2022 Heart Symposium

The 2022 Heart Symposium will provide practitioners with the most recent advances and information to enhance knowledge, skills, and performance in the evaluation and treatment of cardiac diseases. The conference will include a variety of topics including advances in structural heart disease, heart failure, cardiac surgery, electrophysiology, peripheral artery disease and pharmacotherapy.

9.5 CE Hours 
 

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Designed For

Physicians, physician assistants, nurses, pharmacists, fellows, residents, students and other interested health care professionals. 

Jointly Provided By

• Creighton University School of Medicine
• Norton Thoracic Institute 
• St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center
• Creighton University Office of Continuing Education

Registration

Physicians: $50
Nurses, Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners: $20
Pharmacists and other Health Professionals: $20
Residents and Medical students: $0

Schedule

6:30 a.m.
Check in and Onsite Registration

7:00 a.m.
Welcome and Overview
Rajakrishnan Vijayakrishnan, MD 

7:10 a.m.
Advances in Structural Heart Disease 
Hursh Naik, MD 

8:00 a.m.
Adult Congenital HD for the Primary Care Provider  
Wayne Franklin, MD 

9:00 a.m.
Break 

9:15 a.m.
Current Strategies in Cardiac Surgery 
Kevin Brady, MD 

10:15 a.m.
Pharmacotherapy of Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction 
Jade Lam, PharmD 

11:00 a.m.
Advances in Heart Failure Therapeutics 
Rajakrishnan Vijayakrishnan, MD  

12:00 p.m.
Break- Lunch 

1:00 p.m.
Psychotropic Medications and Heart Disease 
Jose Urdaneta, MD

2:00 p.m.
Peripheral Arterial Disease 
Riyaz Sumar, MD

3:00 p.m.
Break 

3:15 p.m.
Nursing Competencies for Advanced Cardiac Patients 
Debbie Evans, RN and Kyle Moskop, RN 

4:00 p.m.
Current Trends in Cardiac Imaging
Pallavi Bellamkonda, MD 

5:00 p.m.
Atrial Fibrillation Today 
Vijendre Swarup, MD and Dr. Sudarone Thihalolipavan, MD 

6:00 p.m.
Closing Remarks 
Rajakrishnan Vijayakrishnan, MD