3rd Annual Cardiovascular Disease for Primary Care and Specialists
Kingsgate Marriott
May 3, 2014
7:30-8:00 a.m.
Registration/Continental Breakfast
8:00-8:10 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 Health and Disease, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Gregory Rouan, MD
Taylor Professor and Chair, Department of Internal Medicine
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
8:10-8:20 a.m.
Importance of Cardiology-Primary Care Models in Practice
Richard Becker, MD, FAHA
Mabel Stearns Stonehill Endowed Chair and Professor of Medicine
Chief, Division of Cardiovascular Health and Disease
Physician-in-Chief, Director Heart, Lung and Vascular Institute
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Director, Cardiovascular Services
UC Health
8:20-9:00 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 Health and Disease, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Sleep Apnea in Heart Failure-2014 Update
Laura Wexler, MD
Professor of Medicine
Division of Cardiovascular Health and Disease, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
9:00-10:00 a.m.
Session II: Electrophysiology
Sudden Cardiac Death
Mehran Attari, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
Program Director, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship Program
Division of Cardiovascular Health and Disease, 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 Health and Disease, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Atrial Fibrillation: Old Disease-New Perspectives
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
10:00-10:15 a.m.
Break
10:15-11:15 a.m.
Session III: Cardiovascular Health and Disease
Understanding cardiac risk in the obesity era: what’s new on the therapeutic horizon?
Shahid Rahman, MD
Interventional Cardiology Fellow
Division of Cardiovascular Health and Disease, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Women and Heart Disease
Umara Raza, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Division of Cardiovascular Health and Disease, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Preventive Cardiology/When to Refer to a Cardiologist: Community Cardiologist Perspective
James Muth, MD, Ph.D.
Electrophysiologist, Mercy Hospital
11:15-12:15 p.m.
Session IV: Interventional Cardiology
Cardiac Catherization
Imran Arif, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
Associate Director, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program
Division of Cardiovascular Health and Disease, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Intracoronary Imaging/Physiology
Mouhamad Abdallah, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Cardiovascular Health and Disease, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Division of Cardiovascular Health and Disease, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Structural Heart Disease
Tarek Helmy, MD
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Program Director, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program
Division of Cardiovascular Health and Disease, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
12:15-1:00 p.m.
Lunch
1:00-2:00 p.m.
Session IV: Cardiac Imaging
Noninvasive testing for evaluation of Sudden Cardiac Death
Myron Gerson, MD
Professor of Medicine and Radiology
Division of Cardiovascular Health and Disease, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Stress Magnetic Resonance Imaging
David Harris, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Division of Cardiovascular Health and Disease, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
MRI SCAR Mapping - Arrhythmias
Robert O’Donnell, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
2:00-2:40 p.m.
Session V: Something Old and Something New-Future Options for Same Patients
Congenital Heart Disease Overview
Gruschen R. Veldtman, MBChB, FRCP, Dip Obstet
Medical Director, Inpatient CAACHD Service
The Heart Institute
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Cardiac Care-How Research is Impacting Change in Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease
Jack Rubinstein, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Cardiovascular Health and Disease, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
2:45-3:00 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 Health and Disease, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine