24th January 2026

Women's Heart Summit 2026

Location: Dublin Address: Westbury Hotel, Balfe St, Dublin 2, D02 CH66 Time:  09:00 - 13:30 Open to: Professionals Credits: Applied for Contact: events@materprivate.ie
A banner image for the Women's Heart Summit which has pictures of the course director and keynote speaker on it. The banner is shades of dark blue, light blue and pink.

 

Registration and light breakfast from 8am. CPD applied for.

 

To attend in person, please register at: https://womensheartsummit2026.squarespace.com/ 

 

To attend online, please register at: www.medcafe.ie


 

Welcome and Opening Address: 8:45am - 9am

Session One - Keynote Speaker: 9am - 10am

  • Heart Disease in Women: Under-recognized, Under-diagnosed, Under-treated: A Report from the Lancet Commission - Prof. Roxana Mehran, Professor of Medicine & Director of Interventional Cardiovascular Research and Clinical Trials, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York

Session Two: 10am - 11:15am

  • Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection: An Under-recognised Cause of MI in Women- Dr. Fernando Alfonso, Head of Department of Cardiology Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, Madrid
  • Menopause, Her Heart Matters - Dr. Louise Fitzgerald, General Practitioner, Grafton Medical, Centric Health, Dublin
  • Sex Considerations in ANOCA and MINOCA - Prof. Colin Berry, Professor of Cardiology and Imaging at the University of Glasgow, Director of the British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence, Glasgow

Break: 11:15am - 11:45am

 

Session Three: 11:45am - 1pm

  • "Men Die Suddenly and Women Fade Away" - Differences in Heart Failure Between Men and Women - Prof. Mark Dayer, Consultant Cardiologist and Clinical Lead for Heart Failure, Mater Private Network Dublin
  • Breast Cancer Therapy-related Cardiotoxicity in Women - Dr. Magid Awadalla, Consultant Cardiologist, Mater Private Network Dublin
  • ESC guidelines for the management of CVD and pregnancy - Prof. Julie De Backer, Genetic Cardiologist, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent

Wrap up & Close: 1pm

For more information, please contact events@materprivate.ie