Masters Of Medicine Conference 2025
Jan 18-19th, 2025
Kingston, Jamaica
Limited sponsorship available for Residents, Medical Students, Nurses, Pharmacists & all Allied Health Care Professionals.
Join a dynamic community of professionals for workshops, expert-led seminars, and invaluable networking opportunities.
About Masters
Join us for the 2025 International Masters of Medicine Conference and Trailblazer Award, hosted by the Heart Institute of the Caribbean (HIC) and Yale University’s Cardiovascular Medicine. The Masters of Medicine Conference is an annual event that provides intimate opportunities for Clinicians and healthcare professionals to interact with some of the world’s most talented Medical Researchers and Opinion Leaders. The sessions are unique for high impact learning and exchange of ideas over a 2 day period. This year’s event will be held at the Pegasus Hotel in Kingston, Jamaica, on January 18-19, 2025.
1 Day conference ticket: $199
2 Day conference ticket: $350
Special Pricing for Local Physicians 2 Day Conference Tickets: $45
This year’s theme, “Her Heart Matters,” explores the crucial relationship between menopause and women’s heart health, highlighting the importance of awareness and preventative strategies. The sessions will aim to increase the understanding of heart disease in women and developing expertise in evaluating the relationship between menopause and heart disease.
The conference will also provide attendees with the tools to Increase the understanding of identification of patients at risk for cardiomyopathy in the Caribbean including amyloid cardiomyopathy and develop expertise in evaluating and implementing treatment options for cardiovascular diseases in low- and middle-income countries.
We aim to empower caregivers and the broader community by promoting heart-centered self-care, fostering connections, and bridging theory with practice, all to create lasting impacts in the communities we serve.
With an engaged and diverse audience, this conference promises to be an unforgettable experience. Don’t miss this exceptional opportunity to learn, connect, and celebrate significant advancements in medicine.
Limited sponsorship available for Residents, Medical Students, Nurses, Pharmacists & all Allied Health Care Professionals.
Conference Program -Masters Of Medicine, January 2025
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
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
1 Day conference ticket: $199
2 Day conference ticket: $350
Special Pricing for Local Physicians 2 Day Conference Tickets: $45
Program Faculty
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
Conference Schedule
Friday, January 17th 2025
7:00 pm -10.30 pm
Welcome Reception (Private Venue, Kingston)
Saturday, January 18th 2025
7:30 AM- Registration Begins (Pegasus Hotel, Kingston, Jamaica)
8:00 am to 8:15 am
Welcome and Opening Remarks
8:15 am
Opening Keynote Lecture –
Topic: Detection of Cardiovascular Risk in Women (Open to the Public)
Keynote Speaker: Leslee Shaw, PhD
Session 1 - 8:45 am to 10:15 am
Cardiomyopathy in the developing world/low- and middle-income countries
Session Chairpersons: Edward Miller, MD PhD and Ernest Madu, MD
8:45 AM
Understanding the epidemiology of cardiomyopathy in LMICs-Kene Mezue, MD, MPH
9:10 AM
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy- Karol Watson, MD, PhD
9:35 AM
Capacity Building for Cardiovascular Care in developing countries- Norissa Haynes, MD, MPH
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Questions to the Panel
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM
Coffee Break
Session 2 - 10:30 am-12:00 pm
Heart Disease in Women
Session Chairpersons: Ahmed Soliman Hegazy, MD and Claudine Lewis, MD
10:30 AM
Ischemic and Microvascular Disease- Cesia Gallegos Kattan, MD, MHS
10:55 AM
Women’s Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic (CKM) Health - Erica Spatz, MD, MHS
11:20 AM
Cancer and Heart Disease; What’s the connection? -Michelle Johnson, MD, MPH
11.45 AM-12.00 PM
Questions to the Panel
12:00 PM -1:00 PM
Lunch and Learn Panel
Structural Barriers to Accessing Cardiovascular Care
Panelists- Michelle Johnson, MD, MPH. Norrisa Haynes, MD, MPH. Leonard Egede, MD, MS, FACP. Erica Spatz, MD, MHS, Asishana Osho, MD, MPH
Moderators – Ernest Madu, MD and Edward Miller, MD, PhD
Session 3 - 1:00 pm to 2:45 pm
Future of CVD Management in LMICs
Session Chairpersons: Edward Miller, MD PhD, Ernest Madu, MD and Sherard Little, MD
1:00 PM
Opportunities for Cardiovascular Surgery in LMICs-Asishana Osho, MD, MPH
1:25 PM
Opportunities for Advanced Cardiac Imaging in LMICs – Victor Ferrari, MD
1:50 PM-2.30 PM
Is Gene therapy for heart disease feasible and ethical for the Caribbean- Debate – Mike Murray, MD and Oyere Onuma, MD, MSc
2:30 PM-2:45 PM
Questions for the Panel
Session 4 - 2:45 pm-4:15 pm
Menopause (Open to the Public)
Session Chairpersons: Norissa Haynes, MD and Dainia Baugh, MD
2:45 PM
Menopause and Heart Disease- Sara Tabtabai, MD
3:10 PM
Cognitive Health and Heart Disease- What is the link? - Mike Nanna, MD, MHS, FSCAI, FACC
3:35 PM
Preventing Heart Disease in Women- New strategies and opportunities- Karol Watson, MD PhD
4:00-4:15 PM
Questions to the Panel
4:15 - 4:25 Coffee Break
Session 5 - 4:25 PM-5:40 PM
Developing Health Equity
Moderators- Ernest Madu, MD and Michelle Johnson, MD, MPH
4:25-4:50 PM
Structural Inequalities and Health Outcomes for Cardiovascular Disease in Women- Leonard Egede, MD, MS
4:50-5:15 PM
Accelerating Health Equity: Melvin Echols, MD, MSCR, FACC, FASPC, FHFSA
5:15-5:40 PM
Questions for the Panel. Panelists- Edward J. Miller, MD, PhD, FASNC, FACC. Leonard Egede, MD, MS, FACP. Erica Spatz, MD, MHS. Oyere Onuma, MD, MSc. Melvin Echols, MD, MSCR, FACC, FASPC, FHFSA
8:00 PM
HIC Hearts of Legends Gala (Private Event)
Sunday, January 19th 2025
7:30 AM- Registration Begins (Pegasus Hotel, Kingston)
8.15 AM to 8.30 AM
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Session 6 - 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Optimizing Cardiovascular Health
Session Chairpersons – Erica Spatz, MD, MHS, Oyere Onuma, MD, MSc and Michael Banbury, MD
8:30 AM
Population Wellbeing and Cardiovascular Outcomes - Erica Spatz, MD, MHS
8:55 AM
Weight Management for optimal health care-Opportunities with GLP-1 RAs – Ania Jastrebof, MD, PhD
9:20 AM
Aging, CVD and Nutrition: Creating Blue Zones in the Blue Mountains – Carol Oladele, PhD
9:45 AM-10:00 AM
Questions for the Panel
Session 7- 10:05 AM to 11:35 AM
Cardiac Amyloidosis-Focusing on the Caribbean
Session Chairpersons: Sara Tabtabai, MD; Ernest Madu, MD
10:05 AM
Screening strategies for patients at risk – Cesia Gallegos Kattan, MD, MHS
10:30 AM
Strategies to develop expertise in diagnosis – Edward J. Miller, MD, PhD
10:55 AM
Updates on existing and emerging therapies – Sasha Zivkovic, MD, PhD
11:20 AM -11:35 AM
Questions to the Panel
Session 8- 11:40 AM to 1:10 PM
Developing Capacity in Cardiovascular Disease Education
Session Chairpersons: Corianne Brennan, BS; Cesia Gallegos, MD, MHS; Melvin Echols, MD, MSCR, FACC, FASPC, FHFSA
11:40 AM
Navigating training pathways as a non-US medical graduate: Lessons learned and successes achieved - Kene Mezue, MD, MPH
12:05 PM
Using technologies to advance CV education LMICs- Norrisa Haynes MD MPH
12:35 PM
Institutional partnership building for CV education - Ernest Madu MD/Edward J. Miller MD PhD
1:00 PM -1:10 PM
Questions to the Panel
1:10 PM -1:30 PM
Wrap Up/Closing Remarks Edward J Miller, MD, PhD and Ernest Madu, MD
END OF CONFERENCE- SEE YOU NEXT YEAR, 2026
Flourish
3:00 PM -3:10 PM
Welcome and Intention Setting: Open your Heart to Wellness: Visioning Your most vibrant Self
Facilitator: Rose Tavares Finson
3:10 PM -4:00 PM
Journaling for health, focus and Happiness
Facilitator: Rochelle Gapere and Nicole McLaren Campbell
4:00 PM -4:50 PM
Facilitator: Dainia Baugh, MD & Astrid Batchelor, MBBS
4:50 PM -5:40 PM
Excellence in the Details: Showing Up as Your Best Self
Facilitator: Novia McDonald White
5:50 PM -6:00 PM
Beauty Beyond the Mirror: Your Body’s Health Story
Facilitator: Dainia Baugh, MD
6:00 PM -6:15 PM
Closing Circle: Reflect, Connect & Recharge Duration 15 minutes
Facilitator: Rose Tavares Finson
Learning Objectives
- Increase the understanding of identification of patients at risk for cardiomyopathy in the Caribbean including amyloid cardiomyopathy and familial amyloid polyneuropathy.
- Increase the understanding of heart disease in women and developing expertise in evaluating the relationship between menopause and heart disease.
- Develop expertise in evaluating and implementing treatment options for cardiovascular diseases in low- and middle-income countries.
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