- This event has passed.
Piedmont Heart Institute Augusta 2024 CV Symposium
February 17 @ 7:30 am - 4:45 pm
On-line Registration Now Open!
Piedmont Heart Institute Augusta 2024 CV Symposium Crown Plaza | 1060 Center Street | No. Augusta, SC 7.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM 7.0 AAPA Category 1 CME credits 7.0 Nursing Contact Hours 7.0 Hours IPCE Credit Registration Fees: Piedmont Employees – $35 Non-Piedmont Employees – $ 75 Agenda (Subject to Change) 7:30 am to 8 am Registration and Continental Breakfast and Visit Exhibitors 8:00 am to 8:15 am Welcome and Introduction 8:15 am to 8:40 am MCS: LVAD vs Transplant in the Modern Era Darshak Karia MD | Piedmont Heart Augusta 8:40 am to 9:05 am Amyloidosis: Technetium Pyrophosphate and Tafamadis – for Whom and When? Shuchita Gupta, MD | Piedmont Heart Augusta 9:05 to 9:30 am The Four Pillars of GDMT for HF Naveed Akhtar, MD | Piedmont Heart Augusta 9:30 am to 9:55 am Current Treatment Options for Submassive PE Joseph Tingen, MD | Piedmont Heart Augusta 9:55 am to 10:20 am A Practical Approach for Screening for PAD Marat Goldenberg, MD | Piedmont Heart Augusta 10:20 am to 10:45 am Updated Management of Type B Dissections Houman Tamaddon, MD | Piedmont Heart Augusta 10:45 am to 11:10 am Break and Visit Exhibitors 11:10 am to 11:35 am iRobot: Surgical Options for Lung Nodules Christpher Ellington MD | Piedmont Heart Augusta 11:35 am to 12:pm Complex Aortic Surgery Paraag Chowdhary, MD | Piedmont Heart Augusta 12:00 pm to 12:45 pm Lunch and Visit Exhibitors 12:45 pm to 1:15 pm Leadless, Loops and SubQs Santosh Varkey, MD | Piedmont Heart Augusta 1:15 pm to 1:40 pm Early Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation Joseph Lightsey MD | Piedmont Heart Augusts 1:40 pm to 2:10 pm Anti-Arrhythmics: High Reward or High Risk? Sameh Lamiy, MD | Piedmont Heart Augusta 2:10 pm to 2:40 pm Break and Visit Exhibitors 2:40 pm to 3:05 pm Left Atrial Appendage: To Close or not to Close? Michael Johnson, MD | Piedmont Heart Augusta 3:05 pm to 3:30 pm Functional MR: Clip Time Michael Johnson, MD | Piedmont Heart Augusta 3:30 pm to 3:55 pm Cardiac Auscultation and Correlation with Abnormal Echocardiographic Findings Abdulla Abdulla, MD | Piedmont Heart Augusta 3:55 pm to 4:20 pm Beyond Statins: Advanced Lipid Management Shobashalini Chokkalingham, MD | Piedmont Heart Augusta 4:20 pm to 4:45 pm Colchicine + Coronary Artery Disease Rakesh Baman, MD | Piedmont Heart Augusta