1. health and fitness
2. disease

Lessons Learned From Two Decades of Acute
Heart Failure Management Javed Butler, MD
8:25
Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction – State of the Art
Maryl R. Johnson, MD
8:50
What’s New in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction?
Scott Solomon, MD
9:15
Panel Discussion Javed Butler, MD; Maryl R. Johnson, MD;
Scott Solomon, MD; Vinay Thohan, MD
9:30
Advanced Heart Failure – Selecting Patients for Appropriate Therapy
Nasir Z. Sulemanjee, MD
10:50
Current State of Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices
Frank Downey, MD
11:40
12 p.m.
Heart Transplantation – Past, Present & Future Vinay Thohan, MD
1
1:25
3
3:25
3:50
4:15
Panel Discussion Maria Rosa Costanzo, MD; Frank Downey, MD;
Nasir Z. Sulemanjee, MD; Vinay Thohan, MD
Management of Arrhythmias in
Heart Failure Patients
Imran K. Niazi, MD
Pulmonary Hypertension in
Heart Failure
Srinivas Murali, MD
Pulmonary Artery Hypertension State of the Art
Dianne L. Zwicke, MD
Panel Discussion
Srinivas Murali, MD;
Imran K. Niazi, MD;
Dianne L. Zwicke, MD
4:30
Interesting Cases - Advanced
Heart Failure Management
Khwaja Ammar, MD;
Omar Cheema, MD; Eric Roberts, MD
5:25
Closing Remarks
Nasir Z. Sulemanjee, MD
5:30
Adjourn
Advances in Cardiovascular Imaging and their Role in
Heart Failure Management Bijoy K. Khandheria, MD
Current State of Stem Cell Therapy in Heart Failure Management
Atta Behfar, MD
Exhibits (Break)
SESSION 5: Case Presentations
Moderator: T. Edward Hastings, DO
Lunch Break
SESSION 3: Novel Approaches in Heart Failure Management
Moderator: Nasir Z. Sulemanjee, MD
Panel Discussion Tanvir Bajwa, MD;
Atta Behfar, MD; Bijoy K. Khandheria,
MD; Nasir Z. Sulemanjee, MD
SESSION 4: Focus on Arrhythmias
& Pulmonary Hypertension
Moderators: Nasir Z. Sulemanjee, MD,
& Diane Zwicke, MD
The CardioRenal Syndrome Maria Rosa Costanzo, MD
10:25
11:15
2:30
Exhibits (Break)
SESSION 2: Advanced Heart Failure Therapies
Moderator: Frank Downey, MD
10
2:15
Aurora Health Care designates
this live activity for a maximum
of 7.25 AMA PRA Category 1
Credits™. Physicians should claim
only the credit commensurate
with the extent of their
participation in the activity.
The
Milwaukee
Heart Failure
Symposium
PAID
Update In Transcatheter Therapies
for Aortic and Mitral Valve
Disease in High Risk Patients
Tanvir Bajwa, MD
MILWAUKEE WI
PERMIT NO. 2304
Welcome Nasir Z. Sulemanjee, MD
SESSION I: Current State of Heart Failure Management
Moderator: Vinay Thohan, MD
8
1:50
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Milwaukee Heart Failure
Symposium 2015
Saturday, May 30, 2015
Hilton Milwaukee City Center
509 W. Wisconsin Avenue
Milwaukee, WI 53203
414-390-3802
Saturday, May 30, 2015
Hilton Milwaukee City Center
Course Directors Nasir Z. Sulemanjee, MD
Vinay Thohan, MD, Frank Downey, MD
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Continental Breakfast
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Agenda | Saturday, May 30, 2015
Purpose
Audience
Heart failure is the end stage phenotype of most
cardiac illness and the only cardiovascular disease
that has rising incidence, prevalence and attributable
mortality. The treatment for the end phases of left and
right heart diseases have changed in the past 10 years.
This symposium will present data to help clinicians and
allied health providers identify, evaluate and treat end
stage left and right heart diseases.
Course
Directors
•Describe research and innovation in the field
of advanced heart failure
•Provide a forum for presentation of basic,
clinical and population-based research, and
discussion of challenging heart failure diagnosis
or management cases
•Encourage application of primary and secondary preventive measures to reduce the incidence of
heart failure
Srinivas Murali, MD, FACC, FACP – Professor of
Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine; System
Director, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine; Medical
Director, Cardiovascular Institute, Philadelphia, PA
Faculty
Tanvir Bajwa, MD, FACC, FSCAI – Clinical Adjunct
Professor of Medicine*, Associate Head,Cardiovascular
Disease Section, Director, Cardiac Catheterization
Laboratory, Director, Interventional Fellowship Program,
Aurora Health Care Milwaukee, WI
medicine to enable improved and effective diagnosis and management of patients with heart failure
to management of patients with heart failure
Bijoy K. Khandheria, MD, MBBS, FACP, FESC, FASE,
FAHA, FACC – Clinical Adjunct Professor of Medicine*;
Medical Director, Echocardiography, Aurora
Cardiovascular Services; Director, Echocardiography
Center for Research and Innovation, Aurora Research
Institute, Aurora Health Care, Milwaukee, WI
Vinay Thohan, MD, FACC, FASE – Clinical Adjunct
Professor*; Director, Center of Advanced Heart Failure
Therapies, Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center, Aurora
Health Care, Milwaukee WI
Khawaja Ammar, MD – Associate Program Director,
Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship Program, Clinical
Cardiologist, Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center, Aurora
Health Care, Milwaukee, WI
•Discuss the areas of basic science and clinical •Explain social, ethical and economic issues related
Maryl R. Johnson, MD – Professor of Medicine*; Heart
Failure and Transplant Cardiology, Madison, WI
Frank Downey, MD – Surgical Director of Heart
Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support,
AuroraHealth Care, Milwaukee, WI
This symposium will be of value to Cardiovascular
Surgeons, Cardiologists, Internal Medicine, Hospital
Medicine, Family Practice, mid-level providers, Allied
Health Professionals and subspecialty trainees. It will
also be of interest to fellows, residents and allied health
staff with an interest in heart failure.
At the end of this course, participants
should be better able to:
Objectives
T. Edward Hastings, DO, FACC – Advanced Heart
Failure and Transplant Cardiologist, Aurora St. Luke’s
Medical Center, Aurora Health Care, Milwaukee, WI
Nasir Z. Sulemanjee, MD, FACC – Clinical Adjunct
Assistant Professor*; Advanced Heart Failure &
Transplant Cardiologist; Center of Advanced Heart
Failure Therapies; Program Director, Advanced Heart
Failure Fellowship, Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center,
Aurora Health Care Milwaukee, WI
Faculty
Atta Behfar, MD, PhD – Director, Van Cleve Cardiac
Regeneration Program; Medical Director, Advanced
Product Incubator Center for Regenerative Medicine,
Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic,
Rochester MN
Maria Rosa Costanzo, MD, FACC, FAHA – Medical
Director, Midwest Heart Specialists, Advocate
Medical Group; Heart Failure and Pulmonary Arterial
Hypertension Programs, Medical Director, Edward
Hospital Center for Advanced Heart Failure, Edward
Heart Hospital, Naperville, IL
FEES (per person)
¨ Physicians & Industry $160
¨ Aurora Physicians $100
¨ Allied Health (PA, NP, RN, RDCS, etc.) $35
¨ Fellows, Residents $45
¨ Students & Retirees $25
Symposium fee covers the cost of tuition,
parking, materials, breaks and meals. If you
cancel up to 72 hours prior to the symposium,
all but $25 of the fee will be refunded. No refunds
will be made after that time.
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to receive a $20 discount on registration!
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Mail or Fax Registration Please print clearly. (Use below for mail or fax registrations.)
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First M.I.
Last Title/Credentials (MD, RN, RDCS, etc.)
Eric Roberts, MD – Heart Failure Fellow, Aurora
Health Care, Milwaukee, WI
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Scott Solomon, MD – Professor of Medicine, Harvard
Medical School; Director of Noninvasive Cardiology,
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
City State ZIP
Dianne L. Zwicke, MD, FACC, FACP, FCCP – Clinical
Adjunct Professor of Medicine*; Medical Director,
Pulmonary Hypertension Clinic, Aurora Cardiovascular
Services, Aurora Health Care, Milwaukee, WI
Javed Butler, MD – Professor of Medicine; Director,
Heart Failure Research, Emory University Hospital,
Atlanta, GA
Omar Cheema, MD, FACC – Advanced Heart Failure
and Transplant Cardiologist, Aurora St. Luke’s Medical
Center, Aurora Health Care, Milwaukee, WI
Imran K. Niazi, MD, FACC, FAHA, FACP, FHRS –
Clinical Adjunct Assistant Professor*; Director, Center
for Electrical Therapy of Heart Failure, Aurora Health
Care, Milwaukee, WI
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