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David L. Coven, M.D., Ph.D.
Interventional Cardiology, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center; Assistant Professor of Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Topics and Objectives:
- Cardiac Physiology Relating to Ischemic Heart Disease
- Cardiac Metabolism Relating to Ischemic Heart Disease
- learn how metabolism affects cardiac function during ischemia
- discuss the pharmacology of cardiac medications affecting myocardial ischemia as it relates to cardiac function
- review cellular basis of myocardial dysfunction during ischemia
Distance Willing To Travel: Any
Practice Location: New York, NY
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Mun K. Hong, M.D., FACC, FACSI
Director, Cardiac Cath Lab and Interventional Cardiology, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center; Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Topics and Objectives:
- Percutaneous Treatment of Coronary Artery Disease
(CAD)
- understand the natural history and revascularization options of CAD
- understand the risk factors of CAD and risk factor modification
- discuss the updates on the diagnosis and treatment of CAD
- Percutaneous Treatment of Peripheral Arterial Disease
(PAD)
- understand the natural history and revascularization options of PAD
- understand the risk factors of PAD and risk factor modification
- discuss the updates on the diagnosis and treatment of PAD
Distance Willing To Travel: Any
Practice Location: New York, NY
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Robert Kornberg, M.D., FACC
Senior Attending, Division of Cardiology, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center
Topics and Objectives:
- Update in Cardiology
Distance Willing to Travel: Any
Practice Location: New York, NY
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Suneet Mittal, M.D.
Director, Electrophysiology Laboratory
Topics and Objectives:
- Present Paradigms on Risk Stratification of Patients at Risk for Sudden Cardiac Death
- Syncope: New Insights into Evaluation and Management
Distance Willing To Travel: Any
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Merle Myerson, M.D., Ed.D., FACC
Director, Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Program and Pre-Exercise Heart Screening Program, St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center; Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine and Epidemiology, Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons
Topics and Objectives:
- Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease-Heart Attack and Stroke
- learn how to practice preventive medicine
- review how to help your patients reduce their risk for heart attack and stroke
- provide an update on cardiovascular risk factors such as hypertension and dyslipidemia
- explore who is at risk for sudden death during exercise and who should be screened before starting or participating in exercise and competitive sports
Distance Willing To Travel: Any
Practice Location: New York, NY
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Stephen Plantholt M.D., FACP, FACC
Director, Divison of Cardiology, St. Agnes Hospital; Instructor, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine
Topics and Objectives:
- Inflammatory Basis of Atherosclerosis
- review research evidence for basis of disease
- understand guideline directed therapy
- explore how intervention alters disease course and prognosis
- Stress Cardiomyopathies
- discuss various aspects of the above topic including positive troponins, normal coronary arteries and reversible wall motion abnormalities
Distance Willing to Travel: <50 miles
Practice Location: Baltimore, MD
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Jacqueline E. Tamis-Holland, M.D., FACC
Attending Cardiologist, St Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital; Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Topics and Objectives:
- Acute Coronary Syndromes-Update on the Managment of ST-elevation MI (STEMI)
- review the guidelines of treatment for STEMI patients
- understand the various options available for acute reperfusion therapy, and the possible risks and benefits of each approach
- review the pharmacologic managment of STEMI patients
- Acute Coronary Syndroms-Update on the Managment of Unstable Angina (UA)and Non ST-elevation MI (NSTEMI
)
- review the guidelines of treatment for UA/NSTEMI patients
- understand the evidence based medicine supporting an early invasive versus and early conservative approach to managment of UA/NSTEMI
- review the antiplatelete and anticoagulant therapies used in the managment of UA/NSTEMI patients
- Coronary Artery Disease in Women
- understand the differences in the presenation of women and men with acute coronary syndrome (ACS)
- understand unique risk factors for women at risk for atherosclerotic heart disease (ASHD)
- review the differences in response to therapies and outcome of women and men with ACS
Distance Willing To Travel: Any
Practice Location: New York, NY
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Siu-Sun Yao, M.D.
Medical Director, Division of Cardiology Faculty Practice, Co-Director, Nuclear Cardiology and Cardiac Stress Testing, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center; Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Columbia University College of Physician and Surgeons
Topics and Objectives:
- Noninvasive Cardiac Imaging in 2010 - Nuclear Cardiology, Stress Echocardiography, EBCT, CTA and MRI
- understand the diagnostic role of current noninvasive cardiac testing modalities
- discuss risk stratification, prognosis and clinical outcomes with cardiac testing modalities
- how best to decide which noninvasive cardiac test is the most approriate for an individual patient
- Classification and Management of Hypertension in 2010
- define the basic concepts of normal blood pressure
- classify and define the stages of hypertension
- discuss different classes of anti-hypertensive medications and a proposed treatment algorithm
Distance Willing To Travel: Any
Practice Lcoation: New York, NY
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