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Forward14th Annual Pulmonary Hypertension Symposium
While pulmonary hypertension remains a challenging disease, there has been an increased awareness by clinicians from the routine use diagnostic tools such as doppler echocardiography and the availability of many pulmonary vasodilator drugs. Because it is uncommon, it is difficult for team members to develop enough experience and expertise unless they are part of a specialty center. The etiology can be multifactorial, making it difficult to know the dominant cause in some patients and thus requires a meticulous approach to arrive at the correct diagnosis. The program is designed to a) increase knowledge of the presentation and diagnosis of the different etiologies of pulmonary hypertension and address ways to implement the latest practice guidelines into clinic practice and b) improve the competence of all teams members in managing patients who present in the community and know when to refer to specialty centers for advanced care.
This conference is being held virtually and in-person at Christ Medical Center.
Target Audience
This activity is designed for physicians, advanced practice clinicians, registered nurses, pharmacists and other health care professionals.
Learning Objectives
At the end of this session, learners should be able to:
- Distinguish between the classification of the pathophysiology of PAH and associated conditions.
- Recommend pathways of treatment and identify research targets.
- Analyze the ongoing research in novel treatment pathways.
- Identify data supportive of achieving early diagnosis and describe the long-term impact of delayed diagnosis.
- Integrate diagnostic evaluation, newly available medical therapies, and strategies for implementation of early treatment for PAH patients.
- Classify PAH patient based on risk stratification and apply this information to patient treatment plans.
- Contrast the differences in diagnosis and treatment of patients with interstitial lung disease with/without resultant pulmonary hypertension.
- Evaluate screening methods and opportunities for early referrals to PH specialists in patients with pulmonary embolism.
- Examine the treatment approach and patient outcomes in cases of early versus late identification of CTEPH.
- Apply case-based learning to perioperative management of patients with PAH.
- Examine the management of PAH inpatients with decompensated heart failure from presentation to hospital discharge.
- Interpret the current available pharmacologic treatment options for PAH.
- Interpret results of transition from parenteral to oral prostacyclin data and discuss implications for treatment considerations.
- Interpret results of SGLT2-I use in PAH patients with chronic right heart failure and discuss implications for treatment considerations and future research.
AGENDA:
7:45 - 8:25 am
Breakfast & Vendor Display
8:25 – 830 am
Opening Remarks & Welcome
Muhyaldeen Dia, MD, FACC, FCCP, FASE, Program Director of Cardiology Fellowship at ACMC, Heart Failure, LVAD, and Pulmonary Hypertension Cardiology; AMG Cardiology, Director of Pulmonary Hypertension Program, Clinical Associate Professor at University of Chicago
8:30 - 9:00 am
Basic Hemodynamics: An Overview + the Various PH Hemodynamic Profiles
William Cotts MD., MS, FACC, FACP, FAHA, FHSFA, Medical Director, Heart Transplant & Mechanical Devices, Advocate Christ Medical Center
9:00 - 10:20 am
Case-based approach to the most common etiologies
PAH: presentation, diagnosis, treatment strategy,
Gregory Macaluso, MD FACC, Advanced Heart Failure, and Transplant Cardiology, Heart Care Centers of Illinois, Cardiology, Advocate Christ Medical Center
LHD/CpcPH: presentation, diagnosis, treatment strategy, follow-up
Christopher Sciamanna, DO FACC Advanced Heart Failure, Circulatory Support, Transplant Cardiology & Pulmonary Hypertension Clinical Assistance Professor of Medicine, University of Chicago, Advocate Heart Institute at Advocate Christ Medical Center
PH-ILD: presentation, diagnosis, treatment strategy, follow up
Moutaz Sunbuli MD, FCCP Pulmonary Hypertension Pulmonology & Critical Care, Advocate Christ Medical Center
CTEPH: presentation, diagnosis, treatment strategy, follow up
Sarah Usmani, MD, FACC, Pulmonary Hypertension Pulmonology & Critical Care, Advocate Heart Institute, Advocate Christ Medical Center
10:20 - 10:35 am
Q & A
10:35 - 10:50 am
Break/Vendor Display
10:50 - 11:15 am
Hospital Management- Managing a decompensated PAH patient on initial presentation
Nicole Victor, NP, Pulmonary Hypertension Coordinator, Advocate Heart Institute, Advocate Christ Medical Center
11:15 - 11:45 am
Perioperative Management- Surgical Risk Stratification
Sunil Pauwaa, MD, FACC, Advanced Heart Failure, Cardio-Oncology, and Pulmonary Hypertension AMG Cardiology, Advocate Christ Medical Center
11:45 - 12:00 pm
Q & A
12:00 - 12:30 pm
Lunch & Vendor Display
12:30 - 1:00 pm
Morbid Obesity and Pulmonary Vascular Disease—Does the Phenotype Make a Difference?
Nasser Zakieh, MD, FCCP, FASM, Pulmonary Hypertension Pulmonology Clinic, Advocate Heart Institute, Advocate Christ Medical Center
1:00 - 1:30 pm
High-Level Current Medication Overview
Valerie LaRoy, NP Lead Pulmonary Hypertension Coordinator, Advocate Heart Institute, Advocate Christ Medical Center
1:30 - 2:00 pm
Ongoing ACMC research update
Anthony Guglielmi, MD & Nicole Hristakos, MD Medical Affairs- Medical Education, Residents III Advocate Christ Medical Center.
2:00 - 2:20 pm
Team-based Approach to Treatment: Touching on the Nursing Challenges
Maureen Panella, RN, BSN, CCRN ACMC Pulmonary Hypertension Clinic Coordinator
2:20 - 2:25 pm
Q & A
2:25 – 2:30 pm
Closing Remarks
Faculty
Moutaz Sunbuli, MD.,FCCP; Advocate Aurora Health
Nicole Victor, NP; Advocate Aurora Health
Valerie LaRoy, NP; Advocate Aurora Health
Muhyaldeen Dia MD, FACC, FCCP, FASE; Advocate Aurora Health
Renata Schergen, Pharm.D., BCPS; Advocate Aurora Health
Tammy Cesaretti RN, MSN, NPD-BC, CPN; Advocate Aurora Health
William Cotts MD., MS, FACC, FACP, FAHA, FHSFA; Advocate Aurora Health
Gregory Macaluso, MD FACC; Advocate Aurora Health
Christopher Sciamanna, DO FACC; Advocate Aurora Health
Sarah Usmani, MD, FACC; Advocate Aurora Health
Sunil Pauwaa, MD, FACC; Advocate Aurora Health
Nasser Zakieh, MD, FCCP, FASM; Advocate Aurora Health
Anthony Guglielmi, MD; Advocate Aurora Health
Nicole Hristakos, MD; Advocate Aurora Health
Maureen Panella, RN, BSN, CCRN ACMC; Advocate Aurora Health
Disclosure
Faculty disclosures are being reviewed and will be presented to the audience in advance of the program.
Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, Advocate Aurora Health is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Credit Statement(s)
American Medical Association (AMA)
Advocate Aurora Health designates this live activity for a maximum of 5.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
Advocate Aurora Health designates this live activity for a maximum of 5.00 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE)
Advocate Aurora Health designates this live activity for a maximum 5.00 hours of CPE credit for (pharmacists and pharmacy technicians). CPE credit can be claimed on the AAH CE platform within 60 days of activity completion and information will be provided to CPE Monitor. Participants should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
ABIM MOC
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 5.00 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.
Participation information will be shared with the ABIM through the ACCME Program and Activity Reporting System (PARS).
Available Credit
- 5.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™Aurora Health Care is accredited by the Wisconsin Medical Society to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Aurora Health Care designates this activity for a maximum of 5.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
- 5.00 AttendanceAttendance Credit
- 5.00 Approved AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 5.00 Continuing Nursing Education (CE)Aurora Health Care is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Wisconsin Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. 5.00 contact hours have been awarded to this activity by the Wisconsin Nursing Association. To receive contact hours, participants must attend the entire activity.
- 5.00 Continuing Pharmacy Education (CPE)Aurora Health Care Department of Pharmacy Services is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.
- 5.00 ABIM MOC Part IISuccessful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 5.00 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (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 ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.
Price
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This conference is being held virtually and in-person at Chirst Medical Center. A link to the meeting will be provided prior to the event.
Contact the Advocate Aurora Health CME Office at cme@aah.org if you have any questions or need assistance.