Yale faculty, trainees, and staff will share some of the latest updates on cardiovascular care at the upcoming Masters of Medicine conference in Kingston, Jamaica, from January 16-18, 2026. The annual conference, hosted by the Heart Institute of the Caribbean (HIC) and the HIC Foundation (HICF), aims to accelerate the development of evidence-based cardiovascular care in Jamaica and throughout the Caribbean. Edward Miller, MD, PhD, professor of medicine (cardiovascular medicine), is co-chairing the event alongside Ernest Madu, MD, the chairman of the HIC and the HIC Heart Hospital in Jamaica.
This year’s event theme is “Bridging the Divide: Tackling Obesity and Genetic Heart Disease in the Era of Preventive Cardiology.” Sessions will highlight the role of genetic drivers in cardiomyopathy, obesity as a disease modifier, and diagnostic challenges in hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis (hATTR) amyloidosis. Specific topics will include GLP-1s and weight loss, reframing obesity, risk prediction in preventive cardiology, genetic cardiomyopathies and metabolic modifiers, and women’s cardiometabolic health, among others. Jagat Narula, MD, PhD, executive vice president and chief academic officer of UTHealth Houston and president-elect of the World Heart Federation, will deliver the keynote address.
“Through this educational event and ongoing, bi-directional research collaboration with HIC, we aim to help strengthen clinical capacity across the region and accelerate science to improve prevention, detection, and treatment of cardiovascular disease,” says Miller.
Yale will also provide Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits for event attendees. Medical students, nursing students, pharmacy students, residents, trainees, and allied health care professionals are especially encouraged to attend. The Connecticut and Florida chapters of the American College of Cardiology have also endorsed the event.
Yale faculty, trainees, and staff presenting at the conference include Norrisa Haynes, MD, MPH; Robert Hibbert, MD, MPH; Cesia Gallegos Kattan, MD; Rohan Khera, MD, MS; Robert McNamara, MD, MHS; Israel Safiriyu, MBChB; Erica Spatz, MD, MPH; and Sara Tabtabai, MD.