There will be greater emphasis on multidisciplinary approach to complex clinical decision making.

On day two attendees will experience highly interactive learning in small groups ( 1:4 ratio).

Hands-on training will be used to expose the learner to a range of typical diagnostic approaches to specific scenarios with advanced CCE in refractory shock and ultrasound procedural guidance.

Lastly, special sessions with groups of patients will provide an opportunity for their education on perioperative complications in MCS.

At the conclusion of each lecture in the series, the participant should be able to:

• Analyze of most prevalent complications of temporary MCS.
• Describe approaches to address candidacy factors associated with worse LVAD outcomes.
• Describe interventions to effectively treat intraoperative complications associated with worse LVAD outcomes.
• Describe a systematic diagnostic approach and aggressive management to perioperative RV failure, including RVAD support commencement.
• Analyze cost-effective and safe advance practice provider- driven model of perioperative care in patient receiving MCS.
• Describe clinical scenarios where comprehensive echocardiography per cardiologist is preferable in MCS support. And scenarios where intensivist can perform critical care echocardiograms leading to a more timely and safer MCS management than consultative echocardiography.

Morning Session

Management of Temporary to Durable MCS Transition

7:00 – 7:45  Welcome and Opening Remarks | James Anton, MD; Andrew Civitello, MD; José Díaz-Gómez, MD; and Alexis Shafii, MD

7:45 – 8:00  Temporary MCS Device Selection as a Bridge to Advanced Heart Failure Therapies | Priyanka Sen, MD

8:00 – 8:15  Assessing Heart Transplant Candidacy in Patients on Temporary MCS | Andrew Civitello, MD

8:15 – 8:30  Assessing LVAD Candidacy in Patients on Temporary MCS | Andrew Civitello, MD

8:30 – 8:45  Temporary MCS Device Management Pearls | Ajith Nair, MD

8:45 – 9:00  Panel Discussion | Leo Simpson, MD | Nicole Iginiamre, NP (Moderators)

9:00 – 9:15  Prevention and Management of Device Related Complications | Joggy George, MD

9:15 – 9:30  Temporary to Durable MCS Transition: Surgical Considerations | Alexis Shafii, MD

9:30 – 9:45  Nursing Interventions to Prevent Complications in Temporary MCS | Tim Kraeter, RN, MBA

9:45 – 10:00  Panel Discussion | José Díaz-Gómez, MD | Nicole Iginiamre, NP (Moderators)

10:00 – 10:30  Break | Exhibitor Hall

Intraoperative Management of LVAD Patients

10:30 – 10:45  Preoperative LVAD Optimization | Daniel Tolpin, MD

10:45 – 11:00  Surgical Considerations | Gabriel Loor, MD

11:00 – 11:15  Anesthesiology Considerations | James Anton, MD

11:15 – 11:30  Early Recognition and Management of Right Ventricular Failure | Thomas Powell, MD

11:30 – 11:45  Management of Coagulopathy in LVAD Insertion Procedures | Arthur W. Bracey, MD

11:45 – 12:00  Panel Discussion | Edward Yang, MD | Lerin Rutherford, MD (Moderators)

12:00 – 12:45  Lunch – Keynote – O.H. Frazier, MD

Afternoon Session

Post-Operative Management of LVAD Patients

12:45 – 1:00  Anticoagulation Management in Temporary Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices | Ellen Yin, PharmD

1:00 – 1:15  Management of Vasoplegic Shock in LVAD Insertion Procedures | Subhasis Chatterjee, MD

1:15 – 1:30  Management of Acute Renal Failure Following LVAD Placement | Katherine Timmins, MD

1:30 – 1:45  Panel Discussion | Yangseon Park, MD | Jo Ann Lewis, NP (Moderators)

1:45 – 2:00  Management of Right Ventricular Failure Following LVAD Insertion: The Intensivist Perspective | Cesar Castillo, MD

2:00 – 2:15  Management of Acute Respiratory Failure Following LVAD Insertion | Sri Kartik Valluri, MD

2:15 – 2:30  LVAD Optimization | Lola Xie, MD

2:30 – 2:45  Panel Discussion | Yangseon Park, MD | JoAnn Lewis, NP (Moderators)

2:45 – 3:30  Break | Exhibitor Hall

Humanizing and Effective Interprofessional Care of LVAD Patients

3:30 – 3:45  End of Life Issues in LVAD Patients | Astrid Grouls, MD

3:45 – 4:00  Plan Execution, Effective Communication, and Escalation by APCs in LVAD Patients Management | Robert Webster, PA-C

4:00 – 4:15  Nursing Priorities in the Care of LVAD Patient With Post-Operative Complications | Donna Graves, RN

4:15 – 4:30  Cutting-Edge Physical Therapy in MCS | Mia Tennant, PT, DPT

4:30 – 4:45  Pearls in the Anticoagulation Management of LVAD Patients | Ellen Yin, PharmD

4:45 – 5:15  Panel Discussion | Scott Leikin, DO | Donna Graves, RN (Moderators)

Closing
5:15 – 5:30  Wrap Up and Final Comments | José Díaz-Gómez, MD

WORKSHOP A: Physicians
(Run Concurrently)

7:30am – 7:45  Welcome and Opening Remarks | José Díaz-Gómez, MD & Raymond Stainback, MD

7:45 – 8:00  Critical Care Echocardiography in Right-Sided Temporary Mechanical Circulatory Support | Orlando Suero, MD

8:00 – 8:15  Critical Care Echocardiography in Left-Sided Temporary Mechanical Circulatory Support | Sheela Pai Cole, MD

8:15 – 8:45  Advanced Perioperative Echocardiography in Challenging LVAD Cases | Raymond Stainback, MD

8:45 – 9:00  Advanced Perioperative Echocardiography in VA ECMO Weaning | José Díaz-Gómez, MD

9:00 – 9:30  Panel Discussion | Daniel Tolpin, MD | Cesar Castillo, MD (Moderators)

9:30 – 9:45  Break | Exhibitor Hall

9:45 – 10:00  Critical Care Echocardiography for Fluid Responsiveness Assessment in 2022 | Carla Venegas, MD

10:00 – 10:15  Critical Care Echocardiography for Fluid Tolerance Assessment | Mourad Senussi, MD

10:15 – 10:30  Non-Invasive Right Heart Catheterization With CCE | Cesar Castillo, MD

10:30 – 11:50  Secrets of Diastology | Susanna Price, MD

10:50 – 11:30  Panel Discussion | Susanna Price, MD | Karthik Vadamalai, MD (Moderators)

11:30 – 12:15  Lunch & Keynote Speaker (for ALL) | Susanna Price, MD

12:15 – 2:15  CCE in MCS, Fluid Responsiveness, and Fluid Tolerance, and Right Heart Hemodynamics

2:15 – 2:30  Resuscitative TEE | Mario Farias-Kovac, MD

2:30 – 2:45  Real-Time Critical Care Ultrasonography in Procedural Guidance | Jacqueline Sohn, DO

2:45 – 3:00  Panel Discussion | Sir Kartik Valluri, MD (Moderator)

3:00 – 3:15  Break | Exhibitor Hall

3:15 – 5:15  Resuscitative TEE

5:15 – 5:30pm  Wrap Up and Final Comments | Mourad Senussi, MD | Cesar Castillo, MD

WORKSHOP B: Advanced Clinical Practitioner
(Run Concurrently)

7:45am – 8:00  Welcome and Opening Remarks | Robert Webster, PA-C

8:00 – 8:20  Basic Knobology | Jacqueline Sohn, DO

8:20 – 8:40  Fundamentals in Critical Care Echocardiography: Views | Karthik Vadamalai, MD

8:40 – 9:00  Fundamentals in Critical Care Echocardiography: Assessment of Shock | Yangseon Park, MD

9:00 – 9:30  Lung Ultrasonography Assessment in Critically Ill Patients | Mourad Senussi, MD

9:30 – 9:45  Break | Exhibitor Hall

9:45 – 11:30  Skills Stations | All Faculty

11:30 – 12:15  Lunch & Keynote Speaker (for ALL) | Susanna Price, MD

12:15 – 12:45  Critical Care Echocardiography: Must-Know Interactive Cases | Karthik Vadamalai, MD

12:45 – 1:15  Critical Care Lung Ultrasonography: Must-Know Interactive Cases | José Díaz-Gómez, MD

1:15 – 1:45  Framework to Mitigate Diagnostic Errors With POCUS | Jayne Chirdo, PA-C

1:45 – 2:15  Competence Evaluation and Potential Certification for APCs | Robert Webster, PA-C

2:15 – 2:45  Panel Discussion | All Faculty

2:45 – 3:00pm  Wrap Up and Final Comments | Robert Webster, PA-C | José Díaz-Gómez, MD

Texas Heart Institute is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Texas Heart Institute designates this live activity for a maximum of 18.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 18.25 Medical Knowledge 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. Successful completion is a passing grade of 70% on the assessment in the CME evaluation.

CHI St. Luke’s Health Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the Louisiana State Nurses Association Approver Unit, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. LSNA Provider No. 4002068.

This education activity is being jointly provided by CHI St. Luke’s Health Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center and Texas Heart Institute.

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Physicians:
Conference Day 1 – $200
Workshop Day 2 – $400
Both Days – $550.00

Virtual Both Days – $200

Non-Physicians (Nurses/Dieticians/PA):
Conference Day 1 – $125
Workshop Day 2 – $225
Both Days – $300

Virtual Both Days – $150

Residents/Fellows:
Conference Day 1 – $100
Workshop Day 2 – $200
Both Days – $250

Virtual Both Days – $100

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Texas Heart Institute (inside Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center) – Denton A. Cooley Auditorium

Since our founding by Dr. Denton A. Cooley in 1962, Texas Heart Institute has remained dedicated to improving the standard of care through education and research. Located in the heart of the largest medical complex in the world— in one of the largest and most diverse cities in the United States— our trainees gain unparalleled experience through sophisticated local, national, and global training networks.

“It’s the largest collection of doctors on the planet.”

— Dr. Billy Cohn

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Waterside Food Hall
6550 Bertner Ave, 1st Floor, Houston, TX 77030

Attractions

Houston Museum of Natural Science
5555 Hermann Park Dr, Houston, TX 77030

Hermann Park
6001 Fannin St, Houston, TX 77030

Houston Zoo
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Theater District
Downtown Houston, TX

Hotels

Blossom Hotel Houston
7118 Bertner Ave, Houston, TX 77030

InterContinental Houston, an IHG Hotel
6750 Main St, Houston, TX 77030

Houston Marriott Medical Center/Museum District
6580 Fannin St, Houston, TX 77030