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ForwardThe 48th Annual Samuel D. Plotkin - 2019 Cardiovascular Symposium
Overview
Date & Location:
Tuesday, April 23, 2019, The Log Cabin Banquet & Meeting House, Holyoke, MA
Goal:
the goal of this educational activity is to support safe, effective, patient-centered, timely, efficient, equitable and compassionate care.
Provided by:
Baystate Heart & Vascular Program and Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education
Target Audience
This program is designed for cardiologists, hospitalists, primary care physicians, physician assistants, emergency medicine physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses and cardiovascular technologist.
Learning Objectives
- Appreciate new conceptual, technical and drug strategies that have led to improved early and late outcomes after Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
- Describe clinical rationales for the adoption of new concepts for Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
- Understand the natural behavior of the Thoracic Aorta and evidence based criteria for surgical intervention
- Define the genetics of Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms and understand differences between ascending and descending aortic disease.
- Describe the drivers, facilitators and barriers for building and sustaining cardiovascular programs.
- Examine cardiovascular team members roles and impacts in program development and evaluation.
- Identify the concepts of device physiology.
- Describe common medical management decision making before/after device implantation.
- Define new technologies in Carotid Stenting
- Be familiar with the next steps in the Evolution of TCAR
- Clarify current methods and strategies to prevent sudden death in HCM.
- Understanding the role of advanced imaging in the diagnosis and management of HCM.
- Recognize indications for invasive septal reduction therapy to improve heart failure symptoms.
- Describe the production and clearance of LDL cholesterol.
- Name the most frequent cause of elevated TG levels and how to treat them.
- Discuss three lessons from recent lipid lowering trials.
Program
Program Schedule
8:00 Registration & Vendor Exhibits
8:20 Welcome Group
Aaron Kugelmass, MD, FACC
Ashequl Islam, MD, MPH
8:30 Improving Outcomes in Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
Thomas Schwann, MD
9:25 Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms: Reading the Enemy’s Playbook
John Elefteriades, MD
10:20 Break/Vendor Exhibits
10:40 Building, Growing, Evaluating and Sustaining Programs
Elizabeth Perpetua, DNP, AACC
Panel
11:40 Lunch & Vendor Exhibits
12:40 Concepts of Critical Care Cardiology
David Dudzinski, MD
1:35 Advances in Carotid Stenting and TCAR
Jeffrey Siracuse, MD, RPVI
2:30 Break/Vendor Exhibits
2:40 Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Medical and Surgical Management
Martin Maron, MD
3:35 “What Must You Know to be a Lipid Expert”?
Paul Thompson, MD
4:30 Adjourn
Faculty Disclosure
The design and content of Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education ( CE ) activities support quality improvement in healthcare and provide fair and balanced views of therapeutic options. Faculty or planner conflicts of interest are resolved before the educational activity.
Dr. Elefteriades is a Consultant for DSMB Member - Jarvik Heart & Vascutek and a Stock Shareholder at Coolspine.
Dr. Islam is a Consultant for Medtronic
Ms. Perpetua is a Consultant for Abbott Vascular, Edwards Lifesciences and Stock Shareholder at Wolters-Kluwer
Dr. Thompson is a Consultant for Amgen, Regeneron, Sanoifi, Esperion; Speaker's Bureau for Amarin, Regeneron, Sanofi, Amgen, Kowa, Boehringer; Grant Research Support for Sanofi, Regeneron, Esperion, Amarin, Amgen; Stock Shareholder for Abbvie, Abbott Labs, CVS, General Electrric, J&J, Medtronic, Sarepta, Boston Scientific, Myokarkia, Boston Scientific
Faculty and Planners marked with an * have no commercial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling or distributing health care goods and services consumed by, or used on, patients.
Venue
Meeting Room temperatures will fluctuate.
Faculty
David Dudzinski, MD, JD*
Director, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
Harvard Medical School
Critical Care Cardiologist
Massachusetts General Hospital
John Elefteriades, MD, PhD (hon)
Professor Cardiothoracic Surgery
Yale School of Medicine
Surgeon
Yale School of Medicine
Ashequl M. Islam, MD, MPH, FACC, FSCAI
Clinical Associate Professor
TUFTS University School of Medicine
Director, Strategic Development and Growth
Medical Director, Valvular Heart Disease Program
Baystate Heart and Vascular Program
Aaron Kugelmass, MD, FACC*
Professor of Medicine
University of Massachusetts Medical School - Baystate
Chief of Cardiology
Baystate Health
Martin Maron, MD*
Assistant Professor of Medicine
TUFTS Medical Center
Director, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center
Boston, MA
Elizabeth Perpetua, DNP, ACNP-BC, AACC
Owner/Founder, EMPath Health Services
Principal Consultant, Perpetua Associates
Adjunct Faculty
Seattle Pacific University
Anthony Rousou, MD*
Cardiac Surgeon
Baystate Medical Center
Thomas Schwann, MD, MBA*
Professor of Surgery
University of Massachusetts Medical School - Baystate
Chief, Cardiac Surgery
Baystate Medical Center
Jeffrey Siracuse, MD, RPVI*
Associate Professor of Surgery and Radiology
Boston University School of Medicine
Surgeon, Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Boston Medical Center
Paul D. Thompson, MD
Professor of Medicine
UCONN
Chief of Cardiology
Emeritus Hartford Hospital
Faculty Disclosure
The design and content of Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education ( CE ) activities support quality improvement in healthcare and provide fair and balanced views of therapeutic options. Faculty or planner conflicts of interest are resolved before the educational activity.
Dr. Elefteriades is a Consultant for DSMB Member - Jarvik Heart & Vascutek and a Stock Shareholder at Coolspine.
Dr. Islam is a Consultant for Medtronic
Ms. Perpetua is a Consultant for Abbott Vascular, Edwards Lifesciences and Stock Shareholder at Wolters-Kluwer
Dr. Thompson is a Consultant for Amgen, Regeneron, Sanoifi, Esperion; Speaker's Bureau for Amarin, Regeneron, Sanofi, Amgen, Kowa, Boehringer; Grant Research Support for Sanofi, Regeneron, Esperion, Amarin, Amgen; Stock Shareholder for Abbvie, Abbott Labs, CVS, General Electrric, J&J, Medtronic, Sarepta, Boston Scientific, Myokarkia, Boston Scientific
Faculty and Planners marked with an * have no commercial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling or distributing health care goods and services consumed by, or used on, patients.
Accreditation
In support of improving patient care, Baystate Health is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Available Credit
- 6.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 6.50 ANCC Contact Hours
- 6.50 BCIPE Instructional Hours
Register/Take course
To ENROLL in this course, click Take Course.
If you find that you are unable to attend, contact us at 413-322-4242 so that we can remove your name from the roster and make room for someone else. Thank you.
| In order to receive credit, the evaluation must be completed by: | Thu, 12/31/2020 - 8:00am |
We appreciate your business and sincerely wish to meet your educational needs. We understand that the schedule of a busy professional, like yourself, is subject to change. Therefore, we have included information about our refund/cancellation policies for your convenience below.
Cancellation:
If you must cancel, telephone Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education at 413-322-4242 and follow your call with a written/email request. All cancellations will incur a $25.00 fee. Please note that we cannot refund cancellations received less than two weeks (10 business days) before the program date.
Refund Policy:
Your refund, less a cancellation fee, will be processed within two (2) weeks from the date we receive the written notification. For credit card refunds, please allow one to two (1-2) billing cycles for the credit to appear on your statement.
Specific Aids or Services:
Please call Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education at 413-322-4242 if, under the Americans with Disabilities Act, you require specific aids or services during your visit to this continuing education program.