2021 Faculty Frontiers in Cardiovascular Disease
About Us
Under the leadership of course directors, Linda Gillam, MD, MPH, MACC, FAHA, FASE, FESC and Jordan Safirstein, MD, FACC, FSCAI, Morristown Medical Center and Atlantic Health System are proud to gather many of today’s leaders to provide an update on the latest developments in heart disease.
Course Directors
Linda D. Gillam
MD, MPH, MACC, FAHA, FASE, FESC
The Dorothy and Lloyd Huck Chair of Cardiovascular Medicine
Morristown Medical Center / Atlantic Health System
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Jordan Safirstein
MD, FACC, FSCAI
Program Vice Chair
Assistant Director
Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories
Director, Transradial Intervention
Morristown Medical Center / Atlantic Health System
Founder and Co-Director
Garden State Angio Club & Cors at the Shore
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Program Information
Program Highlights
- Why Don’t We Prevent Atrial Fibrillation and Non-Stroke Complications?
- 2020 Valve Guidelines: New Insights, New Options, New Challenges
- Controversies in Patient Selection for ICD Implantation
- PCI: State of the Art in 2021
- Sex Specific Risk Enhancers: Refining ASCVD Risk
Assessment in Women - Defining the Heart Team in 2021: New Roles for the Interventional Imager
- Innovations in Heart Transplantation: Increasing the
Donor Pool
Fees
| Physicians | $55 |
| Allied Health professionals, including RNs, CVTs, NPs, PAs, and sonographers who are not from Atlantic Health System | $25 |
| Members of NJ ACC Chapter | $45 |
| Cardiology fellows, Atlantic Health System physicians, Atlantic Health System allied health professionals, and Atlantic Health System sonographers. | Fee Waived |
Atlantic Health System is accredited by the Medical Society of New Jersey to provide 6.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Atlantic Health System is accredited by the Medical Society of New Jersey to provide continuing medical education credits for physicians.
The American Society of Echocardiography has approved this program for 4.5 continuing medical education credits.
Please click here if you are a physician assistant (PA) seeking information on converting AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ to support your certifications/licensing.
Other allied health professionals seeking advice about converting AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ should contact their accreditation agencies for information about CME conversions for certification/licensing.
Gagnon Cardiovascular Institute at Morristown Medical Center is a leader
in preventing, and treating cardiovascular disease.
Faculty
Emelia J. Benjamin,
MD, ScM, FACC, FAHA
Associate Provost for Faculty Development, Boston University Medical Campus
Vice Chair, Faculty Development and Diversity (FDD), Dept. of Medicine
Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, Boston University Schools of Medicine and Public Health
Robert O. Bonow,
MD, MS, MACC, MACP, MASNC, FAHA, FESC
Goldberg Distinguished Professor of Cardiology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Editor in Chief, JAMA Cardiology
Andrew E. Epstein,
MD, FACC, FAHA, FHRS
Professor of Medicine, Professor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Chief, Cardiology Section, Michael J. Crescenz Veterans Administration Medical Center Philadelphia, PA
Martha Gulati
MD, MS, FACC, FAHA, FASPC, FESC
President-Elect, American Society for Preventive Cardiology
Rebecca T. Hahn
MD, FACC, FESC, FASE
Director, Interventional Echocardiography at the Structural and Valve Center
Professor of Medicine
at Colombia University Medical Center
Dimitrios Karmpaliotis
MD, PhD, FACC, FSCAI
Medical Director, Cardiovascular Rescue and Recovery Program
Medical Director, CTO and Advanced Coronary Therapeutics
Morristown Medical Center
Nader Moazami,
MD
Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Chief Division of Heart and Lung Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery New York University, Langone Health
Agenda
7:45 AM – 8:00 AM
8:00 AM – 8:40 AM
8:40 AM – 9:20 AM
9:20 AM – 9:50 AM
9:50 AM – 10:05 AM
10:05 AM – 10:45 AM
10:45 AM -11:25 AM
11:25 – 11:55 AM
11:55- 12:15 PM
12:15 -12:55 PM
12:55- 1:35 PM
2:15-2:45 PM
2:45 to 3:00 PM
Welcome and Introduction
Linda D. Gillam, MD, MPH, MACC, FASE, FESC
Sex Specific Risk Enhancers: Refining ASCVD Risk
Assessment in Women
Martha Gulati, MD, MS, FACC, FAHA, FASPC, FESC
PCI: State of the Art in 2021
Dimitrios Karmpaliotis, MD, PhD, FACC, FSCAI
Questions and Answers
Break
2020 Valve Guidelines: New Insights, New Options, New Challenges
Robert Bonow MD, MS, MACC, MASNC, FAHA, FESC
Defining the Heart Team in 2021: New Roles for the Interventional Imager
Rebecca T. Hahn, MD, FACC, FESC, FASE
Questions and Answers
Grab a bite for lunch
Controversies in Patient Selection for ICD Implantation Andrew E. Epstein, MD, FACC, FAHA, FHRS
Innovations in Heart Transplantation: Increasing the
Donor Pool
Nader Moazami MD
Why Don’t We Prevent Atrial Fibrillation and Non-Stroke Complications?
Emelia J. Benjamin, MD, ScM, FACC, FAHA
Questions and Answers
Closing Comments
Contact Us
You may reach us during business hours or email us.
Morristown Medical Center
Gagnon Cardiovascular Institute
100 Madison Avenue
Morristown, NJ 07960
Phone:
973-971-5597
Virtual Exhibit Hall
Morristown Medical Center/Atlantic Health System and Symposium Directors, Linda D. Gillam, MD, MPH, MACC, FAHA, FASE, FESC, and Jordan Safirstein, MD, FACC, FSCAI, thank our sponsors for generously supporting the 2021 9th Annual Frontiers in Cardiovascular Disease Symposium.
Co-Sponsored By:
