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Brain and Heart Attack
2009
April 9 - 11, 2009
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Prevention and
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Designed to review the current best practice to treat and prevent stroke and heart
attack.
The stroke portion of the program will prepare participants to:
- Articulate an approach to treat acute stroke in the 21st century.
- Discuss intra-arterial thrombolytics for acute stroke.
- Review appropriate management/treatment plans for patients in the first week after stroke.
- Optimize uses of anti-thrombotics and heparinoids in stroke patients.
- Review treatment protocols and needs for neurosurgical involvement in intracranial hemorrhage.
- Discuss trends in stroke prevention.
- Learn how telestroke can improve care at every hospital.
The heart attack section of the program will prepare participants to:
- Use the electrocardiogram to predict high-risk heart attack.
- Review the role of echocardiography to detect cardiac sources of emboli.
- Discuss trends and management of congestive heart failure.
- Review findings and treatment protocols for acute myocardial infarction in 2008.
- Discuss how to optimize blood pressure treatments to prevent heart attack and stroke.
Target Audience
This course is designed for primary care physicians, emergency physicians,
neurologists, family physicians and physician assistants.
Location
All sessions will be held in the
on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.
Presented By
Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine and Division of Continuing Education
Accreditation
The Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine is accredited by the
Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing
medical education for physicians.
Designation
The Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine designates this
educational
activity for a maximum of 12.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.
Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their
participation in the activity.
Application for CME credit has been filed with the American Academy of
Family
Physicians. Determination of credit is pending.
Program Schedule
Thursday, April 9, 2009 7:30 a.m.-1:15 p.m. |
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Focus: Acute Stroke |
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| 7:30 | Registration and Continental Breakfast) |
| 8:00 | Welcome and Introduction to Course David C. Hess, M.D. |
| 8:10 | Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke in 2009 David C. Hess, M.D. |
| 9:00 | Inpatient Stroke Management for the Hospitalist: Everything You Fenwick T. Nichols, III, M.D. |
| 9:50 | Break |
| 10:05 | Intracerebral Hemorrhage: How to Manage Medically Christiana E. Hall, M.D. |
| 10:45 | When is a Neurosurgeon Needed in Acute Stroke: Bleeds and Big John R. Vender, M.D. |
| 11:25 | Neurovascular Interventions for Ischemic and Hemorrhagic Cargill H. Alleyne, M.D. |
| 12:05 | “No Hospital Left Behind”: Developing a Stroke Center: Remote, David C. Hess, M.D. |
| 12:30 | Panel Discussion |
| 1:15 | Adjourn |
Friday, April 10, 2009 7:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. |
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FOCUS: Prevention: What Is New? |
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| 7:30 | Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00 | TIA and Acute Cerebrovascular Syndrome: A Rethinking Jeffrey A. Switzer, D.O. |
| 8:50 | Statins in Stroke and Myocardial Infarction Prevention L. Michael Prisant, M.D. |
| 9:40 | Break |
| 10:00 | Antiplatelet Drugs in the Prevention of Stroke and Vascular Events Askiel Bruno, M.D. |
| 10:50 | Blood Pressure Reduction in Stroke and MI Prevention L. Michael Prisant, M.D. |
| 11:45 | Panel Discussion |
| 12:30 | Adjourn |
Saturday, April 11, 20089 7:30 – Noon |
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FOCUS: Heart |
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| 7:30 | Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00 | Management of Atrial Fibrillation Adam E. Berman, M.D. |
| 8:50 | Management of Acute Myocardial Infarction John W. Thornton, M.D. |
| 9:40 | Break |
| 10:00 | Coronary Angioplasty and Stents: Invasive Treatment of Myocardial Infarction and Coronary Ischemia Mahendra Mandawat, M.D. |
| 10:50 | Contemporary Management of Ventricular Arrhythmias and Adam E. Berman, M.D. |
| 11:40 | Panel Discussion |
| 12:00 | Adjourn |
Course Director
David C. Hess, M.D., Professor and
Chairman of Neurology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia
Guest Faculty
Christiana E. Hall, M.D., Assistant Professor of Neurology, University of Texas
Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
Medical College of Georgia Faculty
Cargill H. Alleyne, M.D., Associate Professor and Chairman of Neurosurgery
Adam E. Berman, M.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)
Askiel Bruno, M.D., Professor of Neurology
Mahendra Mandawat, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiology);
Chief of Cardiology, Charlie Norwood Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Fenwick T. Nichols III, M.D., Professor of Neurology and Radiology
L. Michael Prisant, M.D., Professor of Medicine (General Internal Medicine)
Jeffrey A. Switzer, D.O., Assistant Professor of Neurology
John W. Thornton, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)
John R. Vender, M.D., Associate Professor and Vice Chairman of Neurosurgery
Registration Information
The $395 registration includes continental breakfasts, breaks and a course
syllabus. The registration fee, less a $75 administrative charge, is
refundable if notification of your cancellation is received by March 26, 2009.
Send Registration Form to:
Division of Continuing Education
Medical College of Georgia
Augusta, Georgia 30912
Phone: 800-221-6437 or 706-721-3967
You may fax registrations with payment by credit card to 706-21-4642
Lodging Information
The conference will be held at the Hilton Oceanfront Hotel, 23 Ocean Lane, Hilton Head Island, SC, 29938. Phone: (843) 842-8000 or Toll Free: (800) 845-8001.
Reservations deadline: March 13, 2009. After this date, rooms may be reserved
on a space-and-rate availability basis only. Please call the Hilton Oceanfront Hotel
at 1-866-625-2496. When requesting reservations, specify that you are with the Brain and Heart Conference (group code MCG) to get the special group rate.
Room Rates: $205 per day single or double occupancy, plus 11% tax and a daily parking
fee of $6/day/vehicle/unit. Reservations must be guaranteed by a check for one night’s lodging or by major credit card.
Comfort Zone
Although every effort is made to have a comfortable temperature in the
meeting room, we realize everyone’s comfort zone is different. Please bring
a jacket or light wrap in case the room is too cool for your comfort.
Special Needs
The Division of Continuing Education of the Medical College of Georgia
complies with the Americans With Disabilities Act. If you require special
services, facilities or dietary considerations (vegetarian or otherwise) to
support your participation in this continuing education program, contact the
conference coordinator at 800-221-6437 or 706-721-3967.