First Annual MO-KS EP Fellows Meeting

Electrophysiology Lab

The Missouri-Kansas Electrophysiology Fellow Meeting FY23 will be the first ever academic meeting of all Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship programs of Missouri and Kansas. The speaker panel will include program directors and selected faculty from the academic rosters of the University of Missouri-Columbia, the University of Missouri-Kansas City, the University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City Heart Rhythm Institute and Washington University in St. Louis. The attendees will include all faculty, EP fellows and academic physician extenders from these programs.

  • Date
    02/25/2023
  • Venue
    Broadway Hotel, 1111 E Broadway, Columbia, MO 65201 (map)

Program Goal

To foster academic exchange among cardiac electrophysiology training programs in Missouri and Kansas.

Program Objectives

  • Practical demonstration of critical electrophysiology concepts.
  • Stimulate intellectual curiosity in cardiac electrophysiology trainees.
  • Incubate the exchange of ideas in clinical and basic research.
  • Encourage healthy intellectual competition.
  • Introduction to advances in EP technology and management of unique clinical scenarios.

Program Chair

Sandeep Gautam, MD
Sandeep Gautam, MD, MPH, FHRS

Invited Faculty

  • Daniel H. Cooper, MD
    Director, Electrophysiology Fellowship
    Associate Professor of Medicine
    Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
  • Sanjaya Gupta, MD
    Director, Electrophysiology Fellowship
    Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine
    University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, Missouri
  • Seth Sheldon, MD
    Director, Electrophysiology Fellowship
    Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine
    University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas
  • Philip Cuculich, MD
    Professor of Medicine
    Professor of Radiation Oncology
    Co-Director, Center for Noninvasive Cardiac Radioablation (CNCR)
    Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
  • Madhu Reddy, MD
    Chief, Division of Cardiac Electrophysiology
    Professor of Internal Medicine
    University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas
  • Dhanunjaya "DJ" Lakkireddy, MD
    Director, Kansas City Heart Rhythm Institute, Overland Park, Kansas
    Professor of Medicine
    University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri

University of Missouri-Columbia Faculty

  • Hemant Godara, MD
    Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
    University Of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri

Program Agenda

Feb 24, 2023

6:30 p.m. Welcome Dinner

Feb 25, 2023

7:50 a.m. Welcome – Sandeep Gautam

Session 1: Introduction to new EP techniques

8:00-9:30 a.m.

  • Dr. Dan Cooper
  • Dr. Hemant Godara
  • Dr. Sanjaya Gupta
  • Dr. Seth Sheldon

Panel Discussion

Session 2: Management of EP Lab Complications

9:30-11:00 a.m.

  • Dr. Philip Cuculich
  • Dr. Madhu Reddy
  • Dr. Sandeep Gautam
  • Dr. DJ Lakkireddy

Panel Discussion

Lunch Break and Vendor Booth Visit

11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Session 3: EP Research Presentations

12:30-2:00 p.m.

  • MU-Columbia EP Fellow
  • MUKC EP Fellow
  • KUMC EP Fellow
  • Washington University EP Fellow

Panel Discussion

Session 4: Stump The Experts (EGM Discussion)

2:00-3:30 p.m.

  • MU-Columbia EP Fellow
  • MUKC EP Fellow
  • KUMC EP Fellow
  • Washington University EP Fellow

Session 5: EP Jeopardy Competition

3:30-4:30 p.m.

  • Dr. Rakesh Gopinathannair
  • Dr. DJ Lakkireddy

Closing Remarks: Sandeep Gautam