Wednesday, June 16, 2021
All times are listed in Eastern Time.
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12:00 - 1:00 PM
| Non-CE Symposium Sponsored by
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc/Lilly USA
The Continuum of Heart Failure
Melissa Magwire, RN, MSN, CDE, Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute, Saint Luke’s Health System |
5:00 - 6:00 PM
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Non-CE Symposium Sponsored by
Merck
A Treatment Option for Heart Failure Patients with Reduced Ejection Fraction
Wilson S. Colucci, MD, FACC, FAHA, Boston University |
Thursday, June 17, 2021
All times are listed in Eastern Time. |
8:00 - 9:00 AM
| Industry Supported CE Symposium Sponsored by
Impulse Dynamics
Failure is Not an Option – Device-Based Approach to Heart Failure Management
William T. Abraham, MD, FACP, FACC, FAHA, FESC, FRCPE, The Ohio State University
Javed Butler, MD, MPH, MBA, University of Mississippi Medical Center |
| 9:00 - 9:15 AM | Welcome
Linda J Ordway, RN, MS, ACNP-BC, CHFN, Tufts Medical Center |
9:15 - 9:45 AM
| Presidential Address
State of the Union: Heart Failure 2021 and Promotion of Optimal Patient Outcomes
Beth Davidson, DNP, ACNP, CCRN, CHFN, Tristar Centennial Medical Center |
9:45 - 10:45 AM
| Keynote: Prevention in Heart Failure
Mariell Jessup, MD, American Heart Association
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10:45 - 11:15 AM
| Incoming President’s Remarks
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly; What the Pandemic Taught Nursing in the 21st Century
Linda Wick, MS, CNP, CHFN, M Health Fairview
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11:15 - 12:00 PM
| What Diabetic Agents Are Cardioprotective?
Mikhail N Kosiborod, MD, Saint-Luke's Mid America Heart Institute |
12:00-1:45 PM
| Lunch in Exhibit and Poster Hall
Product Theater Presentations
12:15 PM - 12:45 PM Novartis: The Heart Failure Patient Journey: Impact of Nursing Professionals
Lisa D. Rathman, CRNP, Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health
CMP Pharma: To Crush or Not to Crush: Challenges & Risks of Crushing & Compounding
Moderator: Stephanie Soto, CMP Pharma
Speaker: Dr. Elizabeth Pickney, DHA, MSN, NEA-BC, RN-BC, ASQ-CQA
12:45 PM - 1:15 PM Boston Scientific: Implementing HeartLogic™ Heart Failure Diagnostic Into Clinical Practice
Moderator: Marie Galvao, MSN, ANP-BC, CHFN, Montefiore Medical Center
Speaker: Marat Fudim, MD, Duke University
AstraZeneca: Evolving the Foundation of HFrEF Management
Moderator: Mark Sanford, NP-C, CDCES, CVMD - AstraZeneca, US Medical Affairs
Speaker: Janet Johnson, DNP, The Mount Sinai Hospital
1:15 PM - 1:45 PM itamar-medical: Sleep Apnea in the Heart Failure Clinic: A Paradigm Shift for Patient Management
Moderator: Melissa Johnson, Itamar Medical
Jennifer Cook, MD, University of Cincinnati; Itamar Medical
Juli Stockberger, Itamar Medical
Audrey C. Kleet, DNPc, MBAc, ACNP-BC, CCRN, CCTC, CHFN, Columbia University, Irving Medical Center
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1:45 - 2:15 PM 
| These Drugs Work: A Heart Failure Story
Barry J. Maron, MD, Tufts Medical Center
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2:15 - 2:45 PM
| Cardiovascular Manifestations of COVD-19 & Implications for Monitoring
Ethan Rowin, MD, Tufts Medical Center
James E. Udelson, MD, Tufts Medical Center
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2:45 - 3:00 PM
| Research on COVID Results
Marilyn Prasun, PhD, CCNS, CNL, CHFN, FAHA, Mennonite College of Nursing, Illinois State University
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Concurrent Sessions
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3:00 - 4:00 PM
| Fundamental: Pathophysiology and Treatment of HFrEF
Sarah Paul, DNP, RN, ACNP, Catawba Valley Health System
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3:00 - 4:00 PM
| Global: Oral Research Abstracts
- Frailty, Quality of Life, and Renal Dysfunction in African Americans with Preserved Ejection Fraction Heart Failure
Fatimah Abudayah, PhD, RN. University of Illinois at Chicago - Exploring Experiences Associated with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Diagnosis, Treatment and Life Impact Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults: An Interview Study
Deena Zytnick, DrPH, American Heart Association - Practitioners' Inaccuracy in Decision-Making with Assessing NYHA Functional Class of Patients with Heart Failure
Kelly Stamp, PhD, ANP-C, RN, FAHA, CHFN-K, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
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3:00 - 4:00 PM
| Advanced: When Acute Decompensation Becomes Shock: Evaluation & Management
Jason N. Katz, MD, MHS, Duke University
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Concurrent Sessions |
4:00 - 5:00 PM
| Fundamental: Is the Virtual World Our New Reality?
Kismet Rasmusson, DNP, FNP, Intermountain Healthcare
Geoffrey A. Rose, MD, Atrium Health
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4:00 - 5:00 PM
| Global: 2021 Update Expert Consensus for Optimization of HFrEF
Clyde W. Yancy, MD, Northwestern Medical
Support: This activity is supported by an independent educational grant from Merck.
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4:00 - 5:00 PM
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Advanced: Utilization of Echocardiography in Heart Failure
George Ruiz, MD, MedStar Union Memorial Hospital
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5:00 - 6:00 PM | Non-CE Symposium Sponsored by
Vifor Pharma
A Case-based Approach for the Treatment of Hyperkalemia in Patients with Heart Failure
Rafael Villicana, MD, Loma Linda Kidney Transplant Institute
Lauren Pilato, NP, Stony Brook Hospital |
| 6:00 - 6:30 PM | AAHFN Happy Hour https://live.remo.co/e/aahfn-happy-hour |
Friday, June 18, 2021
All times are listed in Eastern Time.
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8:00 - 9:00 AM
| Amyloid Track: Non-CE Symposium Sponsored by
Alnylam
Recognizing, Diagnosing, and Managing Patients in Your Clinic With Polyneuropathy Caused by hATTR Amyloidosis
Ravi Karra, MD, Duke University Medical Center
Elizabeth Hushka, NP, University of Chicago Medical Center |
| 9:00 - 9:15 AM | Opening Remarks
Linda J Ordway, RN, MS, ACNP-BC, CHFN, Tufts Medical Center
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9:15 - 10:15 AM
| Keynote: Disparities in Healthcare
Clyde W. Yancy, MD, Northwestern Medical
Support: This activity is supported by an independent educational grant from Merck.
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| 10:15 - 10:30 AM | Break
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10:15 - 11:15 AM
| Amyloid Track: What is Amyloidosis? Diagnosis of Cardiac Amyloidosis
Daniel Judge, MD, Medical University of South Carolina
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Concurrent Sessions |
10:30 - 11:30 AM
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Fundamental: HFpEF: Current & Future Treatment
Chris Bell, RN, ACNP, Cardiology Associates of North MS
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10:30 - 11:30 AM
| Global: AAHFN & HFSA Joint Session: How to Create, Run and Succeed with a HF GDMT Clinic
Kathir Balakumaran Jr., MD, Metrohealth Medical Center
Theodore Berei, PharmD, University of Wisconsin
Kismet Rasmusson, DNP, FNP, Intermountain Healthcare |
10:30 - 11:30 AM
| Advanced: Case Studies in Hemodynamics of Pulmonary Hypertension and Heart Failure
Paul Forfia, MD, Temple Health
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11:15 - 11:45 AM
| Amyloid Track: AL Management and Considerations
Hamza Hashmi, MD, Medical University of South Carolina
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| 11:30 - 11:45 AM | Break |
Concurrent Sessions |
11:45 - 12:45 PM
| Fundamental: How to Evaluate Your New HF Patient
Michele Gilbert, MSN, NP-C, CCRN, CHFN, Chilton Medical Center |
11:45 - 12:45 PM
| Global: Critical Conversations: Having Serious Illness Discussion & Shared Decision-Making
Ann S. Laramee, MS ANP-BC ACNS-BC CHFN ACHPN FHFSA, University of Vermont
Colleen K. McIlvennan, PhD, DNP, ANP, University of Colorado
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11:45 - 12:45 PM
| Advanced: Marijuana and Common Street Drugs: Implications for HF
Robert Page, PharmD, University of Colorado |
11:45 - 12:15 PM
| Amyloid Track: ATTR and HF Symptoms Management
Dana Miller, NP, University of Kansas Medical Center
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12:15 - 12:45 PM
| Amyloid Track: Genetic Counseling in ATTR
Emily Brown, MGC, CGC Johns Hopkins Hospital
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12:45 - 2:15 PM
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Lunch in Exhibit and Poster Hall
Product Theater Presentations
12:45 PM - 1:15 PM Novartis: Role of the Heart Failure Nurse and the Evolving Treatment Paradigm for Chronic Heart Failure
Speaker: Sandra Pratt, MSN, RN, FNP-BC, CHFN, Heart Failure Clinic
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM Bristol Myers Squibb: Raising the Clinical Suspicion for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Katie Fischer, MSN, RN, Oregon Health and Science University
Anna Marie Rodonski, PA-C, MS, St Thomas Heart Nashville 1:15 PM - 1:45 PM Impulse Dynamics USA: Failure is Not an Option: When Should CCM® Be Considered, Employed,
and Therapy Optimized?
Moderator: Lisa D. Rathman, CRNP, Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health
Speaker: Marc Goldschmidt, MD, FACC, HFSA, Atlantic Health System
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| 12:45 - 1:30 PM | Amyloid Track: Pfizer Product Theater: Providing Care Across the Patient Journey: The Role of Heart Failure Nurses in Recognizing, Screening, Diagnosing and Treating ATTR-CM
Abby Hubbard, MSN, CRNP, CHFN, Johns Hopkins |
2:15 - 3:15 PM
| Industry Supported CE Symposium Sponsored by
Abbott
Remote Monitoring Technologies in Heart Failure: The Current Landscape
Marat Fudim, MD, Duke University
J. Thomas Heywood, MD, Scripps Clinic |
Concurrent Power Hour
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3:15 - 4:45 PM
| EP for the HF Provider
Jagmeet P. Singh, MD, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital
Emily P. Zeitler, MD, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
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3:15 - 4:45 PM
| Innovations In Care - A Multidisciplinary Approach to Reducing Heart Failure Readmissions at a Veteran’s Hospital that Includes a Heart Failure Discharge Clinic, IV Diuretic Clinic and a Home Telemonitoring Program
Karen Tarolli, MSN, ACNP-BC, CHFN, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System - Outpatient IV Diuresis Clinic to Prevent Hospital Admission
Emily Baker, MSN, ACNP-BC, UNC Health - Meeting Heart Failure Patient's Educational Needs in the Time of COVID. Adapting to a New Normal
Amy Corcoran, RN, BSN, CHFN, Oregon Health and Science University - Implementing Telemedicine Practices for Mechanical Circulatory Support Patients During COVID-19 Global Pandemic
Beth Dinicola, BSN, RN, CHFN, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center - Nurse-Driven Cardiogenic Shock Protocol
Rachel Hayworth, MSN, RN, CHFN, New Hanover Regional Medical Center - Left Ventricular Assist Device Driveline Exit Site Infection Innovation
- Maria Sevillano, RN, BSN, CCRN, CSC, CHFN, Tampa General Hospital
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3:15 - 4:45 PM
| Comprehensive Decongestive Strategies Across the Lifespan
Marie Galvao, MSN, ANP-BC, CHFN, Montefiore Medical Center
Linda J Ordway, RN, MS, ACNP-BC, CHFN, Tufts Medical Center
Lisa Rathman, MSN, CRNP, CHFN, The Heart Group of Lancaster General Health/PENN Medicine
Sara Paul, DNP, RN, ACNP, Catawba Valley Health System
Ann Laramee, MS ANP-BC ACNS-BC CHFN ACHPN FHFSA, University of Vermont |
3:45 - 4:45 PM
| Amyloid Track: Beyond Medical Therapy: Advanced Therapies for Cardiac Amyloidosis
Jill Stratford Waldron, MS, APRN, University of Utah |
| 4:45 - 5:00 PM | Break |
4:45 - 5:30 PM
| Amyloid Track: Management of Complex Amyloid Cases in the Outpatient Setting
Farooq H. Sheikh, MD, MedStar Heart Institute |
| Concurrent Sessions |
5:00 - 6:00 PM
| Fundamental: Research at the Bedside: How to Evaluate a Research Article
Marilyn Prasun, PhD, CCNS, CNL, CHFN, FAHA, Mennonite College of Nursing, Illinois State University
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5:00 - 6:00 PM
| Global: Oral Practice Improvement Abstracts
- Emphasis on Post-Acute Care Shows Improved Guideline Adherence in Three Metro Markets
Robin Kiser RN, BS, American Heart Association
- Supportive Heart Failure Care Program: Reducing Hospital Re-admissions at a Visiting Nurse Agency Heart Failure
Claudine Hagan, DNP RN CHFN, Visiting Nurse Association Community Healthcare and Hospice - Hospitalist Program: Innovation Drives Best Practice and Exceptional Outcomes
Kimberly Fowler, MSN, RN, CNS-BC, CHFN, UPMC Pinnacle
Jesus Vargas, MD, PhD, UPMC Pinnacle
- Health Literacy and the Inpatient Nurse: Defining Core Competencies at an Academic Medical Center
Denise Sanchez, DNP, APRN, AGACNP-BC, Rush University Medical Center
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5:00 - 6:00 PM
| Advanced: Advances in Structural Heart Therapies for Valvular Heart Disease: Beyond the Basics
Michael Rinaldi, MD, Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute, Atrium Health
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