December 3, 2026 |
The Westin Copley Place, Boston
7:15 - 8:00
Registration, Breakfast, and Exhibits
Essex Ballroom & Foyer
MORNING PLENARY SESSION - America Ballroom [Session Moderators: Nicholas Hill, MD; Ioana Preston, MD]
8:00 - 8:10
Welcoming Remarks and Overview
Nicholas Hill, MD; Ioana Preston, MD
PH Research Update: 2026 and Beyond
8:10 - 8:30
Preclinical Discoveries in Pulmonary Hypertension
Paul Yu, MD, PhD
8:30 - 8:50
Clinical Research 2026: Defining the New Frontier
Vallerie McLaughlin, MD, FACC
8:50 - 9:10
Algorithm Overload: Is There a Better Path Forward?
Marc Humbert, MD, PhD
9:10 - 9:30
Panel Discussion | Audience Q&A
Moderator: Murali Chakinala, MD, FCCP
Discussants: Paul Yu, MD, PhD;
Vallerie McLaughlin, MD, FACC;
Marc Humbert, MD, PhD
9:30 - 9:50
Break and Exhibits
Essex Foyer
9:50 - 10:20
Debate – Emerging Lung Phenotypes: ILD-PH
Are We Doing it All Wrong?
Moderator: Nicholas Hill, MD
YES: Aaron Waxman, MD, PhD
NO: Rajan Saggar, MD
10:20 - 10:40
ILD-PH Emerging Treatment Options
Sandeep Sahay, MD, FCCP
10:40 - 11:00
CTD-PAH vs. CTD-ILD-PH: How Do You Know
and What Do You Do?
Stephen Mathai, MD, MHS
11:00 - 11:15
Panel Discussion | Audience Q&A
Moderator: John W. McConnell, MD
Discussants: Sandeep Sahay, MD, FCCP;
Stephen Mathai, MD, MHS; Joyce Lee, MD;
Oksana Shlobin, MD, FCCP
11:15 - 11:30
Transition to Breakouts and Exhibits
America Foyer
CONCURRENT INTERACTIVE BREAKOUT SESSIONS - Rooms Posted on Mobile App
Rotation 1: 11:30 - 12:10 | Rotation 2: 12:15 - 1:00
Therapeutic Strategies in the Setting of Complex Comorbidities
Colin Church, MB ChB, PhD; Mardi Gomberg-Maitland, MD, MSc
Challenges in Managing ILD-PH and COPD-PH
Rodolfo Estrada, MD; H. James Ford, MD
Non-Methamphetamine Drug-induced Pulmonary Hypertension
Olivier Sitbon, MD, PhD; John Kingrey, MD
Managing Treatment Side Effects in the New Era
Jean Elwing, MD, FCCP; Melisa Wilson, DNP, APRN; Jennifer Keeley, DNP, ANP-BC
1:00 - 1:50
Lunch and Exhibits
Essex Ballroom & Foyer
1:50 - 2:00
Transition to Plenary Session
America Foyer
AFTERNOON PLENARY SESSION - America Ballroom
The Evolving Treatment Paradigm
2:00 - 2:20
CTEPH Unveiled:
A Contemporary Management Approach
Abdullah Aldalaan, MD
2:20 - 2:40
Advances in Imaging Modalities:
Incorporating These into PH Management
Anjali Vaidya, MD, FACC
2:40 - 3:00
Treatment Strategies for Group 2 PH: The Evolution of
Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy (GDMT)
Jean-Luc Vachiery, MD, FESC
3:00 - 3:20
Evolving Treatment Paradigms for Group 1 PH:
Combination, Sequencing, and Advanced Therapy
Kelly Chin, MD
3:20 - 3:40
Panel Discussion | Audience Q&A
Moderator: Gustavo Heresi, MD, MS
Discussants: Abdullah Aldalaan, MD;
Anjali Vaidya, MD, FACC;
Jean-Luc Vachiery, MD, FESC;
Kelly Chin, MD
3:40 - 4:10
Expert Panel - PH Patients are Living Longer:
The Impact of Treatment Decisions
Moderator: Robert Frantz, MD, FACC
Discussants: James Klinger, MD;
John Ryan, MD, MB Bch BAO;
Zeenat Safdar, MD; Corey Ventetuolo, MD, MS
4:10 - 4:40
Hope as a Clinical Strategy: Lessons Learned from
Smallpox, HIV and Hepatitis C for Pulmonary Hypertension
Glenn Treisman, MD, PhD
4:40 - 4:45
Wrap-up | Closing Remarks
Harrison Farber, MD; Nicholas Hill, MD;
Ioana Preston, MD; Nicole Ruopp, MD
4:45 - 5:30
Reception
America Foyer
