1st Annual Virtual Symposium on Women's Cardiovascular Health and Prevention

This inaugural educational program will bring together nationally recognized experts to provide an evidence-based update on the prevention, diagnosis, and management of cardiovascular disease in women. The symposium agenda features sessions spanning women's cardiovascular risk assessment, imaging, lipids, cardiometabolic health, and emerging prevention strategies. Expected attendees are cardiologists, primary care clinicians, advanced practice providers, fellows, and other healthcare professionals committed to improving cardiovascular outcomes for women.

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Course Directors

Martha Gulati, MD, MS, MASPC

Professor of Cardiology Davis Endowed Chair in Women's Cardiovascular Health Department of Cardiology Houston Methodist Heart and Vascular Center


Martha Gulati, MD, MS, FACC, FAHA, MASPC, FESC, FSCCT (hon) FIPC (hon)  is a world-renowned cardiologist and recognized leader in women’s cardiovascular health. She is a professor of cardiology at Houston Methodist and holds the Davis Chair in Women’s Cardiovascular Health, was formerly at the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai, where she served as the director of cardiovascular prevention and associate director of the Barbra Streisand Women’s Heart Center, and held the Anita Dann Friedman Endowed Chair in Women’s Cardiovascular Medicine and Research.

Dr. Gulati is the Past President of the American Society for Preventive Cardiology and previously served as the inaugural Chief of Cardiology at the University of Arizona. She chaired the national chest pain guidelines from the AHA/ACC, served as editor-in-chief of CardioSmart, and is the author of the best-seller Saving Women’s Hearts.

Her research includes the landmark St. James Women Take Heart Project, the Department of Defense–funded WARRIOR trial, and major roles in WISE and WHI. She has published in NEJM, Circulation, and JAMA and has been featured widely, including on Oprah.

Dr. Gulati’s contributions have been recognized with numerous honors, including the National Red Dress Award, ACC’s Bernadine Healy Award, and the Arthur Agatston Award in Prevention.

Lily Dastmalchi, DO, FASPC

Inova Schar Heart and Vascular Institute

Dr. Dastmalchi is a cardiologist at Inova Schar Heart and Vascular Institute, specializing in nutrition, cardiometabolic health and women's cardiovascular health. As part of the Women's Cardiovascular Program, she leads the Menopause program through Inova Health Systems. Dr. Dastmalchi is passionate about women's cardiometabolic health, she has led an expert analysis emphasizing the importance of increasing clinical training in the menopausal life stage to help improve cardiovascular outcomes. Her dedication to nutrition across health care institutions and improving inpatient hospital menus has made her a leader in the nutrition space. She now co-directs a clinical elective for University of Virginia medical students in nutrition to help teach the next generation of physicians how to tailor nutrition in their clinical practice. Her interest in cardiometabolic health has led her to win scholarship awards with the Cardiometabolic Health Congress and as a finalist for the American College of Cardiology Shark Tank Women's Health Research competition.  Dr. Dastmalchi hopes to integrate her interests to improve cardiovascular outcomes in women through pivotal stages in their life.

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