12th Annual Advanced Heart Failure Symposium 2024

Oak Lawn, IL US
November 8, 2024

This symposium promises to be one of the best with an in-depth perspective, panel discussion and debate on the treatment of the patient with advanced heart failure. Experts in the field will provide attendees with information on the most recent treatment recommendations including current medical, surgical, cardiac transplantation and left ventricular assist device therapy.

This conference is being held virtually and in-person at Advocate Christ Medical Center.

Target Audience

This activity is designed for physicians, nurses, and other health care professionals.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this session, learners should be able to:

  1. Utilize ways to provide up-to-date, best practices in evidence-based medicine related to current topics in advanced heart failure
  2. Interpret which patients constitute “advanced” heart failure and the key clinical characteristics associated with high clinical risk needing referral for advanced heart failure
  3. Assess the factors contributing to heart failure progression and available therapies to address the conditions

 

 

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 5.75 American Board of Surgery
    Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME and Self-Assessment requirements of the American Board of Surgery's Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.
    • 5.75 ABS Self-Assessment
  • 5.75 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 5.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
  • 5.75 Attendance
    Attendance Credit
    • 5.75 Approved AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 5.75 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. 5.75 contact hours have been awarded to this activity by the Wisconsin Nursing Association. To receive contact hours, participants must attend the entire activity.
  • 5.75 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.
  • 5.75 ABIM MOC Part II
    Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 5.75 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.
Course opens: 
09/10/2024
Course expires: 
12/31/2024
Event starts: 
11/08/2024 - 7:30am CST
Event ends: 
11/08/2024 - 4:00pm CST
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7:30 - 8:30

Registration & Continental Breakfast, Exhibit Fair

8:30 - 8:45

Welcoming Remarks and Overview
Pat Pappas, MD, FACS, FACCP
Medical Director, Advocate Heart Institute at Advocate Christ Medical Center

William Cotts, MD, MS, FACC, FACP, FAHA, FHFSA Clinical Director, Heart Transplantation and Mechanical Assist Devices, Advocate Heart Institute at Christ Medical Center and Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago

Topic 1: Caring for Heart Failure Related Cardiogenic Shock
Moderators:
Vinh Chau, MD FACC and Nikhil Narang, MD FACC
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, Advocate Heart Institute at Advocate Christ Medical Center

8:45 - 9:00

Advance Temporary Mechanical Support for Shock
David Stern, MD
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, Advocate Heart Institute at Advocate Christ Medical Center

9:00 - 9:45

 

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION

“The Ultimate Team Sport – Providing Collaborative Care in Today’s Cardiac ICU”

Jason N. Katz MD, MHS, FACC, FAHA
Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Associate Chief of Cardiology, Bellevue Hospital
Director of Inpatient Cardiology, Bellevue Hospital, Associate Director, NYU LVAD Program
Program Director, Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology Fellowship
New York University, Grossman School of Medicine

9:45 - 10:00

 

Assessing Heart Failure Hemodynamics: Getting to the Truth
Chris Sciamanna, DO FACC
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, Advocate Heart Institute at Advocate Christ Medical Center

10:00 - 10:45

Panel Discussion

Chris Sciamanna, DO, David Stern, MD, Jason N. Katz MD, Gregory Macaluso, MD, and Jennifer A. Stancati, MD               

10:45 - 11:00

Break / Exhibit Fair

Topic 2: Screening in Chronic HF Management
Moderators:
Nicole Saccone, PharmD, BCCP, Cardiometabolic / Heart Failure Clinical Pharmacist, Advocate Medical Group - Southeast
Dan Landup, PharmD, HF-Cert, Cardiovascular Clinical Pharmacist, AMG-Evergreen Heart Failure Clinic

11:00 - 11:15

 

Guideline - directed Medical Therapy (GDMT) Implementation: Titrating Quickly (and effectively)
Shoeb Hussain, MD FACC
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, Advocate Heart Institute at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital

11:15  - 11:30

 

Pharmacists and HF Management: An Integral Role
Nicole Saccone, PharmD, BCCP, Cardiometabolic / Heart Failure Clinical Pharmacist, AMG Southeast
Ambulatory Pharmacy Specialist, Advocate Heart Institute at Advocate Trinity Medical Center

11:30 -11:45

 

Remote Monitoring in Heart Failure: Picking the Right Device
Sunil Pauwaa, MD FACC
Associate Director of Advanced Heart Failure Cardiology Fellowship, Director Cardio-Oncology, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, Advocate Heart Institute at Advocate Christ Medical Center

11:45 - 12:10

 

Panel Discussion
Shoeb Hussain, MD, Sunil Pauwaa, MD,  Nicole Saccone, PharmD, and  Dan Landup, PharmD

12:10 - 1:10

Lunch Break / Exhibit Fair

Topic 3: Breakout Sessions: Case Studies

1:10 - 2:00
Stein Auditorium

 

LVAD & Heart Transplant Case Studied
LVAF Case presented by Lisa Kukla APN and Katelyn Kuper, APN
Heart Transplant Case presented by Amanda Jaramillo, APM and Michelle Snyder, RN

Discussants:
Anjali Joshi, MD FACC
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, Advocate Heart Institute at Advocate Christ Medical Center

Mohammad Tarek Kabbany, MD FACC
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, Advocate Heart Institute at Advocate Christ Medical Center

1:10 - 2:00
Mesleh room
0636AB

 

Heart Failure Case Studies
Wearable Remote Monitoring Device Case presented by Danbee Park, APN
AL Amyloidosis Case presented by Kathy Kamb, APN

Discussants:
Ann Marie Bonaguro, MD
Cardiovascular Disease Fellow, Advocate Heart Institute at Advocate Christ Medical Center

Owais Malick, MD FACC
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, Advocate Heart Institute at Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital

Topic 4: Triaging Advanced HF Therapies – Rapid Fire Session
Moderator: Afoma Ezidinma, MD FACC
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, Advocate Heart Institute at Advocate Christ Medical Center

2:00 - 2:10

 

Identifying Ambulatory Advanced HF: Top Three Tips
Muhyaldeen Dia, MD FACC
Medical Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Program, Advocate Heart Institute at Advocate Christ Medical Center, Program Director, Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship, Advocate Christ Medical Center

2:10 - 2:20

 

Advanced in Heart Transplantation
Michelle Tomeczkowicz, PharmD and Katie Howe, PharmD
Transplant Pharmacist, Advocate Heart Institute at Advocate Christ Medical Center

2:20 - 2:30

Taking the Next Step: From Destination Therapy to Bridge to Transplant LVAD
Jessica Pillarella, MD FACC
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, Advocate Heart Institute at Advocate Christ Medical Center

2:30 - 2:50

Panel Discussion
Muhyaldeen Dia, MD FACC, Michelle Tomeczkowicz Pharm D,  Jessica Pillarella, MD FACC, Mark Dela Cruz, MD, and Katie Howe, PharmD  

2:50 - 3:00

Break / Exhibit Fair

Topic 5: Hot Topics in Heart Failure – Rapid Fire Session
Moderator: Ibrahim Shaik MD FACC
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, Advocate Heart Institute at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital

3:00 - 3:10

 

A-Fib & HF: Does Rhythm Control Matter?
Stephen  “Ty” Phillips, MD
Cardiac Electrophysiology, Advocate Heart Institute at Advocate Christ Medical Center

3:10 - 3:20

 

Preventing Heart Failure with Cardiometabolic Optimization?
William Cotts, MD FACC
Clinical Director, Heart Transplantation and Mechanical Assist Devices, Advocate Heart Institute at Christ Medical Center and Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago

3:20 - 3:30

 

Artificial Intelligence & HF: A New Frontier
Ali Valika, MD FACC
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, Advocate Heart Institute at Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital

3:30 - 3:50

 

Panel Discussion
Ty Phillips, MD, William Cotts, MD, Ali Valika, MD, and Manasi Sejpal, MD 

03:50 - 3:55

Closing Remarks

Advocate Christ Medical Center
4440 W 95th St.
Stein Auditorium
Oak Lawn, IL 60453 ·
United States

Faculty

Vinh Chau, MD, FACC; Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, Advocate Heart Institute at Advocate Christ Medical Center
David Stern, MD; Cardiovascular Surgery, Advocate Heart Institute at Christ Medical Center
William Cotts, MD, MS, FACC, FACP, FAHA, FHFSA Clinical Director, Heart Transplantation and Mechanical Assist Devices, Advocate Heart Institute at Christ Medical Center and Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago
Muhyaldeen Dia, MD, FACC; Medical Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Program, Advocate Heart Institute at Advocate Christ Medical Center, Program Director, Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship, Advocate Christ Medical Center
Anjali Joshi, MD, FACC; Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, Advocate Heart Institute at Advocate Christ Medical Center 
Mark Dela Cruz, MD, FACC; Cardiology Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology at Advocate Christ Medical Center
Shoeb Hussain, MD FACC; Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, Advocate Heart Institute at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital
Sunil Pauwaa MD, FACC; Associate Director of Advanced Heart Failure Cardiology Fellowship, Director Cardio-Oncology, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, Advocate Heart Institute at Advocate Christ Medical Center 
Jessica Pillarella, MD, FACC; Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, Advocate Heart Institute at Advocate Christ Medical Center
Chris Sciamanna, DO FACC  Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, Advocate Heart Institute at Advocate Christ Medical Center
Susan Serratore RN, BSN; Coordinator, Medical Staff Professional Development South Chicagoland PSA Advocate Christ Medical Center/South Suburban & Trinity Hospitals
Patroklos S. Pappas, MD, FACS, FACCP; Medical Director, Advocate Heart Institute at Advocate Christ Medical Center
Owasi Malick, MD FACC; Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, Advocate Heart Institute at Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital
Jennifer Stancati MD FACC Critical Care Medicine; Advocate Health & Hospital Corp - Advocate Intensivist Partners
Ali Valika, MD FACC; Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, Advocate Heart Institute at Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital
Anne Marie Bonaguro, MD; Cardiovascular Disease Fellow, Advocate Heart Institute at Advocate Christ Medical Center
Afoma Ezidinma, MD; Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, Advocate Heart Institute at Advocate Christ Medical Center
Mohammad Tarek Kabbany, MD; Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, Advocate Heart Institute at Advocate Christ Medical Center
Kathy Kamba APN;  Nurse Practitioner at Advocate Christ Medical Center
Lisa Kukla, APN-BC – VAD Coordinator, Advocate Health – Midwest
Jason N. Katz MD, MHS, FACC, FAHA Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Associate Chief of Cardiology, Bellevue Hospital Director of Inpatient Cardiology, Bellevue Hospital, Associate Director, NYU LVAD Program Director, Advanced Heart Failure
Dan Landup, PharmD, HF-Cert, Cardiovascular Clinical Pharmacist, AMG-Evergreen Heart Failure Clinic
Nikhil Narang MD; Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, Advocate Heart Institute at Advocate Christ Medical Center
Michelle Tomeczkowicz, PharmD; Transplant Pharmacist, Advocate Heart Institute at Advocate Christ Medical Center
Danbee Park, APN; Nurse Practitioner at Advocate Condell Medical Center
Stephen Phillips, MD; Cardiac Electrophysiology, Advocate Heart Institute at Advocate Christ Medical Center
Nicole Saccone, PharmD, BCCP, Cardiometabolic / Heart Failure Clinical Pharmacist, AMG Southeast Ambulatory Pharmacy Specialist, Advocate Heart Institute at Advocate Trinity Medical Center
Manasi Sejpal, MD; Cardiology; Advocate Christ Medical Center
Ibrahim Shaik MD; Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, Advocate Heart Institute at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital
Amanda Jaramillo, APN; Nurse Practitioner at Advocate Christ Medical Center
Gregory Macaluso, MD; Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant CardiologyvHeart Transplant CardiologyvCardiolog at Advocate Christ Medical Center

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 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 Health designates this live activity for a maximum of 5.75 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 Health designates this live activity for a maximum of 5.75 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 Health designates this live activity for a maximum 5.75 hours of CPE credit for pharmacists. 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. 

Board Recognition Statement(s)

American Board of Surgery (ABS)
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME and Self-Assessment requirements of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit

ABIM MOC
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 5.75 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.

Available Credit

  • 5.75 American Board of Surgery
    Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME and Self-Assessment requirements of the American Board of Surgery's Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.
    • 5.75 ABS Self-Assessment
  • 5.75 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 5.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
  • 5.75 Attendance
    Attendance Credit
    • 5.75 Approved AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 5.75 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. 5.75 contact hours have been awarded to this activity by the Wisconsin Nursing Association. To receive contact hours, participants must attend the entire activity.
  • 5.75 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.
  • 5.75 ABIM MOC Part II
    Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 5.75 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.

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