SMH Cardiothoracic Summit

Location: 1700 S. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL 34239 Auditorium - First Floor    

Registration: Email sarah-heidkamp@smh.com or Call 941-917-2571     Due to limited seating, RSVP is required by February 9, 2024.

 

We invite you to attend the Cardiothoracic Summit, presented by Sarasota Memorial Hospital and the Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation, offering an informative update for physicians and staff on the latest advances in cardiac care available in Southwest Florida.

 

AGENDA

07:30 - 08:00a            Registration & Continental Breakfast in Old Board Room

08:00 - 08:05a            Cameron Watt, MSN, CNML – Opening Statement

08:05 – 08:35a            Edmund Bermudez, MD – Cardiac Interventions with Stroke Treatment

08:45 – 09:15a            Robert Eckart, DO – Watchman Implant

09:25 – 09:55a            Blair Marshall, MD – New Approaches to Old Pathology

10:00 – 10:30a            Kristen Walker, MD – Aortics

10:40 – 11:10a            Jonathan Hoffberger, MD and Ricardo Yaryura, MD – Therapy of the Mitral Valve Encircle and Clips/End to End Therapy

11:15 - 11:45a             Robert Taylor, MD; Ian Vargas, MD; and Caroline Wojtas, DO - Longitudinal Characterization of Myocardial Injury in Acute on Chronic Heart Failure in Post Acute COVID-19: A Retrospective Analytical Cohort Study

11:45 - 12:15p             30 Minute Break with Lunch

12:15 – 01:15p            Keynote Speaker: Craig R. Smith, MD – Successor Truths:  Innovation and Cardiac Surgery Columbia University, Chief of Surgery

01:25 - 01:55p             Leah Robinson, Pharmaceutical Care Specialist, HIT Presentation – Heparin Induced         Thrombocytopenia

02:00p                         Closing Remarks

5.0 CME/CE will be awarded – no partial credit will be given- Registration is necessary