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Cost: Program is complimentary to participants.
Format: Lecture, Case based discussion, Question and
Answer Panel
Target Audience: All Physician Members including
Cardiologists, Cardiothoracic Surgeons, Invasive
Cardiologists, Internal Medicine Physicians, and other
health care professionals involved in the care of
cardiovascular patients.
Disclosures: Acknowledgement of all disclosures for
speakers and planners (nothing to disclose or existence
of relevant financial relationships) will be made at
the activity. Conflicts of interest will be identified and
resolved prior to the activity.
Commercial Support: Educational grants are anticipated
and will be disclosed on the day of the program
Credit Designation Statement: Advocate Health Care
designates this live activity for a maximum of 7 AMA
PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim
only the credit commensurate with the extent of their
participation in the activity.
Nursing: A certificate of attendance will be distributed
after the conference which may be applied to contact
hours.
Web registration is the preferred method:
Visit advocatehealth.com/cme or call 1.800.3.ADVOCATE
(1.800.323.8622) Monday – Friday, 8 am – 6 pm.
Parking: Free valet parking will be available at the
Conference Center located near the corner of 93rd Street
and Kilbourn Avenue.
Exhibitors: A full listing of exhibitors will be available on
the day of the program.
Accreditation Statement: Advocate Health Care is
accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing
Medical Education to provide continuing medical
education for physicians.
10/14 MC 1475
4440 W. 95th Street
Oak Lawn, IL 60453
Advocate Christ Medical Center
Conference Center
November 7, 2014
7 am – 5:30 pm
2nd Annual Advocate
Advanced Heart Failure
Symposium
Advocate Christ Medical Center presents
2nd Annual Advocate Advanced Heart Failure Symposium
7:00 am – 8:30 am
Registration & Breakfast
Session A Moderators: Marc Silver, MD and William Cotts, MD
Advocate Christ Medical Center
8:30 am – 8:45 am
Welcoming Remarks
Pat Pappas, MD, FACS, FACCP, Medical Director, Heart & Vascular Institute
Advocate Christ Medical Center
8:45 am – 9:15 am
Medications and Devices: Preventing, Decelerating and Reversing Heart Failure
Sunil Pauwaa, MD, Advanced Heart Failure Cardiologist, Transplantation and
Mechanical Assistance, Advocate Christ Medical Center
9:15 am – 9:45 am
Diastolic Dysfunction: Diagnosis and Management
Gregory Macaluso, MD, Associate Director, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant
Fellowship Program, Advocate Christ Medical Center
9:45 am – 10:15 am
Comorbidities of Heart Failure: Implications for Management
Geetha Bhat, PhD, MD, Medical Director, Transplantation and Mechanical Assistance
Advocate Christ Medical Center, Clinical Professor of Medicine, UIC College of Medicine
10:15 am – 10:45 am
Panel Discussion:
Marc Silver, MD, Gregory Macaluso, MD, William Cotts, MD, Sunil Pauwaa, MD
10:45 am – 11:00 am
Break
11:00 am – 11:30 am
Identifying and Treating the Patient with Sleep Apnea and Heart Failure
Maria Rosa Costanzo, MD, FACC, FAHA, Medical Director, Midwest Heart Specialist
Advocate Medical Group Heart Failure and Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Programs
Advocate Christ Medical Center
11:30 am – 12:00 pm
Organizing a Heart Failure Clinic: Pearls and Pitfalls
Marc Silver, MD, Chairman, Department of Medicine, Advocate Christ Medical Center
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Lunch
Session B Moderators: G
eetha Bhat, PhD, MD and Michael Bresticker, MD
Advocate Christ Medical Center
1:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Patient Selection for Advanced Heart Failure
Gregory Macaluso, MD, Associate Director, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant
Fellowship Program, Advocate Christ Medical Center
1:30 pm – 2:00 pm
Options for Mechanical Assistance: Short and Long Term
Antone Tatooles, MD, Director, Mechanical Assist Device Program, Advocate Christ
Medical Center
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Break
3:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Managing the Decompensated Patient with Heart Failure
William Cotts, MD, Clinical Director, Heart Transplantation and Mechanical Devices
Advocate Christ Medical Center
3:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Topics in Advanced Heart Failure: Cases and Questions: Panel Discussion:
William Cotts, MD, Gregory Macaluso, MD, Geetha Bhat, PhD, MD,
Antone Tatooles, MD, Marc Silver, MD, Michael Bresticker, MD, Muhyaldeen Dia, MD
5:30 pm – 6:00 pm
Closing Remarks
William Cotts, MD, Clinical director, Heart Transplantation and Mechanical Devices
Advocate Christ Medical Center
6:00 pm
Wine and Cheese Reception
Learning Objectives:
At the conclusion of this activity the participant should be able to:
•Review clinical parameters which indicate when a
patient requires advanced heart failure therapy.
•Identify the importance of a multidisciplinary team in
assessing candidacy for mechanical assistance and
transplantation.
•Explain the rationale behind the medical therapy of
heart failure.
•Describe means of assessment of the acutely
decompensated heart failure patient and medical
therapies.
•Identify long and short term device options.
•Comprehend the pathophysiology of diastolic
dysfunction.
•Diagnose, arrange and manage diastolic dysfunction.
•Differentiate indications for device (ICD/BIV) therapy in
patients with heart failure.
•Recognize the comorbidities associated with heart
failure.
•Review right heart cath normative data in the heart
failure population,
•Identify patients with heart failure and sleep apnea.
•Compare available durable assist devices.
•Successfully manage patients with sleep apnea and
heart failure.
•Recognize familiar outcomes and potential
complications with assist devices.
•Structure a successful heart failure clinic.