Cayman Heart Foundation Cardiovascular Conference 2026
Saving More Lives, Individually and at Scale
Kimpton Seafire Conference Centre
Thursday 18th June 2026
8.15am – 5pm (Opening Remarks at 9am sharp)
Every preventable death is a tragedy that affects our community. Taken collectively, we lose approaching 100 lives annually and that is a number we need to change, at scale. So, our theme for the 2026 Cayman Heart Foundation (CHF) Cardiovascular Conference is:
Saving More Lives, Individually and at Scale
Conference Schedule
2026 Theme: Saving More Lives, Individually and at Scale
Morning
Session
8.15am – 09.10am
Registration
Coffee & Breakfast
9.10am – 9.40am
Opening Remarks
Hon. Katherine Ebanks-Wilks, MP, Ministry for Health, Environment & Sustainability, Cayman Islands
Mr. Andrew Vincent, MBA DipM, Chair, Cayman Heart Foundation
9.40am – 10.15am
Keynote Speaker
Mrs. Felicia McLean, Chief Nursing Officer, Ministry of Health, Environment & Sustainability
10.15am – 10.45am
Lifelong Management of the Thoracic Aorta: How to Refer, When to Act, and How to Align Imaging and Surveillance
Dr. Bradley S. Taylor, M.D., Chief Medical Executive, Christine E. Lynn Heart & Vascular Institute, Chief of Cardiac Surgery, Palm Beach Region, Chief of Quality and Outcomes, Baptist Health Heart & Vascular Care
10.45am – 11.15am
Coffee Break and Networking
11.15am – 11.45am
Chest pain isn’t a diagnosis. Why risk stratification matters most.
Dr. Andres Izquierdo Martin, FRCSEd, FRCEM, Senior Consultant, Emergency & Casualty, Health City Cayman Islands
11.45am – 12.15pm
Advanced Heart Failure in 2026: Challenges and Innovations
Dr. Sheng Fu, M.D., Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist, Baptist Health Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute
12.15pm – 12.45pm
Role of Cardiac CT in CAD
Dr. Yiannis Chatzizisis, M.D., Ph.D. Professor Chief, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, UHealth International, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Lunch
Break
12.45pm – 1.45pm
Lunch Stations, Exhibition and Professional Networking Meet & Greet
Early
Afternoon
Session
1.45pm – 2.15pm
Why Patients Struggle to Change: A Lifestyle Medicine Approach to Cardiovascular Prevention
Dr. Amanda Chisholm, MBChB, MRCGP, DipIBLM, General Practitioner, Optimal Healthcare Ltd.
2.15pm – 2.45pm
Support of the infant and young child with ventricular assist device.
Dr. Steven Bibevski, MD, PhD, Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Congenital Heart Surgery, Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital Memorial Healthcare System
2.45pm – 3.15pm
Cardiovascular Disease in Children Impacting on Sports Participation
Dr. Pradip Thakker, MBBS, DCH, MRCPCH, Consultant Paediatrician, Health Services Authority (HSA)
3.15pm – 3.45pm
Coffee Break and Networking
Late
Afternoon
Session
3.45pm – 4.15pm
How to Reduce Excess Cardiovascular Mortality – Lessons From the World
Dr. Krzysztof (Kris) Kukula, MD, PhD, Consultant Cardiologist, Doctors Hospital
4.15pm – 4.45pm
A Question of Good Health: Rethinking the Locus of Health & Wellbeing
Mr. Andrew Vincent, MBA DipM, Chair, Cayman Heart Foundation
4.45pm – 5pm
Closing Remarks
Cayman Heart Foundation
Massive Thank You to Our 2026 Sponsors
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