Improving Cardiovascular Outcomes: The Next Era of Prevention (Online Course)
Improving Cardiovascular Outcomes: The Next Era of Prevention was held from June 12-13, 2025 and is now available in recordings. Video recordings and slides from this course are available through 12/31/2025 with credit claiming.
This conference brings together experts from a variety of specialties to bridge the gap in how healthcare providers approach and treat cardiovascular disease, fostering a more integrated, comprehensive strategy for patient care. Attendees will deepen their understanding of how to help patients integrate lifestyle modifications, technology tools and pharmaceutical treatments to prevent cardiovascular disease.
Learning Objectives
Evaluate new and emerging treatments for preventing and treating CVD.
Implement patient-centered prevention and treatment strategies for both primary and secondary CVD risk reduction.
Incorporate technologic advances for CVD risk stratification and prevention into routine clinical practice.
Video recordings and slides from this course are available to all registrants through 12/31/2025 with credit claiming.
June 12, 2025 Session
Opening Panel - The Epidemiology and Impacts of Atherosclerosis: What’s Needed Now
Traditional Risk Factors — Fatima Rodriguez, MD, MPH, FACC
Epidemiology of ASCVD & Clinical Implications — Seth Martin, MD, MHS, FACC
Multimorbidity and polyvascular disease — Marc Bonaca, MD, MPH, FACC
Value of moving upstream and assessing subclinical atherosclerosis — Erin Michos, MD, FACC
Moving Beyond Traditional Cardiovascular Risk Factors: Minimizing Missed Opportunities
Pregnancy-and reproductive-associated risks — Erin Michos, MD, FACC
Acute and chronic inflammation — Marc Bonaca, MD, MPH, FACC
Environmental exposures — Andrew Freeman, MD, FACC, FACP
Genetics and Polygenic Risk Scores — Seth Martin, MD, MHS, FACC
Making a Difference without Medication: The Underappreciated Power of Lifestyle
Activity, exercise, and fitness — Andrew Freeman, MD, FACC, FACP
Diet, nutrition, and weight management — Monica Aggarwal, MD, FACC
Sleep — Vipin Malik, MD
Stress management and social connection — Beth Frates, MD
The Latest in Lipids: New Therapies, New Targets, and More!
Lipid Tests, LDL-C Equations, and Fasting — Seth Martin, MD, FACC, MHS
Lower LDL-cholesterol goals An ever-moving target — Ty Gluckman, MD, MHA, FACC, FASPC
Standard LDL-C lowering-therapies — Fatima Rodriguez, MD, MPH, FACC
Lipoprotein(a)- What to know and why it matters — Erin Michos, MD, FACC
Other lipid targets- Triglycerides, HDL-C, and apolipoprotein B — Fatima Rodriguez, MD, MPH, FACC
Investigational and newly approved other lipid-lowering therapies — Fatima Rodriguez, MD, MPH, FACC
Other Ways to Reduce Cardiovascular Risk: Opportunities Today, Tomorrow, and Into the Future
Therapies targeting fibrosis — Darlene Kim, MD
Current and emerging weight loss therapies — Ty Gluckman, MD, MHA, FACC, FASPC
Approved and investigational therapies targeting inflammation — Erin Michos, MD, FACC
Recently approved and investigational blood pressure-lowering therapies — Ty Gluckman, MD, MHA, FACC, FASPC
Leveraging Technology to Drive Improvements in Care—Wearables, AI, Oh My!
Wearables and Digital Technologies — Seth Martin, MD, MHS, FACC
Artificial intelligence in cardiovascular imaging — Seth Kligerman, MD
Remote patient monitoring in chronic disease management- Use cases and clinical value — Andrew Freeman, MD, FACC, FACP
Technology in support of better sleep — Vipin Malik, MD
June 13, 2025 Session
Keynote: A Unified Theory to Improve Cardiovascular, Kidney, and Metabolic Health
Chiadi Ndumele, MD, PhD, MHS
Effective Team-Based Care in Cardiovascular Prevention: Putting the Patient at the Center
Who's on Your Team - Building Your Roster — Melinda Benz, RDN
Facilitating Improved Interdisciplinary Communication — Monica Aggarwal, MD, FACC
Including nontraditional team members — Beth Frates, MD, FACLM, DipABLS
Closing Panel - What Does the Future of a Preventive Cardiology Clinic Look Like?
Monica Aggarwal, MD, FACC; Beth Frates, MD, FACLM, DipABLM; Glenn Hirsch, MD, MHS, FACC; Ty Gluckman, MD, MHA, FACC, FASPC
NO CME OFFERED
Paradigm Busters: How Imaging Disease is the Holy Grail of Prevention & Helps in Staging Coronary Artery Disease (*NO CME/CE)
James Min, MD, FACC
Co-Chairs | |
 | Andrew Freeman, MD, FACC, FACP Professor Director Cardiovascular Prevention & Wellness Clinical Cardiology & Operations Anticoagulation Clinic Division of Cardiology Department of Medicine National Jewish Health |
 | Tyler Gluckman, MD, FACC, FAHA |
Expert Faculty | |
 | Monica Aggarwal, MD |
 | Melinda Benz, RDN, MB-EAT-P |
 | Marc Bonaca, MD, MPH Executive Director CPC Clinical Research and CPC Community Health Director of Vascular Research Professor of Medicine University of Colorado School of Medicine |
 | Beth Frates, MD, FACLM, DipABLM Board of Directors Member American College of Lifestyle Medicine Associate Professor Harvard Medical School |
 | Glenn Hirsch, MD |
 | Darlene Kim, MD, FACC Associate Professor Division of Cardiology Department of Medicine National Jewish Health |
 | Seth Kligerman, MD Professor Chair Department of Radiology National Jewish Health |
 | Vipin Malik, MD Associate Professor Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine Department of Medicine National Jewish Health |
 | Seth Martin, MD Director Advanced Lipid Disorders Program and Digital Health Lab Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease Professor of Medicine Johns Hopkins School of Medicine |
 | Erin Michos, MD |
 | James Min, MD Founder and CEO Cleerly Director Dalio Institute of Cardiovascular Imaging New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill-Cornell Medical Center |
 | Chiadi Ndumele, MD, PhD, MHS Director Obesity and Cardiometabolic Research Heart Failure Prevention Program Associate Professor Medicine and Epidemiology Division of Cardiology Johns Hopkins University |
 | Fatima Rodriguez, MD, MPH Associate Professor Cardiovascular Medicine Section Chief Preventative Cardiology Stanford University |
Accreditation & Designation* Statements
National Jewish Health is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
National Jewish Health designates this enduring material for a maximum of 8.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 8.75 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 12724, for 8.75 contact hours.
If you are having problems registering, please call 800-844-2305 or 303-398-1000 or email ProEd@njhealth.org.
Course Fees
MDs, DOs and Industry Partners* - $325
NPs, PAs, Pharmacists, RNs and other Allied Health Professionals - $225
Fellows** - $75
* Regardless of credentials, industry partners pay industry rate
**Verification of Fellowship Status Form required
Recordings and slides from this course will be available to all registrants through 12/31/2025 with credit claiming.
Access to recordings is not instant. You will receive an email from a member of the Professional Education staff with your unique login within one business day.