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EVENT DETAILS
When:
Monday, February 4, 2013

Where:
Giovanni's Restaurant and Conference Center - Rockford, Illinois


Online Registration

FOR MORE INFORMATION
E-mail HealthConnect or dial (815) 968-2500 or (800) 996-9954.

Cardiology Millennium Conference

AGENDA

7:30 - 8:00 AM Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:00 - 8:20 AM
Welcome
Bill Gorski, MD, President and CEO, SwedishAmerican Health System John Myers, MD, Medical Director, Cardiovascular Surgical Services, SwedishAmerican Hospital, Cardiology Millennium Conference Advisor and Moderator
8:25 - 9:25 AM
"What’s New in Cardiology and How Will Healthcare Reform Change Our World"
Vincent Bufalino, MD, Chairman/CEO, Midwest Heart Specialists; Chairman of the Board, Midwest Heart Foundation; Medical Director, Edward Heart Hospital; Fellow, American Heart Association Council on Clinical Cardiology, Naperville, Illinois
9:30 - 10:15 AM
“Recent Advances in Preventive Cardiology: Counseling Strategies for Success"
Barry A. Franklin, PhD, Director of Preventive Cardiology and Rehabilitation, William Beaumont Hospital; Professor of Internal Medicine and Biomedical Engineering, Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, Rochester, Michigan
10:15 - 10:30 AM
Break and Exhibits
10:30 - 11:15 AM
"The Palliative Care Approach: Exploring What It Looks Like and Treatment Strategies for the End-Stage Cardiac Patient"
Keith M. Swetz, MD, MA, FACP, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine; Consultant in the Division of General Internal Medicine and Palliative Medicine Program, Rochester, Minnesota
11:20 - 12:05 PM
"Care of the Adult Who Survived Congenital Heart Disease"
Annie F. Kelly, MD, Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease, Cardiovascular Medicine Clinic, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics; Faculty, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin and Luke Lamers, MD, Pediatric Cardiologist, Pediatric Catheterization Team at American Family Children’s Hospital; Faculty, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
12:05 - 12:45 PM
Lunch & Exhibits
12:50 - 1:35 PM
"New Approaches to Treating Hypertension"
Joseph C. Marek, MD, Clinical Cardiologist, Midwest Heart Specialists; Founder and Medical Director of the Young Hearts for Life® Cardiac Screening Program, Downers Grove, Illinois
1:40 - 2:25 PM
"Updated Indications of PCI in the Era of Evidence-Based Medicine"
Elsayed Mohamed, MD, Interventional Cardiologist, AMG/Midwest Heart Specialists at SwedishAmerican, Rockford, Illinois
2:30 - 2:45 PM
Break and Exhibits
2:50 - 3:35 PM
"Shortness of Breath: Is It Cardiac or Pulmonary?"
Erika Gabbard, RN, MSN, CCNS, CCRN, Critical Care Clinical Nurse Specialist, Carolinas Medical Center-Pineville, Charlotte, North Carolina
3:40 PM
Evaluations and Educational Credits Distribution
Contact Us
SwedishAmerican Health System
1401 East State Street
Rockford, IL 61104
(815) 968-4400
patientfeedback@swedishamerican.org

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