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2023 ALACC Winter Conference

  • 21 Jan 2023
  • Grand Bohemian Hotel, Birmingham

2023 ALACC Winter Conference

Saturday, January 21, 2023

Grand Bohemian Hotel - Birmingham, Alabama

Registration is now closed.

AGENDA

6:30 - 7:30 a.m.  Registration, Strolling Breakfast in Exhibit Hall

7:30 - 7:35 a.m.  Welcome with Education Chair Fadi G. Hage, MD, FACC

7:35 - 8:20 a.m.  Getting to the Heart of Cardiovascular Risk in Women with Nicole Lohr, MD, FACC

8:20 - 9:10 a.m.  Evaluation and Management of Right Heart Failure with Andrew Lenneman, MD – University of Alabama at Birmingham

9:10 - 10:00 a.m.  Challenging Tracings with Harish Doppalapudi, MBBS, FACC – University of Alabama at Birmingham

10:00 - 10:15 a.m.  Break: Exhibit Hall

10:15 – 11:30 a.m.  COVID-19 Panel

10:15 -10:45 a.m.   Update on Management of COVID-19 with Sonya Heath, MD – University of Alabama at Birmingham

10:45 - 11:15 a.m.  COVID-19 and Cardiovascular Disease with Steve Bakir, MD, FACC – Cardiovascular Associates

11:15 - 11:30 a.m.  Discussion

11:30 a.m. - 12:20 p.m.  Management of Right Heart Arrhythmia with Frank A. Fish, MD - Professor of Pediatrics, Associate Professor of Medicine, and Director, Pediatric Electrophysiology Laboratory – Vanderbilt University

12:20 - 1:30 p.m.  Lunch Program: The Ami Iskandrian Young Investigator Abstract Poster Competition

Women in Cardiology (WIC) Lunch

1:30 – 2:30 p.m. Breakout Session 1 

General Session 1A:  Fellows in Training Jeopardy Competition with Jeopardy Hosts: Christopher Malozzi, DO & Samuel McElwee, MD

CVT Team Session 1B:  Premature Ventricular Contractions: Evaluation and Management with Amy McElderry, CRNP – University of Alabama at Birmingham

2:30 – 4:05 p.m. Breakout Session 2 

General Session 2A:  Right Heart Valvular Disease - Moderated by Hussein Abu Daya, MD, FACC

Tricuspid Valve with Panos Vardas, MD, FACC - Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Implantation with Mark Law, MD - Pediatric Cardiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Imaging to Guide Management with Garima Arora, MBBS, FACC – University of Alabama at Birmingham

Discussion

CVT Breakout Session 2B:  Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion vs Surgical Left Atrial Ligation, and Oral Anticoagulants

Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion vs Surgical LAA- Leslie Gaston, PA-C

Anticoagulation in Cardiovascular Disease  - Robin Bates, PA-C

Watchman Device - Ruth Wagner, CRNP

4:05 – 4:15 p.m. Break: Exhibit Hall

4:15 – 5:00 p.m. Breakout Session 3

General Session 3A:  Evaluation and Management of Pulmonary Hypertension with Barry K. Rayburn, MD, FACC - Cardiology Specialists of Birmingham

CVT Breakout Session 3B:  "I am not throwin' away my shot"- GLP1 Agonists and Obesity with Jody Gilchrist, ACNP-BC, APRN, BS, MSN – University of Alabama at Birmingham


Accreditation

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare and Alabama Chapter of the American College of Cardiology. AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare 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.

Physicians: AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare designates this live activity for a maximum of 9 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nurses: Credit being awarded: 9 ANCC contact hours

Nurse Practitioners: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Accreditation Standards of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) through the joint providership of AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare and AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare is accredited by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners as an approved provider of nurse practitioner continuing education.  Provider number: 030803. This activity is approved for 9 contact hour(s) (which includes XX hour(s) of pharmacology).




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Birmingham, AL 35243
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