Northwestern Snowbirds: Hot Topics in Cardiovascular Medicine
2022 Program Cancelled
This meeting will adopt an evidence based, guideline driven update of the critical domains in cardiovascular medicine. Our world-renowned faculty and guest speakers will deliver seminars on hypertension, prevention, heart failure, atrial fibrillation, diabetes and heart disease, valvular heart disease, and others. Significant new data and summaries will represent the platform for our discussions.
Clyde Yancy, MD, MSc
Chief, Cardiology
Associate Director, Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute
Vice Dean, Diversity & Inclusion
Magerstadt Professor of Medicine
Professor, Medical Social Sciences
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Charles J. Davidson, MD
Clinical Chief, Cardiology
Medical Director, Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute
Professor of Medicine
Vice Chairman of Clinical Affairs
Department of Medicine
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Patrick M. McCarthy, MD
Chief, Division of Cardiac Surgery
Executive Director, Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute
Heller-Sacks Professor of Surgery
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:
1. Review updated standards of care for STEMI and N-STEMI
2. Discuss recent breakthrough therapies and contemporary treatment options for heart failure patients
3. Review the state-of-the art therapy for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction
4. Discuss treatment options for advanced heart failure including medical therapies, mechanical circulatory support and heart transplantation
5. Discuss recent breakthrough therapies for infiltrative cardiomyopathies
6. Describe state-of-the-art percutaneous interventions for structural heart disease
7. Review the latest interventional therapies for pulmonary embolism and pulmonary hypertension
8. Discuss recent guidelines for heart valve surgery
9. Consider use of transcatheter versus aortic surgical therapies
This continuing medical education program is designed to meet the educational needs of physicians, advanced practice providers, and allied health providers who care for the patient with cardiovascular disease including those whose primary areas of practice are: cardiology, cardiovascular surgery, family practice, general practice, general surgery, hospital medicine, and/or internal medicine.
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The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
