Friday, June 1, 2018, 7:00 AM - 3:00 PM, Yale West Campus, Orange, CT

Anesthesiology, Cardiovascular Disease, Critical Care Medicine, Digestive Diseases, Emergency Medicine, Endocrinology, Family Practice, General Practice, General Surgery, Geriatric Medicine, Gynecology, Hepatology, Hospitalist, Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine, Multiple Specialties, Nephrology, Neurology, Nurse Anesthetist, Nurse Practitioner, Nursing, Nutrition, Ob/Gyn, Obstetrics, Orthopedic, Orthopedic Surgery, Pain Medicine, Pathology, Pediatrics, Pharmacist, Physician Assistant, Psychiatry, Psychology, Pulmonary Disease, Radiology, Rheumatology, Sleep Medicine, Surgery / Transplant

Although pulmonary Hypertension (PH) is a progressive and potentially fatal and debilitating disease, we do have effective (non-curative) therapies. PH is commonly encountered by pulmonologists, cardiologists, rheumatologists, pediatricians, and internal medicine healthcare providers. There is a tremendous need for education of licensed care providers regarding how to evaluate patients with PH especially in the presence of other comorbidities including lung, left heart, or rheumatologic diseases. Proper classification of PH continues to be a challenging area. Responses from attendees of prior Yale Pulmonary Hypertension Symposium have also reinforced the need for more education on the topic.

1. • Describe the required workup to diagnose and properly classify the specific forms of pulmonary hypertension
2. • Recognize the interaction between connective tissue diseases and pulmonary vascular disease
3. • Discuss the subtleties of pulmonary hypertension in liver disease-, lung disease-, and left heart disease- associated PH
4. • Define general principles for managing acute pulmonary embolism

Fees

Registration fee* includes continental breakfast, refreshment breaks, and lunch:

• Physicians - $150
• PharmD  - $100
• Nurses/PAs/Allied Health Professionals  - $75
• Respiratory Therapists  - $75
• Non-Yale Residents/Fellows/Students† - $25
• Yale Residents/Fellows/Students† - Complimentary

 *All cancellations must be received in writing (or via e-mail) at least one week prior to the start of the conference to receive a refund. Any requests for refunds received after this date, or by telephone, will not be honored.

†A letter of verification from department head must accompany registration. Letter should be sent separately to Yale CME at the address below. You may also e-mail a pdf copy of your verification letter to cme@yale.edu. 

If paying via check, include conference name in the memo, make check payable to Yale University and send to:

Center for Continuing Medical Education

Yale School of Medicine

333 Cedar Street

PO Box 208052

New Haven, CT 06520-8052

*Online registration will close the afternoon before the program. Onsite registrants accepted.

Accreditation Statement

The Yale School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. 

Designation Statement

The Yale School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 6.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits(TM). Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

Disclosure Policy

It is the policy of Yale School of Medicine, Continuing Medical Education, to ensure balance, independence, objectivity and scientific rigor in all its educational programs.  All faculty participating as speakers in these programs are required to disclose any relevant financial relationship(s) they (or spouse or partner) have with a commercial interest that benefits the individual in any financial amount that has occurred within the past 12 months; and the opportunity to affect the content of CME about the products or services of the commercial interests.  The Center for Continuing Medical Education will ensure that any conflicts of interest are resolved before the educational activity occurs.

This symposium will be held at the Yale West Campus Conference Center, 100 West Campus Drive, Building 800, Orange, CT.

PLEASE NOTE: One entrance to the Yale West Campus Conference Center building will be closed off due to construction.  Follow signs to the East entrance of the building and park in lots E & F (adjacent to entrance).

http://westcampus.yale.edu/visit/driving-directions

Download West Campus Map

Coming from the South: If you are coming from the South (New York), take I-95 North and get off at Exit 41 (Marsh Hill Rd). At the end of the ramp, go straight through the light. This is Frontage Road and the entrance ramp to I-95 Northbound. Stay in the right lane and bear right at the fork.  Follow signs to building 800, Conference Center.

Coming from the North: If you are coming from the North (Hartford/New Haven/Madison, etc.), take I-95 South. Get off at Exit 41 (Marsh Hill Rd). At the light at the end of the exit ramp take a left onto Marsh Hill Road. At the next traffic light, take a left onto the Frontage Road/I-95 Northbound entrance ramp. Follow this to the fork, stay in the right lane.  Follow signs to building 800, Conference Center.

Coming from the Merritt Parkway: Take the Merritt Parkway North to Exit 54 (Milford Connector). Go under the I-95 overpass and exit onto the ramp designated to New Haven (I-95 North). Get off at Exit 41 and continue with the directions above (Coming from the South) to reach West Campus.

GPS Users

GPS Mapping software that has not been recently updated must enter 141 Frontage Rd, Orange, CT for directions to campus. Updated devices can enter the new physical address of the West Campus Welcome Center, 100 West Campus Drive, Orange, CT. 100 West Campus Dr. is the entrance gate/welcome center to West Campus. Once you arrive at the gate, following signs to Building 800- the Conference Center. If you are taking a shuttle tell the driver Building 800, West Campus.

Parking Information

Complimentary parking is available on-site.

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Title	Time	Faculty	Room
12th Annual Pulmonary Hypertension Symposium	7:00AM - 3:00PM
Registration and Continental Breakfast	7:00AM - 7:55AM
Welcome	7:55AM - 8:05AM	Inderjit Singh, MD
Diagnosis and Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension	8:05AM - 8:30AM	Cyrus Kholdani, MD
The 2018 Update from the 6th World Symposium on Pulmonary Hypertension (Nice, France)	8:30AM - 9:00AM	Victor Test, MD
The Spectrum of Pulmonary Hypertension in Adults with Congenital Heart Disease	9:00AM - 9:30AM	Alexander (Sasha) Opotowsky, MD
Combination Therapy: What Treatment Goals are we Actually Targeting?	9:30AM - 10:05AM	Aaron B Waxman, MD
Refreshment Break	10:05AM - 10:15AM
Connective-Tissue Disease - PH: A Case Discussion	10:15AM - 10:50AM	Edward Salerno, MD Konstadina Darsaklis, MD Raymond Foley, DO
What's New in the Management of Acute Pulmonary Embolism?	10:50AM - 11:20AM	Peter Marshall, MD
The Continuum Between Idiopathic PAH and CTEPH: It is Not Always a Clear-Cut Distinction	11:20AM - 12:00PM	Victor Test, MD
Lunch	12:00PM - 12:50PM
Reconvene and Remarks	12:50PM - 1:00PM	Inderjit Singh, MD
A Patient's Perspective	1:00PM - 1:25PM	Janice Napoletano, RN
Pulmonary Hypertension in Chronic Parenchymal Lung Disease: Case Presentation	1:25PM - 1:45PM	Inderjit Singh, MD
Hope and Advocacy: A Word from the Pulmonary Hypertension Association	1:45PM - 1:55PM	Michael Patrick Gray
The Assessment and Clinical Implications of Dynamic Pulmonary Vascular Dysfunction	1:55PM - 2:25PM	Inderjit Singh, MD
Panel Discussion	2:25PM - 2:50PM
Closing Remarks	2:50PM - 3:00PM

The Yale School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine is grateful to its supporters.  They are acknowledged in all conference materials.