2024 Challenges in Hypertension – 12th Annual

12th Annual
Challenges in Hypertension
from the Hypertension Center at
Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Friday, September 20, 2024

Learning Objectives
1. Identify common and uncommon challenges in hypertension that medical practitioners face.
2. Discuss guidelines and procedures for Hypertension.
3. Explore management practices of Hypertension.

AGENDA
Welcome & Course Overview
Course Directors: Andrew S. Bomback MD, MPH; Jai Radhakrishnan MD, MS & Teena P. Zachariah MD

Autonomic Dysfunction/Labile Hypertension
Jai Radhakrishnan MD, MS, Professor of Medicine, Nephrology, Columbia

Managing BP in Hospitalized Patients
Ashmi Patel MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine at CUMC, General Medicine, Columbia

State of the Art Lecture: Monogenic Causes of Hypertension
Ali G. Gharavi MD, Jay Meltzer MD Professor of Nephrology & Hypertension, Nephrology, Columbia

Hypertension in the Elderly
Kaylan Christianer MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine at CUMC, General Medicine, Columbia

Adolescent/Pediatric Hypertension
Rushelle L. Byfield MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Pediatric Nephrology, Columbia

Pregnancy Related Hypertension & Management 
Teena P. Zachariah MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Nephrology, Columbia

State of the Art Lecture: Renal Denervation
Ajay J. Kirtane MD, Professor of Medicine, Cardiology, Columbia

Aldosterone Synthase Inhibitors
Andrew S. Bomback MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Medicine, Nephrology, Columbia

Common Side Effects of Blood Pressure Medications
Hanlin Li PharmD, Lead Clinical Pharmacy Manager, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

ESRD & Hypertension
Heedeok Han MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Nephrology, Columbia

Difficult BP cases from the Nephrology Clinic
Mariela Navarro-Torres MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Nephrology, Columbia