18th Annual Orange County Symposium for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention

Friday, October 23, 2026, 8:30 AM - Saturday, October 24, 2026, 4:30 PM, UCI Student Center, Irvine, CA


AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (10.00 hours), ABIM MOC Part 2 (10.00 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (10.00 hours)

The Orange County Symposium for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention is designed to fill knowledge gaps in the fast-evolving field of preventive cardiology. Primary care providers, cardiologists, endocrinologists, lifestyle interventionists, and other specialists will be updated this year on: 1) Role of large cohort studies in informing on precision nutrition 2) New insights on population cardiometabolic health and implications for public health policy from the Global Burden of Disease Study 3) Micronutrients for promoting cardiovascular disease prevention 4) Role of stress in heart disease 5) National nutrition recommendations for cardiovascular disease prevention 6) New models for cardiac rehabilitation 7) The spectrum of cardiokidney metabolic syndrome and its complications 8) Rationale and evidence for prevention strategies to reduce cardiovascular disease burden 9) The mind body connection and cardiovascular health 10) Protocols for developing a Multidisciplinary Cardiometabolic Clinic 11) New guidelines for lipid management 12) Role of lipoprotein(a) in cardiovascular disease risk assessment and prevention 13) Update on Hypertension 2025 guideline 14) GLP1-RA Therapies in diabetes, obesity, and cardiovascuar risk reduction 15) Women’s cardiovascular health, ANOCA, microvascular disease 16) Integrative nutrition supplements 17) Multimodal imaging in cardiac prevention 18) Alcohol and CVD 19) Timing and intensity of physical activity 20) Role of newer and emerging therapies for the treatment of diabetes and impact on preventing cardiovascular events

1. Discuss the role of large cohort studies in informing on precision nutrition
2. Discuss new insights on population cardiometabolic health and implications for public health policy from the Global Burden of Disease Study
3. Discuss the value of micronutrients for promoting cardiovascular disease prevention
4. Discuss the role of stress in heart disease
5. Discuss national nutrition recommendations for cardiovascular disease prevention
6. Discuss new models for cardiac rehabilitation
7. Discuss the spectrum of cardiokidney metabolic syndrome and its complications
8. Discuss the rationale and evidence for prevention strategies to reduce cardiovascular disease burden
9. Discuss the mind-body connection and cardiovascular health
10. Discuss protocols for developing a Multidisciplinary Cardiometabolic Clinic
11. Discuss new guidelines for lipid management
12. Discuss the role of lipoprotein(a) in cardiovascular disease risk assessment and prevention
13. Discuss the detection and management of hypertension from the Hypertension 2025 guideline
14. Discuss GLP1-RA Therapies in diabetes, obesity, and cardiovascular risk reduction
15. Discuss prevention of CVD in women, ANOCA, microvascular disease
16. Discuss the efficacy of integrative nutrition supplements
17. Discuss the role of multimodal imaging in cardiac prevention
18. Discuss the role of alcohol in cardiovascular disease
19. Discuss the importance of timing and intensity of physical activity
20. Discuss the role of newer and emerging therapies for the treatment of diabetes and impact on preventing cardiovascular events

$95 Non-UCI Physicians
$85 UCI Physicians
$75 Non-UCI Nurses, Staff, Other Healthcare Professionals, General Participants
$65 UCI Nurses, Staff, Other Healthcare Professionals, General Participants
Complimentary – Trainees, Students, Residents, and Fellows
Day of Registration $100

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