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ADVANCES Grand Rounds: Advancing Women's Heart Health

Welcome to ADVANCES! Our accredited Grand Rounds series is a multi-institutional collaboration dedicated to advancing women's cardiovascular health through high-quality, multidisciplinary education. By bridging research, clinical practice, and patient perspectives, the series fosters collaboration, promotes advocacy, amplifies patient voices, and inspires innovative research. Through the development of a dynamic and inclusive community, we aim to drive meaningful and lasting improvements in care, policy, and professional development.


Date: February 26, 2026
Time: 5pm ET
Virtual Event: LINK



- To join our ADVANCES community, please e-mail: mgbwomenshearthealthprogram@mgb.org to be added to our mailing list.



DATE Speaker Institute Video Presentation LINK Preview
February 26, 2026 Odayme Quesada, MD, MHS;
Harmony R. Reynolds, MD;
Ayushi Mohan, MD;
Ruth Kagan, MD;
Olga Toleva, MD, MPH;
Puja K. Mehta, MD

The Christ Hospital;
NYU Langone Health;
Georgia Heart Institute;
Emory Healthcare

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January 22, 2026 Martha Gulati, MD, MS;
Lily N. Dastmalchi, DO;
JoAnn E. Manson, MD, DrPH;
Emily S. Lau, MD, MPH;
Chrisandra L. Shufelt, MD, MS

Houston Methodist;
Inova;
Brigham and Women's Hospital;
Mayo Clinic

Menopausal Hormone Therapy & The Heart: Myths, Mistakes, and the Black Box

October 23, 2025



Marysia Tweet, MD, MS;
Kathleen Young, MD;
Sabrina Phillips, MD;
Melinda Davis, MD;
Stacie Willner, DO;
Uri Elkayam, MD;
Gianna Wilkie, MD

Mayo Clinic;
University of Michigan;
University of Southern California, Los Angeles;
UMASS Memorial Health

Heart and Womb: Complex Cases in Cardio-Obstetrics

September 25, 2025



Colleen Harrington, MD
Amy Sarma, MD;
Sarah Tsiaras, MD;
Nandita Scott, MD;
Jennifer Sumner, PhD;
Marysia Tweet, MD, MS;
Jacqueline Saw, MD;
Esther Kim, MD;

Mass General Brigham;
UCLA;
Mayo Clinic;
University of British Columbia;
Atrium Health

Beyond the Dissection: Exercise, Emotional Well-being, and Genetics following Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection
June 2025 Jonathan R. Salik, MD, MS-HPEd
Massachusetts General Hospital
Acute and Recurrent Pericarditis: An Evolving Landscape
May 2025 Emily S. Lau, MD, MPH
Massachusetts General Hospital
Unlocking the Scientist in Every Physician: My Unlikely Path to Women's Cardiovascular Research
April 2025 C. Noel Bairey Merz, MD
Cedars-Sinai
Not Your Father's Heart Disease: the Herstory and WISE
March 2025 Abha Khandelwal, MD, MS
Stanford Health Care
Teleheart: Transforming Maternal Cardiac Care Delivery
February 2025 Daniela Crousillat, MD
Tampa General Hospital
Thoracic Aortic Disease and Dissection in Women: One Size Does Not Fit All
January 2025 Patricia F. Rodriguez-Lozano, MD, MS
UVA Health
Advancing Care: Paradigm Shift in Understanding Ischemic Heart Disease in Women

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