A wide breadth of conferences is offered every weekday through the academic year. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, all conferences have moved to live online presentations. In-person conferences will resume when safe.

Weekly Conferences:

Monday

Cardiology Grand Rounds - 12:00 noon – 1:00 pm
Each fellow is assigned one conference each year to present an emerging clinical topic or to present her or his research data. The remainder of Cardiology Grand Rounds are presented by preeminent external speakers from around the world and University of Iowa faculty. Lunch is provided.

Work-in-Progress Research Conference (WIP) - 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
In conjunction with the Abboud Cardiovascular Research Center, fellows and other trainees present their research data to a wide audience of clinical and non-clinical faculty, clinical and postdoctoral fellows, undergraduate, medical, and graduate students, and staff.

Wednesday

Echocardiography Conference - 7:00 am – 8:00 am
The acquisition and interpretation of transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiograms are discussed. Recent interesting cases and newly published papers are presented. The conference is attended by imaging faculty, fellows, and sonographers.

Core Curriculum Conference - 12:00 noon – 1:00 pm
Core material in cardiovascular disease is presented by faculty members who are experts in the topic. The lectures are repeated every year, allowing for reinforcement of core knowledge that is tested on board certification examinations. Lunch is provided.

Thursday

Interventional Core Conference - 7:00 am – 8:00 am
Fellows on the cardiac catheterization services are assigned on a rotating basis to coordinate the presentation of catheterization-based topics. Breakfast is provided.

Internal Medicine Grand Rounds - 12:00 noon – 1:00 pm
Preeminent external speakers from around the world and Department of Internal Medicine faculty lecture to the combined department and its subspecialty divisions on a wide variety of topics across all specialties and address several interdisciplinary topics (for example, genetics, quality of care, patient safety, reduction of medical errors, and ethics in medicine). CME and MOC credit is available for faculty, and lunch is provided.

Interdisciplinary Fellows Core Conference - 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Friday

Electrophysiology Case Conference - 7:00 am – 8:00 am
This conference is conducted by the electrophysiology faculty and the subspecialty electrophysiology fellow. Interesting cases, intracardiac electrophysiological tracings, and basic electrophysiology topics are discussed in this conference.

Various Conferences - 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm

• Core Curriculum Conference - Core material in cardiovascular disease is presented by faculty members who are experts in the topic. The lectures are repeated every year, allowing for reinforcement of core knowledge that is tested on board certification examinations. Lunch is provided.
• Advanced Imaging Conference - The acquisition and interpretation of nuclear cardiology, cardiac CT, and cardiac MRI studies are discussed by imaging faculty. Recent interesting cases and newly published papers are presented by imaging faculty and fellows.
• Heart Failure Case Conference

Other Conferences

Board Review
This conference is arranged by the Chief Fellow. ACCSAP is reviewed, and food is provided. This conference generally takes place once a week.

Morbidity / Mortality Conference
One morbidity and mortality conference is presented by the senior fellows. The attendance of the responsible faculty member is required for this conference. In addition, fellows are encouraged to attend morbidity and mortality conferences related to cardiovascular disease organized by the Department of Internal Medicine.

Conference content will address the following areas:

1. Basic science

1. Cardiovascular anatomy
2. Cardiovascular physiology
3. Cardiovascular metabolism
4. Molecular biology of the cardiovascular system
5. Cardiovascular genetics
6. Cardiovascular pharmacology
7. Cardiovascular pathology

2. Prevention of cardiovascular disease

1. Epidemiology and biostatistics
2. Risk factors
3. Lipid disorders

3. Evaluation and management

1. Coronary artery disease and its complications
2. Arrhythmias
3. Hypertension
4. Cardiomyopathy
5. Valvular heart disease
6. Pericardial disease
7. Pulmonary heart disease
8. Peripheral vascular disease
9. Cerebrovascular disease
10. Heart disease in pregnancy
11. Adult congenital heart disease
12. Complications of therapy

4. Management

1. Acute and chronic congestive heart failure
2. Acute myocardial infarction and other acute ischemic syndromes
3. Acute and chronic arrhythmias
4. Preoperative and postoperative patients
5. Cardiac transplant patients