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SMH Sarasota: 10th ANNUAL CARDIOTHORACIC SUMMIT

Friday, January 31, 2025

Event date: 2/22/2025 7:30 AM - 2:00 PM Export event

Location: Sarasota Memorial Hospital Auditorium First Floor 1700 S. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL 34239
Registration:        See QR Code on attached flyer                          Due to limited seating, RSVP is required by February 13, 2025
 
We invite you to attend the 10th Annual Cardiothoracic Summit, presented by Sarasota Memorial and the Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation, to join fellow physicians and healthcare professionals in exploring the latest advances marking new heights for cardiac care in Southwest Florida.
 

AGENDA

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

08:00 - 08:05am            Cameron Watt, MSN, RN, CNML - Opening Statement

08:05 – 08:45am           Brian Betensky, MD, FACC, FHRS – The Mysterious PVC: When to Worry and Techniques for Catheter Ablation

08:50 – 09:30am           Daniel Molloy, MD - Renal Denervation

09:35 – 10:15am           Kristen Walker, MD - Modern Management of Acute Dissections Involving  the Ascending Aorta

10:20 – 11:00am           Ricardo Yaryura, MD, FACC – Controversies in Valve Interventions

11:05 – 11:45am            Valerie L. Britton, MSN, RN – Implementation and Outcomes of an ERAS  Thoracic Pathway at SMH

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

12:15 – 01:15pm           Keynote Speaker: Arnar Geirsson, MD, Professor of Surgery, Columbia University - Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery: The NYP-Columbia Experience

01:20 - 02:00pm            Medical Residents: Ian Vargas, MD, Caroline Wojtas, DO, Manuel Rosario, MD, Benjamin Behers, MD, Linda Tandoh, MD, Robert Taylor, MD - Cardiogenic Shock Complicating AMI: Pathogenic Drivers and Therapeutic Targets

02:00pm                        Closing Remarks

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

 

“In support of improving patient care, Sarasota Memorial Health Care System is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 5.0 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credits for learning and change.”