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  • Friday, February 6, 2026
  • 6:00 AM - 7:00 AM  
    Science by the Shore: A Walking Discussion in Rio with Yoga
  • 7:00 AM - 7:50 AM  
    Philips Healthcare Sponsored Breakfast Symposium
    Breakfast Symposium Moderator: Margriet Nijnens, MSc – Philips
    Breakfast Symposium Moderator: Nadine Reijnders, MSc – Philips
    Breakfast Symposium Moderator: Shuo Zhang, PhD, MBA – Philips Healthcare
  • 7:00 AM - 4:30 PM  
    Registration & Badge Pick-Up
  • 7:00 AM - 4:30 PM  
    Speaker Ready Room
  • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM  
    Case Session 2: Cardiac Masses
    Moderator: Luigia D'Errico, MD – Royal Papworth Hospital
    Moderator: Nuno Bettencourt, MD, PhD, FSCMR – University of Porto
  • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM  
    Clinical & Translation Session 8: Decoding the Substrate: CMR for Ventricular Arrhythmias and Sudden Cardiac Arrest (Joint with ESCR/NASCI)
    Moderator: Scott Flamm, MD, MBA – SimonMed Imaging
    Moderator: Kate Hanneman, MD, MPH – Toronto General Hospital
  • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM  
    Congenital Track Session 6: Ebstein's Anomaly - In Collaboration With the Local Centres of Excellence
    Moderator: Francesca Raimondi, MD – ASST-Papa Giovanni XXIII Bergamo
    Moderator: Jeremy M. Steele, MD – Yale University school of Medicine
  • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM  
    Oral Abstracts Science Session 2
    Moderator: Robert J. Holtackers, PhD – Maastricht University Medical Centre
    Moderator: Jesse I. Hamilton, PhD – University of Michigan
  • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM  
    Technologist Track Session 5: How I Do It: Imaging Difficult Patients
    Moderator: Patrizia Pedrotti, MD – ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda
    Moderator: Joana Leal Pelado, BSc – OCMR
  • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM  
    Women in CMR - Global Perspectives and Best Practices
  • 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM  
    First Aid
  • 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM  
    Mothers Room
  • 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM  
    Prayer Room
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM  
    NeoSoft Sponsored Hands-On Advanced Workshop: In 2D and 4D Flow We Trust! (Pre-registration Required)
  • 9:10 AM - 10:10 AM  
    Clinical & Translation Session 9: Multimodality Imaging in CAD: The Synergy Between CMR and CT (Joint with ASCI/SCCT)
    Moderator: Ricardo C. Cury, MD, MBA – Baptist Health of South Florida/ Florida International University
    Moderator: Masaki Ishida, MD, PhD, FSCMR – Mie University Hospital
  • 9:10 AM - 10:10 AM  
    Early Career Session 1: Starting Strong - Roadmap for CMR Practice and Research
    Moderator: Mariana Garcia, MD, MSc – Emory University
    Moderator: Alessia Pepe, MD, PhD – University of Padua
  • 9:10 AM - 10:10 AM  
    Innovations Track Session 5: Innovations for Community CMR Centres
    Moderator: Christopher J. Francois, MD – Mayo Clinic
    Moderator: Anupama Rao, MD, FSCMR – Rush University Medical Center/St. Luke's Hospital
  • 9:10 AM - 10:10 AM  
    Oral Abstracts Clinical Session 3
    Moderator: Bernardo B. da Cunha Lopes, MD – Heart Institute - University of São Paulo Medical School / Minneapolis Heart Institute
    Moderator: Shone Almeida, MD – USF
  • 9:10 AM - 10:10 AM  
    Science Session 2: From Mapping to Tissue Characterization
    Moderator: Matthias G. Friedrich, MD, FSCMR – McGill University Health Center, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre
    Moderator: Claudia Prieto, PhD – Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile / King's College London
  • 9:10 AM - 10:10 AM  
    Technologist Track Session 6: How I Do It: Valvular and Congenital Heart Diseases
    Moderator: Louise McGrath – One Welbeck
    Moderator: Jeremy Hinojosa – Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center
  • 10:15 AM - 11:00 AM  
    Coffee Break with Exhibitors
  • 10:15 AM - 11:00 AM  
    Quick Fire & Rapid Fire Session 3
  • 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM  
    Speed Mentoring (Advance Sign-Up Required)
  • 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM  
    Medis Medical Imaging Sponsored Hands-On Advanced Workshop Show Me the Case: Mastering Real-World CMR with Advanced Post-Processing (Pre-registration Required)
  • 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM  
    Pie Medical Imaging B.V. Sponsored Hands-On Advanced Workshop: Advanced 4D Flow: A Selection of Cases (Pre-registration Required)
  • 11:10 AM - 12:10 PM  
    Clinical & Translation Session 10: Debate 2: The Role of CMR in HFpEF: Clinical Game-Changer or Overstated Promise?
    Moderator: Attila Feher, MD, PhD – Yale University
    Moderator: Ibraim Masciarelli Pinto, MD, PhD – Instituto Dante Pazzanese de Cardiologia
  • 11:10 AM - 12:10 PM  
    Congenital Track PCHD Oral Session 1: Abstracts
    Moderator: Edythe Tham, MD – Stollery Children's Hospital
    Moderator: Nilanjana Misra, MD, FSCMR – Cohen Children's Medical Center
  • 11:10 AM - 12:10 PM  
    Innovations Track Session 6: Beyond Image Analysis: Which Other Software for my CMR Unit
    Moderator: Deborah Kwon, MD, FSCMR – Cleveland Clinic
    Moderator: Venkateshwar Polsani, MD – Piedmont Heart Institute
  • 11:10 AM - 12:10 PM  
    Late Breaking Clinical Trials
    Moderator: Pim Van Ooij, PhD – Amsterdam University Medical Center
    Moderator: Bharath Ambale-Venkatesh – The John Hopkins Hospital
  • 11:10 AM - 12:10 PM  
    Science Session 3: Embracing Motion: Practical Solutions and Advances in Compensation and Real-Time
    Moderator: Rizwan Ahmad, PhD – The Ohio State University
    Moderator: Roderic Pettigrew, MD, PhD – Texas A&M Univ System
  • 12:20 PM - 1:25 PM  
    JenaValve Technology Sponsored Lunch Symposium
  • 12:20 PM - 1:25 PM  
    Siemens Healthineers Sponsored Lunch Symposium
    Lunch Symposium Moderator: Xiaoming Bi, PhD – Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM  
    Clinical & Translation Session 11: Quantitative CMR Perfusion: Techniques, Applications, and Insights (Joint with ASNC)
    Moderator: Gabriel Blacher Grossman, MD, PhD – Hospital Moinhos de Vento
    Moderator: Manish Motwani, PhD, FSCMR – Manchester Heart Institute
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM  
    Congenital Track Session 7: PCHD Jeopardy
    Speaker: Jimmy C. Lu, MD – University of Michigan
    Moderator: Anne Marie Valente, MD – Boston Children's Hospital
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM  
    Innovations Track Session 7: Emerging Frontiers in CMR: Current State, Limitations, and Future Perspectives
    Moderator: Paul Finn, MD, MSc – UCLA
    Moderator: Santo Dellegrottaglie, MD, PhD – Villa dei Fiori Hospital Acerra, Naples, Italy
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM  
    Oral Abstracts Science Session 3
    Moderator: Ritu Thamman, MD FACC FASE – University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
    Moderator: Matthias Stuber, PhD – CIBM/CHUV/UNIL
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM  
    Read with the Experts Session 3: Valvular Heart Disease
    Moderator: Raj Janardhanan, MD – University of Arizona
    Moderator: Gina E. Lazzara, MD – Vanderbilt University Medical Center
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM  
    Running a Financially Successful CMR Program in the US - from Coding to Reimbursement
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM  
    Technologist Track Session 7: How I Do It: Non-Ischemic Cardiomyopathies
    Moderator: Alison Fletcher, MSc, FSCMR – University Hospitals Dorset
    Moderator: Lorenzo Monti, MD – ICS Maugeri Pavia
  • 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM  
    Circle Cardiovascular Imaging Sponsored Hands-On Advanced Workshop:The Future of Stress Testing: Precision Quantitative Perfusion by CMR (Pre-registration Required)

    Hands-on Instructor: Sven Plein, MD, PhD – Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine

  • 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM  
    Medis Medical Imaging Sponsored Hands-On Advanced Workshop: Show Me the Case: Mastering Real-World CMR with Advanced Post-Processing (Pre-registration Required)
  • 2:40 PM - 3:40 PM  
    Case Session 3: Systemic and Inflammatory
    Moderator: KEYUR P. VORA, MD, MSc, FSCMR – Indiana University School of Medicine
    Moderator: Shone Almeida, MD – USF
  • 2:40 PM - 3:40 PM  
    Clinical & Translation Session 12: The Valve Whisperers: CMR at the Heart of the Heart Valve Team (Joint with DIC/SPR)
    Moderator: Cesar H. Nomura, MD, PhD – Heart Institute, University of São Paulo
    Moderator: Jorge Andion Torreao, MD, PhD – Heart Institute USP
  • 2:40 PM - 3:40 PM  
    Congenital Track Session 8: Go with the Flow
    Moderator: David Parra, MD – Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    Moderator: Yue-Hin Loke, MD – Children's National Hospital
  • 2:40 PM - 3:40 PM  
    Oral Abstracts Translation Session 2
    Moderator: Chenxi Hu – School of Biomedical Engineering Shanghai Jiao Tong University
    Moderator: Andrew E. Arai, MD – Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Department of Radiology, University of Utah School of Medicine
  • 2:40 PM - 3:40 PM  
    Science Session 4: AI Across the CMR Pipeline
    Moderator: Andrew D. Scott, PhD, FSCMR – Imperial College London and Royal Brompton Hospital
    Moderator: Kate Hanneman, MD, MPH – Toronto General Hospital
  • 2:40 PM - 3:40 PM  
    Technologist Track Session 8: Abstracts: Oral Presentations
    Moderator: Alison Fletcher, MSc, FSCMR – University Hospitals Dorset
    Moderator: Wendy Norman, BSc – Kings College London
  • 3:45 PM - 4:30 PM  
    Coffee Break with Exhibitors
  • 3:45 PM - 4:30 PM  
    Quick Fire & Rapid Fire Session 4
  • 4:40 PM - 5:50 PM  
    Gold Medal Talks and SCMR Awards
    Moderator: Carlos Rochitte, MD, PhD, FSCMR – InCor - Univ. of São Paulo / HCOR - Heart Hospital
    Moderator: Vanessa M. Ferreira, MD, PhD, FSCMR – University of Oxford
  • 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM  
    SCMR Members General Assembly