Washington ACC 2026 Annual Meeting

Bellevue, WA US
September 19, 2026

Broad education for all members of the Cardiovascular team, featuring tech implementation, new guideline review, and new therapies.

Target Audience

Cardiologists, PAs, NPs, Nurses, Primary Care MDs

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of the educational activity, participants should be able to:

  • Review the new guideline, and strategic Initiatives ACC is conducting on behalf of all members nationally.
  • Assimilate specific instances in which ACC education and Initiatives can assist CV professionals in diagnoses and continued learning.
  • Decode the 2026 Guidelines and new data on hormone Replacement therapies.
  • Identify the new VNE AI Technology and updates to PET and CT tools.
  • Discuss new research on device infection ad pulse field management for ablation.
  • Describe IC/Structural and SHOCK and PCI nuances from recent key trials.

Commercial Support
There is no commercial support for this activity.

Course summary

Available credit: 
  • 5.75 AANP Contact Hours

    Nurse Practitioners
    This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Accreditation Standards of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) through the joint providership of AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare and Washington Chapter, American College of Cardiology.  AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare is accredited by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners as an approved provider of nurse practitioner continuing education. Provider number: 030803. This activity is approved for 5.75 contact hour(s) (which includes 2.00 hour(s) of pharmacology).

    • 2.00 AANP Pharmacology Contact Hours
  • 5.75 AAPA Category 1 CME

    Physician Associates
    AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare has been authorized by the American Academy of Physician Associates (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 5.75 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.

  • 5.75 MOC_ABIM Medical Knowledge

    Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 5.75 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

  • 5.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit

    Physicians
    AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 5.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  • 5.75 ANCC Contact Hours

    Nurses
    Credit being awarded: 5.75 ANCC contact hours

  • 5.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ Non-MD

    Non-Physicians Seeking AMA Credit
    AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 5.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Course opens: 
09/19/2026
Course expires: 
12/31/2026
Event starts: 
09/19/2026 - 7:00am EDT
Event ends: 
09/19/2026 - 11:59pm EDT
Cost:
$0.00
Rating: 
0
The Intercontinental Hotel
850 Ave Sq NE
Bellevue, WA 98004
United States

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

It is the policy of AKH Inc. to ensure independence, balance, objectivity, scientific rigor, and integrity in all of its continuing education activities. The author must disclose to the participants any significant relationships with ineligible companies whose products or devices may be mentioned in the activity or with the commercial supporter of this continuing education activity. Identified conflicts of interest are mitigated by AKH prior to accreditation of the activity. AKH planners and reviewers have no relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Disclosure of Unlabeled Use and Investigational Product 
This educational activity may include discussion of uses of agents that are investigational and/or unapproved by the FDA. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.

Disclaimer 
This course is designed solely to provide the healthcare professional with information to assist in his/her practice and professional development and is not to be considered a diagnostic tool to replace professional advice or treatment. The course serves as a general guide to the healthcare professional, and therefore, cannot be considered as giving legal, nursing, medical, or other professional advice in specific cases. AKH Inc. specifically disclaim responsibility for any adverse consequences resulting directly or indirectly from information in the course, for undetected error, or through participants misunderstanding of the content. If you would like to opt out from future communications from AKH please send an email to [email protected] with your information with "Opt Out" in the subject line.

Reviewer(s)

Dorothy Caputo, MA BSN RN

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Rebecca Lakofsky, BSN, RN

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Bernadette Makar, MSN, APRN-BC, NP-C

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

Radica Alicic

has a financial relationship (Researcher) with Novo Nordisk;.
has a financial relationship (Consultant) with Bayer ;.
has a financial relationship (Consultant) with Boehringer Ingelheim;.
has a financial relationship (Researcher) with Boehringer Ingelheim;.
has a financial relationship (Researcher) with Otsuka;.
has a financial relationship (Researcher) with Novartis ;.
has a financial relationship (Researcher) with AstraZeneca,;.
has a financial relationship (Researcher) with ProKidney ;.

Uyanga Batnyam, Assistant professor of medicine

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Kelley Branch

has a financial relationship (Consultant) with Kestra;.
has a financial relationship (Consultant) with Amgen;.
has a financial relationship (Consultant) with Bayer;.
has a financial relationship (Independent contractor (including contracted research)) with Novartis;.
has a financial relationship (Independent contractor (including contracted research)) with Nanox AI;.
has a financial relationship (Independent contractor (including contracted research)) with Amgen;.

Amanda Carter, PharmD

has a financial relationship (Advisor) with BAYER;.

Richard Cheng

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Christine Chung

has a financial relationship (Consultant) with Siemens;.
has a financial relationship (Consultant) with Gore;.
has a financial relationship (Consultant) with Medtronic;.
has a financial relationship (Consultant) with Abbott;.
has a financial relationship (Consultant) with Edwards Lifesciences;.
has a financial relationship (Consultant) with Boston Scientific;.

Todd Dardas, MD, MS

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Amanda DePalma

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Jacob Doll, MD

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Creighton Don

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Sameer Gafoor

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Kasturi Ghia, MD

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Beixin He, MD, PhD

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Ravi Hira, MD, FACC, FAHA, FSCAI

has a financial relationship (Speaker) with Aztrazeneca;.

Dipti Itchhaporia, MD, MACC, FAHA, FESC, FRCP

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Maeve Jones O'Connor, MB BCh BAO, FACC

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Abiral Joshee, MHA

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Sanjay Khicha, M.D. FACS

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Daniel Kim, MD, PhD, MPH

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Christopher Kramer, M.D.

has a financial relationship (Researcher) with Eli Lilly;.
has a financial relationship (Researcher) with Cytokinetics;.
has a financial relationship (Consultant) with Eli Lilly;.
has a financial relationship (Consultant) with Sanofi;.

John MacGregor, MD, FHRS

has a financial relationship (Individual stocks and stock options) with ROMTech;.

John Maier

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Deirdre Mooney, MD MPH FACC

has a financial relationship (Speaker) with Pfizer;.
has a financial relationship (Speaker) with BridgeBio;.

Gautam Nayak, MD FACC

has a financial relationship (Ownership interest) with Cognition Med LLC;.

Toshimasa Okabe, Physician

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Iniya Rajendran, Iniya Rajendran MD MPH

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Nina Rashedi

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Jason Reese

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Joel Rhyner

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

STEPHEN SESLAR, MD, PhD

has a financial relationship (Employee) with Dopl Technologies;.

Angad Singh

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Kavisha Singh, MD

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Jill Steiner

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Tomio Tran, MD

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Katherine Tuttle, Katherine R. Tuttle, MD, FASN, FACP, FNKF

has a financial relationship (Speaker) with Travere;.
has a financial relationship (Advisor) with Alnylam;.
has a financial relationship (Consultant) with Astra Zeneca;.
has a financial relationship (Consultant) with Bayer;.
has a financial relationship (Consultant) with Boehringer Ingelheim;.
has a financial relationship (Consultant) with Lilly;.
has a financial relationship (Consultant) with Glaxo Smith Kline;.
has a financial relationship (Consultant) with Novo Nordisk;.
has a financial relationship (Advisor) with Otsuka;.
has a financial relationship (Consultant) with ProKidney;.
has a financial relationship (Advisor) with Roche;.

Lauren Weber, MD

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Mrinal Yadava

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Eugene Yang, MD, MS, FACC

has a financial relationship (Consultant) with Diamedica;.
has a financial relationship (Advisor) with Sky Labs;.
has a financial relationship (Advisor) with Kestra;.

Vidhushei Yogeswaran, MD MS FACC

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

David Zhang, MD, PhD

has a financial relationship (Consultant) with Alnylam pharmaceutical;.

James Zhang

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

ming zhang, MD PhD

has a financial relationship (Consultant) with Edwards;.
has a financial relationship (Consultant) with Edwards;.

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare and Washington Chapter, American College of Cardiology. AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

 

 

This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 5.75 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.

Available Credit

  • 5.75 AANP Contact Hours

    Nurse Practitioners
    This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Accreditation Standards of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) through the joint providership of AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare and Washington Chapter, American College of Cardiology.  AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare is accredited by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners as an approved provider of nurse practitioner continuing education. Provider number: 030803. This activity is approved for 5.75 contact hour(s) (which includes 2.00 hour(s) of pharmacology).

    • 2.00 AANP Pharmacology Contact Hours
  • 5.75 AAPA Category 1 CME

    Physician Associates
    AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare has been authorized by the American Academy of Physician Associates (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 5.75 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.

  • 5.75 MOC_ABIM Medical Knowledge

    Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 5.75 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

  • 5.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit

    Physicians
    AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 5.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  • 5.75 ANCC Contact Hours

    Nurses
    Credit being awarded: 5.75 ANCC contact hours

  • 5.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ Non-MD

    Non-Physicians Seeking AMA Credit
    AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 5.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Price

Cost:
$0.00
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Criteria for Success
To obtain credit, you must complete the activity evaluation and claim credit based on your attendance.  The Certificate of Completion is immediately available for download after submitting your evaluation.  It will remain in your profile transcript for future retrieval if needed.  It can be found under My Account > My Activities > Completed Activities.

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