Keynote Address: 10 Years of Advances in Heart Failure Management: Are We Moving Forward or Standing Still?

Nancy Albert, PhD, CCNS, CHFN, CCRN, NE-BC, FAHA, FCM

Cleveland Clinic

The opening session is commercially supported by Biotronik

 

ICDs:Patients Cannot Live Without Them, But It Can be Tough to Live with Them

Ann Palmer RN, FNP-BC, CHFN

Northland Cardiology

Cardiorenal Syndrome 

Tom Heywood, MD

Scripps Clinic

Heart Failure is a Team Sport: Optimizing Team-Based Care 

Robin J. Trupp, PHD, ACNP-BC, CHFN, FAHA
University of Illinois at Chicago

Great Debate: Does Ultrafiltration have a Place in the HF Algorithm?

Moderator: Kristina Hildalgo, MSN, ACNP-BC

Washington Hospital Center

 

Protagonist: Leslie Miller, MD, FACC, Pepin Heart Institute 

Antagonist: Tom Heywood, MD, Scripps Clinic 

 

You CAN Teach a P.I.G. to Sing - Maximize Your Influence, Your Relationships, Your Life 

Mary Jane Mapes, CPS

The Aligned Leader Institute

Managing Acute Heart Failure 

John Teerlink, MD 

San Francisco VA Medical Center 

Inotropic Therapy in Acute Care and for Home Infusion

 

Erin Donaho, RN, MS, ANP-C
Season's Hospice & Pallative Care

 

Audrey Kleet, RN, MS, ACNP-BC, CCRN, CCTC, CHFN

Gagnon Cardiovascular Institute

 

Nita Meaux, RN CRNI

Walgreens

 

Pregnancy & Heart Failure

Kismet Rasmusson, MS, FNP-BC, FAHA

Intermountain Medical Center/Heart Institute

Power Hours: Overview of HF Basics

Moderator: Lisa Jesaitis, RN, ACNP, CCRN, CHFN

 

Brief Pathophysiology/Pertinent Dx Tests/Physical Exam Pearls 

Cindy Bither, RN, MSN, ANP-C, ACNP-C, CHFN

Medstar Washington Hospital 

 

Medical Management in HF 

Marie Galvao, MSN, ANP-BC, CHFN

Montefiore Medical Center

 

Device Therapy

Lisa Rathman, MSN CRNP CHFN

The Heart Group, Inc. 

 

Self-Management in HF

Billie Papasifakis, MSN, RN-BC, COS-C, AACC

Gentiva Health Services

 

Power Hours: Advanced Heart Failure Therapies: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Faculty

Moderators: Marie Fe White, NP, FNP/ACNP-BC

Joan Kirschner, NP, ANP-BC

 

MCS Total Artificial Support Multidisciplinary Panel 

Francisco Arabia, MD
Rhodora Jocson, RN
Lee Lam, PharmD

 

Heart Transplant Multidisciplinary Panel  

Angela Velleca, RN
Lucy Kim
Jon Kobashigawa, MD

Power Hours: Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension:

Moderator: Traci Stewart, RN, MSN, CHFN

Heart and Vascular Center, University of Iowa

 

Treatment and Management

Wendy Hill, MSN, NP-C, RN 

West Los Angeles VA Healthcare System

 

Pulmonary Hypertension: Recognition and Diagnosis 

Glenna Traiger, RN, MSN, CNS-BC

David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

 

This session is commercially supported by Actelion

 

ABC's of Writing: Publishing Made Easy 

Sara Paul RN, DNP, FNP, FAHA

Catawaba Valley Cardiology 

Is this HF Patient Ready for Discharge: Examining the evidence 

Jacqueline Gannuscio, NP

Washington DC VA

Perspectives on Biomarkers in Cardiovascular Disease

Matthew Budoff, MD, FACC, FAHA

UCLA School of Medicine

Managing HF with Preserved Ejection Fraction

Jignesh Patel, MD, PhD

Advanced Heart Disease Center/Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Keynote: Impact of Health Care Reform  on HF Management 

Mariell Jessup, MD, FAHA, FACC, FESC 

Penn Heart and Vascular Center

Incoming President's Address 

Connie Lewis, MSN, ACNP-BC, NP-C, CCRN, CHFN

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Heart Failure Diagnostics from Implantable Devices: How to Embrace and Optimize the use of Valuable Data,

Partner with your Electrophysiology Colleagues, and Welcome a Future with Remote Monitoring Advancements 

 

Marie Galvao, MSN, ANP-BC, CHFN

Montefiore Medical Center

 

Lisa Rathman, MSN CRNP CHFN

The Heart Group, Inc.

 

The session is commercially supported by Medtronic 

 

Keeping Up with Self-Care Management in HF: For-The-Times-They-Are-a-Changing 

Nancy Albert, PhD, CCNS, CHFN, CCRN, NE-BC, FAHA, FCCM

Cleveland Clinic

Evolving Management Strategies for Valvular Heart Disease

Eric Skipper, MD, FACS

Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute

Power Hours: Preventive Care

 

Insulin resistance and type II diabetes with a focus on weight control 

Cindy Lamendola, MSN, NP-BC, FAHA

Falk Cardiovascular Research Center

 

Hypertension control in high risk individuals for HF

Kathy Berra, MSN, NP-BC, FAANP, FAAN

Stanford Prevention Research Center

 

Lipid management 

Margo Minissian, RN, MSN, ACNP-BC, CLS-BC, CNS, AACC, FAHA

Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Barbra Streisand Women’s Heart Center

 

 

Power Hours: Palliative & Hospice Care

Moderator: Erin Donaho, RN, MS, ANP-C

 

HFSA End of Life Guidelines and the HF Disease Trajectory; Where are we with Operationalizing the Guidelines

Sara Goodlin, MD

Patient-Centered Education & Research Palliative & Hospice Care

 

The Nurse Role in HF Transition: Including Devices/MCS/ Research/PC & Hospice

Erin Donaho, RN, MS, ANP-C

Season's Hospice & Pallative Care

Power Hours: Managing Comorbidities in HF

Moderator: Linda Baas, RN, PhD, ACNP, CHFN

 

Renal dysfunction

Kristina Hildalgo, MSN, ACNP-BC

Medstar Washington Hospital

 

Anemia

Robin J. Trupp, PHD, ACNP-BC, CHFN, FAHA

University of Illinois at Chicago

 

Depression

Linda Baas, RN, PhD, ACNP, CHFN

Advanced Heart Failure Center, UC Health 

 

Sleep apnea 

Sara Paul, DNP, FNP, FAHA

Catawaba Valley Cardiology

 

Cognitive impairment 

Karen Yehle, PhD, MS, RN, FAHA

Purdue School of Nursing
College of Health and Human Sciences

Adherence in our Patients 

Marilyn Prasun, PhD, CCNS, FAHA

Memorial Medical Center

Regenerative Therapy in HF: The Future is Now

Leslie Miller, MD, FACC

Pepin Heart Institute

Essentials of the Heart Failure Guidelines

Gregg Fonarow, MD

UCLA Division of Cardiology

Great Debate: Heart Failure Quality Measures: Do They Measure Up?

Moderator: Nita Reigle, RN, MSN, ACNP-BC, CHFN

 

Protagonist: Gregg Fonarow, MD, UCLA Division of Cardiology

Antagonist: Nancy Albert PhD, CCNS, CHFN, CCRN, NE-BC, FAHA, FCCM, Cleveland Clinic