Third Annual Cardiovascular Symposium - Catholic Health System
Third Annual Cardiovascular Symposium - Catholic Health System Third Annual Cardiovascular Symposium - Catholic Health System
Third Annual Catholic Health Cardiovascular Symposium Saturday, September 17, 2011 Center for the Arts University at Buffalo 1103 Center for the Arts Buffalo, NY 14260 Postmark registration due by September 9, 2011. Third Annual Cardiovascular Symposium Saturday, September 17, 2011 7:30 am to 3:00 pm (Check-in starts at 6:45 am) Center for the Arts University at Buffalo To register, detach this registration form, complete the required information on the other side and return this form with your $25 payment in the postage-paid envelope provided. This fee is refundable up to two weeks before the symposium; non-refundable after that date. Missed the registration deadline? Call 716-828-2748 to see if seating is still available. DON’T DELAY! Limited seating. Postmark registration due by SEPTEMBER 9, 2011.
<strong>Third</strong> <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Catholic</strong> <strong>Health</strong><br />
<strong>Cardiovascular</strong> <strong>Symposium</strong><br />
Saturday, September 17, 2011<br />
Center for the Arts<br />
University at Buffalo<br />
1103 Center for the Arts<br />
Buffalo, NY 14260<br />
Postmark registration due by September 9, 2011.<br />
<strong>Third</strong> <strong>Annual</strong><br />
<strong>Cardiovascular</strong><br />
<strong>Symposium</strong><br />
Saturday, September 17, 2011<br />
7:30 am to 3:00 pm<br />
(Check-in starts at 6:45 am)<br />
Center for the Arts<br />
University at Buffalo<br />
To register, detach this registration form, complete the<br />
required information on the other side and return this form<br />
with your $25 payment in the postage-paid envelope provided.<br />
This fee is refundable up to two weeks before the symposium;<br />
non-refundable after that date.<br />
Missed the registration deadline?<br />
Call 716-828-2748 to see if seating is still available.<br />
DON’T DELAY! Limited seating.<br />
Postmark registration due by SEPTEMBER 9, 2011.
<strong>Third</strong> <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Cardiovascular</strong> <strong>Symposium</strong><br />
Saturday, September 17, 2011<br />
Center for the Arts l University at Buffalo<br />
1103 Center for the Arts, Buffalo, NY 14260<br />
This program is limited to 300 people and is open to physicians, mid-level practitioners/<br />
allied health professionals, medical students and fellows, as well as critical care nurses<br />
and managers involved in the care of cardiovascular patients. Registration begins at<br />
6:45 am. The program runs from 7:30 am to 3:00 pm. Lunch will be served.<br />
Postmark registration due by September 9, 2011.<br />
Detach the registration form (far right panel) and return with your $25 payment in the<br />
postage-paid envelope provided. This fee is refundable up to two weeks before the<br />
symposium; non-refundable after that date. Missed the registration deadline? Call<br />
716-828-2748 to see if seating is still available.<br />
CME Accreditation<br />
This program has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas<br />
and Policies of the Accreditation Council for CME (ACCME) through joint sponsorship<br />
with the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and the<br />
Mercy Hospital Heart Center.<br />
The University at Buffalo is accredited by the ACCME to sponsor CME for physicians.<br />
The UB School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences designates this educational activity for<br />
a maximum of 6 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) TM . Physicians should only claim credit<br />
commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.<br />
Educational Objectives<br />
By the end of this activity participants will be able to:<br />
1. Identify patients at risk for CHF in primary care practices, appreciate the subtlety in CHF patient<br />
presentations, initiate an appropriate CHF patient work-up and therapy, and understand the role of<br />
CHF specialty referrals<br />
2. Describe the association of sleep disorders with heart disease and CHF, and review the effects of<br />
heart disease and CHF on sleep<br />
3. Review device options in symptomatic HF patients, discern appropriateness of implantation in<br />
HF patients, and explain Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (CRT)<br />
4. Identify kidney failure in patients with CHF, and manage CHF patients with kidney failure<br />
5. List pros and cons of rate vs. rhythm control in Atrial Fibrillation (A-fib) patients<br />
6. Recognize optimum cardiac medications required for diabetic patients<br />
7. Describe the future of the Artificial Heart Program and transplantation (including VAD)<br />
8. Update on the current status of minimally invasive coronary bypass and totally endoscopic<br />
coronary bypass, and describe the complexity of the minimally invasive platform for valve surgery<br />
and its use in robotic valve surgery<br />
9. Introduce concepts and descriptions of the Affordable Care Act, formulate an idea of the Affordable<br />
Care Act’s implications on physicians and hospital systems, illustrate an acute/post-acute approach<br />
to Accountable Care, and evaluate a case study for Congestive Heart Failure Management within<br />
the context of an Accountable Care Organization<br />
Hear from the area’s leaders in cardiovascular care:<br />
Introductions<br />
Joseph Gelormini, MD, FACC, Medical Director,<br />
<strong>Cardiovascular</strong> Service Line, <strong>Catholic</strong> <strong>Health</strong><br />
SalvATore Calandra, MD, Director, Interventional<br />
Cardiology, Mercy Hospital of Buffalo<br />
7:30 - 8:00 am Managing CHF in your PCMH<br />
Aravind Herle, MD, Chief, Division of Cardiology, Mercy<br />
Hospital of Buffalo<br />
8:00 - 8:30 am Sleep and Heart<br />
Alexander Gelfer, MD<br />
8:30 - 9:00 am Role of Electrophysiology in Managing the Heart Failure Patient<br />
iRFAn Khan, MD, Director of Electrophysiology, Mercy<br />
Hospital of Buffalo<br />
9:00 - 9:15 am Beverage Break<br />
9:15 - 9:45 am Acute Cardio-Renal Syndrome<br />
Prashnat Pendyala, MD<br />
9:45 - 10:15 am Heart Rate Control vs. Cardioversion<br />
Rob Wall, MD<br />
10:15 - 10:45 am Diabetes and Heart <strong>Health</strong><br />
Toni Spinaris, DO<br />
10:45 - 11:15 am Panel Discussion/Questions with Morning Presenters<br />
11:15 - 12:30 pm Lunch Break<br />
12:30 - 1:30 pm Keynote Address: Heart Transplants<br />
H. Todd Massey, MD, Surgical Director, Program in Heart<br />
Failure and Transplantation, Director, Artificial Heart Program,<br />
and Associate Professor of Cardiac Surgery, University of<br />
Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry<br />
1:30 - 2:15 pm Minimally Invasive Surgery - Why, When, How and the Role of<br />
the daVinci ® Robot<br />
John Bell-Thomson, MD, MBA, Chairman, Department of<br />
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Mercy Hospital of Buffalo<br />
2:15 - 3:00 pm <strong>Health</strong> Reform and Accountable Care: What Does the Future<br />
Hold? (includes a case study for chronic disease management)<br />
Michael Edbauer, DO, Medical Director, <strong>Catholic</strong> Medical<br />
Partners, and Jason Jankowiak, MBA, Vice President,<br />
<strong>Cardiovascular</strong> Service Line, <strong>Catholic</strong> <strong>Health</strong><br />
Registration Form - <strong>Third</strong> <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Catholic</strong> <strong>Health</strong><br />
<strong>Cardiovascular</strong> <strong>Symposium</strong><br />
Saturday, September 17, 2011<br />
First Name<br />
Last Name<br />
Institution/Hospital Practice<br />
Specialty<br />
Address<br />
Degree<br />
City State Zip<br />
E-mail Address*<br />
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* E-mail address is necessary if a confirmation is desired.<br />
PrOCESS my payment as follows:<br />
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* Make checks payable to the Mercy Hospital Foundation - Heart Center CME<br />
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Detach this registration form, complete the required information and return this form<br />
with your $25 payment in the postage-paid envelope provided. Credit card registrations<br />
may be faxed to 716-828-3456. This fee is refundable up to two weeks before the<br />
symposium; non-refundable after that date.<br />
POSTmark regiSTrATiON due no later than SEPTEmBEr 9, 2011.<br />
Missed the registration deadline? Call 716-828-2748 to see if seating is still available.<br />
ATTN: JoAnn Mills