8th Annual Update on Interventional Cardiology: Management of Adult Congenital Heart Disease and other Interventional Topics

Friday, April 26, 2019, 7:00 AM - 3:30 PM, New Haven Lawn Club

One in every 100 Americans is born with a heart defect. There are now well over a million adults in the US with a congenital heart defect. These patients can have unique needs and their medical care is always evolving.

This one-day case based CME symposium will discuss the current and relevant topics of adult congenital heart disease and cardiovascular disease in the younger patient. In addition, we will review current trends in the management of peripheral vascular disease.

1. Identify common cardiac abnormalities in Adults Congenital Heart Disease
2. Be familiar with the 2018 Adult Congenital Heart Disease management guidelines
3. Identify challenges that patients with Adult Congenital Heart Disease pose to providers
4. Be familiar with catheter-based strategies used in the management of Adult Congenital Heart Disease
5. Diagnose and manage complex coronary and vascular disease in young patients
6. Discuss critical issues related to pregnancy in patients with Adult Congenital Heart Disease
7. Set guidelines to the development of multidisciplinary programs for the management of patients with PAD

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

• Physicians - $125
• Nurses/PAs/Allied Health Professionals - $75
• Non-Yale Residents/Fellows/Students† - $50
• Yale Residents/Fellows/Students† - Complimentary
• Yale Department of Cardiology/HVC Staff – Complimentary
• Yale Affiliated Hospitals - Full time Staff – Complimentary
• Exhibitor – $1,500

*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 [email protected]. 

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 7.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. 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.

Directions

The New Haven Lawn Club is located at 193 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, Connecticut. Phone: (203) 777-3494

Coming From 91 North or South: Take Exit 3, the Trumbull Street exit, proceed through traffic light at end of ramp, turn right at the next light onto Whitney Avenue. Directly past the next traffic light, on the right is the entrance, marked by a sign. (Peabody Museum is on your left.)  

Coming From 95 North or South: Take 95 towards New Haven and merge onto 91 North. Follow directions for 91 exit.

Coming From Route 34: Follow Route 34 towards New Haven. At Route 10, turn right, then left at next light. Merge onto highway connector and follow signs for 91 North. Follow directions for 91 exit.   

Coming from Merrit Parkway South: Take Exit 61. At the end of the exit take a right onto Whitney Avenue. Follow the signs to New Haven. Proceed approximately 4.5 miles and the entrance to the New Haven Lawn Club is on your left, opposite Yale Peabody Museum.  

Coming From Merrit Parkway North: Take Exit 61, at the end of the exit take a left onto Whitney Avenue, and follow signs to New Haven. Proceed with the directions from Merrit Parkway South.   Coming From Waterbury Area: Take Route 84 East to Route 691 to Route 91 South. Follow directions from 91 South.

Parking Information

Complimentary parking is available on-site.

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (7.00 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (7.00 hours)

COURSE DIRECTORS 

Jeremy Asnes MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Cardiology)
Director, Congenital Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
Yale School of Medicine

 Robert A. Attaran FACC, FASE, FSCAI, RPVI, MBBS
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)
Director, Venous Disorders Program,
Yale School of Medicine

 

Carlos Mena MD, FACC, FSCAI
Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)
Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
Director, Vascular Medicine
Director of Endovascular Fellowship
Yale School of Medicine
Yale New Haven Hospital

 

KEYNOTE SPEAKER                  

Thomas K. Jones MD
Professor of Pediatrics and Adjunct Professor of Medicine
University of Washington School of Medicine
Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories
Seattle Children’s Hospital, Seattle, WA

 

FACULTY 

Friday, April 26, 2019

Yale School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Cardiovascular Medicine is grateful for their grant supporters.  They are acknowledged in all conference materials.

 

Medtronic 

Abbott Laboratories

Bard

Boston Scientific 

BTG 

Biotronik 

Cook Medical 

Edward Lifesciences

Terumo

 

AstraZeneca

Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Boston Scientific

Bristol-Myers Squibb

Cook Medical

CSI360

Gore

Heartflow

Janssen

Sanofi

St. Jude's Medical

Y-Access