Annual Meeting - 2011 Archive

7:00-7:55 a.m.
Registration, Continental Breakfast, Exhibits & Posters

7:55-8:00 a.m.
Welcoming Remarks
Robert E. Hobbs, MD, FACC

8:00-8:45 a.m.
Health Care Legislation: What’s in Store for You? – Report from the ACC
Richard J. Kovacs, MD, FACC
Dr. Kovacs pdf handout

8:45-9:30 a.m.
New Therapies for Resistant Hypertension
Sanjay Gandhi, MD, FACC, FAHA, FSCAI
Dr. Gandhi pdf handout
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8:45 a.m.-10:15 a.m.
Fellow-in-Training Session: Next Steps in a Cardiology Career
A special session for fellows-in-training. You will not want to miss important information about taking the next step in your cardiology career. Find out how to evaluate practice culture, clinical practice style, financial and business aspects of the practice, employment agreements, practice governance, management, risk management, partnership opportunities, how to select a geographical location, private practice vs. academe, what is the right salary, what to include in your CV, what questions to ask in an interview, what benefits to expect, and more.

Christopher J. Cooper, MD, FACC
Kanny S. Grewal, MD, FACC
Richard J. Kovacs, MD, FACC - Dr. Kovacs pdf handout
Daniel W. Mudrick, MD, MPH
Florence G. Rothenberg, MS, MD, FACC
Scott Simmons, MBA, Discussion Leader

Simmons pdf handout 1 | Simmons pdf handout 2 | Simmons pdf handout 3

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9:30-10:15 a.m.
An Interactive Tutorial on Cardiac Oncology
Guilherme H. Oliveira, MD

10:15-11:00 a.m.
Break, Exhibits, Poster Competition
Clinical Research Poster: 1st place: Navneet Lather, MD; 2nd place: Adam Pleister, MD
Case Presentation Poster: 1st place: Paul Chacko, MD

11:00-11:30 a.m.
Fellows-in-Training Oral Competition
Impact of Severe Aortic Stenosis Upon Postoperative Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Non-Cardiac Surgeries
Shikhar Agarwal, MD - won 2nd place
Atrial Gene Transfer of Multifunctional Calcium/Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase II Inhibitor Decreases Atrial Fibrillation Burden in a Porcine Model of Sustained Atrial Fibrillation and Acute Decompensated Heart Failure
J. Emanuel Finet, MD - won 1st place

11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
What Do You Know About Cardiac Hemodynamics?
James C. Fang, MD, FACC
Dr. Fang's pdf handout

12:15-1:00 p.m.
Lunch
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12:15-1:00 p.m.
Special Networking Luncheon for Women in Cardiology

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1:00-1:45 p.m.
A Practical Guide to the New Anticoagulants
DP Suresh, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Dr. Suresh pdf handout

1:45-2:00 p.m.
Break

2:00-2:45 p.m.
Name That Image! Cardiac Imaging to Guide Decision Making for Heart Valve Disease
Kanny S. Grewal, MD, FACC and Richard A. Grimm, DO, FACC
Moderator: Thomas John Ryan, MD, MBA, FACC
Dr. Grewal’s pdf handout | Dr. Grimm’s pdf handout

2:45-3:30 p.m.
How to Manage Heart Failure & Cardio-Renal Syndrome
William T. Abraham, MD, FACC

3:30 p.m.
Poster Winner and Oral Competition Winner Announcements & Adjournment
Door prize winners:
iPod shuffle – Jane Enneking
Kindle – Anna Broz
Medical textbooks – Pradeep Bhat and Sakima Smith
Complimentary ACC.12 physician registration – Dmitry Reznikoff

Complimentary ACC.12 CCA registration - Sandra Smith