Mastering Cardiac and Vascular Complications

The Mastering Cardiac and Vascular Complications (MCVC) 2013 Fellowship Program submission is now closed.

Thank you for your submissions! Accepted fellows with completed applications have all been notified. In order to be eligible for this program all applicants must have applied online by Monday, May 20, 2013. If you have applied but haven't received an acceptance e-mail, please contact Nakia Wilson, MCVC Fellowship Coordinator, at whccme@gmail.com or 202-877-7947.

Course Description

This case-based course will provide a venue for attendees to review with experts challenging complications cases of coronary, structural heart and endovascular procedures and discuss its management, early recognition and prevention. The symposium will be a forum for participants to acquire the knowledge set needed in the rescue and 'bail-out' of complications resulting from cardiac and vascular procedures. This course will consist of didactic lectures, case presentations, panel discussions, as well as sessions to allow attendees the opportunity for hands-on experience with the equipment needed for 'bail-out' and rescue from the complications. Further, sessions will be available for attendees to present complicated cases to a panel of faculty experts and discuss management options as well as confer on how to have best prevented the complication.

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Agenda

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Faculty


COURSE DIRECTOR Nelson L. Bernardo, MD MedStar Washington Hospital Center Washington, DC	Aravinda Nanjundappa, MD West Virginia University Charleston, West Virginia Walter A. Tan, MD Director Stuctructual Heart Program/Advanced Devices WakeMed Hospitals Raleigh, NC

FACULTY
Cameron Akbari, MD, MBA Director, Vascular Diagnostic Labatory Senior Attending Vascular Surgeon MedStar Washington Hospital Center Professor Surgery Georgetown University Medical Center Washington, DC Filip Banovac, MD Chief, Interventional Radiology MedStar Georgetown University Hospital Associate Professor Radiology Georgetown University Medical Center Washington, DC Emil Cohen, MD Attending Physician MedStar Heart Institute MedStar Washington Hospital Center Assistant Professor Georgetown University Hospital Washington, DC Michael J. Cowley, MD Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center Richmond, VA David H. Deaton, MD Chief, Vascular Surgery Georgetown University Hospital Washington, DC Bradley W. Dick, MD Chief, Interventional Radiology Suburban Hospital Bethesda, MD Robert A. Gallino, MD Cardiology Associates, PC Washington, DC Evelyne Goudreau, MD Professor of Medicine Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center Richmond, VA Robert A. Lager, MD Interventional Cardiologist Cardiology Associates, LLC Washington, DC Ai-Hsi Liu, MD Co-Director, Neuro Interventional Radiology MedStar Washington Hospital Center Washington, DC Christopher Metzger, MD Director, Cardiac and Peripheral Cath Labs Medical Director, Clinical Research Wellmont CVA Heart Institute Kingsport, TN Sean D. O'Donnell, MD Medical Director Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Memorial Cardiac and Vascular Institute Memorial Regional Hospital Hollywood, FL Augusto D. Pichard, MD Director, Cardiac Catheterization Lab Vice Chairman, MedStar Heart Institute MedStar Heart Institute MedStar Washington Hospital Center Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) Georgetown University Medical Center Washington, DC	Venkatesh G. Ramaiah, MD Medical Director Arizona Heart Institute Phoenix, AZ Shawn N. Sarin, MD Associate Director, Vascular and Interventional Radiology The George Washington University Hospital Assistant Professor Radiology/Surgery The George Washington University Hospital Washington, DC Lowell F. Satler, MD Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Lab MedStar Heart Institute MedStar Washington Hospital Center Washington, DC Horst Sievert, MD Director Sankt Katharinen Hospital University Hospital Professor University Frankfurt Frankfurt, Germany William O. Suddath, MD Director, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Training Program MedStar Heart Institute MedStar Washington Hospital Center Associate Professor Medicine Division of Cardiology Georgetown University Medical Center Washington, DC Anthony Venbrux, MD Director, Vascular and Interventional Radiology Professor Radiolgy and Surgery The George Washington University Hospital Washington, DC George W. Vetrovec, MD Director, Cardiac Catheterization Lab Professor of Medicine Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center Richmond, VA Ron Waksman, MD Director, Cardiovascular Research and Advanced Education MedStar Heart Institute MedStar Washington Hospital Center Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) Georgetown University Medical Center Washington, DC Jeffrey Y. Wang, MD Vascular Surgeon Horizon Vascular Specialists Director of Vascular Research Shady Grove Hospital Rockville, MD Mark H. Wholey, MD Director of the Center for Peripheral Vascular and Neurovascular Interventions Highmark West Penn Allegheny Health System Pittsburgh, PA

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Registration

REGISTRATION FEES

Physician: $395
Resident/Fellow: $250
Allied Health Professional: $175

Cancellation Policy:

Cancellations made in writing by April 19, 2013 will be subject to a 50% penalty. No refunds will be given after April 19, 2013. Cancellations will not be accepted by telephone. In the unlikely event that the course is canceled, MedStar Washington Hospital Center will refund the registration fee, but is not responsible for any travel costs.

Please call 202-877-7947 or email WHCCME@gmail.com if you any questions or need any additional information.

VENUE INFORMATION

Renaissance Washington Dupont Circle Hotel
1143 New Hampshire Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20037

Reserve Your Room
A block of rooms has been reserved at the discounted rate of $199 per room, per night, single or double occupancy. The tax is 14.5% per room, per night.

There are two ways to reserve your room:

BY PHONE:
Please call Central Reservations at: 1-877-212-5752
Please indicate that you will be attending the “MedStar Washington Hospital Center-Complications Conference” to receive the preferred group rate.

ONLINE: Click here to make a reservation online.

The cut-off date for making reservations is Thursday, May 9, 2013. Reservation requests received after that date will be based on availability at the hotel’s prevailing rates.

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Course Information

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Recognize early the angiographic and/or clinical ‘tell-tale’ signs that herald a complication.

Review the pre-procedural risk stratification to identify factors that probably were contributory to the complication
Be familiar with necessary preventative measures that could have been instituted including:
High-risk patient – factors including co-morbidities, e.g. on oral anti-coagulant, anthropometry, vascular anatomy, among others.
High-risk procedure – factors inherent to the procedure itself.
High-risk system – factors inherent to the equipment being used.

Identify the “Bail-out” equipment and procedure needed to mitigate and rescue from a potentially catastrophic clinical outcome and avoid fatality.

Recognize the equipment needed for “bail-out” and rescue from specific complications via hands-on experience and didactics on the various tools utilized for this purpose

Determine the lessons learned from the case presented and what could have been done differently during the procedure to avoid the complication.
Discuss management options as well as confer on how to have best prevented the complication
Distinguish between an unavoidable poor patient outcome and a failure to utilize best practices and/or apply hospital policies in the setting of an adverse patient outcome.
Apply the knowledge gained from the discussion of the care of an individual patient to the care of future patients within the framework of best practices and hospital policies.

TARGET AUDIENCE

This course is intended for Fellows-in-training and Practitioners in the specialties of Interventional Cardiology, Interventional Radiology, Interventional Neuro-Radiology and Vascular Surgery. Medical providers and healthcare professionals with special interest in vascular medicine and involved in the care of patients with coronary artery disease and peripheral arterial disease are also encouraged to attend.

CME ACCREDITATION

This CME activity will be held on Friday, May 31 and Saturday, June 1, 2013. MedStar Washington Hospital Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

CREDIT DESIGNATION

MedStar Washington Hospital Center designates this live activity for a maximum of 12AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

DISCLOSURE OF FINANCIAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH ANY COMMERCIAL INTEREST

As a sponsor accredited by the ACCME, it is the policy of MedStar Washington Hospital Center to require that everyone who is in a position to control the content of an educational activity disclose all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest prior to the educational activity.

The ACCME considers relationships of the person involved in the CME activity to include financial relationships of a spouse or partner. Any individual who refuses to disclose relevant financial relationships will be disqualified from participating in the CME activity. For an individual with no relevant financial relationship(s), the participants must be informed that no conflicts of interest or financial relationships exist.

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