Heart of the City Cardiovascular Symposium 2018

 

Overview

The purpose of this symposium is to educate cardiovascular teams, as well as internists, with the most clinically relevant information with an emphasis on recent advances in heart failure, cardiac transplant, arrhythmias, and structural heart disease. This comprehensive program includes interactive discussions and case presentations offered by experts in the field and provides an opportunity for health professionals in the Mid-Atlantic region to network and exchange ideas on patient management and clinical practice.

Course Director

David A. Baran, M.D., FACC, FSCAI Sentara System Director, Advanced Heart Failure, Transplant and MCS Professor of Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School (Cardiology)

Target Audience

This course is intended for cardiologists, surgeons, internists, family practitioners, residents, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurses, EMTs, paramedics, allied health professionals, and students.

Accreditation

Sentara Healthcare is accredited by the Medical Society of Virginia to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation

Sentara Healthcare designates this live activity for a maximum of 6.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Virginia Board of Medicine

Physicians may claim up to 6.00 in Type 1 or Type 2 CME on the Virginia Board of Medicine Continued Competency and Assessment Form required for the renewal of an active medical license.

ABIM Maintenance of Certification Points

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 6.00 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program.
Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC points.

Nurses

ANCC and the Virginia Board of Nursing accept AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME or a recognized state medical society for CNE.

Physician Assistants

AAPA accepts certificates of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME or a recognized state medical society.

Accommodations

Accommodations can be made by visiting the THE MAIN, Hilton website here.
*Book by August 17, 2018 to reserve your room at a special rate. Limited rooms available. Use Group Name: Cardiovascular Symposium Room Block and Group Code: CSR. Phone number: 757-763-6200.

Registration

Registration must be completed online using the registration link below.

Keynote Speaker

Mandeep R. Mehra, M.D., FACC, FESC, FRCP

Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Medical Director, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Heart and Vascular Center, Boston, MA
Editor-in-Chief, The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Course Director

David A. Baran, M.D., FACC, FSCAI

Sentara System Director

FACULTY

Ana Barac, MD, PhD, FACC

Medstar Heart and Vascular Institute

John E. Brush,Jr., MD, FACC

Sentara Heart Hospital

Margarita T. Camacho, MD

St. Barnabas Heart Center at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center

Marc Cohen, MD, FACC

Newark Beth Israel Medical Center

Shashank S. Desai, MD

Inova Heart and Vascular Institute

Jerry D. Estep, MD, FACC, FASE

Cleveland Clinic

Michael Farkouh, MD, FRCPC, MSc, FACC, FAHA

University Health Network

Claudia Ford, NP

Sentara Heart Hospital

Marissa Galicia-Castillo, MD

Eastern Virginia Medical School

Jaime A. Hernandez-Montfort, MD, MPH, FACP, FACC

University of Texas Medical Branch

Susan Joseph, MD

Baylor Medical Center

Paul D. Mahoney, MD, FACC

Sentara Heart Hospital

Tony Martin, RN, MSN, APN-C

St. Barnabas Heart Center at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center

Mathew S. Maurer, MD

New-York Presbyterian/Columbia University

Kim Erin O'Connor

Newark Beth Israel Medical Center

Kelly Stelling, RN

Sentara Heart Hospital

Deepak R. Talreja, MD, FACC, FSCAI

Cardiovascular Associates, Ltd

Rajiv Tayal MD, MPH, FACC, FSCAI, RPVI

RWJ Barnabas Health