Overview
Southern Symposium on Heart Failure
2nd Annual Conference
Online registration is now closed for this conference. Onsite registrations are welcome. Please contact Katlyn Cooper for more information: kcooper@achlcme.org
Calling all clinicians involved in the treatment of heart failure patients! Registration is now open for the 2nd Annual Southern Symposium on Heart Failure, taking place Saturday, October 22, 2016 at Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. The symposium will be certified for continuing education credit for physicians and nurses. Earn CME/CE while learning about topics including latest guideline and treatment strategies, surgical approaches to advanced heart failure and the role of palliative care in heart failure management.
This activity is intended for cardiologists, primary care physicians, advanced practice providers, registered nurses, allied health professionals, and residents/fellows involved in the diagnosis and treatment of heart failure.
Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:
• Review current evidence-based guideline recommendations as well as more recent clinical trial findings in relation to the pharmacological management of heart failure
• Evaluate the role of device-based interventions and surgical approaches in the care of heart failure
• Develop and initiate appropriate heart failure therapeutic strategies based on the patient’s disease status and other related diagnostic factors, comorbidities, and individual needs
• Discuss the importance of patient communication tactics and care coordination models for improving clinical outcomes in with heart failure
• Review current evidence-based guideline recommendations as well as more recent clinical trial findings in relation to the pharmacological management of heart failure
• Evaluate the role of device-based interventions and surgical approaches in the care of heart failure
• Develop and initiate appropriate heart failure therapeutic strategies based on the patient’s disease status and other related diagnostic factors, comorbidities, and individual needs
• Discuss the importance of patient communication tactics and care coordination models for improving clinical outcomes in with heart failure
Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital
5665 Peachtree Dunwoody Road, NE
Atlanta, GA 30342 USA
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Comment: Conference located in the Ground Floor Auditorium of Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital.
5665 Peachtree Dunwoody Road, NE
Atlanta, GA 30342 USA
Click here to view location map
Comment: Conference located in the Ground Floor Auditorium of Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital.
Saturday, October 22, 2016 | Ground Floor Auditorium, Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital
7:30 a.m. Registration, Breakfast and Vendor Exhibits
8 a.m. What’s New on the Heart Failure Horizon: Insights into the Latest Guidelines
Javed Butler, MD, MPH
8:45 a.m. From Heart Failure to Heart Success: Preventing Readmissions
David Markham, MD, MSc
9:15 a.m. Dilemmas in Heart Transplantation
David Vega, MD
9:45 a.m. Advanced Therapies: Patient Selection and Timing
Sonjoy Raja Laskar, MD
10:15 a.m. Break and Vendor Exhibits
10:30 a.m. LVAD's: Where we are Today
Stuart Russell, MD
11:15 a.m. The Future of Mechanical Circulatory Support
Jeffrey Miller, MD
11:45 a.m. Shared Decision Making
Andrew Smith, MD
12:15 p.m. Lunch and Vendor Exhibits
1 p.m. Is There Benefit to Using Mechanical Circulatory Support in Patients Not Inotrope Dependant?
Robert Cole, MD & Raja Laskar, MD
1:30 p.m. Cardiac Complications from Chemotherapy
David Markham, MD, MSc
2 p.m. Coronary Artery Diseases in Patients with HF
Maan Jokhadar, MD
2:30 p.m. The EP Approach to Heart Faulire Management
Anshul Patel, MD
3 p.m. Break and Vendor Exhibits
3:15 p.m. The Challenge of Treating Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction
Alanna Morris, MD
3:45 p.m. Nursing Challenges in the Treatment of Heart Failure Patients
Jenifer Schellman, RN, MSN
4:15 p.m. The Role of Palliative Care in Heart Failure Management
Sherika Newman, DO
4:45 p.m. Wrap up and Adjourn
7:30 a.m. Registration, Breakfast and Vendor Exhibits
8 a.m. What’s New on the Heart Failure Horizon: Insights into the Latest Guidelines
Javed Butler, MD, MPH
8:45 a.m. From Heart Failure to Heart Success: Preventing Readmissions
David Markham, MD, MSc
9:15 a.m. Dilemmas in Heart Transplantation
David Vega, MD
9:45 a.m. Advanced Therapies: Patient Selection and Timing
Sonjoy Raja Laskar, MD
10:15 a.m. Break and Vendor Exhibits
10:30 a.m. LVAD's: Where we are Today
Stuart Russell, MD
11:15 a.m. The Future of Mechanical Circulatory Support
Jeffrey Miller, MD
11:45 a.m. Shared Decision Making
Andrew Smith, MD
12:15 p.m. Lunch and Vendor Exhibits
1 p.m. Is There Benefit to Using Mechanical Circulatory Support in Patients Not Inotrope Dependant?
Robert Cole, MD & Raja Laskar, MD
1:30 p.m. Cardiac Complications from Chemotherapy
David Markham, MD, MSc
2 p.m. Coronary Artery Diseases in Patients with HF
Maan Jokhadar, MD
2:30 p.m. The EP Approach to Heart Faulire Management
Anshul Patel, MD
3 p.m. Break and Vendor Exhibits
3:15 p.m. The Challenge of Treating Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction
Alanna Morris, MD
3:45 p.m. Nursing Challenges in the Treatment of Heart Failure Patients
Jenifer Schellman, RN, MSN
4:15 p.m. The Role of Palliative Care in Heart Failure Management
Sherika Newman, DO
4:45 p.m. Wrap up and Adjourn
Javed Butler, MD, MPH
Co-Director, Heart Institute, Chief of the Division of Cardiology, Stony Brook Medicine
Maan Jokhadar, MD
Center for Heart Failure Therapy & Transplantation, Emory University Hospital; Assistant Professor of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine
Alanna Morris, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Emory University Medicine; Director of Heart Failure Services, Atlanta VA Medical Center
Co-Director, Heart Institute, Chief of the Division of Cardiology, Stony Brook Medicine
Robert Cole, MD
Center for Heart Failure Therapy & Transplantation, Emory University Hospital; Assistant Professor of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine
Maan Jokhadar, MD
Center for Heart Failure Therapy & Transplantation, Emory University Hospital; Assistant Professor of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine
Sonjoy Raja Laskar, MD
Medical Director, Mechanical Circulatory Support Program, Emory University Hospital; Associate Professor of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine
David W. Markham, MD, MSc, Course Co-Director
Medical Director, Advanced Heart Failure Therapy Center, Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital; Associate Professor, Emory University School of Medicine
Jeffrey S. Miller, MD, Course Co-Director
Surgical Director, Advanced Heart Failure Therapy Center, Heart Transplant & Mechanical Circulatory Support Program, Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital; Assistant Professor of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine
Alanna Morris, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Emory University Medicine; Director of Heart Failure Services, Atlanta VA Medical Center
Sherika Newman, DO
Director, Palliative Care Services, Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital
Stuart Russell, MD
Chief, Heart Failure and Transplantation, Associate Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital
Jenifer Schellman, RN, MSN
Heart Failure Nurse Clinician, Advanced Heart Failure Therapy Center, Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital
Stuart Russell, MD
Chief, Heart Failure and Transplantation, Associate Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital
Jenifer Schellman, RN, MSN
Heart Failure Nurse Clinician, Advanced Heart Failure Therapy Center, Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital
Andrew Smith, MD
Medical Director, Center for Heart Failure Therapy & Transplantation; Andrew Smith Endowed Chair in Heart Failure Therapy, Emory University Hospital
J. David Vega, MD
Director, Heart Transplant & Mechanical Circulatory Support Program, Emory University Hospital; Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine
CME Accreditation:
The Academy for Continued Healthcare Learning is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Academy for Continued Healthcare Learning designates this live activity for a maximum of 7.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
CE Accreditation
Emory Nursing Professional Development Center (ENPDC) is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Attendees at this CNE activity will be awarded 7.5 contact hours by ENPDC. Nurses must attend the entire event and complete the evaluation in order to receive contact hours.
The Academy for Continued Healthcare Learning is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Academy for Continued Healthcare Learning designates this live activity for a maximum of 7.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
CE Accreditation
Emory Nursing Professional Development Center (ENPDC) is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Attendees at this CNE activity will be awarded 7.5 contact hours by ENPDC. Nurses must attend the entire event and complete the evaluation in order to receive contact hours.
