Please accept our invitation to highlight your company and reach physicians and other healthcare staff from across Alabama. Join us for the 11th annual Cardiovascular Update conference to being held at the Hyatt Regency/The Wynfrey Hotel in Birmingham, Alabama on Saturday, February 17, 2018.
We hope you will make plans now to be one of the exhibitors and sponsors at Cardiovascular Update 2018. Cardiovascular Update 2018 is being offered through The CVA Medical Education Foundation. This annual continuing medical education meeting is intended to provide physicians and other clinicians with a practical and timely overview of important developments in the care of patients with cardiovascular disease. A spectrum of cardiovascular topics will be discussed as listed in the enclosed agenda. We have designed our conference for internists, family physicians, OB/GYN, podiatrists, nurse practitioners and physician assistants.
Exhibit booth fees are $1,500 and include conference registration and meals for two company representatives. Additional representatives may be added for an additional fee. Overnight hotel reservations should be made directly with the Hyatt Regency/The Wynfrey Hotel by calling (205) 705-1234.
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The CVA Medical Education Foundation
Cardiovascular Update 2018
CONFERENCE AGENDA*
7:00 - 7:45am Breakfast Buffet and Visit Exhibits
7:45 - 8:00am Welcome and Introductions
8:00 - 8:30am Pulmonary Hypertension: Secondary Causes, Barry K. Rayburn, MD, FACC
8:30 - 9:00am Angina Management from an Interventionalists Perspective, J. Bradley Cavender, MD, FACC
9:00 - 9:30am Hypertension by the Book: New Guidelines, Andrew P. Miller, MD, FACC
9:30 - 10:00am Who Benefits from Antiplatelet Therapy, David A. Cox, MD
10:00-10:30am Break and Visit the Exhibits
10:30-11:00am Breakout Session 1
Use of Cardiac CT and MRI
Himanshu Gupta, MD, FACC and Saema Mirza, MD, FACC
Evaluation of Peripheral Arterial Disease
J. Bradley Cavender, MD, FACC and William R. Harrison, MD, FACC
Heart Rhythm Devices without Leads
Russell C. Reeves, MD, FACC
11:00-11:30am Breakout Session 2
Use of Cardiac CT and MRI (repeat)
Evaluation of Peripheral Arterial Disease (repeat)
Heart Rhythm Devices without Leads (repeat)
11:30-12:15pm Lunch and Visit the Exhibits
12:15-12:30pm Presentation of John B. Burrett Award
12:30 - 1:00pm Evaluation and Treatment of Syncope, Paul J. Troup, MD, FACC
1:00 - 1:30pm Evaluation and Treatment of Edema, John T. Eagan, Jr., MD, FACC
1:30 - 2:00pm Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Diabetics, Anuradha Rao, MD, FACC
2:00 - 2:30pm Valve Disease in 2018, Stephen Bakir, MD, FACC
2:30 - 3:00pm How to Choose Your Stress Test, Percy J. Colon III, MD, FACC
3:00 - 3:30pm Management of Carotid Disease in 2018, Gary S. Roubin, MD, PhD, FACC
3:30 - 4:00pm Panel Discussion and Key Takeaways
4:00pm Adjournment
*Please note that speakers and/or topics may change without notice due to unpreventable circumstances.
