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 Moderators
Dainia Baugh, MD, FRCP Edin
President, Heart Institute of the Caribbean
Sara Lawrence Lewis, MD
Program Chairpersons
Ernest Madu, MD
Chairman, Heart Institute of the Caribbean & HIC Heart Hospital, Jamaica
Edward J. Miller, MD PhD, FASNC, FACC
Vice Chief (Education), Cardiovascular Medicine
Associate Professor of Medicine and Radiology & Biomedical Imaging
Director, Nuclear Cardiology
Director, Cardiology Fellowship Program
Yale University School of Medicine
Keynote Speaker
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 To Be Announced
Marietta Ambrose, MD, MPH, FACC
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine) Attending Physician, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Director of Penn Cardiology International, Perelman School of Medicine, Center for Global health Scholar, Center for Global Health, Perelman School of Medicine Advisory Dean, Perelman School of Medicine
Michael Banbury, MD
Chairman, First Rock Group, Jamaica
Dainia Baugh, MD, FRCP Edin
President, Heart Institute of the Caribbean & HIC Heart Hospital, Jamaica
Corianne Brennan, BS
Program Manager, Cardiovascular Medicine Fellowship Programs Yale University School of Medicine
Melvin Echols, MD, MSCR, FACC, FASPC, FHFSA
Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer, American College of Cardiology. Associate Professor of Medicine, Associate Director (Clinical Research), Cardiovascular Research Institute (CVRI) Morehouse School of Medicine
Leonard Egede, MD, MS, FACP
Professor of Medicine and Chair, Department of Medicine Charles and Mary Bauer Endowed Chair President & CEO, UBMD Internal Medicine University at Buffalo, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Buffalo General Medical Center
Victor Ferrari, MD.
Chair, Penn Cardiovascular Imaging Council, Depts. of Medicine, Radiology and Penn Cardiovascular Institute Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine) at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Professor of Medicine in Radiology, University of Pennsylvania
Norrisa Haynes, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine) Division of Cardiovascular Medicine Yale University School of Medicine
Ania M. Jastreboff, MD, PhD
Yale University School of Medicine Associate Professor of Medicine & Pediatrics, Endocrinology & Metabolism Director, Yale Obesity Research Center Co-Director, Yale Center for Weight Management Board of Directors, American Board of Obesity Medicine
Michelle Johnson, MD, MPH
Vice Chair for Health Equity & Clinical Director of Cardiology Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York
Cesia Gallegos Kattan, MD, MHS
Assistant Professor of Medicine Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Yale University
Kene Mezue, MD, MSc
Fellow in Cardiovascular Medicine Yale School of Medicine Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, New Haven, CT
Claudine Lewis, MD
Consultant Cardiologist Heart Smart Center, Montego Bay, Jamaica
Sherard Little, MD
Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon Heart Institute of the Caribbean, Kingston, Jamaica
Ernest Madu, MD
Chairman, Heart Institute of the Caribbean & HIC Heart Hospital, Jamaica
Edward J. Miller, MD PhD, FASNC, FACC
Professor of Medicine and Radiology & Biomedical Imaging Director, Nuclear Cardiology Director, Cardiology Fellowship Program Yale University School of Medicine
Michael Murray, MD
Professor of Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai System Chief of the Division of Genomic Medicine and the Clinical Director of the Institute for Genomic Health at Mount Sinai, New York.
Michael G. Nanna, MD, MHS, FSCAI, FACC
Assistant Professor · Yale University School of Medicine
Carol R. Oladele, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor, General Internal Medicine Director of Research, Equity Research and Innovation Center (ERIC) Director, Patient-Reported Experiences of Discrimination in Care Tool (PreDict) Project Yale School of Medicine Assistant Professor, Chronic Disease Epidemiology Core Faculty, Center for Neuroepidemiology and Clinical Neurological Research Yale School of Public Health
Oyere Onuma, MD, MSc
MGH Global Cardiovascular Health Program Associate Director, MGH Cardiology Diversity and Health Equity Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Asishana A. Osho, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Program Director, Advanced Cardiac Surgery Fellowship Director, Cardiac Surgery Clinical and Translational Research Program
Division of Cardiac Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
Leslee Shaw, PhD
PROFESSOR | Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Science, PROFESSOR | Medicine, Cardiology, PROFESSOR | Population Health Science and Policy Director, Blavatnik Family Women’s Health Research Institute (BFWHRI) Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York
Erica Spatz, MD, MHS
Associate Professor of Cardiology and Associate Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases) Director, Preventive Cardiovascular Health Program; Associate Director, Yale Medicine Population Health
Sara Tabtabai, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine Division of Cardiovascular Medicine Yale University
Karol Watson, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine/Cardiology
Co-director, UCLA Program in Preventive Cardiology
Director, UCLA Barbra Streisand Women's Heart Health Program
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
John Mazziotta, M.D., Ph.D. Endowed Chair in Medicine
Sasha Zivkovic, MD, PhD
Professor of Neurology Academic Chief, Neuromuscular Medicine Director, CMTA Center of Excellence at Yale (adults) Yale School of Medicine Department of Neurology
Astrid Batchelor, MD, OB/GYN
Chief Medical Officer, Youterus Health
Dr Ahmed Soliman Hegazy
MD, FAHA, FSCAI, MESC, MEgSC
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(Tentative)
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, Inflammation and Cardiac Dysfunction – Naveed Sattar, MBChB, PhD (Remote Presentation)
9:20 AM – 9:40 AM
Epicardial and Visceral Fat: The Hidden Cardiomyopathy – Paul Poirier, MD, PhD (TBD)
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: Global Cardiovascular 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 – (TBD)
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 – (TBD)
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
Capacity Building Perspectives – Michelle Kittleson, MD, PhD - TBD
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
Reimagining Cardiovascular Access: Lessons from Yale and LMICs – Robert McNamara, MD
3:50 PM – 4:10 PM
Characteristics of Heart Failure in Afro-Caribbeans – Robert Hibbert, MD
4:10 PM – 4:30 PM
Real-Time Cardiometabolic Risk Scoring: From Bench to Bedside – Rohan Khera, MD
4:30 PM – 4:45 PM
Q&A Panel
4:45 PM – 5:30 PM
Abstracts/Poster Competition for Young Investigators and Networking/Coffeeing/Coffee
8:00 PM
HEARTS OF LEGEND GALA (Venue to be announced)
Day 2
SUNDAY, JANUARY 18, 2026
Registration: 7:30 AM
Session 5: Genetics, Amyloidosis and Obesity Modulation
Chairpersons – Michelle Kittleson, MD, PhD and Edward J. Miller, MD, PhD
8:30 AM – 8:50 AM
Genetic Cardiomyopathies and Metabolic Modifiers – TBD
8:50 AM – 9:10 AM
Emerging Treatments for Transthyretin Amyloidosis – Mat Maurer, MD
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 – LaPrincess Brewer, 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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