Milwaukee Heart Failure Symposium 2019

Milwaukee, WI US
May 4, 2019

Heart failure is the progressive stage of most cardiac illness and the only cardiovascular disease rising in incidence, prevalence and mortality. The treatment for heart failure has changed dramatically and become more complex in the past 10 years. In this symposium, we will present up-to-date knowledge to help clinicians and allied health providers identify, evaluate and treat heart failure and related conditions.

Target Audience

This symposium will be of value to cardiovascular surgeons, cardiologists, internal medicine, hospital medicine and family medicine physicians, along with mid-level providers, allied health professionals and subspecialty trainees. It will also be of interest to fellows, residents and allied health staff with an interest in heart failure.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this session, learners should be able to:

  1. Encourage application of primary and secondary preventive measures to reduce the incidence, prevalence and the economic burden of heart failure
  2. Know the most current evidence-based diagnostic & therapeutic strategies in heart failure & pulmonary hypertension
  3. Highlight innovation in the field of advanced heart failure
  4. Understand prognosis and outcomes of various treatment strategies employed in managing heart failure

 

Additional information
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Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 7.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    Aurora Health Care is accredited by the Wisconsin Medical Society to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Aurora Health Care designates this activity for a maximum of 7.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
  • 7.50 Attendance
    Attendance Credit
  • 7.00 Continuing Nursing Education (CE)
    Aurora Health Care is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Wisconsin Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. 7.00 contact hours have been awarded to this activity by the Wisconsin Nursing Association. To receive contact hours, participants must attend the entire activity.
Course opens: 
02/06/2017
Course expires: 
07/08/2020
Event starts: 
05/04/2019 - 7:00am CDT
Event ends: 
05/04/2019 - 5:15pm CDT
Cost:
$120.00
Rating: 
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Milwaukee Marriot Downtown
232 E Wisconsin Ave
Milwaukee, WI 53202
United States

Course Directors:

Nasir Z. Sulemanjee, MD, FACC, FHFSA
Vinay Thohan, MD, FACC, FASE
Frank Downey, MD
 

Faculty:

Tanvir Bajwa, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Rosanne Champagne, ANP-BC, APNP
Omar Cheema, MD, FACC
Asad Ghafoor, MD
Jon Godden, Pharm.D, BCPS
Renuka Jain, MD, FACC
Patroklos Pappas, MD
Sunil Pauwaa, MD, FACC
Anil Purohit, MD
Eric Roberts, MD

Marc Silver, MD, FACP, FACC, FCCP, FAHA
Ali Valika, MD
Dianne L. Zwicke, MD, FACC, FACP, FCCP

 

Disclosures

As an accredited provider of the WI Medical Society, Aurora Health Care must ensure balance, independence, objectivity and scientific rigor in its educational activities. Course Directors, planning committees, faculty, and all others who are in a position to control the content of this educational activity are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest to participants of the educational activity.  An individual has a relevant financial relationship if he or she (or spouse/partner) has a financial relationship in any amount occurring in the last 12 months with a commercial interest whose products or services are discussed in the CME activity content over which the individual has control. 

In the process of collecting disclosures. All disclosures will be made in advance of the activity.

Aurora Health Care is accredited by the Wisconsin Medical Society to provide continuing medical education for physicians.  Aurora Health Care designates this live activity for a maximum of 7.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditstTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

 

Accreditation Statement

Advocate Aurora Health is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation Statement

Advocate Aurora Health designates this internet enduring activity for a maximum of 7.00 AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s)™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

ABIM MOC Part II

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 7.00 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

CE

Aurora Health Care is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Wisconsin Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. 7.00 contact hours have been awarded to this activity by the Wisconsin Nursing Association. To receive contact hours, participants must attend the entire activity.

Available Credit

  • 7.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    Aurora Health Care is accredited by the Wisconsin Medical Society to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Aurora Health Care designates this activity for a maximum of 7.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
  • 7.50 Attendance
    Attendance Credit
  • 7.00 Continuing Nursing Education (CE)
    Aurora Health Care is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Wisconsin Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. 7.00 contact hours have been awarded to this activity by the Wisconsin Nursing Association. To receive contact hours, participants must attend the entire activity.

Price

Cost:
$120.00
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FEE includes cost of tuition, parking, materials, breaks and lunches. Cancellations received up to 72 hours prior will yield a refund of all but $25 of the fee. No refunds will be made after that time.

 

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Physician & Industry$120.00
Allied Health (PA, NP, RN, Fellow, Resident)$55.00
Retired MD$35.00
Fellows/StudentsNo Charge
Please note as of January 2018  cost transfers are no longer acceped as a form of payment.  Checks and credit cards are accepted.

Parking is included only if you use valet parking at 625 N. Milwaukee Street.

Please note that the entrance to the Marriott is actually 625 N. Milwaukee Street.

Note: this is the entrance to the hotel as well as the valet location. Please pull up and mention you’re here for the event. Absolutely no other parking fees will be covered.