Moderator

Joshua Jacobs, MD, FAAFP
National Medical Director
Optum Health

Presenters

Leslee J. Shaw, PhD, MASNC, FACC, FAHA, FSCCT  
Professor and Endowed Chair
Director, Blavatnik Family Research Institute
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Stephen B. Johnston MD, FACC
Medical Director of Specialty Medicine, USMD (part of Optum)



About the presenters
Leslee J. Shaw, PhD, FACC, MASNC, FAHA, FSCCT, is a leading outcomes researcher whose major focus is cardiovascular clinical diagnosis of ischemic heart disease. Dr. Shaw has authored pieces in more than 800 publications and presented more than 400 abstracts in major scientific meetings in the United States, Europe, Asia, and South America. She has been ranked as one of the top 1 percent of clinical researchers with the most highly cited publications (awarded by Thomson Reuters), with an H-index >150. Based on her scientific contributions, in 2009, Dr. Shaw was recognized with the Simon Dack Award for academic excellence from the American College of Cardiology and, in 2013, the Coalition to Reduce Disparities in Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes Award for her research contributions in racial and ethnic differences in cardiovascular disease. In 2013, she received the Women’s Day Red Dress Award for her scientific contributions to women’s health. In 2017, she presented the Mario Verani Lecture at the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology. In 2018, she was awarded the Gold Medal from the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography and, representing the North American Society of Cardiovascular Imaging, gave the Paulin Keynote Lecture. In 2020, she was awarded the Bernadine Healy Leadership Award in Women’s Cardiovascular Disease from the American College of Cardiology. Also, in 2020, she received the Nanette Wenger Award from the American Society of Preventive Cardiology and, from the Academy for Radiology and Biomedical Imaging Research, she received the Distinguished Investigator Award. She has served as an associate editor for several journals and now serves as executive editor for the Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Cardiovascular Imaging, with the highest rated impact factor for imaging journals (2020 Impact Factor: 14.8). She is also an editorial consultant for the Journal of the American College of Cardiology and Circulation. Dr. Shaw is a past-president of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology and the Society for Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, making her the only individual to have served as president of two medical societies within cardiovascular medicine. 
 

Stephen B. Johnston MD, FACC, earned his medical degree at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio. He completed his residency and cardiology fellowship at Baylor University Medical Center. His sub-specialty board memberships include echocardiography, nuclear cardiology, ARDMS-RPVI and cardiovascular computed tomography.  Dr. Johnston was a founding member and served as managing partner of Cardiology Consultants of Texas, which grew to be one of the largest cardiovascular groups in the Southwest. It was a difficult decision, but in 2012 Dr. Johnston elected to leave his practice at Baylor and join USMD. His goal is to develop a model wherein the medical specialist and primary care provider work together to manage the patient, avoiding unnecessary formal consults when possible. Since joining USMD, Dr. Johnston has twice been the recipient of Optum’s Values in Action Award for Integrity and Innovation.

Activity planners
Elizabeth Albert, MD
Clinical Activity Manager
OptumHealth Education

Sarah Chart, RN
Vice President
OptumHealth Education

Joshua Jacobs, MD, FAAFP
National Medical Director
Optum Care

Disclosures of relevant financial relationships
In accordance with the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education's (ACCME) Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, Optum Health Education (OHE) requires all those in control of educational content to disclose their financial relationships with ineligible companies within the prior 24 months. Ineligible companies are defined by the ACCME as companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing health care products used by or on patients. Individuals must disclose all financial relationships, regardless of the amount, with ineligible companies and regardless of their view of the relevance of the relationship to the education. OHE ensures that the content is independent of commercial bias.

The  activity faculty and planners have no financial relationships to disclose.