PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONThis year’s conference is designed for primary care physicians, advanced practice providers, cardiologists, nurses and other health professionals interested in the management and treatment of cardiovascular conditions. Clinical case-based presentations and vignettes will highlight general cardiology with refractory hypertension, refractory lipid and obesity management and topics such as coronary artery, valvular and cardiomyopathic disease; invasive cardiology for heart failure and arrhythmias including atrial fibrillation and anticoagulation with antiplatelet strategies; venous disease with DVT and pulmonary embolus; peripheral arterial disease; TIA and stroke; syncope; AAA; and pelvic congestion treatment.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

After attending this meeting, participants should be able to:

n Identify risk factors for all presented diseases;

n List guideline based testing for all presented diseases;

n List guideline based optimal medical therapy for all presented diseases;

n Discuss guideline based minimally-invasive and open surgical approach results for all presented diseases.

CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITCME CreditThe Emory University School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 16.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

The Emory University School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Nursing CreditEmory Nursing Professional Development Center (ENPDC) is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Attendees to this CNE activity will be awarded up to 16.5 contact hours by the ENPDC.

Maintenance of Certification (MOC)Successful completion of the CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 16.5 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) MOC program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to the ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

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CONFERENCE LOCATION AND LODGINGAll sessions will be held at The Hotel at Avalon, 9000 Avalon Boulevard, Alpharetta, GA 30009. This luxury, upscale property is in an unbeatable location within the Avalon shopping center near the Verizon Amphitheatre and North Point Mall just north of Atlanta. A limited number of rooms are available at the rate of $159. To reserve accommodations and receive the group rate, please call 678-722-3600. Please indicate that you are making reservations for the Emory Johns Creek Cardiology program. Make your reservation early as this room block will be held until April 17, 2019 or until the block is sold out, whichever comes first. After this, reservations can be made on a space available basis.

TUITIONThe tuition of $300 for physicians, $150 for other health professionals and $75 for RNs and residents includes breakfast, breaks, lunch and other amenities involved in a rewarding learning experience. Written cancellations received prior to April 15, 2019 will be refunded less a $50 administrative fee. No refunds will be made after this date.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONPlease contact Melissa Boone, 404-727-1626; mboone2@emory.edu; or the Emory Office of Continuing Medical Education, 404-727-5695 with any questions or concerns.

Emory Johns Creek Hospital

CARDIAC AND VASCULAR

CONFERENCE:CASE-BASED APPROACH

2019 ANNUAL

The Hotel at Avalon9000 Avalon BoulevardAlpharetta, GA 30009

MAY 17-18, 2019

GENERAL INFORMATION

COURSE DIRECTORSLAURA FIVEASH, MBA, MSN, RN Director, Cardiovascular Service LineEmory Johns Creek Hospital

MARILYN MARGOLIS, MN Chief Executive OfficerEmory Johns Creek Hospital

ANITA RICH, BSN, CHFN, RNHeart Failure CoordinatorEmory Johns Creek Hospital

GREGORY ROBERTSON, MDAssociate Professor of Medicine

EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE FACULTYCHANDAN DEVIREDDY, MDAssociate Professor of Medicine

ALLEN DOLLAR, MDAssociate Professor of Medicine

DANNY EAPEN, MDAssistant Professor of Medicine

MIKHAEL EL-CHAMI, MD Associate Professor of Medicine

SURAESH ENJETI, MDAssociate Professor of Medicine

GUILLERMO ESCOBAR, MDAssociate Professor of Surgery

JENNIFER GRAHAM, NPFamily Nurse Practitioner

ROBERT GUYTON, MDProfessor of Surgery

YITZCHAK HERMONI, MD Assistant Professor Medicine

WISSAM JABER, MDAssociate Professor of Medicine

RAGHU KATRAGADDA, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine

REBECCA LELEIKO, MDAssistant Professor of Medicine

ANGEL LEON, MDProfessor of Medicine

BRAD LESHNOWER, MDAssociate Professor of Surgery

MICHAEL MCDANIEL, MDAssociate Professor of Medicine

EMORY JOHNS CREEK HOSPITAL COMMUNITY CARDIOLOGY AND VASCULAR SURGERYSALMAN ASHFAQ, MDCardiovascular Clinic of North Georgia

SCOTT BEACH, MDHeart and Vascular Care, Inc.

AMAN KAKKAR, MDHeart and Vascular Care, Inc.

ANUJ MAHAJAN, MDNorth Atlanta Vascular Surgery and Vein Center

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TUITION

___ Physicians: $300 ___ NPs/PAs: $150

___ Nurses/Residents: $75

Total Enclosed: ___________________

If you would like to attend ONE DAY ONLY, please contact the CME Office for pricing.

Mail in your registration with check of money order payable to: Emory University School of Medicine

Continuing Medical EducationEmory University School of Medicine100 Woodruff Circle, NE, Suite 331, Atlanta, GA 30322Phone: 404-727-1626 Fax: 404-727-5667 Email: cme@emory.edu

Emory University reserves the right to cancel the program and return all fees. The liability of Emory University School of Medicine is limited to the course tuition.

Emory will not be responsible for any losses incurred by registrants, including, but not limited to, airline cancellation charges or hotel deposits.

The program agenda is subject to change without notice.

RENATO SANTOS, MDAssistant Professor of Medicine

NAYYAR SHAMSI, MDAssistant Professor of Medicine

BEVERLY TIMINSKI, RN, RCISUnit Charge Nurse, CCLEmory Johns Creek Hospital

FADI NAHAB, MDAssociate Professor of Neurology

KHUSROW NIAZI, MDAssociate Professor of Medicine

DAVID PROLOGO, MDAssociate Professor of Radiology

HABIB SAMADY, MDProfessor of Medicine

ANAND SHAH, MDAssistant Professor of Medicine

NAYYAR SHAMSI, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine

ANDREW SMITH, MDProfessor of Medicine

JAMES STEWART, MDAssistant Professor of Medicine

STEVE SZABO, MDAssistant Professor of Medicine

MARC VENEZIANO, MDAssistant Professor Medicine

NANETTE WENGER, MDProfessor Emeritus

STACEY WESTERMAN, MDAssistant Professor of Medicine

B. ROBINSON WILLIAMS, JR., MDProfessor of Medicine

B. ROBINSON WILLIAMS, III, MDAssociate Professor of Medicine

JOSEPH ZARGE, MDAssistant Professor of Surgery

NARESH PARIKH, MDGeorgia Clinics

SALIL PATEL, MDCardioVascular Group

GHAZANFAR QURESHI, MDAtlanta Heart Specialists

UTHAN VIVEK, MDNorth Atlanta Vascular Surgery and Vein Center

FACULTYFRIDAY MAY 17 – CARDIAC DISEASE 0700 Registration and Continental Breakfast

0730 Welcome – Gregory Robertson, MD, Marilyn Margolis, CEO

SESSION I: Miscellaneous Challenges in CardiologyModerators: Robertson, Hermoni, Wenger

0740 Assessing Risk of Cardiovascular Disease B. Robinson Williams III, MD

0800 Cardiac Screening of Young Athletes for Sudden Death B. Robinson Williams III, MD

0820 Lipid Management for Statin Intolerance – Danny Eapen, MD

0840 Hypertension Management for Refractory Hypertension Danny Eapen, MD 0900 Obesity and CV Disease: What should we do in the U.S. today? Nayyar Shamsi, MD 0920 What the Clinician Should Know About Pre-eclapsia and Cardiovascular Risks for Women – Nanette Wenger, MD

0940 Preoperative Cardiac Evaluation for Surgical Patients: What tests really need to be done? – Marc Veneziano, MD

1000 BREAK

SESSION II: Chest Pain Syndromes Moderators: Shamsi, Patel, Williams, Dollar

1020 Evaluation of Chest Pain in the PCP Office: What are the right tests? – Salil Patel, MD

1040 Stable Coronary Artery Disease: Optimal medical therapy Allen Dollar, MD

1100 Acute Coronary Syndrome: Optimal treatment Michael McDaniel, MD

1120 Pericarditis – Raghu Katragadda, MD

1140 Pulmonary Embolus – Wissam Jaber, MD 1200 If Chest Pain Not From Above Syndromes, Could It Be Aortic Dissection or Non-cardiac Chest Pain? – B. Robinson Williams, Jr., MD

1220-1300 LUNCH

SESSION III: Heart Failure and ArrhythmiaModerators: Veneziano, Katragadda, Smith, Parikh

1300 Pulmonary Hypertension and Right Ventricular Failure Suresh Enjeti, MD

1320 Atrial Fibrillation and SVT: What meds and when to consider ablation and appendage closure? – Michael El Chami, MD 1340 HFpEF: What is this and how do we treat? – Andrew Smith, MD

1400 HFrEF: Best systolic heart failure treatment – Andrew Smith, MD

1420 ECG Emergencies – Stacey Westerman, MD

1440 Cardiac Device Therapy: AICD and CRT – Anand Shah, MD

1500 BREAK

SESSION IV: Valvular Heart Disease and Surgical Options for Cardiac Disease Moderators: Robertson, Hermoni, Guyton, Samady

1520 Valvular Heart Disease: Surgical Therapies – Robert Guyton, MD

1540 Valvular Heart Disease: Medical Therapy and Percutaneous Therapies – James Stewart, MD

1600 Prosthetic Heart Valves: How do we follow? –Nayyar Shamsi, MD

1620 PCI vs. CABG for CAD – Habib Samady, MD

1640 Management of Anticoagulation for Non–Cardiac Procedures Jennifer Graham, NP

1700 Interesting Cases – Beach, Patel, Ashfaq, Qureshi

1730 WRAP UP

1730-1845 Cocktail Reception

SATURDAY, MAY 18 – VASCULAR DISEASE

0700 Registration and Continental Breakfast

SESSION V: Venous Disease and Pulmonary EmbolusModerators: Robertson, Prologo, Jaber

0800 DVT Upper and Lower Extremity: Should these by lysed? David Prologo, MD

0820 Pulmonary Embolism: How to triage for treatments Wissam Jaber, MD

0840 CTEPH: Diagnosis and contemporary Rx – Wissam Jaber, MD

0900 DVT: Thrombophilic Evaluation, How Long to Treat and With Which Anticoagulant? – Steven Szabo, MD

0920 Chronic Venous Insufficiency: When to ablate? Joseph Zarge, MD

0940 Pelvic Congestion Syndrome: Is this real? – David Prologo, MD 1000 BREAK

SESSION VI: Peripheral Arterial DiseaseModerators: Robertson, Devireddy, Niazi, Vivek

1020 PAD: What tests for the office patient and who are the vascular specialists? – Rebecca Leleiko, MD

1040 Optimal Medical Therapy for PAD and How Good Is It? Rebecca Leleiko, MD

1100 Surgical Results for Critical Limb Ischemia – Anuj Mahajan, MD

1120 Endovascular Results for Critical Limb Ischemia Khusrow Niazi, MD

1140 Endovascular vs. Surgical Bypass for Claudicant: Surgical view – Anju Mahajan, MD 1200 Endovascular vs. Surgical Bypass for Claudicant: Endovascular view – Khusrow Niazi, MD 1220 LUNCH

SESSION VII: Ischemic Stroke / TIAModerators: Robertson, Zarge, Nahab, Escobar

1300 Stroke Recognition and Treatment – Fadi Nahab, MD 1320 Cryptogenic Stroke and TIA – Fadi Nahab, MD

1340 Carotid Artery Disease: Best revascularization treatment Joseph Zarge, MD

1400 PFO and Stroke/TIA: Indications for mechanical closure Gregory Robertson, MD

1420 Syncope: What caused this and how do we evaluate this? Angel Leon, MD

1440 Interesting Cases – Nahab, Leon, Robertson, Zarge

1500 BREAK

SESSION VIII: Miscellaneous Vascular DiseaseModerators: Robertson, Mahajan, Vivek, Escobar

1520 Mesenteric Ischemia: When to treat – Guillermo Escobar, MD 1540 Refractory Hypertension: Renal stenting and renal denervation treatments – Chandan Devireddy, MD 1600 Subclavian Artery Disease: Indications for treatment Gregory Robertson, MD

1620 AAA: Surveillance and repair – Guillermo Escobar, MD 1640 Aortic Dissections: Contemporary treatments Brad Leshnower, MD

1700 Interesting Case Presentations Escobar, Vivek, Devireddy, Leshnower 1730 ADJOURN

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Emory Johns Creek Hospital

CARDIAC AND VASCULAR CONFERENCE:

CASE-BASED APPROACH

2019 ANNUAL