THAT'S A WRAP
SPORtS HEART SUMMIT
replay access ends 6th september 2025
The “must-attend” event for anyone
involved in exercise cardiology!
Welcome to the 3rd Sports Heart Summit
Increasingly we are recognising the complexity of the athletes' heart and the effects on cardiac physiology with exercise. The nuances of this patient group and unique challenges they present have resulted in the emergence of the sports cardiologist role, as well as a more integrated role of the exercise physiologist.
Sports Cardiology not only recognizes the effects of exercise on the athlete's heart, but also acknowledges sport as a recreation, and exercise as a therapy. The sessions dedicated to sports cardiology at international cardiac meetings are always well attended, but rarely have enough allocated time to delve into the topic as thoroughly as needed. Now is the time to rethink how we approach continuing education within this sub-specialty.
This unique event is aimed at cardiologists, exercise physiologists, physicians and researchers with an interest in sports cardiology.
Care has been taken to incorporate guidelines into talks to demonstrate how and why they should be applied in your daily practice. Attendees will have access to a chat room to facilitate discussion between the delegates, and in some instances with the live speakers.
A FACULTY OF EXPERTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD, BROUGHT TOGETHER FOR AN INNOVATIVE ONLINE CONFERENCE EVENT SET TO REDEFINE SPORTS CARDIOLOGY EDUCATION
8 hours of quality CME
This Exercise Cardiology event has been approved as an ASUM Approved CPD/CME event. This meets the CPD/CME requirements for ASAR.
ARDMS / CCI members will also be able to claim CPD/CME for attending the program.
Certificate of attendance - available only with Premium registration.
World class speakers
A faculty of experts from around the world are contributing to this event.
Hear from sports cardiologists, cardiac sonographers, educators, researchers and exercise physiologists. These are the experts in the field, all coming together to share their experience and knowledge.
*REPLAY ACCESS
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Replay Access Closes: 6th of September.
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Not just the Summit…
Conference events are great. We learn, get excited, but then often go back to our clinical practice where the enthusiasm slowly dwindles….
Keep the momentum going, continue the discussion as part of the Exercise Cardiology community.
2024 Program at a glance
Sudden cardiac death - the state of play
Dr Jonathan Kim - Emory University School of Medicine, Georgia, USA
Mitral valve prolapse and SCD in athletes
Dr Kevin Harris - Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation, Minneapolis, USA
HCM in Athletes
Dr Dermot Phelan - Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute, North Carolina, USA
Role of Genetic testing in athletes
Dr Silvia Castelletti - Italian Auxological Institute San Luca Hospital, Milan, Italy
Interpreting the Athlete’s ECG - lessons for screening
Dr Jessica Orchard - The University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
Palpitations in Athletes
Dr Eugene Chung - Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
CTCA and CACS - When does it help and when doesn’t it
Dr Matthew Martinez - Morristown Medical Center/ Atlantic Health System, New Jersey, USA
Exercise in high risk populations
Dr Louise Naylor - University of Western Australia, WA, Australia
SIPE
Alicia Armour - Duke Triangle Heart Associates, North Carolina, USA
Research in the field
Julie Collis - The University of Western Australia, WA, Australia
CPET - interpreting the results
Dr Meagan Wasfy - Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA
Strain imaging in athletes
Dr Leah Wright - Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, VIC, Australia
Cardiac remodelling in Jockeys
Angela Farley - University of South Australia, SA, Australia
Coronary artery calcification
Dr Andre La Gerche - St Vincent’s Institute, Melbourne, Australia
Now what Doc? Using shared decision making to guide return to play
Dr Michael Papadakis - City St George’s, University of London, London, UK
Feedback from Sports heart summits
Feedback From Previous Echo Guru Educational Events
Message from Tony Forshaw
B.ExSci, Mast Cardiac ultrasound, AMS (cardiac), FASE - 2024 summit convenor
The 3rd Sports Heart Summit is proudly presented by Echo.Guru. This innovative conference format allows educational events in targeted topic areas to be delivered both conveniently and at a much lower cost to delegates. There are no travel expenses or costly accommodation bookings, and the online format allows for minimal time away from our daily work. Content is available for replay for a limited time after the event, with participation during the event encouraged through an online chat feature. This approach to CME events has been hugely popular at recent Echo Guru events (even before Covid-19) and I am delighted to bring this event to the sports cardiology community once again.
I am originally a sports scientist, and have maintained this interest and passion throughout my career as a cardiac sonographer and university educator.
It is with great pleasure that I am convening this summit and I welcome all cardiologists, sports physicians, exercise physiologists, and anyone with an interest in the field of sports cardiology to join me for the discussion and be part of this unique event.
Meet the 2024 Faculty
Dr Jonathan Kim
Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Dr Dermot Phelan
Atrium Health, Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute, Charlotte, USA
Dr Eugene Chung
Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
Dr Jessica Orchard
The University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
Dr Meagan Wasfy
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA
Dr Louise Naylor
University of Western Australia, WA, Australia
Angela Farley
University of South Australia, SA, Australia
Dr Silvia Castelletti
Italian Auxological Institute San Luca Hospital, Milan, Italy
Dr Matthew Martinez
Morristown Medical Center/ Atlantic Health System, New Jersey, USA
Julie Collis
The University of Western Australia, WA, Australia
Prof. Michael Papadakis
City St George’s, University of London, London, UK
Alicia Armour
Duke Triangle Heart Associates, North Carolina, USA
Dr Leah Wright
Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, VIC, Australia
Dr Kevin Harris
Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation, Minneapolis, USA
Dr Andre La Gerche
St Vincent’s Institute, Melbourne, Australia