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6th Annual Heart Team Summit

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Add to Calendar 6th Annual Heart Team Summit 9/13/2024 8:00:00 AM 9/14/2024 2:00:00 PM America/Chicago For More Details: https://northwestern.cloud-cme.com/heartteam2024 Description: A Heart Team is now a standard treatment approach for complex cardiovascular patients. The Heart Team consists of cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, nurses and other health care specialists. This includes regular meetings to make consensus treatment recommendations for conditions including obstructive coronary artery disease and valvular heart conditions. This series will provide expert lectures and case presentati... The Intercontinental Chicago false MM/DD/YYYY


Date & Location
Friday, September 13, 2024, 8:00 AM - Saturday, September 14, 2024, 2:00 PM, The Intercontinental Chicago, Chicago, IL

Target Audience
Specialties - Cardiothoracic Surgery
Professions - Nurse, Physician, Physician Assistant, Student

Overview

A Heart Team is now a standard treatment approach for complex cardiovascular patients. The Heart Team consists of cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, nurses and other health care specialists. This includes regular meetings to make consensus treatment recommendations for conditions including obstructive coronary artery disease and valvular heart conditions. This series will provide expert lectures and case presentations geared toward health care professionals who may be part of a Heart Team. Included with be the latest innovations as well as standard treatments, including transcatheter valvular heart therapies and coronary revascularization strategies.

Note: We are sold out at the Intercontinental (Host Hotel) but have secured a block of rooms at the Marriott Michigan Avenue (Located diagonal) for $ 332 per night – please book at this link: https://book.passkey.com/e/50879913


Objectives
  1. Describe the concept of the Heart Team, including the key components and functionality.
  2. Describe the differences in outcomes in valvular and coronary pathology as it refers to men and women
  3. List transcatheter options to address heart valve pathology including aortic, mitral, tricuspid and pulmonic stenosis and regurgitation.
  4. Describe the latest interventional techniques and therapies for structural heart disease and congenital heart disease
  5. Recognize patient selection and appropriate patient referral for surgical versus percutaneous/transcatheter mitral and aortic valve intervention
  6. Apply various diagnostic technologies including transthoracic echocardiography, intracardiac echocardiography, TEE, CT, and CMR to guide management of valvular heart disease
  7. Describe the racial disparities encountered in cardiovascular health
  8. Utilize the various hemodynamic support and interventional/surgical tools to assist in the management of cardiogenic shock
  9. Identify the indications for LA appendage closure and the available and emerging technologies to manage the left atrial appendage and how it can mitigate stroke
  10. Summarize the latest developments and the current guidelines on the appropriate use of surgical and percutaneous coronary revascularization

Registration

Early Bird Rates (through 7/31/2024) 

Physicians $195

Other Healthcare Providers $50

Fellows/Residents/Trainees* Complimentary

Industry Representatives $ 595

Regular Rates (effective 8/1/2024)

Physicians $250

Other Healthcare Providers $100

 Fellows/Residents/Trainees* Complimentary

 Industry Representatives $695

*Fellows may be asked to provide a letter from their Program Director

Registration will close on Saturday, September 14, 2024 at 12:00 pm CT. On-site registration will be available.

Cancellations and Refunds

Cancellations must be made in writing to Courtney at [email protected]. The paid registration fee will be refunded if cancellation is received by Thursday, August 29, 2024. No refunds will be issued after this date.

Please contact Polly at [email protected] with any questions.


Accreditation

The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation Statement

The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 12.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

ABIM MOC Points
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 12.5 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

American Board of Surgery Continuous Certification Program
Successful completion of this CME activity enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME requirement of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.

ABIM MOC and ABS CME credits will be submitted to the boards within 3 months of the conclusion of the activity.


Credits
AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (12.50 hours), ABIM MOC Part 2 (12.50 hours), ABS CC (12.50 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (12.50 hours)

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships


Feinberg School of Medicine adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. All individuals in a position to control the content of a Continuing Education activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers, or others are required to disclose all financial relationships with ineligible entities (commercial interests). All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.

Allen Anderson, MD
Christina K Anderson, MD
Physician
Northwestern Medical Group
Northbrook, IL
Arman Arghami, MD, MPH
Mayo clinic
Rochester, MN
Richard Bach, MD
IL
Keith H Benzuly, MD
Physician CE
Northwestern Medical Group
Chicago, IL
Benjamin S Bryner, MD
Assistant Professor
Northwestern Medicine
Chicago, IL
Murali Chakinala,, MD
Charles J Davidson, MD
Professor of Medicine Clinical Chief, Division of Cardiology Vice Chair of Clinical Affairs
Northwestern University
Chicago, IL
Laura Davidson, MD
Contracted Physicians
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Chicago, IL
Brian Fey, BA, RDCS, ACS
Resorce Coord/Tech. Director
Northwestern Medicine -Palos
Chicago, IL
James Flaherty, MD
Physician CE
Northwestern Medical Group
Chicago, IL
David Heimansohn, MD
James Hermiller, MD
MD
Ascension
Indianapolis, IN
Kevin E Hodges, MD
Northwestern Medicine
Chicago, IL
Arif Jivan, MD, PhD
Contracted Physicians
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Chicago, IL
Douglas Johnston, MD
Chief of Cardiac Surgery
Northwestern Medicine
Chicago, IL
Tsuyoshi Kaneko, MD
Washington University in St. Louis
St. Louis, MO
Amar Krishnaswamy, MD
ANIRUDH KUMAR, MD, MS
Physician
RMG
DOWNERS GROVE, IL
Marysa Leya
Resident
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Chicago, IL
Donald M Lloyd-Jones, MD
Physician PS
Northwestern University
Chicago, IL
S. Chris C Malaisrie, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Northwestern Medical Group
Chicago, IL
Ezequiel Munoz, MD
Faculty Photos
Akhil Narang, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)
Sandeep Nathan, MD
Christina A Papastefan, MSN
Transcatheter Valve Nurse Practitioner
Northwestern
Chicago, IL
Jyothy Puthumana, MD
Physician CE
Northwestern Medicine
Chicago, IL
Nishath Quader, MD
Rachel Rendak, MSN
Valve Nurse Coordinator
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Chicago, IL
Daniel R Schimmel, MD, MS
Contracted Physicians
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Chicago, IL
Sanjiv J Shah, MD
Chicago, IL
Ranya Sweis, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Northwestern University
Chicago, IL
Douglas E Vaughan, MD
Northwestern University
Chicago, IL
Jane Wilcox, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Northwestern
Chicago, IL
Clyde Yancy, MD
Chief of the Division of Cardiology
Northwestern University
CHICAGO, IL
Quentin Youmans, MD
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Chicago, IL
Alan Zajarias, MD
Professor of Medicine
Washington University
st. Louis, MO
Weili Zheng, MD
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Chicago, IL

Friday, September 13, 2024
Welcome
8:00AM - 8:05AM
James Flaherty, MD
Keynote Lecture: The Journey to Longevity - Cardiovascular Clues to Epigeneitc Age Acceleration
8:05AM - 8:30AM
Douglas E Vaughan, MD
CASE PRESENTATION: 75-year-old Man with Severe Degenerative MR
8:30AM - 8:35AM
Ranya Sweis, MD
She Will Do Fine with Surgical Repair – The Problems with Surgical Risk Assessment
8:35AM - 8:45AM
Tsuyoshi Kaneko, MD
TEER is the now Safe, Easy, Effective and Durable for Degenerative MR
8:45AM - 8:55AM
James Hermiller, MD
Mini-Lecture: Aortic Regurgitation Detection: What Are We Missing?
8:55AM - 9:05AM
Nishath Quader, MD
Discussion
9:05AM - 9:10AM
Ranya Sweis, MD
Nishath Quader, MD
Tsuyoshi Kaneko, MD
James Hermiller, MD
Douglas E Vaughan, MD
CASE PRESENTATION: 65-yearold Woman with Severe Bicuspid Aortic Stenosis
9:10AM - 9:15AM
Laura Davidson, MD
SAVR Now – You must Consider the Lifetime Management of Aortic Stenosis
9:15AM - 9:25AM
TAVR for Bicuspid is Fine – If You Don’t Do It - Someone Else Will
9:25AM - 9:35AM
Ranya Sweis, MD
Discussion
9:35AM - 9:40AM
Ranya Sweis, MD
Laura Davidson, MD
Break
9:40AM - 10:00AM
KEYNOTE LECTURE: Redo Cardiac Surgery – Myths, Triumphs and Opportunities
10:00AM - 10:25AM
CASE PRESENTATION: 60-year-old Woman with Radiation Induced Severe AS and Moderate MS
10:25AM - 10:30AM
Ranya Sweis, MD
Cardiac Surgery is the Way to Go – Fix Everything Now
10:30AM - 10:40AM
David Heimansohn, MD
Do TAVR now, Save Surgery for the Future
10:40AM - 10:45AM
Laura Davidson, MD
Discussion
10:45AM - 10:50AM
Ranya Sweis, MD
David Heimansohn, MD
Laura Davidson, MD
Mini Lecture – Transcatheter Electrosurgery – BASILICA, ShortCut, CLEVE, LAMPOON, BATMAN, SESAME – Do We have to Know All of These?
10:50AM - 11:10AM
Amar Krishnaswamy, MD
CASE PRESENTATION: 80-yearold Man with HCM and Severe AS
11:10AM - 11:15AM
James Flaherty, MD
Just Bite the Bullet – SAVR and Myectomy
11:15AM - 11:25AM
S. Chris C Malaisrie, MD
Treat the LVOT Obstruction First then Reassess the AS
11:25AM - 11:35AM
Richard Bach, MD
Discussion
11:35AM - 11:40AM
James Flaherty, MD
Richard Bach, MD
S. Chris C Malaisrie, MD
Mini-Lecture – Transcatheter Solutions for Failed Prior ValveIintervention
11:40AM - 12:00PM
Jyothy Puthumana, MD
Lunch
12:00PM - 1:00PM
KEYNOTE LECTURE: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Robots – Your Next Partners in Cardiac Surgery
1:00PM - 1:20PM
Arman Arghami, MD, MPH
CASE PRESENTATION: 70-yearold Woman with Torrential TR
1:20PM - 1:25PM
Laura Davidson, MD
Tricuspid Valve Surgery Gets a Bad Rap
1:25PM - 1:35PM
David Heimansohn, MD
Catheter-Based Therapies Can Tackle This 4 Different Ways
1:35PM - 1:45PM
Charles J Davidson, MD
Discussion
1:45PM - 1:50PM
David Heimansohn, MD
Charles J Davidson, MD
Laura Davidson, MD
CASE PRESENTATION: 80-yearold Man with Severe MR and TR
1:50PM - 1:55PM
Nishath Quader, MD
TEE remains the Gold Standard for TEER
1:55PM - 2:05PM
Akhil Narang, MD
Move over TEE, Here Comes 4D ICE
2:05PM - 2:15PM
Alan Zajarias, MD
Discussion
2:15PM - 2:20PM
Alan Zajarias, MD
Nishath Quader, MD
Akhil Narang, MD
Break
2:20PM - 2:30PM
KEYNOTE LECTURE: How We Get Everyone Access to Necessary Heart Care
2:30PM - 2:50PM
Clyde Yancy, MD
CASE PRESENTATION: 55-yearold with Recent MI, Severe MR and Shock
2:50PM - 2:55PM
Allen Anderson, MD
It’s too Late for PCI or CABG, Better to Tune Up for LVAD or Transplan
2:55PM - 3:05PM
Jane Wilcox, MD, MS
CABG/MVR Now, LVAD if Things don’t Work Out
3:05PM - 3:15PM
Quentin Youmans, MD
Discussion
3:15PM - 3:20PM
Allen Anderson, MD
Jane Wilcox, MD, MS
Lecture – Not Your Grandmother’s Heart Transplant – ‘Heart in a Box’ and More Benjamin Bryner
3:20PM - 3:35PM
Benjamin S Bryner, MD
CASE PRESENTATION: 60-year-old Woman, “I Can’t Breathe, Even With All These Pills!”
3:35PM - 3:40PM
James Flaherty, MD
Mini Lecture – The Valve Trials are Done, Interventional Heart Failure is the next Big Thing
3:40PM - 3:55PM
Sanjiv J Shah, MD
Discussion
3:55PM - 4:00PM
James Flaherty, MD
Benjamin S Bryner, MD
Sanjiv J Shah, MD
BREAKOUT I: SIMULATION AND TRAINING STATIONS (NON-CME)
4:00PM - 5:00PM
The Heart Team – How to Figure Out Where You Fit In
4:00PM - 4:15PM
Rachel Rendak, MSN
How Tricuspid Patients are Different from Aortic and Mitral Ones
4:15PM - 4:30PM
Laura Davidson, MD
What Nurses and PA’s Should Know about the Echo in Valve Patients
4:30PM - 4:45PM
Brian Fey, BA, RDCS, ACS
The Top 10 Things I’ve Learned Taking Care of Valve Patients
4:45PM - 5:00PM
Christina A Papastefan, MSN
COMPLICATIONS AND GREAT SAVES OVER COCKTAILS
5:30PM - 6:30PM
Marysa Leya
James Hermiller, MD
Arif Jivan, MD, PhD
Christina K Anderson, MD
ANIRUDH KUMAR, MD, MS
Ezequiel Munoz, MD
Saturday, September 14, 2024
KEYNOTE LECTURE: Is CAD Coming or Going? What the Big Data Tells Us
8:00AM - 8:20AM
Donald M Lloyd-Jones, MD
CASE PRESENTATION: 60-yearold Man with 3 Vessel CAD Including a Big CTO
8:20AM - 8:25AM
Marysa Leya
CTO PCI is now Prime Time, and DES are better the SVG’s
8:25AM - 8:35AM
Keith H Benzuly, MD
Hold On – CABG is Still the Gold Standard
8:35AM - 8:45AM
Tsuyoshi Kaneko, MD
Discussion
8:45AM - 8:50AM
Marysa Leya
Tsuyoshi Kaneko, MD
Keith H Benzuly, MD
Mini Lecture – Off-Pump, Robotics, BIMA, Hybrid – You Better Be Offering All of It
8:50AM - 9:05AM
Kevin E Hodges, MD
CASE PRESENTATION: 60-yearold Woman with Distal Left Main Disease
9:05AM - 9:10AM
Weili Zheng, MD
Left Main PCI is Just as Good as CABG with a Lot Less Complications
9:10AM - 9:20AM
James Flaherty, MD
The Trials are Flawed – CABG is Still King for Left Main
9:20AM - 9:30AM
Kevin E Hodges, MD
Discussion
9:30AM - 9:35AM
Weili Zheng, MD
Kevin E Hodges, MD
James Flaherty, MD
Break
9:35AM - 9:50AM
KEYNOTE LECTURE: Percutaneous Support Devices – Who, What, When
9:50AM - 10:10AM
Sandeep Nathan, MD
CASE PRESENTATION: An Incredible Heart Team Shock Save
10:10AM - 10:25AM
Weili Zheng, MD
Mini Lecture – The Shock Team – Why it Matters
10:25AM - 10:45AM
Jane Wilcox, MD, MS
Mini Lecture – Percutaneous and Surgical Therapies for the Failing Ventricle
10:45AM - 11:00AM
Allen Anderson, MD
Break
11:00AM - 11:10AM
KEYNOTE LECTURE: CTEPH Therapies – Balloons, Surgery and Denervation
11:10AM - 11:30AM
Daniel R Schimmel, MD, MS
CASE PRESENTATION: 66-yearold Woman with a Massive PE
11:30AM - 11:40AM
Weili Zheng, MD
Discussion
11:40AM - 11:45AM
Mini Lecture – How I Perform Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy
11:45AM - 11:55AM
S. Chris C Malaisrie, MD
Mini Lecture – How to Get Your Patient on the Right PAH Regimen, Clot or Not
11:55AM - 12:10PM
Murali Chakinala,, MD
Mini Lecture – Transcatheter PVR – the Toolkit is a Lot Bigger Now
12:10PM - 12:25PM
Marysa Leya
Closing Final Q&A
12:25PM - 1:00PM

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