Preliminary Agenda

Wednesday, June 22, 2016
8:00am - 12:30pm	HF Review Course
8:00am - 5:00pm	Pharmacology Workshop for the Advanced Practice Nurse: Entering Into a New Age: From HF to Comorbidities
8:00am - 5:00pm	Disease Management and Research Workshop: A Winning Combination for Improving HF Care
4:00pm - 4:45pm	HF Certification Exam Check In
5:00pm - 7:00pm	HF Certification Exam (Pre-registration now closed)
7:15pm - 8:45pm	Industry Supported Dinner Symposium: Listening with Heart: Improving Patient-Nurse Conversations About Heart Failure Barbara Fletcher, RN, MSN, FAHA, FAAN, FPCNA University of North Florida Gainsville, FL Eileen Handberg, PhD, ANP-BC, FAHA, FACC University of Florida Jacksonville, FL Rebecca Kraemer, RN Cardiac Solutions Surprise, AZ Supported by Amgen
Thursday, June 23, 2016
6:30am - 8:00am	Industry Supported Breakfast Symposium: Clinical Conundrum: Hyperkalemia in the Heart Failure Patient Supported by an Educational Grant from Zs Pharmaceuticals
8:15am - 8:30am	Welcome and Opening Remarks: Ann Laramee, MS, ANP-BC ANC-BC, CHFN, ACHPN University of Vermont Medical Center Burlington, VT
8:30am - 9:00am	Presidential Address: Marilyn Prasun, RN, PhD, CCNS, CNL, FAHA CHFN Memorial Medical Center Decatur, IL
9:00am - 10:00am	Keynote: The Heart of Our Journey Paul Cardall
10:00am-11:00am	AHA CV Nursing Council Joint Session: Low Sodium Diet: What Should We Do? Debra Moser, RN, PhD, FAHA, FAAN University of Kentucky College of Nursing, Lexington, KY
11:00am - 1:20pm	Grand Exhibit Hall Opening/Industry Sponsored Expert Product Theaters/lunch
11:00am -11:30pm	Industry Supported Product Theater: Furosemide 2.0 -- Furosemide for Subcutaneous Administration: A Novel Tool in the Management of the Pre- and Post-acute Heart Failure Patient Pieter Muntendam, MD, President & CEO Presented by Sc Pharmaceuticals
11:30am - 12:00 pm	Industry Supported Product Theater: Demystifying the HeartMate II LVAD: Finding the Right Patients, Talking About the Therapy, Managing Patients Post-Implant Cindy J. Bither, RN, MSN, ANP-C, ACNP-C CHFN Medstar Washington Hospital Center Washington, D.C. Presented by St. Jude Medical
12:05pm-12:35pm	Industry Supported Product Theater: ICD and CRT-D MRI Access Dr. Ishu Rao Memorial Hospital Ventura, CA Presented by Medtronic
12:40pm - 1:10pm	Industry Supported Product Theater: A Treatment Approach for Patients with Chronic Systolic Heart Failure Nancy Albert PhD, CCNS, CHFN, CCRN, NE-BC, FAHA, FCCM, FAAN Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH Presented by Amgen
1:30pm - 2:30pm	Concurrent Sessions:
	Fundamentals: Pathophysiology of HF Sara Paul, DNP, FNP, FAHA, CHFN Catawaba Valley Cardiology Conover, NC
	Advanced: Cardiorenal Syndrome: Critical Link between Heart and Kidney Chris Bell, ACNP Cardiology Associates of North Mississippi Tupelo, MS
	Global: Oral Abstract Presentatations: Mortality and Heart Failure Readmission: The benefits of participating in a rural integrated delivery system heart failure program Outcomes of a Multidisciplinary Heart Failure Self-management Group Clinic Appointments Intervention Implantation of a Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) from the Recipient’s Perspective: Then It Becomes Real
2:30pm-3:30pm	Concurrent Sessions:
	Fundamentals: SIM Man: Hands on Asssessment and Management Techniques
	Advanced: Cardiogenic Shock: Medical Management Kathleen Tong, MD UC Davis Sacramento, CA
	Global: Oral Abstract Presentations: CardioMEMS: Proving that Failure is not the only option for HF patients Impaired cognitive performance in Heart Failure patients: an unrecognized evil Using the CORE Readmission Risk Calculator to Determine Thirty-Day Readmission Risk in Heart Failure Patients
3:30pm - 4:00pm	Break in Exhibit Hall
4:00pm - 5:00pm	General Session: Top 10 Studies That Will Change Your Practice Robin J. Trupp, PHD, ACNP-BC, CHFN, FAHA University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago, IL
5:15pm - 7:00pm	Moderated Poster Presentations
5:30pm - 7:00pm	Welcome Reception in the Exhibit Hall
7:15pm -8:45pm	Industry Supported Dinner Symposium: KNOWING NOT GUESSING: New Insights into Heart Failure Patient Management Chairperson: Lisa Rathman, MSN, CRNP, CHFN, CCRN Lancaster General Health Lancaster, PA JoAnn Lindenfeld, MD Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN Sara Paul, DNP, FNP, CHFN Catawaba Valley Cardiology Conover, NC Stephanie Preister, CNP Sanford Cardiovascular Institute Sioux Falls, SD Supported by St. Jude Medical
Friday, June 24, 2016
6:15am - 8:00am	Industry Supported Breakfast Symposium: Her Heart Matters: Preventing, Diagnosing and Treating HF in Women Karol Watson, MD, PhD Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Los Angeles, CA Kim Newlin, RN, CNS, NP-C Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehab/Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Transitional Care Teams Sutter Roseville Medical Center Sacramento, CA. Supported by an Educational Grant from Arbor Pharmaceuticals
8:15am - 8:30am	Opening Remarks: Ann Laramee, MS, ANP-BC ANC-BC, CHFN, ACHPN University of Vermont Medical Center Burlington, VT
8:30am -9:30am	General Session: New Guideline Directed Care in HFrEF JoAnn Lindenfeld, MD, FACC Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute Nashville, TN
9:30am -10:15am	General Session: Health Care policy: The Role of Nursing in Achieving Quality Outcomes for HF Patients Kim Newlin, RN, CNS, NP-C Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehab/Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Transitional Care Teams Sutter Roseville Medical Center Sacramento, CA.
10:15am - 10:30am	Break in Exhibit Hall
10:30am- 11:30am	Concurrent Sessions:
	Fundamentals: A Look at the Other Side: Focusing on Right Heart Failure and Pulmonary Hypertension Susan D'Ana, APRN, MSN Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center Lebanon, NH
	Advanced: Arrythymia Management in the HF Patient; Drugs and Devices Heather Ross, DNP, ANP-BC Arizona State University Phoenix, AZ
	Global: Sim Man: Hands on Assessment and Management Techniques
11:30am-1:30pm	Exhibit Hall Open
11:30am - 12:30pm	Industry Supported Product Theater: Thrombosis: AFib & DVT/PE Uri Elkayam, MD University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA Presented by Janssen Pharmaceuticals
12:30pm - 1:00pm	Industry Supported Product Theater: Considering Heart Rate in Managing Heart Failure Hospitalization Dr. Prakash, C. Deedwania, MD. Professor of Medicine UCSF School of Medicine San Francisco, CA Presented by Amgen
1:00pm - 1:30pm	Industry Supported Product Theater: Highlights of Management of Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction, Superiority of a Novel Therapy to a Standard of Care Medication Beth Davidson, DNP, ACNP, CCRN, CHFN TriStar Centennial Medical Center Nashville, TN Presented by Novartis
1:30pm - 3:30pm	Palliative Care Power Hours:
	When and How for the Patient with HF Ann Laramee, MS, ANP-BC, ANC-BC, CHFN, ACHPN University of Vermont Medical Center Burlington, VT
	A Novel Approach to End of Life HF Symptom Management Music Therapy and "The ISO Principle" A Case Study Kati Wettstein, MT-BC Seasons Hospice and Palliative Care Houston, TX Erin Donaho, MS, RN, ANP-C Seasons Hospice and Palliative Care Houston, TX
	A Novel Approach to End of Life HF Symptom Management Using Just a “ Whiff “ (1.25mg) of Metolazone for Dyspnea Wendie, DeLaRosa, MSN Season Hospice and Palliative Care Houston, TX
	Give Me Your Tired, Your Short of Breath: Inotropic Therapy in Chronic Heart Failure Audrey Kleet, MS ACNP-BC CCRN CHFN Columbia University Medical Center New York, NY
1:30pm - 3:30pm	Cardiac Imaging: Advanced Applications Power Hours:
	Overview of Imaging Modalities Keyur Shah, MD Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center Richmond, VA
	Guidelines for Echo Kimberly Nelson, DNP, RN-BC MSN ACNS-BC, CHFN Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center Richmond, VA
1:30pm - 3:30pm	Assesment of the HF Patient and Lifestyle Enhancement Power Hours:
	Assessing and Addressing Frailty Nita Reigle, MSN, ACNP-BC, CHFN University of Virginia Health System Charlottesville, VA
	Screening Brief Intervention Referral Treatment (SBIRT): A Guide for Assessing and Addressing Alcohol Consumption in the Heart Failure Population K. Melissa Smith, DNP, ANP-BC Vanderbilt University School of Nursing Nashville, TN
	One Step at a Time: Practical Strategies to Keep HF Patients Moving, from Cardiac Rehabilitation and Beyond Maria Fe White, NP, FNP/ACNP-BC Cedar Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA Joan Kirschner, RN, MSN, ANP-BC, CHFN Cardiomyopathy/Heart Failure Clinic Los Angeles, CA
3:30pm - 3:45pm	Break in the Exhibit Hall
3:45pm- 4:45pm	Concurrent Sessions
	Fundamentals: CPX 101: What the Heart Failure Nurses Really Need to Know About Cardiopulmonary Testing Jacqueline Gannuscio, DNP, MSN, BSN Department of Veterans Affairs Washington, D.C
	Advanced: Pulmonary Hypertension: Why the Pressures Don’t Matter Justin Roberts, DO The Heart Group of Lancaster General Health Lancaster, PA
	Global: Advanced Heart Failure: Weeding Through Issues& Candidacy Kismet Rasmusson, DNP, FNP-BC, FAHA, CHFN Intermountain Medical Center Salt Lake City, UT Nicole Fenwich, MSW, LCSW Intermountain Medical Center Salt Lake City, UT
4:45pm - 5:30pm	Special Presentation: Updated HF Guidelines: What You Need to Know Sponsored by a Grant from Novartis Pharmaceuticals (Non CE)
5:30pm - 7:00pm	Industry Supported Dinner Symposium: Remote Management of Heart Failure Patients using Device Diagnostics and Telehealth Monitoring Roy Small, MD The Heart Group of Lancaster General Health Lancaster, PA Supported by Medtronic
Saturday, June 25, 2016
6:20am - 8:00am	Industry Supported Breakfast Symposium: Nurses at the Forefront: A Strategic Approach to Heart Failure Management Robin J. Trupp, RN, PhD, FHFSA, CHFN, FAHA (Chair) University of Illinois Chicago, IL Nora Brennan, BSN, RN, CHFN Penn E-lert® Telemedicine Program University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA Marc Silver, MD, FACP, FACC, FAHA, FHFSA University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago, IL Supported by an Educational Grant from Novartis Pharmaceuticals
8:15am - 8:30am	Opening Remarks
8:30am - 9:30am	Keynote: Ding Happens! How to Improvise, Adapt, and Innovate in an Ever Changing World Avish Parashar
9:30am -10:15am	Incoming President's Address and Awards Presentation: Cindy J. Bither, RN, MSN, ANP-C, ACNP-C CHFN Medstar Washington Hospital Center Washington, D.C.
10:15am -10:30am	Break
10:30am- 11:30am	General Session: Reducing Readmissions Nancy Albert, PhD, CCNS, CHFN, CCRN, NE-BC, FAHA, FCCM Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH
11:45am - 12:15pm	Industry Supported Product Theater
12:25pm - 12:55pm	Industry Supported Product Theater
1:15pm - 2:15pm	General Session: Congenital Heart Tabitha Moe, MD Children's Heart Center at Phoenix Children's Hospital Phoenix, AZ
2:30pm - 3:30pm	Concurrent Sessions:
	Fundamentals: Sim Man: Hands on Assessment and Management Techniques
	Advanced: Hemodynamics in Advanced Heart Failure Management Anthony Hilliard, MD Loma Linda Medical Center Loma Linda, CA
	Global: Shedding the Light on Cancer Treatment and Heart Failure: Illustrating the link through Case Studies Anecita Fadol, PhD, RN, FNP, FAANP University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston, TX Virginia L Beggs, MSc, APRN, CHFN Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center Lebanon, NH Jessica Shank Coviello, DNP, APRN, ANP-BC Yale School of Nursing West Haven, CT
3:30pm	Meeting Concludes