LibGuides: 43rd Annual Cardiology Teaching Day: Conference Information

Cardiology Teaching Day

Wednesday, October 16, 2013

7:00am - 4:30pm

The Grandview

176 Rinaldi Blvd

Poughkeepsie NY

Course Description

This conference is being presented by Vassar Brothers Medical Center and The American Heart Association. It is designed to provide physicians, nursing professionals and allied health professionals with state-of-the-science information about cardiovascular care and treatment.

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43rd Annual Cardiology Teaching Day

Follow the Agenda, as it unfolds...

7:00- 7:30 – Registration

7:30 – 7:40 – Welcome & Opening Remarks

7:30 – 8:30 – Renal Sympathetic Denervation: Treatment by Transcatheter Radio Frequency Ablation - Vivek Reddy, MD Mt. Sinai School of Medicine

8:30 – 9:30 - New Approaches to the Treatment of Hyperlipidemia - James A. Underberg, MD, MS, FACPM, FACP, FASH, FNLA

9:30 – 9:45 - BREAK

9:45 – 10:40 – Evolving Applications of Cardiac MR – Mario Garcia, MD, Montefiore Medical Center

10:40 – 11:30 – Current Uses of Left Ventrical Assisted Devices (LVAT) – Nir Uriel MD, New York Presbyterian/Columbia

11:30 – 12:30 LUNCH

12:30 – 1:15 - Healthcare Policy– Ken Leonczyk, Healthcare Advisory Board

1:15 – 1:45 - Cardiac Genetics – Kelli Mayfarth, Genetic Counselor, Healthquest

1:45 – 2:15 - EP, Sudden Death Related to Genetics - John Respass MD,

2:15-2:30 BREAK

2:30 – 3:00 - Cardiothoracic Surgery/Genetics/Cardiomyopathy - Rohit Shahani, MD

3:00 – 3:30 30 Echo Case Presentations – David Weinreich, MD

3:30 – 4:00p Interventional Case Presentations- Simon Gorwara, MD

Accreditation

CME

Vassar Brothers Continuing Medical Education is accredited by the Medical Society of the State of New York to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians. Vassar Brothers Continuing Medical Education designates this education activity for a maximum of 6.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) ™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Contact Hours

6.5 CME = 6.5 contact hours

http://nursecredentialing.org/FunctionalCategory/FAQ/RenewalFAQ.aspx

AAPA

AAPA accepts certificates of participation for educational activities certified for category 1 from AOACCME, Prescribed credit from AAFP, and AMA PRA Category 1 credit TM from organizations

accredited by ACCME or a recognized state medical society.

Physician assistants may receive a maximum 6.5 of Category 1 credit for completing this program.

ECHO

Physicians attending this conference will receive 0.5 hour of echocardiography related AMA PRA Category I CME credit.

In accordance with the disclosure policies of Vassar Brothers CME, the effort is made to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all educational activities. These policies include resolving all conflicts of interest between faculty and commercial interest that might otherwise compromise the goal and educational integrity of this activity. All faculty members participating in this activity have disclosed all significant relationship-financial or otherwise- with the manufacturers or providers of products or services mentioned in the activity. The planners of this activity have reviewed these disclosures and have determined that the faculty relationships are not inappropriate in the context of their respective presentations and are consistent with the educational goals and integrity of the activity.