2025 Ascension Saint Thomas Comprehensive Cardiovascular Update

Save the date! Please join us at the stunning JW Marriott in Nashville, Tennessee, for our annual conference, offering a comprehensive update on the latest advancements in cardiovascular care. This year’s event will highlight Collaborative Care in Cardiology, featuring sessions on cardiovascular surgery, electrophysiology, structural cardiology, vascular cardiology, imaging, coronary interventions, heart failure, and women’s heart health. Registration will be open and credits will be finalized in the near future.

For any questions, please email astcme@ascension.org.

To reserve a discounted room at the JW Marriott Nashville with the Ascension Saint Thomas room block, please visit the link below and make your reservation no later than July 16th. Registrants are responsible for making their own reservations. 

https://book.passkey.com/go/Ascension2025

Thank you to our Co-Course Directors, Section Leaders, Planning Committee, and Faculty for their investment in the 2025 Ascension Saint Thomas Comprehensive Cardiovascular Update!

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

Ascension Saint Thomas is committed to providing CME that is balanced, objective, and evidence-based. In accordance with the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, all individuals who have the opportunity to control content are required to disclose any financial relationships within the past 24 months with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. Ascension Saint Thomas has established mechanisms to mitigate relevant financial relationships. Disclosure of relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies will be provided to learners prior to the activity.

Member Information

Role in activity

Nature of Relationship(s) / Name of Ineligible Company(s)

Kemal Akat, MD, PhD
,

Faculty

Cathleen Biga, MSN, MACC
President/CEO
Cardiovascular Management of Illinois
DARIEN, IL

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Roshan Bista, MD
Ascension Saint Thomas Heart Cardiovascular Surgery
Nashville , TN

Faculty

Amber M Edwards, MD
Dr
Nashville, TN

Faculty

Consulting Fee-AtriCure, Inc.|Consulting Fee-Intuitive Surgical

Hannah Fish-Trotter, MD
Cardiologist
Ascension Saint Thomas Heart Midtown
Nashville, TN

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Sarah R Fremont, MD
Dr
Ascension Saint Thomas
Nashville, TN

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

William Hunter, FNP-BC
Ascension Saint Thomas Heart West
Nashville, TN

Faculty

amit n keswani, MD
Ascension Saint Thomas Heart Franklin
spring hill, TN

Faculty

Mark Koenig, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Dr
Ascension Medical Partners
Nashville , TN

Faculty

Hady Lichaa, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FSVM, RPVI
Interventional Cardiovascular Specialist
Ascension Saint Thomas Heart Rutherford
Murfreesboro, TN

Faculty

Consulting Fee-Abbott (Any division)|Consulting Fee-Medtronic (Any division)|Consulting Fee-Penumbra|Consulting Fee-Philips (Any division)

Ricardo M Lugo, MD
Ascension Saint Thomas Heart West
Nashville, TN

Faculty

Consulting Fee-Johnson & Johnson|Consulting Fee-Philips (Any division)

Mary McClure, PharmD
Cardiology Ambulatory Care Pharmacist
Ascension Saint Thomas Heart West
Nashville, TN

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

M. Andrew Morse, MD
Dr
Nashville, TN

Faculty

Other: Consultant & Speakers' Bureau-Abbott (Any division)|Other: Consultant & Speakers' Bureau-Edwards Lifesciences Corporation

S. Ryan Raissi, MD
Cardiologist
Ascension Saint Thomas Heart West
Nashville, TN

Faculty

Consulting Fee-Abbott (Any division)|Consulting Fee-Edwards Lifesciences Corporation|Consulting Fee-Philips (Any division)|Speakers Bureau-Abbott (Any division)|Speakers Bureau-Edwards Lifesciences Corporation|Speakers Bureau-Philips (Any division)

Nishtha Sareen, MD, MPH
Interventional Cardiologist
Ascension Saint Thomas Heart
Nashville, TN

Faculty

Consulting Fee-Abbott (Any division)|Consulting Fee-Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals

Gary Yawn, MD

Faculty

Andrew O Zurick III, MD, FACC, FASE, FSCMR
Cardiologist
Ascension Saint Thomas Heart
Nashville, TN

Faculty

Speakers Bureau-Novo Nordisk (Any division)|Speakers Bureau-HeartFlow|Speakers Bureau-Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals (Relationship has ended)|Consulting Fee-Elucid