Methodist Hospitals Heart Failure Symposium 2017

The purpose of this symposium is to raise awareness of important updates in guideline directed therapies to optimize the management of Heart Failure. This program is designed to meet the educational needs of physicians and all health care providers who participate in the care and management of patients at risk for, or diagnosed with Heart Failure.

1. Identify updates to guideline directed therapies appropriate to stage classification of heart failure.
2. Identify interdisciplinary resources available to reduce heart failure readmissions.
3. Review key components of strategies to prevent readmissions.
4. Identify indications and appropriate referrals for advanced heart failure therapy
5. Discuss disparities in the diagnosis, care and management of heart failure.
6. Review the role of a heart failure clinic in post-acute care management.
7. Identify various surgical and device therapies in heart failure treatment.
8. Explore advanced and emerging therapies in heart failure management.

Heart Failure Symposium 2017

Saturday, May 13, 2017

Target Audience: Physicians, Advanced Practice Providers, Nurses, Pharmacists, Podiatrists, Universities, Professional Medical/Nursing Organizations interested in the prevention, care and management of populations at risk or diagnosed with heart failure.

Venue: The Avalon Manor, Merrillville, IN

Meals: Continental Breakfast and Buffet Lunch

7:15 - 8:00 a.m.
Breakfast/Registration/Exhibits
8:00 - 8:15 a.m.
Program Overview
Andre Artis, MD, Medical Director, Heart & Vascular Institute, Methodist Hospitals
8:15 –  8:45 a.m.
ACC Update Heart Failure 2017
Thomas Schleeter, MD, FACC, FASNC, Board Member Indiana Chapter, American College of Cardiology                                 
8:45 – 9:15 a.m.
The Economic Impact of Heart Failure
Joe Kyes, MBA, Senior Manager of Customer Economics, Medtronic CRHF
9:15 –  9:45 a.m.
Guideline Updates:  Optimizing Heart Failure Management
Allen Anderson, MD, FACC, FAHA, Professor of Medicine
Medical Director, Center for Heart Failure, Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
9:45– 10:15 a.m.
Break / Vendor Exhibits
10:15 – 10:45 a.m.
Are There Disparities in Heart Failure Care?
Keith C. Ferdinand, MD, FACC, FAHA, FNLA, FASH, Professor of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine
Tulane Heart and Vascular Institute, New Orleans, Louisiana
10:45 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
Advances in Heart Failure Management
Nir Uriel, MD, Director, Heart Failure, Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support
Professor of Medicine, The University of Chicago Medicine
11:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
Updates in Surgical Strategies for Heart Failure Management
Duc Thinh Pham, MD, Surgical Director for Advanced Heart Failure
Associate Professor of Cardiac Surgery Northwestern Memorial Hospital
11:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Sleep and the Failing Heart
Virend Somers, MD, PhD, Alice Sheets Marriott Professor of Medicine and Consultant in Cardiovascular Diseases
Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
12:15 - 1:00 p.m.
Buffet Lunch / Vendor Break
1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
The Heart Team: Navigating Transitions and Care Coordination
Carolyn Dickens, PhD, NP, Heart Failure Transitions Clinic, University of Illinois at Chicago
1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Care Management of Heart Failure Patients through Mobile Technology
Ade Adesanya, MS, Co-Founder of Moving Analytics         
Nancy Miller, BSN,RN, FAHA, FPCNA, Chief Clinical Officer of Moving Analytics, Inc
2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Heart Failure Management: Cardio-Oncology Perspective
Jayant Raikhelkar, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of Chicago Medicine
2:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Heart Failure from (low salt) Soup to Nuts
Expert Roundtable Moderated Discussion
2:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Wrap Up/ Adjournment

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Continuing Medical Education

The Methodist Hospitals, Inc. is accredited by the Indiana State Medical Association (ISMA) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.  Methodist designates this educational activity for a maximum of 5.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.   Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

Continuing Nursing Education

6.0 CNE Contact Hours
Disclosures Statement & Conflicts of Interest:
-This educational activity shall be free of endorsement and bias for or against any product and shall not be used for promotional purposes.
-This educational activity shall be free of any financial or in-kind contributions given by a commercial interest; all decisions regarding the educational activity were made free from commercial influence.
-The planners/speakers/authors and facility have declared no conflict of interest

AWARDED CONTACT HOURS/ACCREDITATION:
Methodist Hospitals Inc. (OH-426, 6/1/2017) is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Ohio Nurses Association (OBN-001-91), an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Contact hours will be awarded to eligible individuals who fulfill the following requirements for successful completion:

1.Sign in/register on appropriate attendance form
2.Attendance required during 100% of the educational activity
3.Completion of the evaluation form
4.Submission of the evaluation form

*Note: Contact Hour Certificates will be awarded at the end of the conference. Attendees will provide a valid e-mail address on the attendance roster at the time of registration