2023 Heart and Vascular Conference (Attendee Information)
This site is intended for registered participants of the 2023 Heart and Vascular Conference: State of the Heart (Sept. 29-30).
Welcome! Thank you for joining us.
Cardiovascular medicine is a rapidly advancing field with new medical therapies, devices, and procedures emerging. It can be challenging for health care providers to maintain knowledge of said advancements in the various aspects of cardiovascular medicine as well as cardiothoracic and vascular surgery. This conference will provide an overview of the contemporary management of the aforementioned cardiovascular disease processes in a concise and up-to-date manner.
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General Information
Friday-Saturday, Sept. 29-30
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Disclosures
The accredited provider has mitigated and is disclosing identified relevant financial relationships for the following faculty, planners, and others in control of content prior to assuming their roles.
FACULTY
The following have disclosed relevant financial relationships:
Adam Burdorf, DO*
- Speaker: Abbott Laboratories
Anthony W. Castleberry, MD, MMCi
- Consultant: Abbott Laboratories
Faris Khan, MD, MS
- Consultant: Biosense Webster (part of the Johnson & Johnson family of companies)
Scott Lundgren, DO
- Speaker: Abbott Laboratories
Ronald Zolty, MD, PhD
- Consultant: Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Bayer Corporation; Johnson & Johnson Services, Inc.; United Therapeutics Corporation
The following have nothing to disclose:
- Sai Alampoondi, MBBS
- Ayesha Azmeen
- Jason R. Cook, MD, PhD
- Karen Deffenbacher, MD
- Christina Dunbar Matos, DO
- Brett Duncan, MD, MS*
- Jeffrey J. Hsu, MD, PhD, FACC
- Marshall Hyden, MD
- Shahbaz A. Malik, MD, FACC
- Jennifer Nickol, DO
- Edward L. O’Leary, MD, MBA, MHCM
- Amjad Panickaveettil, MBBS
- Jason J. Payne, MD
- Timothy R. Ryan, APRN-NP
- John W. Schleifer, MD
- Robert Schneider, MD
- Asim Shabbir, MBBS
- Aleem Siddique, MBBS, FACS, FACC
- Shaun Thompson, MD
- Marian Urban, MD, PhD
- Angela Yetman, MD
- Matthew Longo, MD, FACS
*Faculty and planning committee member
PLANNING COMMITTEE
The following has disclosed a relevant financial relationship:
Morgan Moody
- Speaker: Abbott Laboratories
The following have nothing to disclose:
- Ellen Addison, APRN-NP
- Valeta Creason-Wahl, HMCC
- Heidi Keeler, PhD, MSN/MBA, RN
- Scott Muldoon
- Renee Paulin, MSN, RN, CWOCN
- Brenda Ram, CMP, CHCP
- Debbie Von Seggern, NRP, EMSI
Requirements for Successful Completion
In order to receive continuing education credits, you must:
- Check in at the registration desk and attend the live activity.
- Complete the online evaluation via the UNMC MyCCE portal.
- On your dashboard, click Evaluate an Activity.
- Enter Activity Code 46832.
You have until Oct. 20, 2023, to claim credit for this activity. You will need to complete the evaluation and attest to the time you spent participating in the activity. Your certificate will be saved in your UNMC MyCCE account under Certificates & Transcripts.
Need help managing your MyCCE account? Find answers to commonly asked questions about signing in to the portal, completing the online evaluation, retrieving your certificate, and more. Go to Manage MyCCE Account
Conference Directors
Adam Burdorf, DO
Assistant Professor, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine; Medical Director of the Mechanical Circulatory Support Program; Medical Director for the Cardiovascular Progressive Care Unit, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, UNMC
Brett Duncan, MD, MS
Assistant Professor, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, UNMC
Supporter and Exhibitors
We gratefully acknowledge the following for financial support of this conference
Supporter
Abbott Laboratories
Exhibitors
Abbott Laboratories
Abiomed
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
Amgen Inc.
AstraZeneca
AtriCure Inc.
Boston Scientific Corporation
CareDx Inc.
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
Getinge
Haemonetics Corporation
Impulse Dynamics Inc.
Johnson & Johnson
Medtronic
Novartis
Pfizer Inc.
scPharmaceuticals Inc.
United Therapeutics Corporation
Zoll Medical Corporation
Questions?
Brenda Ram, CMP, CHCP
Director, Educational Programs
UNMC Center for Continuing Education
