2011 ASH Program Book - American Society of Hypertension

MAY 21
Saturday Morning
Hypertension Highlights 2011
8:00 AM – 3:00 PM • East Ballroom • Third Floor
Part I:
Co-Chairs: Henry R. Black, MD, FASH, New York, NY and
Michael A. Weber, MD, FASH, New York, NY
8:00 AM Breakfast
8:30 AM Cardiovascular Effects of Anti-Diabetic Drugs
Nancy J. Brown, MD, Nashville, TN
9:00 AM Role of the Kidney in Angiotensin II Hypertension
Steven D. Crowley, PhD, Durham, NC
9:30 AM Neurohormonal Assessment in the Diagnosis and
Management of Hypertension
Ronald G. Victor, MD, Los Angeles, CA
10:00 AM Break
Part II:
10:30 AM Panel Discussion: Hypertension and Obesity in
Adolescence: Epidemiology, Nutritional Aspects,
Evaluation and Management
Moderator: Bonita Falkner, MD, FASH, Philadelphia,
PA
Panel Discussion Participants:
Donald L. Batisky, MD, Atlanta, GA
Joseph T. Flynn, MD, FASH, Seattle, WA and
Robert F. Kushner, MD, Chicago, IL
11:15 AM Partnership with the Patient to Improve Blood
Pressure Control and the Role of the Hypertension
Specialist in the “Medical Home”
Moderator: Elijah Saunders, MD, FASH, Baltimore,
MD
Joel Handler, MD, Anaheim, CA and
Nancy Houston Miller, RN, BSN, Palo Alto, CA
12:15 PM Lunch
Part III:
1:00 PM Panel Discussion: Resistant Hypertension:
Pathophysiology, Evaluation, and New/Old
Treatment Considerations
Moderator: C. Venkata S. Ram, MD, FASH, Dallas, TX
Panel Discussion Participants:
Michael W. Brands, PhD, Augusta, GA
John D. Bisognano, MD, PhD, FASH, Rochester, NY
Domenic A. Sica, MD, Richmond, VA and
Gordon H. Williams, MD, Boston, MA
2:15 PM Complementary and Alternative Therapies in
Hypertension
Moderator: Robert A. Phillips, MD, PhD, FASH,
Worcester, MA
Panel Discussion Participants:
Brent M. Egan, MD, FASH, Charleston, SC and
Matthew Sorrentino, MD, Chicago, IL
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