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             CVI's 23rd Annual Cardiology Update:             Clinical Management of Heart Disease 2016

Translating Science Into Practice: A Practical Approach to Treating Heart Disease

Sunday, October 23, 2016  *  7:30AM - 5:30PM

Hilton Philadelphia at Penn's Landing  *  201 South Columbus Boulevard

8.75 CME CEU Credits     /     7.5 ABIM MOC Points

Keynote Speakers

  •          David B. Nash, MD MBA                                       Bernard J. Gersh, MBChB PhD FRCP FACC
  •          Dean, Jefferson College of Population Health                       Professor of Medicine
  •          Dr. Raymond C. & Doris N. Grandon                                     Associate Chair, Academic Affairs and Faculty Development
  •          Professor of Health Policy                                                     Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
  •          Sidney Kimmel Medical College                                           Consultant, Cardiovascular Diseases and Internal Medicine
  •          at Thomas Jefferson University                                            Mayo Clinic

Focus Topics

  • Role of Population Health in Cardiovascular Health
  • Advances in Management of Heart Failure
  • Non-Statin LDL Cholesterol Lowering Drugs
  • CV Risk in Diabetic Patients
  • Choosing NOACS for Patients with Non-Valvular A Fib
  • CVD in HIV Patients
  • Genetic Testing in CVD
  • Complex Decision in Valvular Heart Disease - LVADS, MICS, Robotics and TAVR
  • Interventional Cardiology Update - Venous Disease and Advances in Treatment of CAD
  • In-Office ECGs - Things You Should NEVER Miss

 When

Sunday October 23, 2016 from 7:30 AM to 5:30 PM

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Where

Hilton Philadelphia at Penn's Landing 
201 South Columbus Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19106
 


 
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Registration Fees

Be an Early Bird...sign up and pay your registration by Friday, September 30th, 2016 and take $35 OFF your registration fee!

~Physicians and Industry:  $160 ($125 Early Bird by 9/30/16)**

~MOC (ABIM) points $50*

~Mid-Level Providers, Nurses, Fellows, Residents:  $110  ($75 Early Bird by 9/30/16)**

*Awarding of MOC points requires additional attestation, post program evaluation and test questions

** Price reflects discount of $6 for payment by cash/check.  Please add $6 for Visa/MC/AMEX.

Syllabus

Several days prior to the program, syllabus including presentations will be available for download from a secure website.  At Registration you will receive a USB storage device with the same information at no additional charge.

At the conference, neither printers nor electrical outlets are available for attendee use.

Hard copy black and white syllabus including presentations may be ordered in advance for $50, and available at registration.  Hard copy syllabi must be ordered by October 14th 2016.  Additional printed syllabi not available onsite.

Faculty PowerPoint handouts are for the use of course attendees only pre and post-conference.  This material may not be used, shared or distributed electronically.

FREE Apple iPad Drawing Details

In order to be entered into the FREE Apple iPad Drawing, you must:

~Register and pay for CVI's 23rd Annual Clinical Management of Heart Disease: Cardiology Update 2016 by 5:00pm EST on Friday, September 30, 2016.

~Submit your full completed online program evaluation for CVI's 23rd Annual Clinical Management of Heart Disease:  Cardiology Update 2016 by 5:00pm EST on Friday, November 11th, 2016.

~And you are entered to win...It's as easy as that!   Winner will be contacted via email.

 Target Audience

The target audience for our program includes: Physicians (clinical cardiologists, electrophysiologists, interventional cardiologists, cardiothoracic surgeons, primary care, family practice, and internal medicine), Mid Level Providers (nurse practitioners, physician assistants), nurses and all allied and home healthcare professionals who care for patients with cardiovascular disease, fellows, residents, medical students and trainees.

Please contact me directly if you have questions or need help registering.

 Janet M. Noel 
Cardiovascular Institute of Philadelphia 
cvi.janetnoel@verizon.net 
215-389-2300  Phone - 215-389-5450 Fax

Course Directors

  • Dean G. Karalis, MD FACC FNLA
  • Clincal Professor of Medicine
  • Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
  • Veronica A. Covalesky, MD FACC
  • Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
  • Drexel University College of Medicine

Associate Directors

  • Joseph E. Bavaria, MD FACP
  • Brooke Roberts - William Maul Measey Professor in Surgery
  • Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
  • Scott E. Hessen, MD FACC
  • Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
  • Drexel University College of Medicine
  • Daniel J. McCormick, DO FACC FSCAI
  • Director, Cardiovascular Interventional Therapy
  • Pennsylvania Hospital - Penn Medicine
  • Colin M. Movsowitz, MD FACC
  • Director of Cardiac Electrophysiology
  • Einstein Medical Center Montgomery
  • Thomas H. Trojian, MD FACSM
  • Professor, Department of Family, Community & Preventive Medicine
  • Drexel University College of Medicine

Keynote Speakers

  • David B. Nash, MD MBA
  • Founding Dean
  • The Dr. Raymond C & Doris N. Grandon Professor of Health Policy
  • Jefferson College of Population Health
  • Bernard J. Gersh, MBChB PhD FRCP FACC
  • Professor of Medicine
  • Mayo Clinic College of Medicine

Faculty

  • Javed Butler, MD MPH MBA FACC FAHA FESC
  • Professor of Medicine, Physiology and Biophysics
  • Stony Brook University School of Medicine
  • Sheldon M. Goldberg, MD FACC FSCAI
  • Clinical Professor of Medicine
  • Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
  • Priscilla Y. Hsue, MD
  • Professor of Medicine
  • University of California San Francisco School of Medicine
  • Silvio E. Inzucchi, MD
  • Professor of Medicine
  • Yale University School of Medicine
  • James B. McClurken, MD FACC FACS FESC
  • Chief, Thoracic Surgery
  • RA Reif Cardiovascular Institute - Doylestown Hospital
  • Robert L. Nussbaum, MD
  • Emeritus Professor of Medicine
  • University of California San Francisco School of Medicine
  • Joyce L. Ross, MSN CRNP CS FNLA FPCNA
  • Consultative Education Specialist, Cardiovascular Risk Intervention
  • University of Pennsylvania Health System
  • Pasquale Santangeli, MD PhD
  • Assistant Professor of Medicine
  • Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
  • Robert D. Schaller, DO
  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
  • Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Accreditation Statement

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Pennsylvania Medical Society through the joint providership of the Einstein Medical Center and the Cardiovascular Institute of Philadelphia.  Einstein Medical Center is accredited by the Pennsylvania Medical Society to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians. 

Credit Designation Statement

AMA:  Einstein Medical Center designates this live educational event for a maximum of 8.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s).  Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the educational event.

AOA:  This program is eligible for 8.75 credits in Category 2A of the American Osteopathic Association through the Pennsylvania Osteopathic Medical Association Foundation.

MOC Credits/Points:

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 8.25 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.  Please note the awarding of MOC points requires additional attestation, post program evaluation and test questions.

Program Evaluation

Program evaluations will be completed online.  You are encouraged to take notes on each speaker and presentation at the program.  Shortly after the program, you will receive an email link to complete your program evaluation.  In compliance with ACCME guidelines, you must answer all questions and submit your online evaluation in order to receive your CME certificate.

 Cancellation Policy

Requests in writing for refunds, less $35 administrative fee, will be honored up until October 7th 2016 and processed after the meeting.  Registrations are transferable with prior notification to CVI by October 7th 2016.