17th Annual Orange County Symposium for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention: Optimizing Reducing Your Risks

Saturday, November 1, 2025, 7:30 AM - 3:30 PM, UCI Student Center, Irvine, CA


AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (6.00 hours), ABIM MOC Part 2 (6.00 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (6.00 hours)

The Mary & Steve Wen Cardiovascular Division and the Center for Global Cardiometabolic Health and Nutrition are hosting the Orange County Symposium for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention.

This course 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. Newer and Emerging Approaches for Cardiovascular Risk Reduction

2. Nutrition, Lifestyle, and Cardiometabolic Risks

3. Cardiovascular Risk Assessment, Risk Factors, and Prevention

1. Understand the evidence relating dietary approaches for CVD prevention
2. Understand the role of artificial intelligence in assessment of risk and improving outcomes for CVD
3. Understand the role of inflammation in CVD and newer therapeutic options
4. Understand the role of coronary calcium and opportunistic testing in preventive cardiology
5. Understand the evolving role of hormone replacement therapy, Vitamin D and calcium supplementation, and lessons learned from the Women’s Health Initiative and beyond
6. Understand and implement team-based models for integrative and preventive cardiology
7. Understand the pros and cons of resistance vs. aerobic exercise and their evidence for improving cardiovascular outcomes
8. Understand the evidence and how to implement time restricted eating to optimize cardiovascular risks
9. Understand the new Cardio-Kidney-Metabolic syndrome and its assessment and management
10. Understand the evidence and how to use GLP1-Ras and related therapies for improving outcomes in diabetes and obesity
11. Understand the techniques for improving measurement of blood pressure and newer therapeutic options
12. Understand ASCVD risk reduction and goals of therapy for targeting LDL-C and triglyceride rich lipoproteins

$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

ADA Statement: In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, we will make every reasonable effort to accommodate your request.  For any special requests, please contact the activity administrator before the meeting date.

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For more information, please contact Lucy Gonzales at [email protected].

The University of California, Irvine School of Medicine adheres to ACCME Criteria, Standards and Policies regarding industry support of continuing medical education. Disclosure of faculty and their commercial relationships will be made prior to the activity.

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

University of California, Irvine School of Medicine Continuing Medical Education adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers or others are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (commercial interests). All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.

Saturday, November 1, 2025

Mary & Steve Wen Cardiovascular Division
Center for Global Cardiometabolic Health and Nutrition