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UPMC Hamot 2025 Cardiovascular Update
Join your colleagues and gain the latest updates and practice guidelines in cardiovascular care!
This full-day symposium offers a comprehensive review of new diagnostic techniques and therapeutic treatments, the latest clinical trials, and state-of-the-art technology in contemporary cardiovascular medicine using concise didactic presentations, combined with a panel discussion and case presentations. Following this course, the participant should be able to formulate a practical approach to common cardiovascular disorders; identify the appropriate tests that can be used to determine the severity of the patient problem and make an accurate diagnosis; discuss the various treatment options available; and recognize how to treat and when to refer cardiac patients. This activity is expected to result in increased confidence in making a diagnosis and providing effective treatment, referral, and follow-up care with the overall goal of improving patient outcomes.
Help Us Help You:
Do you have a question that you would like to submit to the speakers in advance?
Send an email to [email protected] titled “Cardiac Update Question.”
These questions will be compiled and presented at the panel discussion sessions along with questions from the audience.
Target Audience
Family physicians, internists, cardiologists, cardiovascular thoracic surgeons, advance practice providers, nurses, allied health professionals, and other health care professionals who treat and care for patients with heart disease will benefit from attending this educational activity.
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this activity, the participant should be able to:
- Explain the mechanisms of supraventricular tachycardia, atrial fibrillation, and atrial flutter.
- Identify the levels of conduction block in bradycardia.
- Describe the underlying mechanisms of ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation.
- Recognize the characteristics and clinical significance of pre-excited atrial fibrillation.
- Recognize the key clinical features of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
- Differentiate HCM from other causes of left ventricular hypertrophy.
- Review the management of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
- Discuss the current diagnostic and treatment options for carotid artery stenosis.
- Understand when further testing is needed prior to non-cardiac surgery.
- Understand assessment tools for gauging perioperative cardiac risk.
- Understand circumstances in which patients fall out of the usual assessment path.
- Review The Outcomes from The TRIAD Patient Safety Research on Advance Directives and POLST
- Review published rates of discordant medical care related to misunderstandings of Advance Directives and POLST
- Review the increasing trends of Wrongful Prolongation of Life litigation
- Explore new audiovisual tools to allow for more concordant medical care.
- Review how Patient to Clinical Video (Ex. MIDEO) can assure patient informed decision making and enable clinicians to allow for concordant medical care.
- Review interesting cases and cutting-edge treatments in cardiovascular medicine.
- Recognize percutaneous access site complications.
- Demonstrate effective communication strategies with midlevel providers and physicians to obtain necessary orders for site management.
- Recognize and manage percutaneous access site complications within their scope of practice.
- Review the shared decision-making process of the Heart Valve Team in evaluating patients with aortic stenosis.
- Provide an update on current procedural techniques, available technologies, and strategies for lifetime management of patients undergoing aortic valve interventions.
- Review the top 5 cardiology articles of the past year.
Additional Information
| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
 2025 Cardiac Brochure.pdf | 5.69 MB |
TWO WAYS TO ATTEND THIS HYBRID CONFERENCE:
OPTION 1:
In Person at the Bayfront Convention Center at 1 Sassafras Pier, Erie, Pa.
Registration fees includes the seminar, continental breakfast, refreshment breaks and lunch.
OPTION 2:
Virtually through Zoom
Registrants will be e-mailed a Zoom link 3 days prior to the conference. Virtual attendees will be able to ask questions using the Q&A function in Zoom.
ATTIRE
Attire for the conference is business casual. Since meeting room temperatures can vary, it is recommended that you bring a light jacket or sweater with you to the conference.
SPECIAL NEEDS
Participation by all individuals is encouraged. Advance notification of any special needs (i.e. gluten free or vegan meal, private room for nursing mothers, handicap accessibility) will help us provide better service. Please notify us of your needs at least two weeks in advance of the program by e-mailing the Hamot CME office at [email protected] or calling 814-877-5691.
Travel
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COURSE DIRECTORS:
Robert Maholic, DO, FACC, FSVM
Department of CV Medicine and Surgery
UPMC Hamot Heart & Vascular Institute
Quentin M. Orlando, DO, FACC, FSCAI
Department of CV Medicine and Surgery
UPMC Hamot Heart & Vascular Institute
Keynote:
David J. Kaczorowski, MD
Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Program Director, Cardiothoracic Surgery Integrated Residency and Independent Fellowship Programs
Surgical Director, Advanced Heart Failure Center
Division of Cardiac Surgery
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Faculty:
Eric Dueweke, MD, MBA, FACC
Director of Care Innovation, UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Physician Advisor, UPMC Wolff Center Quality Review Committee
Christopher Good, DO, FACC
Department of CV Medicine and Surgery
Medical Director
UPMC Hamot Heart & Vascular Institute
Ann Marie Howell, BS, RN-MedSurg-BC
Expert Professional Staff Nurse
UPMC Hamot
5 South
Randy Jeffrey, MD, PhD
Department of CV Medicine and Surgery
UPMC Hamot Heart & Vascular Institute
Ferdinando Mirarchi, DO, FAAEM, FACEP
Chief Medical Officer
Institute on HealthCare Directives
US Health Care Soultions
Madhurmeet Singh, DO, FACC, FHRS
Department of CV Medicine and Surgery
UPMC Hamot Heart & Vascular Institute
All individuals in a position to control the content of this education activity have disclosed all financial relationships with any companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. All of the relevant financial relationships for the individuals listed below have been mitigated
▪ David Kaczorowski, MD: Abiomed - speakers' bureau and consultant.
▪ David Kaczorowski, MD: Medtronic - consultant.
▪Eric Dueweke, MD: Korion Health- Stockholder (privately held).
No other members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships with any companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
ACCREDITATION
In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh 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.
Physician (CME)
The University of Pittsburgh designates this live activity for a maximum of 6.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT (AAPA)
The University of Pittsburgh has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 6.5 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.
Nursing (CNE)
A maximum of 6.5 nursing contact hours will be awarded. Participants will be able to claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the program.
AOA Category 1-A Credit
The Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association to provide osteopathic continuing medical education for physicians. The Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine designates this program for a maximum of six and one-half hours of AOA Category 1-A credits and will report CME and specialty credits commensurate with the extent of the physician's participation in this activity.
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGISTS CREDIT (ASRT)
This activity has been approved for 7.0 credits.
PT Credit
This activity has been submitted and is pending approval.
OT Credit
This activity has been submitted and is pending approval.
Pre-Hospital Credit
Continuing education credits for prehospital emergency medicine services personnel has been approved for 7.0 credit hours.
Other Healthcare Professionals
Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.
Available Credit
- 6.50 AAPA Category I CME
- 6.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
- 6.50 ANCCUPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
- 6.50 Attendance
Price
SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE TO NON-PHYSICIAN UPMC EMPLOYEES!
These will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. To register under the scholarship, make sure that your account is linked to your UPMC email address. E-mails will be monitored to ensure compliance.
CANCELLATION POLICY
Registrations will be fully refunded if notified by May 3, 2025. If you registered using a scholarship and fail to notify of a cancellation, you will be responsible to pay an administration fee. Please notify UPMC Hamot’s CME Department of any cancellations, via email to [email protected] or by telephone at 814-877-5691.
IF YOU ARE REQUIRED TO PAY BY CHECK
Please contact the UPMC Hamot CME Department at: 814-877-5691 or e-mail: [email protected].