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Texas Chapter of the American College of Cardiology 2026 Annual Meeting RecapOct. 17–18, 2026 | The Westin Riverwalk, San Antonio Thank you for joining us in San Antonio for the 2026 TCACC Annual Meeting. We appreciate the physicians, fellows-in-training and cardiovascular care professionals who took part in the educational sessions, shared their work and connected with colleagues. Our thanks to the faculty, program committee, abstract presenters, reviewers and volunteers who contributed their time and expertise, and to our meeting sponsors and exhibitors. Use the buttons below to jump to a section of this page. Meeting Photos Closing Lunch & FIT Jeopardy Abstract Winners Accepted Abstracts Our Contributors Our Sponsors Save the Date
Meeting PhotosView photos from the educational sessions, abstract competition and time with colleagues. Closing Lunch and FIT JeopardyThe Annual Meeting concluded with Sunday’s closing lunch, sponsored by Texas Children’s. Fellows from 11 programs competed in FIT Jeopardy throughout the meeting, with four teams advancing to the final round during the lunch. FIT Jeopardy was sponsored by Boston Scientific. 2026 CHAMPIONS & SOUTH BRACKET WINNERS UT Houston McGovern Medical SchoolCongratulations to our FIT Jeopardy champions! The team will represent Texas at the national FIT Jeopardy competition at ACC.27 in Houston in April 2027.
Representing both their home state and their home city, our champions will have plenty of Texas pride behind them. If you’re attending ACC.27, join us in cheering them on and help give the team a hometown advantage! Congratulations to Our Other FinalistsUT Southwestern North bracket winner and defending champion Baylor Scott & White Temple West bracket winner Baylor College of Medicine Wildcard buzz-off winner Participating Teams and ProgramsBAMC Baylor Dallas BCM Houston BSW Plano BSW Temple Houston Methodist UT Houston UT Medical Branch - Galveston UT San Antonio UT Southwestern UT Tyler Thank you to the fellows and their programs for preparing and participating, and to everyone who stayed to cheer them on. Closing Lunch Sponsor: Texas Children’s FIT Jeopardy Sponsor: Boston Scientific 9th Annual Abstract Competition Abstract Competition WinnersCongratulations to the winners of the 9th Annual Abstract Competition. Thank you to all presenters for sharing your research and clinical cases, and to the judges and reviewers for evaluating the submissions. Abstract Competition Sponsor: Boston Scientific Grand Prize & Group 3 Winner
Seyedmohammad SaadatagahBaylor College of Medicine Group 1 Winner Muiz TareenMedical City Arlington Group 2 Winner Ruth E PiusUniversity of Texas Medical Branch Accepted AbstractsBrowse the 90 accepted abstracts by session. Each listing includes the presenting author and institution. Select a title to read the abstract. Session 1 Accepted AbstractsGroup 1 Winner: Muiz Tareen, Medical City Arlington Session 2 Accepted AbstractsGroup 2 Winner: Ruth E Pius, University of Texas Medical Branch Session 3 Accepted AbstractsGrand Prize & Group 3 Winner: Seyedmohammad Saadatagah, Baylor College of Medicine Thank You to Our Meeting ContributorsThank you to our program committee, faculty, abstract reviewers, social media ambassadors, volunteers and meeting team for contributing your time and expertise to the 2026 Annual Meeting. Daniel Addison
Devika Adusumilli
Ildiko Agoston
Salman Allana
Ahmed Almomani
Nachiket Apte
Amit Arbune
Mahi Ashwath
Sara Bagdadi
Javier Banchs
David Alejandro Cardona Estrada
Jordan Cañas
Alvin Chandra
Ryan Chang
Bindu Chebrolu
Phil Chou
Theodore Chung
Peter Ermis
Nadeen Faza
Marlene Garcia
Amit Goyal
Jorge Guerra Sayre
Shelley Hall
Muhammad Hammadah
Elizabeth Hardin
Jessica Heibel
Rodney Horton
Cezar Iliescu
Parag Joshi
Ranjan Joshi
Havish Kantheti
Pooja Kashyap
Mahwash Kassi
Andrea Keithler
Shaden Khalaf
Yevgeniy Khariton
Efstratios Koutroumpakis
Anita Krueger
Anandita Kulkarni
Wilson Lam
Yogamaya Mantha
Adriana Mares
Rina Mauricio
James McKenna
Hector Medina
Roxana Mehran
Rohan Mehta
Arunima Misra
Silvana Molossi
Jamie Moore
Nick Morse
Faisal Nabi
Jagat Narula
Kathryn Osteen
Krishna Pabba
Manoj Panday
Binay Panjiyar
Jayeshkumar Patel
Jayasree Pillarisetti
Ryan Quinn
Rakendu Rajendran
Mehdi Razavi
Tiffany Ritter
Anna Rosenblatt
Katherine Salciccioli
Priyanka Satish
Elaine Saw
Paul Schurmann
Frans Serpa
Keri Shafer
Kenneth Shaffer
Aditi Shankar
Alex Sim
Ahmed Soliman
Michaela Stamey
Sara Jayne Sutton
Alexandra Sykes
Kamala Tamirisa
Lauren Tezak
Kara Thompson
Sireesha Vasireddy
Brittany Weber
Detlef Wencker
Olivia White
Michelle Wittenburg
Leslie Ynalvez
Vlad Zaha
Thank You to Our Meeting SponsorsThank you to our meeting sponsors and to the exhibitors who joined us in San Antonio. PlatinumBoston Scientific FIT Jeopardy and Abstract Competition Sponsor GoldThe University of Texas Medical Branch SilverAstraZeneca BronzeArrowhead Pharmaceuticals Featured Sponsor: Bayer Sunday Closing Lunch Sponsor: Texas Children’s Save the Date 2027 TCACC Annual MeetingOctober 15–17, 2027 DFW Area Exact venue to be announced. Watch for registration details. |