CGAP Our Conference

The Comprehensive Genetic Arrhythmia Program (CGAP) hosts the Family Support Meeting, a one-day educational conference at UCSF for patients and families with inherited heart conditions. This free event includes lectures on key topics and an open-mic Q&A session with a panel of experts. Topics focus on inherited heart rhythm disorders (arrhythmias) and heart muscle disorders (cardiomyopathies), such as AVRD/C, Brugada syndrome, CVPT, Long QT syndrome, and Short QT syndrome.

2022 UCSF Genetics Family Support Meeting

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00:00:00 - Welcoming / Introduction / Program Overview by Dr. Melvin Scheinman

00:03:00 - What are channelopathies (Long QT, Brugada, CPVT)? Speaker: Dr. Melvin Scheinman

00:17:00 - Advances in the Treatment of ARVC Speaker: Dr. Hugh Calkins

00:36:30 - Pediatric Perspective Speaker: Dr. Ron Tanel

00:58:50 - What are Genetic Disorders? Speaker: Dr. Robert Nussbaum

01:24:24 - Advances in t­­he Treatment of Hypertrophic Myopathies Speaker: Dr. Theodore Abraham

01:49:24 - Overview of the future / envisioned therapies (e.g. gene therapy) for inherited arrhythmia syndromes, and the challenges? Speaker: Dr. Vasanth Vedantham

02:20:20 - Drugs to avoid Speaker: Dr. Kurt Hoffmayer

02:41:27 - Exercise Recommendations Speaker: Dr. Marco Perez

03:12:19 - Psychosocial challenges in children Speaker: Nicole Haupert, NP

03:32:49 - Living with your defibrillator Speaker: Dr. Byron Lee

04:11:32 - From patient to family: genetic counseling in cardiology Speaker: Julianne Wojciak (Genetic Counselor)

04:39:23 - Family planning for people with genetic mutations Speaker: Emily Higgs (Genetic Counselor)

04:58:19 - Panel Discussion Moderator: Dr. Scheinman