2023 Heart and Vascular Conference (Attendee Information)

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Disclosures

The accredited provider has mitigated and is disclosing identified relevant financial relationships for the following faculty, planners, and others in control of content prior to assuming their roles.

FACULTY

The following have disclosed relevant financial relationships:

Adam Burdorf, DO*

• Speaker: Abbott Laboratories

Anthony W. Castleberry, MD, MMCi

• Consultant: Abbott Laboratories

Faris Khan, MD, MS

• Consultant: Biosense Webster (part of the Johnson & Johnson family of companies)

Scott Lundgren, DO

• Speaker: Abbott Laboratories

Ronald Zolty, MD, PhD

• Consultant:  Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Bayer Corporation; Johnson & Johnson Services, Inc.; United Therapeutics Corporation

The following have nothing to disclose:

• Sai Alampoondi, MBBS
• Ayesha Azmeen
• Jason R. Cook, MD, PhD
• Karen Deffenbacher, MD
• Christina Dunbar Matos, DO
• Brett Duncan, MD, MS*
• Jeffrey J. Hsu, MD, PhD, FACC
• Marshall Hyden, MD
• Shahbaz A. Malik, MD, FACC
• Jennifer Nickol, DO
• Edward L. O’Leary, MD, MBA, MHCM
• Amjad Panickaveettil, MBBS
• Jason J. Payne, MD
• Timothy R. Ryan, APRN-NP
• John W. Schleifer, MD
•  Robert Schneider, MD
• Asim Shabbir, MBBS
• Aleem Siddique, MBBS, FACS, FACC
• Shaun Thompson, MD
• Marian Urban, MD, PhD
• Angela Yetman, MD
• Matthew Longo, MD, FACS

*Faculty and planning committee member

PLANNING COMMITTEE

The following has disclosed a relevant financial relationship:

Morgan Moody

• Speaker: Abbott Laboratories

The following have nothing to disclose:

• Ellen Addison, APRN-NP
• Valeta Creason-Wahl, HMCC
• Heidi Keeler, PhD, MSN/MBA, RN
• Scott Muldoon
• Renee Paulin, MSN, RN, CWOCN
• Brenda Ram, CMP, CHCP
• Debbie Von Seggern, NRP, EMSI

Handouts will be made available as they are received.  Please check back frequently.

The following materials (in PDF) are available for download until Oct. 20, 2023. No part of these materials may be reproduced without prior written permission.

Friday, Sept. 29

• Case Presentation in Electrophysiology
  Robert Schneider, MD
• Keeping the Pace: Pacemaker Basics and Conduction System Pacing
  Jason J. Payne, MD
• Prolonged Palpitations: Atrial Fibrillation Ablation
  John W. Schleifer, MD
• Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Devices
  Jason J. Payne, MD
• Hot Pockets: Device Infection and Lead Extraction
  John W. Schleifer, MD
• Stopping the Shocks: Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation
  Faris Khan, MD, MS
• Case Presentation in Pulmonary Hypertension
  Jennifer Nickol, DO
• Evaluation, Diagnosis, and Management of Pulmonary Hypertension
  Ronald Zolty, MD, PhD
• Procedural Management of Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
  Aleem Siddique, MBBS, FACS, FACC
• Case Presentation in Ischemic Heart Disease
  Amjad Panickaveettil, MBBS
• Lifetime Management of Aortic Valvular Heart Disease – A Heart Team Approach
  Shahbaz A. Malik, MD, FACC
• Chronic Total Occlusion
  Edward L. O’Leary, MD, MBA, MHCM
• High Risk Percutaneous Coronary Interventions
  Shahbaz A. Malik, MD, FACC
• Managing Ischemic Heart Disease in 2023: A Review of the Evidence
  Brett Duncan, MD, MS
• Case Presentation in Cardiogenic Shock
  Asim Shabbir, MBBS
• A Momentary Pause in the Act of Death: Identification and Early Management of Cardiogenic Shock
  Scott Lundgren, DO
• Mechanical Circulatory Support in Cardiogenic Shock
  Anthony W. Castleberry, MD, MMCi
• There is No “I” in Team: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Shock
  Shaun Thompson, MD
• The UNMC Pulmonary Embolism Response Team
  Jason R. Cook, MD, PhD
• Keynote – Sports Cardiology: Understanding the Athletic Heart
  Jeffrey J. Hsu, MD, PhD, FACC

Saturday, Sept. 30

• Case Presentation in Heart Failure
  Ayesha Azmeen, MBBS
• Current Diagnosis and Management of Amyloidosis−Beyond the Biopsy
  Marshall Hyden, MD
• Managing Heart Failure in 2023 and Beyond−Optimizing Medical and Device Therapy
  Christina Dunbar Matos, DO
• When Medications Are Not Enough: Identifying and Referring Patients for Advanced Heart Failure Therapies
  Adam Burdorf, DO
• Updates in Cardiac Transplantation: Procuring the Future of Transplant Medicine
  Marian Urban, MD, PhD
• Left Ventricular Assist Devices: Where Do We Fit In?
  Timothy R. Ryan, APRN-NP
• Case Presentation in Aortic Disease
  Sai Alampoondi, MBBS
• Genetics of Aortic and Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease
  Angela Yetman, MD
• A Team Approach to Aortic Disease
  G. Matthew Longo, MD, FACS
• The UNMC Ruptured Aorta Program
  Jason R. Cook, MD, PhD