AAHFN 2022 Annual Meeting

AAHFN 18th Annual Meeting Program

Gain 18.50 CEs* Live In-Person, and Watch the Rest Online!

Three Days of Content, Over 18 Total CEs* Available On-Demand

 

Sessions will all be available to watch on-demand until December 31, 2022!

 

 Wednesday, June 15, 2022
All times are listed in Eastern Time.
 6:00 - 7:30 PM

 

Industry Supported Non-CE Dinner Symposium: Treatment Considerations for Patients With HFrEF and Select Updates from the 2022 HF Guideline Sponsored by Merck

Nancy Albert, PhD, Cleveland Clinic Health System

Thursday, June 16, 2022
All times are listed in Eastern Time.

 


6:30 - 8:00 AM


 

Industry Supported Breakfast CE Symposium: Interventional Mdianagement of Heart Failure – When GDMT is not Enough: Sponsored by Impulse Dynamics
Dr. Marc Silver, MD
Dr. Marat Fudim, MD
Robyn Ward, PA

 

8:15 - 8:30 AM

 

Welcome Remarks
Stephanie G. Barnes, MSN, AGPCNP-C, CHFN, PCCN, Duke University Hospital

 

 

8:30 - 9:00 AM


 

Presidential  Address
Linda Wick, RN, MSN

 

9:00 - 10:00 AM


 

Keynote: It Starts With You: Understanding and Managing Microaggressions
Dr. Mumtaz Mustapha, M.D., University of Minnesota


 

10:00 - 11:00 AM


General Session: The Importance of Timely Referrals for Advanced Heart Failure Therapies
Dr. Prateeti Khazanie, M.D., University of Colorado

Lunch in Exhibit and Poster Hall - 11:15 AM - 1:55 PM

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Product Theater Presentations

11:15 AM - 12:15 PM     Product Theater: Zoll
                                   

                                             

12:45 PM - 1:45 PM    Product Theater: Boston Scientific

                                   

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2:00 - 2:25 PM

Plenary Motivating Patients: A How to Guide
Dr. Sam Sears, Ph.D., East Carolina University


 Concurrent Sessions

 

2:30 - 3:30 PM

Fundamental Track: Ambulatory Advanced Heart Failure
Marie Galvao, MSN, ANP-BC, CHFN, Montefiore Medical Center

 

2:30 - 3:30 PM



 

Global - Joint AAHFN/HFSA: Multidisciplinary Strategies to Reduce Heart Failure Hospitalizations
Supported by an independent educational grant from Cytokinetics Incorporated
Sara Paul, DNP, RN, ACNP, Catawba Valley Health System
John Teerlink, MD, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine
Robert Page, PharmD, MSPH, University of Colorado

 

 

2:30 - 3:30 PM

 

Advanced: Discerning HFpEF
Farooq Sheikh, M.D.,Medstar Washington Hospital

 

3:35 - 4:05 PM

 

Coffee Break


Concurrent Sessions

4:10 - 5:10 PM


Fundamental: Putting the Fundamentals of Research Into Practice
Kismet Rasmusson, DNP, FNP, Intermountain Healthcare
Nancy Albert, PhD, Cleveland Clinic Health System

 

4:10 - 5:10 PM

 

Global: Difficult Conversations Across the Continuum 
Shelley Thompson, DNP, NP-C, Duke University Hospital
Emily Benton, PhD, NP, University of Colorado



 

4:10 - 5:10 PM



Advanced: Hemodynamics
Dr. Debbie Rinde-Hoffmann, MD, FACC, FACP, FHFSA, TGH Transplant Institute



5:10 - 6:40 PM

Welcome Reception and Poster Presentations - Sponsored by Impulse Dynamics

 

6:45 - 8:15 PM

 

Industry Supported Dinner Non- CE Symposium Sponsored by Abbott


Friday, June 17, 2022
All times are listed in Eastern Time.

 

6:30 - 8:00 AM

 

 

Industry Supported Non-CE Breakfast Symposium: Understanding, Diagnosing, and Treating the Polyneuropathy of hATTR Amyloidosis: Sponsored by Alnylam

Chris Bell, RN, MSN, ACNP, Cardiology Associates of North Mississippi
Naveen Bellam, MD, MPH, AdventHealth Cardiovascular Institute


8:15 - 8:30 AMOpening Remarks
Stephanie G. Barnes, MSN, AGPCNP-C, CHFN, PCCN, Duke University Hospital



8:30 - 9:30 AM




Keynote: Heart Failure in 2022
Dr. Biykem Bozkurt, M.D, Ph.D., BCM, Baylor College of Medicine

 

9:30 - 10:15 AM

General Session: Heart Success: What is the Future of Heart Failure
Dr. Robert Mentz, M.D., Duke University School of Medicine


10:20 - 10:50 AM

Product Theater: CMP Pharma

Concurrent Sessions

 


11:00 - 
12:00 PM


Fundamental: Heart Failure Pathophysiology: When Insult is Added to Injury
Chris Bell, RN, ACNP, Cardiology Associates of North MS



 


11:00 - 12:00 PM



Global: The Perfect Storm: Barriers to Heart Failure Treatment Optimization
Beth Towery Davidson, DNP, ACNP, CCRN, CHFN, Tristar Centennial Medical Center
Sabrina Dunham, PharmD, Tristar Centennial Medical Center

 

 

11:00 - 12:00 PM


Advanced: Optimizing Cardiovascular Risk Reduction in High-Risk Patients Through
Lipid Management

Joette Hughes, MSN, CRNP, CLS



Lunch in Exhibit and Poster Hall - 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

 

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Industry Supported Non-CE Lunch Symposium

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM   

                                   WORSENING HEART FAILURE: EARLY SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS - How we can empower patients to take early action

                                   Sponsored by Cytokinetics

                                    Beth Towery Davidson, DNP, ACNP, CCRN, CHFN, Tristar Centennial Medical Center

                                    Nancy Albert, PhD, Cleveland Clinic Health System

Product Theater Presentations

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM     Product Theater: Bristol Myers Squibb                        

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 Concurrent Power Hour


2:15- 3:45 PM


Prevention Power Hour: Updates in Metabolic Syndrome and Sleep Disordered Breathing
Robin Trupp, Ph.D.


 

2:15 - 3:45 PM




Mechanical Circulatory Support Power Hour
Lori Anderson
Linda Ordway


2:15 - 3:45 PM



Innovations In Care

  • Improving Outcomes in Heart Failure at the End of Life
    Janet Roman, DNP, APRN, ACNP-BC, CHFN, ACHPN, University of Southern Florida

  • Health System and Post-Acute Home Health Collaboration Promotes Successful Transitions to the Home
    Dave Davis
  • Improving Use of Palliative Care in Patients with Heart Failure Through an Interactive Education Module
    Shelley Thompson, DNP, NP-C, Duke University Hospital
  • Meet Hanna: A Digital Human Cardiac Coach
    Rachel Hayworth, MSN, RN, CHFN, New Hanover Regional Medical Center
  • Standardizing Optimal Medical Therapy in Heart Failure Patients to Improve NCDR Metrics for ICD implantation
    Adenike Okeowo DNP, Mount Sinai Health
  • Addressing Social Inequity in the Management and Prevention of Heart Failure
    Donna Moser, Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia

 

3:55 - 4:20 PM

 

 

Product Theater: Impulse Dynamics


Concurrent Sessions

 

4:25 - 5:25 PM

 

Fundamental: How Patients Feel and Function
Sara Paul, DNP-FNP, Catawba Valley Cardiology


4:25 - 5:25 PM

Global: Practice Improvement Abstracts
Jennifer Kennedy, MSN, RN, CHFN-K, NEA-BC, Wellstar Health System
Kathaleen King-Dailey, DNP, CCRN, CHFN, Penn State Health Heart and Vascular Institute
Tania Randell, John Hopkins Hospital

 

4:25 - 5:25 PM

Advanced: Intersection of EP and Heart Failure
Dr. Sunita Ferns, MD

5:45 - 7:15 PM

 

 

Industry Supported Dinner Non-CE Symposium Sponsored by Pfizer

Heart Failure Nurses Connecting the Dots: From Symptoms to Diagnosis and Treatment of Transthyretin Amyloid Cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM)




 

Saturday, June 18, 2022
All times are listed in Eastern Time.

 

6:30 - 8:00 AM


Industry Supported Breakfast Symposium Sponsored by Boehringer-Ingelheim

 

8:15 - 8:30 AM

 

Opening Remarks
Stephanie G. Barnes, MSN, AGPCNP-C, CHFN, PCCN, Duke University Hospital

 

 

8:30 - 9:30 AM

 

Keynote: “Putting On Your Own Oxygen Mask First”: Balance and Burnout in Nursing
Sam Sears, Ph.D, East Carolina University

 

9:30 - 10:30 AM

General Session: COVID-19: Cardiovascular Updates and Impact on Patient Decision Making
Dr. Ankeet Bhatt, M.D., Brigham and Women's Hospital
Sam Sears, Ph.D, East Carolina University
 

 

10:30 - 11:15 AM


 

Incoming President's Remark
Ashley Moore-Gibbs, DNP AGPCNP-BC CHFN, Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute, Atrium Health

 

 

11:15 - 11:30 AM

Coffee Break

Concurrent Sessions

 

 

11:30 - 12:30 PM

Fundamental: Contemporary Identification and Management of Aortic and Mitral Valve Diseases
Patricia Keegan, DNP, Emory
 

11:30 - 12:30 PM

Global: Research Abstracts
Kelly Stamp, Ph.D., University of Colorado
Matthew Goodwin, PharmD, scPharmaceuticals
Afshin Salsali, MD, Boehringer-Ingelheim Global Clinical Development
 

 

11:30 - 12:30 PM

Advanced: Clinical and Scientific Advances in Cardiogenic Shock 
Dr. Ankeet Bhatt, M.D., Brigham and Women's Hospital
Deidra Fellows, BSN, RN, CCRN., AdventHealth Orlando

Lunch on Own

12:30 - 2:00Clinical Insights in CAD and/or PAD: Reducing the Risk of Major Cardiovascular and Major Thrombotic Vascular Events: Industry Supported Lunch Symposium Sponsored by Janssen
 

 

2:00 - 3:00 PM

Current State of Genetic Testing for Cardiomyopathies and Heart Failure: Supported by an independent educational grant from Renovacor
Daniel Judge, MUSC, Medical University of South Carolina

 

*This number is an estimate until final approval is provided by the accrediting organization