Nebraska Heart Fall Cardiology Conference

Designed For

Physicians, Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners, Fellows, and Residents

Jointly Provided By 

• CHI Health Nebraska Heart
• Creighton University Office of Continuing Education

Objectives

•  Apply new guidelines to control hyperlipidemia
• Recognize new modalities in surgical options for cardiac disease 
• Analyze and be able to evaluate the best option for imaging cardiac and vascular disease
• Discover new research with regards to renal disease
• Contrast differing structural heart therapies such as TAVR and Mitral valve treatment for cardiac disease
• Distinguish non-invasive and invasive options in the prevention of stroke with patients having Afib
• Read EKGs and make recommendation for further evaluation
• Appraise new treatments for CHF and know appropriate patient care points for referral to a specialist.
• Measure the risk and benefit for vascular intervention in the treatment of carotid disease.

Register by emailing: j.hoffman@commonspirit.org 
 

Schedule

7:30 a.m.    
Registration – Breakfast and Visit Exhibits

8:00 a.m.    
Innovative Treatments for Hyperlipidemia    
Steve Krueger, MD

8:20 a.m.    
Now & Future of Cardiac Surgery            
Rick Thompson, MD

8:40 a.m.    
Imaging – What, When, Who            
Omar Nass, MD

9:00 a.m.    
Renal Disease: Researching Innovation        
Michael Aaronson, MD

9:20 a.m.    
Structural Heart – What’s Best?            
Anu Tunuguntla, MD 
Anand Deshmukh, MD

9:40 a.m.    
Break and Visit Exhibits

10:00 a.m.    
Stroke Prevention for Afib            
Steve Ackerman, MD

10:15 a.m.    
ECG Interpretation                
Nayanjyoti Kaushik, MD

10:45 a.m.    
Current & Experimental Treatment for CHF    
Steve Krueger, MD

11:15 a.m.  
Innovative Treatments for Vascular Disease    
Kallie Roberts, MD

11:45 a.m.    
Ask the Cardiologist – Panel Q&A            
NHI Physicians

12:15 p.m.    
Adjournment & Lunch
 

Register by emailing: j.hoffman@commonspirit.org 

Accreditation Statement

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Creighton University Health Sciences Continuing Education and CHI Health. Creighton University Health Sciences Continuing Education (HSCE) 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.

Category 1

Creighton University Health Sciences Continuing Education designates this live activity for a maximum of 4.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) TM.  Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

AAPA accepts AMA category 1 credit for the PRA from organizations accredited by ACCME.