2nd Annual Cardiovascular Disease for Primary Care and Specialists
Kingsgate Marriott
May 4, 2013
7:30-8:15 a.m.
Registration/Continental Breakfast
8:15 a.m.
Welcome/Introduction
Alexandru Costea, MD-Course Director
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, University of Cincinnati
Associate Program Director, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship
Director of Electrophysiology Service, University of Cincinnati Medical Center
Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Gregory Rouan, MD
Taylor Professor and Chair, Department of Internal Medicine
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
8:30-9:30 a.m.
Session I: Heart Failure
Evidence Based Medicine in the Contemporary Management of Heart Failure
Stephanie Dunlap, DO
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
Medical Director, Heart Failure, Cardiac Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support
Programs
Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Sleep Apnea in Heart Failure
Laura Wexler, MD
Professor of Medicine
Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
9:30-10:30 a.m.
Session II: Coronary Artery Disease
Understanding cardiac risk in the obesity era: what’s new on the therapeutic horizon?
Mohamed Effat, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Preventive Cardiology/When to Refer to a Cardiologist
James Muth, MD, Ph.D.
Electrophysiologist, Mercy Hospital
New Directions in Cardiology: How research is changing the way we treat patients.
Jack Rubinstein, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
10:30-10:45 a.m.
Break
10:45-12:15 p.m.
Session III: Coronary Artery Disease/Catherization
Structural Heart Disease
Tarek Helmy, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
Program Director, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program
Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Transradial Catherization
Imran Arif, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
Associate Director, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program
Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Intra Vascular Ultrasound/FFR in the Cardiac Cath Lab
Mouhamad Abdallah, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
12:15-1:00 p.m.
Lunch
1:00-2:30 p.m.
Session IV: Electrophysiology
Sudden Cardiac Death
Mehran Attari, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
Program Director, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship Program
Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Supraventricular Tachycardia and Atrial Flutter
Khalid Almuti, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Director of Electrophysiology Service, West Chester Medical Center
Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Atrial Fibrillation
Alexandru Costea, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, University of Cincinnati
Associate Program Director, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship
Director of Electrophysiology Service, University of Cincinnati Medical Center
Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
2:30-4:00 p.m.
Session V: Cardiac Imaging
Noninvasive test selection for diagnosis of suspected coronary artery disease
Myron Gerson, MD
Professor of Medicine and Radiology
Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Echocardiography in Relation to Valvular Disease
Hanan Kerr, MD
Adjunct Professor
Director, Echocardiography Laboratory VA Medical Center
Appropriate Applications of CVMR: Impact of Cardiovascular MRI on Patients with CHF and
Valvular Disease
Robert O’Donnell, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
4:00 p.m.
Wrap-Up
Alexandru Costea, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, University of Cincinnati
Associate Program Director, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship
Director of Electrophysiology Service, University of Cincinnati Medical Center
Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine