2026 Ohio-ACC Annual Meeting
The 2026 Ohio-ACC Annual Meeting offers a day of focused cardiovascular education, featuring expert presentations on hormone therapy and heart health, asymptomatic carotid stenosis management, updated lipid and PE guidelines, and the expanding role of electrophysiology in heart failure care. The program also covers healthcare policy updates and strategies for optimizing cardiology care teams, alongside a Fellow in Training Oral Competition highlighting emerging research. Through lectures, case discussions, and Q&A, the meeting translates current evidence into practical strategies for patient care.
Target Audience
This activity is designed for an audience of physicians, nurses, physician associates and pharmacists.
Learning Objectives
- Evaluate the evidence on hormone therapy timing and apply risk-stratification strategies for cardiovascular care in menopausal patients.
- Identify current policy, regulatory, and advocacy trends from the ACC that are shaping cardiovascular practice.
- Develop an individualized, evidence-based decision-making framework for managing patients with asymptomatic carotid stenosis.
- Identify team-based care strategies that improve access, quality, and sustainability in cardiology practice.
- Apply updated lipid management guidelines to optimize LDL-lowering therapy selection and intensification.
- Translate updated pulmonary embolism risk-stratification and treatment guidelines into bedside decision-making.
- Apply lipid and PE guideline updates to practical clinical scenarios through discussion.
- Appraise the methodology, findings, and clinical implications of original cardiovascular research presented by fellows-in-training.
- Evaluate the expanding role of electrophysiology-based interventions in the management of heart failure.
Commercial Support
There is no commercial support for this activity.
Course summary
- 4.75 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 4.75 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation. - 4.75 MOC_ABIM Medical Knowledge
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 4.75 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. - 4.75 ACPE Pharmacist
Pharmacists
AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare designates this continuing education activity for 4.75 contact hours. - 4.75 ACPE Pharmacy Technician
Pharmacy Technicians
AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare designates this continuing education activity for 4.75 contact hours. - 4.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Physicians
AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 4.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. - 4.75 ANCC Contact Hours
Nurses
Credit being awarded: 4.75 ANCC contact hours - 4.75 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 4.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.
Dorothy Caputo, MA BSN RN
Thomas O'Neill, MD/PhD
Salvatore Savona, MD
Sanjay Gandhi
Raghu Kolluri, MD, MS, MSVM, FACC
Thomas O'Neill, MD/PhD
Ellen Sabik
Salvatore Savona, MD
Kamal Shemisa, MD
Dorothy Caputo, MA BSN RN
Dorothy Duffy, RPh
Teresa Carman, MD, RPVI, MSVM
Leslie Cho, MD
Guillermo Escobar
Nicholas Hehmann, DO
Emily Lau, MD, MPH
Sandra Lewis, MD, FACC, FAHA, FRCP
Joel Sauer, Executive VP, Care Transformation Services
Ajay Vallakati, MD
Syed Rafay Zaidi, MD
Available Credit
- 4.75 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 4.75 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation. - 4.75 MOC_ABIM Medical Knowledge
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 4.75 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. - 4.75 ACPE Pharmacist
Pharmacists
AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare designates this continuing education activity for 4.75 contact hours. - 4.75 ACPE Pharmacy Technician
Pharmacy Technicians
AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare designates this continuing education activity for 4.75 contact hours. - 4.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Physicians
AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 4.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. - 4.75 ANCC Contact Hours
Nurses
Credit being awarded: 4.75 ANCC contact hours - 4.75 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 4.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.

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