47th Annual Cardiology Teaching Day
​Wednesday, October 18, 2017 | 7:30AM-4:00PM
​The Grandview, 176 Rinaldi Blvd., Poughkeepsie, NY 12601



Program Schedule
This is a working agenda, it may change drastically between now and October 18, 2017

7:30am – 7:55am –    REGISTRATION
7:55am – 8:00am –    Introduction
                                     – David Weinreich, MD,
                                       Education Director, Cardiology Teaching Day, Attending Cardiologist, The
                                       Heart Center a Division of Hudson Valley Cardiovascular P.C.
TREASURE HUNT- LOOKING FOR HIDDEN SOURCES
8:00am – 8:30am –  Cryptogenic Stroke Introduction
                                       - Shalin Patel, MD, Attending Cardiologist, The Heart Center
                                         a Division of Hudson Valley Cardiovascular P.C.                  
8:30am – 9:00am –   Left Atrial Appendage Closure
                                   - Sankar Varanasi, MD Director of electrophysiology , Attending Cardiologist,
                                     The Heart Center a Division of Hudson Valley Cardiovascular P.C.
9:00am – 9:15am –      BREAK
9:15am – 9:45am –  Patent Foramen Ovale Occlusion
                                     – Rajeev Narayan, MD, FACC, FSCAI, RPVI, Director of  Endovascular Services Vassar
                                        Brothers Medical Center and Clinical Assistant Professor of
                                        Medicine and Cardiology Rutgers- New Jersey Medical School
9:45am – 10:25am –  Bridging Anticoagulants
                                    – David A. Vorchheimer,MD, Director of  Clinical Cardiology, Center for Heart & Vascular Care
                                       Montefiore Medical Center, Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) Albert Einstein College of Medicine
                                       Bronx, NY

10:25am – 10:35am –  Questions & Answers

THE FORGOTTEN RIGHT HEART
10:35am – 11:05am –  Pulmonary Hypertension-The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
                                        – Benjamin Schaefer MD, FACC, Attending Cardiologist, The Heart Center
                                            a Division of Hudson Valley Cardiovascular P.C.                       
11:05am - 11:35am -  Pulmonary Embolism
                                        – Daniella Kadian-Dodov, MD, FACC, FSVM, RPVI, Assistant Professor of Medicine
                                          (Vascular Medicine) Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute and Marie-Josée and
                                          Henry R. Kravis Center for Cardiovascular Health
11:35am – 12:05pm – Catheter Directed Therapy for Pulmonary Embolism
                                        – Mira Herman, MD,DABR, Interventional Radiology, Hudson Valley Radiologist, PC

12:05pm – 12:15pm –  Questions & Answer

12:15pm – 1:15pm –      LUNCH

OLD VALVES- NEW TREATMENTS

1:15pm – 1:45pm – Mitral Regurgitation: An Overview
                                      - Benoit Bewley, MD, Attending Cardiologist, The Heart Center
                                        a Division of Hudson Valley Cardiovascular P.C.
1:45pm – 2:15pm – Introduction to Three Dimensional Echocardiography
                           – Kamran Haleem, MD,FACC, FASE, RPVI, Director of  Non Invasive Vascular Lab and Cardio-Oncology
                              Program, The Heart Center A Division of Hudson Valley Cardiovascular P.C.
2:15pm – 2:45pm –  Mitral Clip Procedures
                                    - Rajeev Narayan, MD, FACC, FSCAI, RPVI, Director of  Endovascular Vassar Brothers
                                      Medical Center Services and Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine  and
                                      Cardiology Rutgers- New Jersey Medical School
2:45pm – 3:00pm –  Break
3:00pm – 3:30pm –  Aortic and Mitral Valve Repair
                                      – Jason S. Sperling, MD, FACS, Director Cardiac Surgery, Medical Director of
                                        Cardiovascular Services  HCA/Health ONE Denver, Colorado, Incoming Medical Director of
                                       Cardiothoracic Surgery, Vassar Brothers Medical Center

3:30pm – 4:00pm –  Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: State of the Art
                                      – Zubair Jafar, MD, Director Interventional Cardiology, Cardiac Cath Lab and Structual Heart Disease Program,
                                        The Heart Center a Division of Hudson Valley Cardiovascular P.C.