2012 ISHLT Academy Core Competencies in Mechanical Circulatory Support
17 April, 2012 7:30 a.m. to 6:45 p.m.
This Academy will provide a concise review of clinical knowledge and essential professional skills to facilitate the surgical and medical management of patients with advanced heart failure who are being assessed for and who have received durable mechanical circulatory support. The course consists of focused presentations covering a broad array of topics for both inpatient and outpatient management with an emphasis on a practical approach to patient care, implementing best practices and clinical problem solving. All lectures will be delivered by internationally recognized experts in the field and include cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, critical care physicians and VAD coordinators.
Scientific ProgramAcademy Chairs
David Feldman, MD, PhD, FACC, FAHAMinneapolis Heart Institute
Minneapolis, MN USA
Jeffrey Teuteberg, MDUniversity of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA USA
Andreas Zuckermann, MDMedical University of Vienna
Vienna, Austria
Keith Aaronson, MD, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI USA
Nicholas Banner, FRCP, Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
Andrew Boyle, MD, Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center of Aurora Health Care Metro, Inc, Milwaukee, WI USA
Shashank Desai, Inova Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, VA USA
David Feldman, MD, PhD, FAHA, FACC, Minneapolis Heart Institute, Minneapolis, MN USA
Lee Goldberg, MD, MPH, Hospital of University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA USA
Daniel J. Goldstein, MD, Montefiore-Einstein Medical Center, Bronx, NY USA
Kathleen Grady, PhD, APN, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL USA
Margaret Hannan, MD, Mater Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
Roland Hetzer, MD, PhD, Berlin Heart Institute, Germany
Nader Moazami, MD, Minneapolis Heart Institute, Minneapolis, MN USA
David Morales, MD, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX USA
Karl E. Nelson, RN, MBA, Integris Baptist Medical Center, Oklahoma City, OK USA
Francis Pagani, MD, PhD, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI USA
Salpy Pamboukian, MD, MSPH, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL USA
Alain Pavie, MD, La Pitié Hospital, Paris, France
Michael Petty, PhD, RN, CCNS, CNS, University of Minnesota Medical Center-Fairview, Minneapolis, MN USA
Michele Pilato, MD, ISMETT, Palermo, Italy
Sean Pinney, MD, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY USA
Evgenij Potapov, MD, PhD, Berlin Heart Institute, Berlin, Germany
Angela Rajek, MD, University of Vienna, Austria
Vivek Rao, MD, PhD, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON Canada
Joseph Rogers, MD, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC USA
Chris Salerno, MD, St. Vincent Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN USA
Mark Slaughter, MD, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY USA
Martin Strueber, MD, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
Jeffrey Teuteberg, MD, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA USA
George Wieselthaler, MD, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA USA
Andreas Zuckermann, MD, University of Vienna, Austria