11th Annual Advanced Heart Failure Symposium 2023

Oak Lawn, IL US
November 3, 2023

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 in-person at Advocate Christ Medical Center and virtually. 

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:

  • Utilize ways to provide up-to-date, best practices in evidence-based medicine related to current topics in advanced heart failure
  • Interpret which patients constitute “advanced” heart failure and the key clinical characteristics associated with high clinical risk needing referral for advanced heart failure
  • Assess the factors contributing to heart failure progression and available therapies to address the conditions
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 6.00 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.
    • 6.00 ABS Self-Assessment
  • 6.00 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 6.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
  • 6.00 Attendance
    Attendance Credit
    • 6.00 Approved AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 6.00 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. 6.00 contact hours have been awarded to this activity by the Wisconsin Nursing Association. To receive contact hours, participants must attend the entire activity.
  • 6.00 ABIM MOC Part II
    Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 6.00 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.
Course opens: 
08/24/2023
Course expires: 
12/31/2023
Event starts: 
11/03/2023 - 7:30am CDT
Event ends: 
11/03/2023 - 4:00pm CDT
Cost:
$25.00
Rating: 
0

07:30-08:30

Registration & Continental Breakfast

08:30 -08:45

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

08:45 – 09:05

Optimizing High-Risk Cardiac Surgery: A Surgical Perspective

Antone Tatooles, MD FACS
Director, Ventricular Assist Device Program, Advocate Heart Institute at Advocate Christ Medical Center

Topic 1 Treating the Co-Morbidities in Heart Failure

Moderator: Vinh Chau, MD and Nikhil Narang, MD FACC
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, Advocate Heart Institute at Advocate Christ Medical Center

09:05 – 09:50

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION

Are Cardiometabolic Therapies the Future of Managing Heart Failure

Mikhail Kosiborod, MD, FACC, FAHA
Vice President of Research, Saint Luke’s Health System
Professor of Medicine, University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Medicine

09:50 – 10:05

Managing Coronary Disease in Heart Failure

Mark Dela Cruz, MD
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, Advocate Heart Institute at Advocate Christ Medical Center

10:05 – 10:20

Congenital Heart Diseases & Heart Failure

James Monaco, MD FACC
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, Advocate Heart Institute at Advocate Christ Medical Center

10:20 – 10:35

Pulmonary Hypertension and the Right Ventricle

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

10:35 – 11:00

Panel Discussion

11:00 – 11:10

Break / Exhibit Fair

Topic 2 Infiltratin’ the Heart

Moderators:

Shoeb Hussain, MD
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, Advocate Heart Institute at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital

Nishit Shah, MD
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, Advocate Heart Institute at Advocate Illinois Masonic Hospital

11:10 – 11:30

Infiltrative Cardiomyopathy: A Review

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

11:30 – 11:50

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Brief Overview

Jessica Pillarella, MD FACC
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, Advocate Heart Institute at Advocate Christ Medical Center

11:50 – 12:10

Identifying and Imaging a Hypertrophic Heart

Chris Sciamanna, DO FACC
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, Advocate Heart Institute at Advocate Christ Medical Center

12:10 – 12:55

Lunch Break / Exhibit Fair

Topic 3 Rise of the Machines: LVAD versus Heart Transplant Debate

Moderator: Nasir Sulemanjee, MD, FACC FHFSA

12:55 – 01:10

Progress in Advanced Heart Failure Therapies

Nasir Sulemanjee, MD, FACC, FHFSA
Medical Director, Advanced HF & Transplant Programs
St Luke’s Medical Center, Milwaukee WI Advocate Health

1:10 – 1:25

LVAD for the Win

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 Professor of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago

1:25 – 1:40

Better to be Transplanted

Nikhil Narang, MD FACC
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, Advocate Heart Institute at Advocate Christ Medical Center

1:40 – 1:45

LVAD Rebuttal

William Cotts, MD MS, FACC, FACP, FAHA, FHFSA

1:45 – 1:50

Transplant Rebuttal

Nikhil Narang, MD FACC

1:50 – 2:00

Discussion and Q&A

Topic 4 Interventional Devices in Heart Failure

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

2:00 – 2:20

Device Suitability in Stable Heart Failure

Ali Valika, MD FACC
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, Advocate Heart Institute at Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital

2:20 – 2:40

Invasive Therapies in Advanced Heart Failure

Gregory Macaluso, MD FACC
Program Director, Advanced Heart Failure Fellowship, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, Advocate Heart Institute at Advocate Christ Medical Center

2:40 – 2:50

Break, Cookies, Exhibit Fair

Topic 5 When the Heart’s in Flames

Moderator: Chirag Rajyaguru, DO
Advanced Heart Failure, Community Health Network, Indianapolis, Indiana

2:50 – 3:05

Myocarditis: A Primer

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

3:05 – 3:20

Cardiogenic Shock: A Critical Care Perspective

Jennifer A. Stancati, MD
Intensivist, CVTU, Advocate Christ Medical Center 

3:20 – 3:35

Palliative Care Discussion in Severe Heart Failure

Roman O. Kozyckyj, MD
Physician Advisor to Palliative Care; Advocate health

3:35 – 3:50

Panel Discussion

03:50 – 3:55

Closing Remarks

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

Faculty

Vinh Chau, MD, FACC; Advocate Health Care
Pat Pappas, MD, FACS, FACCP; Advocate Health Care
William Cotts, MD, MS, FACC, FACP, FAHA, FHFSA; Advocate Health Care
Antone Tatooles, MD FACS; Advocate Health Care
Mikhail Kosiborod, MD, FACC, FAHA; Advocate Health Care
Mark Dela Cruz, MD; Advocate Health Care
James Monaco, MD FACC; Advocate Health Care
Sunil Pauwaa, MD FACC; Advocate Health Care
Muhyaldeen Dia, MD FACC; Advocate Health Care
Jessica Pillarella, MD FACC; Advocate Health Care
Chris Sciamanna, DO FACC; Advocate Health Care
Nasir Sulemanjee, MD FACC FHFSA; Advocate Health Care
Nikhil Narang, MD FACC; Advocate Health Care
Anjali Joshi, MD FACC; Advocate Health Care
Ali Valika, MD FACC; Advocate Health Care
Gregory Macaluso, MD FACC; Advocate Health Care
Chirag Rajyaguru, DO; Advocate Health Care
Shoeb Hussain, MD; Advocate Health Care
Nishit Shah, MD; Advocate Health Care
Mohammad Tarek Kabbany, MD; Advocate Health Care
Jennifer A. Stancati, MD; Advocate Health Care
Roman O. Kozyckyji, MD; Advocate Health Care

Disclosure

The following faculty speakers and/or planning committee members have disclosed the following:

Faculty Name

Name of Ineligible Companies

Nature of Relationship

Mikhail Kosiborod, MD

Astra Zeneca, Boehringer

Ingelheim, Pfizer

Research Grant

 

Mikhail Kosiborod, MD

35Pharma, Alnylam, Amgen, Applied Therapeutics, AstraZeneca, Bayer, Boehringer Ingelheim, Cytokinetics, Dexcom, Eli Lilly, Esperion

Therapeutics, Imbria Pharmaceuticals, Janssen,

Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Merck(Diabetes and Cardiovascular),Novo Nordisk, Pharmacosmos,

Pfizer, Sanofi, scPharmaceuticals, Structure Therapeutics, Vifor Pharma, Youngene Therapeutics

Consultant/Advisory Board

Mikhail Kosiborod, MD

Astra Zeneca

Other Research Support

Mikhail Kosiborod, MD

Astra Zeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Novo Nordisk

Honorarium

Mikhail Kosiborod, MD

Artera Health, Saghmos Therapeutics

 

Stock Options

Sunil Pauwaa, MD

AstraZeneca and Pfizer

Speaker

Ali Valika MD

Abbott, Astra Zeneca, Boerhinger Ingelheim, Bristol Myers Squibb, and Lilly.

Speaker

Antone Tatooles, MD

Abbott Laboratories, Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, Medtronic, Abiomed (ended 7/29/2022), Getinge USA (ended 4/15/2022), LivaNova (ended 4/15/2022). 

Consultant

Gregory Macaluso, MD

Abbott and Medtronics
Astra Zeneca and United Therapeutics

Consultant
Speaker

   

The remaining speakers and all planners have indicated that there are no relevant financial relationships with any ineligible companies to be disclosed. 
All of the relevant financial relationships listed for these individuals have been mitigated.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 6.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.  Physicians should claim only the 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 6.00 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.

ABS MOC
ABS MOC 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 requirement(s) 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.

Participation information will be shared with the ABIM through the ACCME Program and Activity Reporting System (PARS).

American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) 
Advocate Aurora Health designates this live activity for a maximum of 6.00 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

 

Available Credit

  • 6.00 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.
    • 6.00 ABS Self-Assessment
  • 6.00 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 6.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
  • 6.00 Attendance
    Attendance Credit
    • 6.00 Approved AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 6.00 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. 6.00 contact hours have been awarded to this activity by the Wisconsin Nursing Association. To receive contact hours, participants must attend the entire activity.
  • 6.00 ABIM MOC Part II
    Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 6.00 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

Cost:
$25.00
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This conference is being held in-person at Advocate Christ Medical Center and virtually. 

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RN, Staff, Trainees

(Students, Residents, and Fellows)
In-Person$25.00$0.00
Virtual$0.00$0.00

Cancellation and refund policy: All fees are nonrefundable.

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