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12th Annual Western New England Acute Cardiology Conference
Overview
Friday, October 24, 2025
7:30-4:00pm
MGM, One MGM Way, Springfield, MA
Hybrid course: In-Person and Zoom
Click on the "Program" tab to view the outline of the day
Goal:
The goal of this conference is to support ideal cardiovascular care for our patients and the health of our community with the collaboration of the entire healthcare team. The field of acute cardiology is rapidly changing with new and innovative treatment protocols for a wide range of conditions.
Provided by:
Baystate Medical Center Heart and Vascular & Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education
Target Audience
This course is designed for physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses, pharmacists, EMTs, medical students, nursing students, fellows and residents.
Learning Objectives
After participating in this educational activity, attendees should be able to:
Block 1:
- Evaluate different clinical perspectives and evidence-based practice in the management of ACS patients.
- Discuss recent updates to research and evidence regarding the management of ACS patients.
- Discuss risk reduction both pre and post ACS event.
Block 2:
- Discuss new research for management of cardiac events in patients related to one’s scope of practice
- Multidisciplinary approach to management across the continuum of care post cardiac event.
Block 3:
- Review the evaluation, identification, and management of patients with cardiogenic shock from the perspective of one’s unique clinical role.
- Assess best practices of identifying cardiogenic shock treatment criteria.
- Discuss the benefits and downfalls of using different MCS devices in complex cardiac cases
Block 4:
- Create awareness of diagnosis, treatment and management for specific cardiovascular populations
- Discuss the benefits of preventative tests and treatment for cardiovascular disease
Program
The 12th Annual Western New England Acute Cardiology Conference
October 24, 2025
Please visit the exhibit area:
| 7:30 - 8:30 | Prior to the Conference and During Registration |
| 10:15 - 10:30 | Morning Break |
| 11:40 - 12:30 | Lunch Break |
| 2:30 - 2:45 | Afternoon Break |
| Start | End | Topic | Speaker |
| 7:30 am | 8:30 am | Registration | |
| 8:30 am | 8:45 am | Commencement: Introduction and WNEACC Awards | Dr. Amir Lotfi |
Block 1 | 8:45 am | 9:00 am | STEMI Equivalents | Dr. Uneza Khawaja |
9:00 am | 9:15 am | To Lyse or Not to Lyse | Dr. Peter Fishman | |
9:15 am | 9:30 am | High Risk NSTEMI | Dr. Ali Haider | |
9:30 am | 9:45 am | Cigarettes, Vaping & Marijuana After a Heart Attack: What We Know and Don’t Know | Dr. Quinn Pack | |
9:45 am | 10:05 am | Cardiac Rehab in Patients with Heart Failure | Patrick Schilling & Robert Berry | |
10:05 am | 10:15 am | Panel |
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| 10:15 am | 10:30 am | Break |
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Block 2 | 10:30 am | 10:45 am | EMS Approach to OHCA | Mark LaPrade |
10:45 am | 11:00 am | ED Management of Patients with OHCA | Dr. Mat Goebel | |
11:00 am | 11:15 am | Critical Care Transport | Kim D’Angelo & Kathryn Vear | |
11:15 am | 11:30 am | RRT- Inpatient Cardiac Arrest Assessment and Management | Rick Barus | |
11:30 am | 11:40 am | Panel |
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| 11:40 am | 12:30 pm | Lunch & Break Out Sessions |
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Block 3 | 12:30 pm | 12:45 pm | Benefit of SCAI Classification for Shock | Dr. Arjun Majitha |
12:45 pm | 1:00 pm | Use of MCS in Shock – Who, When & How | Dr. Kunal Chawla | |
1:00 pm | 1:15 pm | The Benefit of Multidisciplinary Heart Team Discussions | Dr. Siavash Saadat | |
1:15 pm | 1:30 pm | Left Main Revascularization in Cardiogenic Shock | Dr. Boskey Patel | |
1:30 pm | 1:45 pm | The Use of MCS for High-Risk Revascularization | Dr. Nathan Airhart | |
1:45 pm | 2:00 pm | LVAD vs Transplant in Acute Shock | Dr. Colby Salerno | |
2:10 pm | 2:20 pm | Patient Experience – LVAD Bridged to Transplant | Diana Washington & Brandan Healy | |
2:20 pm | 2:30 pm | Panel |
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| 2:30 pm | 2:45 pm | Break |
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| 2:45pm | 3:00 pm | Cardiac Anesthesia | Dr. Rick Conlin |
3:00 pm | 3:15 pm | GLP Antagonist Use in CVD | Dr. Cecilia Lozier | |
3:15 pm | 3:30 pm | Pulmonary HTN/RV Dysfunction | Dr. Sophia Airhart | |
3:30 pm | 3:45pm | Coronary CTA in ACS | Dr. Nimish Shah | |
3:45 pm | 3:55 pm | Panel |
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| 3:55pm | 4:00 pm | Closing Remarks | Dr. Amir Lotfi |
Venue
Faculty
Faculty
Name of Individual | Individual's Role in Activity | Financial Relationship Disclosure | Discussion of |
|---|---|---|---|
Program Director | Planning Committee Member | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Barbara Damas, PharmD, BCPS Heart & Vascular Clinical Pharmacy Specialist ACCP Baystate Health | Planning Committee Member | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
Kristi George, RN, BSN | Planning Committee Member | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
Elizabeth Martinek, EMT-P | Planning Committee Member | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
Eliza Martel, PA-C | Planning Committee Member | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Victoria Weltlich, BSN, RN Registered Nurse Structural Heart Nurse Coordinator - LAAO Baystate Health | Planning Committee Member | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Nathan Airhart, MD, MPH Cardiothoracic Surgeon Baystate Medical Center | Speaker | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Sophia Airhart, MD Director of Pulmonary Hypertension Baystate Medical Center | Speaker | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Rick Barus, BS, EMT-P, CFRN Rapid Response Team Supervisor Critical Care Transport Team Baystate Medical Center | Speaker | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Kunal Chawla, MD Assistant Professor Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell Director of Structural and Interventional Cardiology Structural and Interventional Cardiologist Optum Health/Northwell Health | Speaker | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Fredrick Colin, MD, FASE, FASA Assistant Professor of Medicine UMass-Chan School of Medicine Faculty Anesthesiologist/Chief Cardiac Anesthesia Baystate Health | Speaker | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Kim D’Angelo, MHA, BS, EMSM, FP-C, Paramedic Operations Manger Critical Care Paramedic American Medical Response | Speaker | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Peter Fishman, MD Associate Chair, Department of Emergency, Berkshire Medical Center Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, UMass School of Medicine Associate Chief of Urgent Care Medicine Berkshire Health Systems | Speaker | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
Mat Goebel, MD | Speaker | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
Ali Haider, MD, FACC, FSCAI | Speaker | Consultant: Medtronic, Shockwave, GSK | No |
| Uneza Khawaja, MD Cardiology Fellow Baystate Medical Center | Speaker | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Marc LaPrade, EMT-P and FP-C CCT and Operations Field Supervisor American Medical Response | Speaker | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Amir Lotfi, MD Chief of Cardiology UMass-Chan School of Medicine Baystate Health | Speaker | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Cecilia Lozier, MD Assistant Professor UMass-Chan School of Medicine Physician Baystate Health | Speaker | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Arjun Majitha, MD Instructor UMass-Chan School of Medicine Director, CHIP/CTO (Program Director, Adv. IC Fellowship) Lahey Hospital and Medical Center | Speaker | Consultant for Abiomed, Abbott, Edwards | No |
| Quinn Pack, MD, MSc Associate Professor UMass-Chan School of Medicine Cardiologist Medical Director, Cardiac Rehab Baystate Health | Speaker | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Boskey Patel, DO, FACC Interventional Cardiologist Hartford Healthcare Heart & Vascular Institute | Speaker | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Siavash Saadat, MD Assistant Professor UMass-Chan School of Medicine Cardiac Surgeon Baystate Health | Speaker | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Colby Salerno, DO Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Fellow Yale New Haven Hospital | Speaker | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
Patrick Schilling, BS, CEP, CCRP, FAACVPR | Speaker | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Nimish Shah, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine UMass-Chan School of Medicine Cardiologist Baystate Heart & Vascular Baystate Health | Speaker | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Kathryn Vear, MPA, BSN, RN, EMT, CFRN CEN, NHDP-BC Nursing Team Lead Critical Care Transport Team Baystate Health | Speaker | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
Diana Washington | Speaker | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
Robert Barry | Patient Representative | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Brandon Healy | Patient Representative | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
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. Any relevant financial relationships are mitigated prior to the educational activity.
Ali Haider, MD - consultant for Medtronic, Shockwave and GSK
Arjun Majitha, MD is an consultant for Abiomed, Abbott and Edwards
None of the other planners or faculty for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
Accreditation
In support of improving patient care, Baystate Health is jointly 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.
Physicians
Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education designates this live activity for a maximum of 5.75 AMA PRA Category1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nurses
Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education designates this live activity for a maximum of 5.75 contact hours for nurses. Nurses should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Pharmacists - application in process
This activity carries a maximum of XX contact hour(s). Pharmacists should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Physician Assistants
Baystate Health has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 5.75 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.
Paramedics/EMTs application in process
The Massachusetts Office of Emergency Medical Services (OEMS) has approved this continuing education program for XX hours. Approval Number XXXXX (live) & XXXXX (virtual).
This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team and learners will receive 5.75 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change
Available Credit
- 5.75 AAPA Category 1 CME creditBaystate Health has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 5.75 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PA’s should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.
- 5.75 ACPE Contact Hours
- 5.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 5.75 ANCC Contact Hours
- 5.75 IPCE Credit Hour(s)
- 5.75 OEMS Credit Hours
Exhibitors
If interested in an exhibitor table only, please complete the Exhibitor Letter of Agreement.
If interested in an exhibitor package (Exhibit Table or Exhibit Table & Workshop) please complete the Sponsorship Letter of Agreement.
Register/Take course
Price
Please Note: Your registration must be paid in order to be considered complete.
- Each participant must register themselves for the program.
- Registration must be paid either by credit card or *Baystate Interdepartmental transfer
*If your Baystate department is covering the registration fee, YOU MUST
- Notify your Education Coordinator/ Supervisor that you have enrolled in the course. For questions email Marion.Talbot@BaystateHealth.org.
- Once an interdepartmental funds transfer form has been received, your registration will be paid and you will have access to the course.
If you have not received confirmation of your paid registration, check to be sure all steps above have been completed.
In order to receive CREDIT, the evaluation must be completed by: Wed, 12/31/2025 - 4:00pm
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 Tori Weltlich at 413-794-4011 if, under the Americans with Disabilities Act, you require specific aids or services during your visit to this continuing education program.