New Horizons in Cardio Kidney Disease, is a new one-day virtual educational event that took place live on 30 June 2026, designed to address current challenges in cardio-kidney care through practical, cross-disciplinary education, with a focus on biomarker-guided risk assessment, optimisation of blood pressure and cardio-kidney therapies, and emerging multimodal strategies.
Led by course directors Dr Muthiah Vaduganathan (Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, US), Dr Neha Pagidipati (Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, US), and Prof Smeeta Sinha (Salford Royal Hospital, Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust, Salford, UK), the programme features expert-led presentations, case-based discussions, and multidisciplinary panel sessions. This interactive, collaborative format reflects real-world care pathways and supports the wider implementation of evidence-based strategies in clinical practice.
Watch the full on-demand series* to stay at the forefront of cardio-kidney disease management and enhance your practice with the latest clinical insights.
*Please note, the live version of New Horizons in Cardio Kidney Disease was accredited. This on-demand version is not.
The symposium 'Clinical Utility of eGFR Slope Across Cardio-Kidney Care and Trial Design' is also available to watch here (This session is not intended for UK based HCPs).
Key Learning Objectives
- Increase confidence interpreting albuminuria and integrating biomarkers into risk models
- Improve confidence interpreting BP phenotypes and organ-injury signals to inform escalation decisions
- Improve understanding of therapy sequencing and combination approaches
- Greater adoption of multidisciplinary care pathways
- Enhance readiness for emerging multimodal strategies
Target Audience
- Cardiologists
- Nephrologists
- Primary Care Physicians
- Diabetes Specialists
- Endocrinologists
More from this programme
Part 1
New Horizons in Cardio Kidney Disease: Welcome and Introduction
Neha Pagidipati (Durham, US) and Smeeta Sinha (Salford, UK) introduce the programme and share the key learning objectives.
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Part 2
Session 1: Defining Persistent Risk in Cardio Kidney Disease
Neha Pagidipati (Durham, US) chairs the first session, where faculty focus on defining persistent risk in cardio-kidney disease and exploring the mechanisms that have the greatest relevance for clinical practice. She is joined by Katherine Tuttle (Seattle, US), Erika Jones (Cape Town, SA) and Shelley Zieroth (Winnipeg, CA) for presentations and panel discussion.
Part 3
Session 2: Biomarkers That Guide Decisions
Smeeta Sinha (Salford, UK) chairs this session which demonstrates how biomarkers can identify high-risk patients earlier and enable more informed treatment decisions. She is joined by Navdeep Tangri (Winnipeg, CA), Neha Pagidipati (Durham, US) and Alta Schutte (Sydney, AU) for presentations and panel discussion.
Part 4
Session 3: Optimising Care, From Guidelines to Practice
Muthiah Vaduganathan (Boston, US) chairs this session, which translates risk identification into risk reduction by exploring therapeutic classes and strategies within the context of guideline-directed care, residual risk, and multimodal protection. He is joined by Biykem Bozkurt (Houston, US), Anjay Rastogi (Los Angeles, US) and Hiddo J L Heerspink (Groningen, NL) for presentations and panel discussion.
Part 5
Session 4: Coordinating Multidisciplinary Cardio Kidney Risk Management
Neha Pagidipati (Durham, US) chairs this session and is joined by Anjay Rastogi (Los Angeles, US), Muthiah Vaduganathan (Boston, US) and Smeeta Sinha (Salford, UK). The session explores how multidisciplinary care can improve outcomes.
Part 6
Session 5: Case-Based Decisions Translation
Muthiah Vaduganathan (Boston, US) chairs the final session, a case-based panel discussion that brings together key themes from the previous sessions. A global multidisciplinary panel featuring Jeff Borenstein (Los Angeles, US), Biykem Bozkurt (Houston, US), Erika Jones (Cape Town, SA), Nicholas Jones (Oxford, UK) and Katherine Tuttle (Seattle, US) share their perspectives.
The panel review a case of a 72-year-old male patient. Beyond the case discussion, the panel explore applying biomarker findings to real-world decision-making, navigating therapy sequencing in patients with residual cardio-kidney risk, and identifying multidisciplinary decision points across cardiology, nephrology, and primary care.
Part 7
New Horizons in Cardio Kidney Disease: Close and Key Takeaways
Muthiah Vaduganathan (Boston, US) brings New Horizons in Cardio Kidney Disease 2026 to a close, sharing key insights and takeaways from the day.
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Faculty Biographies
Muthiah Vaduganathan
Co-Director, Center for Cardiometabolic Implementation Science
Dr Muthiah Vaduganathan is a cardiologist and clinical trialist based in Boston, Massachusetts, US, He practices at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and holds an academic appointment at Harvard Medical School. Dr Vaduganathan is internationally recognised for his work at the intersection of cardiovascular, kidney, and metabolic disease, with a particular focus on translating evidence from large-scale clinical trials into routine clinical practice.
Dr Vaduganathan completed his medical training in the US and pursued advanced postgraduate training in cardiovascular medicine, with a focus on heart failure and preventive cardiology. His academic development has been closely aligned with outcomes research, trial methodology, and translational science, positioning him as a leading investigator in cardio-kidney-metabolic therapeutics.
Dr Vaduganathan is widely recognised for his prolific contributions to cardiovascular research and clinical trial leadership. His work has…
Neha Pagidipati
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Neha J Pagidipati is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and cardiovascular disease prevention specialist. Since 2011, she has conducted research on cardiometabolic disease prevention, lifestyle modification and weight management. She is currently an NIH K12 scholar in Implementation and Dissemination Science.
Dr Pagidipati is building the Duke Cardiometabolic Disease Prevention Program, which focuses on behavior change and risk factor management in patients with high risk of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases such as diabetes and obesity.
Dr Pagidipati’s research grants include the COORDINATE-Diabetes Trial, to improve the quality of care for patients with diabetes and cardiovascular disease across the US, and QuBBD: Deep Poisson Methods for Biomedical Time-to-Event and Longitudinal Data.
In addition, she is leading a large study within the Duke Health System to study heterogeneity within cardiovascular disease risk and…
Smeeta Sinha
Consultant Nephrologist
Prof Smeeta Sinha is Consultant Nephrologist at the Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust and Honorary Professor at the University of Manchester, UK. She served as Clinical Director for Renal Services from 2014 to 2020, expanding kidney care across Greater Manchester. In 2021, she became Deputy Director for Research & Innovation at Northern Care Alliance.
Her clinical interests include CKD, metabolic stone disease and glomerulonephritis. She leads the integrated glomerulonephritis service at Salford Royal, covering 1.3 million people.
Her research focuses on CKD-mineral bone disorder, vascular calcification, glomerulonephritis and rare renal diseases. She is an internationally recognised expert in calciphylaxis and supports trials from Phase 1 to 3.