HealthPartners Cardiovascular Conference - 2026

St. Louis Park, MN US
February 6, 2026

Primary care providers are on the front lines of cardiovascular disease prevention, diagnosis and long-term management. Rapidly evolving guidelines, emerging therapies and increasing complexity make staying current a challenge. The HealthPartners Cardiovascular Conference is designed to meet this need by delivering focused, practical updates. 

This fast-paced, single-day format is tailored to busy clinicians, offering concise, high-impact presentations from leading experts at HealthPartners and Park Nicollet. Sessions will spotlight key updates to cardiovascular guidelines relevant to primary care decision-making, common gaps in assessment, diagnosis and treatment, and emerging technologies and therapies.

Focusing on real-world application and anticipated changes in the next five years, the conference will equip primary care clinicians with needed knowledge and strategies to deliver evidence-based, patient-centered cardiovascular care.

Target Audience

Family Practice, Internal Medicine, Hospital Medicine, Cardiology, Pulmonary/Critical Care, Emergency Medicine, Nephrology, Neurology

Learning Objectives

Following this learning activity, participants will be able to:

  • Discuss the newest developments, research and innovations in the field of cardiology, and consider their implications
  • Utilize updated, evidence-based clinical guidelines for diagnosing, managing and treating common cardiovascular conditions
  • Apply strategies to determine appropriate interventions for patients with structural heart disease and atrial fibrillation
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 7.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 7.75 Attendance
    This program is designed to meet the Minnesota Board of Nursing’s requirements. It is the responsibility of each nurse to determine if the program meets the criteria for licensure or recertification in their discipline.
Course opens: 
08/04/2025
Course expires: 
03/06/2026
Event starts: 
02/06/2026 - 7:40am CST
Event ends: 
02/06/2026 - 5:00pm CST
Cost:
$200.00
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  Friday, February 6
7:15 a.m. Registration and light breakfast
7:40  Welcome and introductory remarks
 Session I: Does My Patient Have a Heart Problem?
8:00  Symptom Assessment – Chest Pain and Dyspnea
8:25  Symptom Assessment – Palpitations, Light-headedness and Syncope
8:50  Should I Be Worried About this ECG Result?
9:15  Q&A
9:25  Break
 Session II: Prevention and Risk Assessment
9:40  The Role of CAC in the Prevention of CAD
10:05  Assessing and Managing Lipids
10:30  Pre-operative and Perioperative Cardiology
10:55  Which Test for Which Problem?
11:20  Q&A
11:30  Lunch / Optional Trivia Session
 Session III: Symptomatic Heart Disease
12:10 p.m.  Medical Management of Chronic Heart Failure
12:40  Medical Management of Acute Heart Failure
1:10  Diagnostics and Drugs for Hypertension
1:35  To Stent or Not Stent? The Management of CAD
2:00  Vascular Disease: Lifestyle, medications and devices
2:25  Q&A
2:35  Break
Session IV: Drugs and Devices for Heart Disease
2:50  Managing Antiplatelet and Anticoagulant Therapy
3:15  Structural Therapies for Valvular Heart Disease
3:40  Structural Therapies for Stroke Prevention
4:05  Q&A
 Session V: The Grand Finale 
4:15  Recent Trials
4:35  What’s Coming in 2026 and Beyond
4:55  Closing comments

 

Try these routes to get some steps in during the breaks:
Indoor Walking Map
Outdoor Walking Map

Naegele Auditorium - Park Nicollet Clinic & Specialty Center
3800 Park Nicollet Blvd
St. Louis Park, MN 55416
United States
Directions and parking

Take Highway 100 to Excelsior Blvd.; east to Park Nicollet Blvd. (behind McDonalds; across from Miracle Mile Shopping Center); turn left into the clinic campus and follow signs to the free patient and visitor parking ramp or valet. Handicapped parking is available on each level of the ramp and noted surface lots near building entrances. Please park on the upper levels of the ramp to allow priority parking for our patients. A map of the campus can be found here.

The campus consists of three clinic buildings – 3800, 3850 and 3900. Enclosed skyways located on the second level of the parking ramp connect the buildings. 
Follow signs to the 3800 building and elevators. Naegele Auditorium is located on the 7th floor.

Additional parking: If you don’t mind a short walk, there is free parking along Wolfe Park as well as a free ramp at Excelsior & Grand, they are about a 4 minute walk to the 3800 building. A local map can be found here. Check with your hotel to see if they provide free shuttle to our location, several do. Parking on-site can be very limited.

Travel

Nearby Hotels:

Marriott Residency
952-893-9300
Close to MSP Airport and Mall of America
About 20-30 min from conference (varies with traffic)

Homewood Suites
952-544-0495
About 10 min from conference

Holiday Inn
763-545-8300
About 10 min from conference

All of the relevant financial relationships listed for these individuals have been mitigated.

Content Reviewer

Jeremy Springer, MD has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Course Director(s)

Rufino Festin, MD

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Sheetal Kaul, MD, FACC, MBA

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Balaji Krishnan, MD, MS

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.
Faculty/Instructor(s)

Gregory Cascino, MD

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Antoine Chaanine, MD

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Elizabeth Grey, MD

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Pawan Hari, MBBS

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Scott Hoffman, MD, ScM

has a financial relationship (Professional Services) with Abbott;.
has a financial relationship (Professional Services) with Abbott;.
has a financial relationship (Professional Services) with Philips;.

Omer Iqbal, MBBS

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Asrar Khan, MD

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

James Lloyd, MD

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Appesh Mohandas, MD

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Naeem Moulki, MD

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Brett Oestreich, MD

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Charles Pinkerman, DO

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Christopher Reiff, MD

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Mohammad Rizvi, MBBS

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Laura Ross, PA-C

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Daniel Satran, MD, FACC, FSCAI

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Jeffrey Shultz, MD

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Jay Simonson, MD

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Andrew Smith, MD

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.
Planner(s)

Balaji Krishnan, MD, MS

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.
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Disclosure and Content Validation

HealthPartners is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

HealthPartners Office of Continuing Medical Education designates this live activity for a maximum of 7.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. 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:

  • 7.75 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program
  • 7.75 credits toward the CME and Self-Assessment requirements of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program
  • 7.75 credits toward the CME and Self-Assessment requirements of the American Board of Thoracic Surgery’s Maintenance of Certification program

It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM, ABS or ABTS points/credit.

This program is designed to meet the Minnesota Board of Nursing requirements. It is the responsibility of each participant to determine if the program meets the criteria for licensure or recertification for their discipline.

Available Credit

  • 7.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 7.75 Attendance
    This program is designed to meet the Minnesota Board of Nursing’s requirements. It is the responsibility of each nurse to determine if the program meets the criteria for licensure or recertification in their discipline.

Price

Cost:
$200.00
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Cancellations must be received by 5:00 p.m. Central Time on January 29th, 2026. No refunds will be issued after this time. 

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