2016 ISHLT Academy Core Competencies in Mechanical Circulatory Support

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26 April, 2016 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Washington, DC, USA

Academy
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Education
In Person Education
Mechanical Circulatory Support
Past Academy

The educational goals of this activity are to provide a concise review of clinical knowledge and essential professional skills to facilitate best practice of surgical and medical aspects involved in the care of patients during assessment as candidates and as recipients of mechanical circulatory support.

While all members are invited to enroll, this course is primarily designed to be of benefit for clinicians and allied professionals who are in the early stages of their careers or who are in training and/or are part of a new program or desire an update on the current state of the field.

Scientific Program

Academy Chairs

Jennifer Cowger, MD, MS
Academy Chair
St. Vincent Heart Center of Indiana
Indianapolis, IN USA

Daniel Zimpfer, MD
Academy Co-Chair
Medical Unviersity of Vienna
Vienna, Austria

Jennifer Beckman, MSN-FNP, RN, CHFN
Academy Co-Chair
University of Washington
Seattle, WA USA

Academy Faculty

Jennifer Beckman, MSN-FNP, RN, CHFN, University of Washington, Seattle, WA USA
Jennifer Cowger, MD, MS, St. Vincent Heart Center of Indiana, Indianapolis, IN USA
Michael Dickinson, MD, Spectrum Health, Grand Rapids, MI USA
Jonathan Haft, MD, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI USA
Margaret Hannan, MD, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
Douglas Horstmanshoff, MD, Integris Baptist Medical Center, Oklahoma City, OK USA
Susan Joseph, MD, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO USA
Simon Maltais, MD, PhD, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN USA
Anna Meyer, MD, Leipzig University Heart Center, Leipzig, Germany
Nader Moazami, MD, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH USA
Samer Najjar MD, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC USA
Christian Schlensak, MD, University Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
Thomas Schlöglhofer, BSc, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Stephan Schueler, MD, PhD, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Keyur Shah, MD, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA USA
Scott Silvestry, MD, Florida Transplant Institute, Orlando, FL USA
Nir Uriel, MD, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL USA
Daniel Zimpfer, MD, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Andreas Zuckermann, MD, Medical Unviersity of Vienna, Vienna, Austria