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2025 Brain-Heart & Neuromodulation Symposium

Course Goal

On behalf of the Brain-Heart & Neuromodulation Symposium Planning Committee, it is our pleasure to extend an invitation to join us as an exhibitor and sponsor at the upcoming 5^th annual Brain-Heart & Neuromodulation Symposium, scheduled for October 24^th and 25^th 2025, at the Cosmopolitan Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.

We are once again proud to host this prestigious event, reflecting our shared commitment to excellence in education and advancing the fields of cardiac electrophysiology, neurology and neurocardiology. The Brain and Heart Symposium is a unique conference dedicated to neurocardiology and neuromodulation and has played a pivotal role in fostering collaboration between the cardiology and neurology communities. This forum brings together clinicians, researchers, and thought leaders to explore innovations that shape the future of patient care.

Course Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this education, the participant will be able to:

Improve their comprehension of brain heart interactions in health and disease.
Understand the autonomic influences on the heart in patients with cardiac arrhythmias, as well as inpatients with heart failure.
Be able to apply principles of neuromodulation in the treatment of patients with cardiac disease.

Course Information

This years Symposium will take place in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas on October 25th.

Registration Information

ATTENDEE TYPE	PRICE
In-person Physician Admission with CME Credits	$100.00
Virtual Physician Admission with CME Credits	$90.00
Virtual and In-Person Nurses Admission with CNE Credits	Free
Virtual General Admission (No CME)	Free
In-Person General Admission (No CME)	Free

Registration fee includes: Symposium, program materials, and continuing education credits.

Refund and cancellation policy: Arizona Heart Rhythm Center reserves the right to cancel or change the program for due causes. Cancellation of this program by Arizona Heart Rhythm Center or by the participant before October 10th will result in a full refund of tuition.

Continuing Medical Education Credit Information

Nurse CNE Approved
Physicians CME Approved

CommonSpirit CNE Administration is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. To successfully obtain CNEs for this activity, the learner must: miss no more than 10 minutes and complete a post-conference evaluation.

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Speaker Information

All times refer to Las Vegas time (Pacific Daylight Time).

Saturday October 25, 2025

7:30 AM	Registration and Vendor Exhibit
7:55 - 8:00 AM	Welcome and Introduction


Session I: 8:00 - 9:30 AM	Jeff Ardell and the Human Legacy to the Physiology of the Autonomic Nervous System and the Intrinsic Cardiac Nervous System
Moderators	Kalyanam Shivkumar MD, Olujimi Ajijola MD

Robert Lemery MD	8:00 - How About 7 Decades of Contributions to Human Physiology from the Trio of Randall-Ardell-Armour
Guru Kowlgi MBBS	8:10 - Anatomy of the Cardiac Autonomic Nervous System
Sunny Po MD	8:20 - Physiology of the Extrinsic and Intrinsic Cardiac Nervous System
Peng-Sheng Chen MD	8:30 - Simultaneous Recordingsof ECG and Skin Sympathetic Nervous Activity
Olujimi Ajijola MD	8:40 - Jeffrey L. Ardell, PhD.: Translational Neurocardiology. I. Contributions.
Olujimi Ajijola MD	8:50 - Jeffrey L. Ardell, PhD.: Translational Neurocardiology. II. Advancements.
Olujimi Ajijola MD	9:00 - Jeffrey L. Ardell, PhD.: Translational Neurocardiology. III. Future Impact.
All Moderators and Panelists	9:10 - 9:30 - Panel Discussion, Q&A


Session II: 10:00 - 11:30	Sympathetic Cardiac Neuromodulation
Moderators	Robert Lemery MD, Sunny Po MD

Kalyanan Shivkumar MD	10:00 - Cardiac Sympathetic Denervation. Anatomic and Physiologic Principles During Thoracoscopic Surgical Interventions for VT/VF
Sahib Khalsa MD	10:10 - Psychological and Psychiatric Outcomes Following Stellate Ganglion Block and Cardiac Sympathetic Denervation
Olujimi Ajijola MD	10:20 - Sympathetic Tone and Neuropeptide Y: Culprit and Foe.
Peng-Sheng Chen MD	10:30 - Sympathetic Nerve Activity and ST-segment Depression.
Vivek Reddy MD	10:40 - Renal Sympathetic Denervation for Hypertension, AF, VT.
UCLA MD	10:50 - Cardiac Sympathetic Denervation Targeting the Vestigial Fold in Humans.
Guru Kowlgi M.B.B.S	11:00 - Epicardial Delivery of Electroporation on the Cardiac Ganglia: PFA Does Impact Autonomic Tone.


Session III: 11:30 - 12:00	Debate: Atrial Fibrillation and Stroke Prevention
Moderators	Vijay Swarup MD, Shephal Doshi MD

Saibal Kar MD	11:30 - The Interventional Approach: Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion
Vivek Reddy MD	11:40 - The Pharmacologic Approach: Anticoagulants and Beyond
Shepal Doshi MD	11:50 - Perspective - Pro Interventiaonl Approach
Vijay Swarup MD	11:55 - Perspective - Pro Pharmacology


Lunch Session: 12:00 - 1:00	Heart Failure Primer
Moderators	Arash Aryana MD, Sunil Kalla MD

David Kenigsberg MD	12:10 - Neuromodulation in Congestive Heart Failure: Carotid Baroreceptor Stimulation and Cardiac Contractility Modulation
Shephal Doshi MD	12:20 - Leadless Pacing for Performing Conduction System Pacing
Sudarone Thihalolipavan MD	12:30 - Extravascular Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Systems
Sanjay Malhotra MD	12:40 - Amyloid Disease in the Brain and Heart: Stabilizing Transthyretin Protein in Cardiac Amyloidosis


Session IV: 1:00 - 2:30	1:00 - 2:30 - Atrial Fibrillation and the Management of Stroke.
Moderators	Edip Gurol MD, David Kenigsberg MD

Vijay Swarup MD	1:00 - Ablation of Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation and Stroke Prevention
Vivek Reddy MD	1:10 - PFA and Thermal Ablation Technologies for Ablation of AF and Different Impacts on Autonomic Tone
Supreet Kaur MD	1:20 - Embolic Strokes of Unknown Source (ESUS): Controversies in Diagnosis, Risk, and Treatment
Edip Gurol MD	1:30 - Tailored Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation
Edip Gurol MD	1:40 - Atrial Fibrillation and Cognition
David Wang DO	1:50 - Moving Forward: Beyond 30 years of Lytic Treatment for Acute Stroke Management
Arash Aryana MD	2:00 - The Ambulatory Surgical Center & The Management of Rhythm Disorders: A New Era in Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology.


Session V. 3:00 pm-4:30 pm	Parasympathetic Cardiac Neuromodulation
Moderators	Brian Olshansky MD, David Wang DO

Peng-Sheng Chen MD	3:00 - Neuromodulation for Paroxysmal AF. I. Conceptual Basis.
Sunny Po MD	3:10 - Neuromodulation for AF. II. Tragus Nerve Stimulation and Cardioneural Ablation for Paroxysmal AF and Post-Operative AF.
Brian Olshansky MD	3:20 - Neuromodulation for Syncope. I. Dysautonomias. Pathophysiologic Imperatives Prior to Ablation.
Sri Sundaram MD	3:30 - Neuromodulation for Syncope. II. Cardioneural Ablation. The US Registry Trial.
Robert Lemery MD	3:40 - Outcomes of Neuromodulation Interventions: Nuclear Imaging of the Cardiac Autonomic Nervous System.
Sahib Khalsa MD	3:50 - Cardiac Interoception and Neuromodulation
Kalyanan Shivkumar MD	4:00 - Cardiac Neuromodulation: A Fine Balancing Act.


Session VI. 4:30 - 5:00	NIH, Industry and Other Sponsored Trials: NEW and UPCOMING
Moderators	Vivek Reddy MD, Peng-Sheng Chen MD