Cardiac Rehabilitation and Artificial Intelligence: Technology, Wearables, and the Future of Connected Care

Monday, May 18, 2026

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM PT

Location: 212

Ideal Audience:Administrators, Physicians, Residents/Fellows, Medical Students

Moderator(s)

Matthew N. Bartels,MD,MPH, MD, MPH (he/him/his)

Professor in Rehabilitation Medicine
Chair of Rehabilitation Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore, USA

Course Director(s)

Marta Supervia, MD PhD (she/her/hers)

Associate Professor
Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón

Faculty(s)

CA

Catarina Aguiar-Branco, MD

Professor, MD
Hospital de S Sebastião
Monica Rincon-Roncancio M.D., MSc, MA, Ph.D., MD

Professor in Rehabilitation Medicine
Fundación Cardioinfantil LaCardio, Bogotá, Colombia

Speaker(s)

Beatrice Milrose V. Rey-Matias, OTRP,MD,FPARM,FNMSK (she/her/hers)

Associate Consultant
St. Luke's Medical Center, Philippines

Brief Session Description : Digital transformation is reshaping cardiac rehabilitation worldwide. Artificial intelligence, wearable sensors, and cloud-based tools now allow clinicians to monitor patients remotely, personalize exercise prescriptions, and extend access to low-resource settings. This interactive session will explore how these innovations are redefining rehabilitation delivery and data integration across continents. Focus will be on the access to technologies and integration into care. This session will be useful for providers from around the globe and will allow for appreciation of the use of new technologies in both urban and rural settings in order to enhance the provision of care for patients with cardiopulmonary diseases.

Session Objectives:

1. Attendees will learn about tele-rehabilitation through presentation of real-world examples of tele-rehabilitation implementation across different regions.

2. Attendees will understand the implications of new technology in cardiopulmonary rehabilitation through a discussion of AI applications for data analysis, patient engagement, and outcome prediction.

3. Attendees with have a full grasp of the opportunities of new technologies in cardiopulmonary rehabilitation through a review of the latest international guidelines on telehealth in cardiac rehabilitation.
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