention. - Explore Genetic Heart Disease and Emerging Treatments for Cardiac Amyloidosis
Understand the genetic underpinnings of cardiomyopathies with a focus on transthyretin (TTR) amyloidosis, including diagnostic challenges in obese populations and recent therapeutic advances in managing hereditary and wild-type variants. - Evaluate Innovation in Risk Prediction and Precision Prevention
Assess novel tools such as AI-enabled risk prediction models and real-time cardiometabolic scoring, and how they are transforming preventive cardiology, especially in diverse and underserved populations. - Advance Global Health Equity and Capacity Building in Cardiovascular Care
Investigate frameworks for international collaboration, leadership training, and sustainable infrastructure development in cardiovascular care—aimed at closing gaps in access and outcomes in low- and middle-income countries.
Conference Schedule To Be Announced
Friday, January 17th 2025
7:00 pm -10.30 pm
Welcome Reception (Private Venue, Kingston)
Saturday January 17th 2026
7:30 AM- Registration Begins (The AC Mariott Hotel, Kingston, Jamaica)
Sunday, January 18th 2025
7:30 AM- Registration Begins (AC Mariott, Kingston)
3 PM- End of Conference see you next year, January 2027!
Learning Objectives
- Deepen Understanding of Obesity, Inflammation, and Metabolic Heart Disease
Examine how visceral adiposity, systemic inflammation, and cardiometabolic dysfunction contribute to the pathogenesis of heart failure—along with evolving strategies for diagnostic imaging and targeted intervention. - Explore Genetic Heart Disease and Emerging Treatments for Cardiac Amyloidosis
Understand the genetic underpinnings of cardiomyopathies with a focus on transthyretin (TTR) amyloidosis, including diagnostic challenges in obese populations and recent therapeutic advances in managing hereditary and wild-type variants. - Evaluate Innovation in Risk Prediction and Precision Prevention
Assess novel tools such as AI-enabled risk prediction models and real-time cardiometabolic scoring, and how they are transforming preventive cardiology, especially in diverse and underserved populations. - Advance Global Health Equity and Capacity Building in Cardiovascular Care
Investigate frameworks for international collaboration, leadership training, and sustainable infrastructure development in cardiovascular care—aimed at closing gaps in access and outcomes in low- and middle-income countries.
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