2018 ISHLT Academy Master Class in Mechanical Circulatory Support
10 April, 2018 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Mechanical circulatory support is a relatively new and rapidly evolving therapy for advanced congestive heart failure. Multiple device technologies are now in use for short and long term support and patient outcomes are highly dependent on in-depth understanding of device-induced changes in physiology as well as device specific serious adverse events. Multidisciplinary teams are an essential part of modern day mechanical circulatory support management. This class is designed to meet the target audience’s need for an advanced learning opportunity that explores and seeks to address the unique clinical challenges faced by specialists and developing experts in the field of MCS for treatment of heart failure patients.
The target audience for this class includes cardiothoracic surgeons and cardiologists with MCS experience, specialists in heart failure care, allied health professionals with involvement in MCS patients,VAD coordina- tors, transplant coordinators, critical care specialists and heart transplant professionals. state of the field.
Academy Chairs
Ulrich Jorde, MDAcademy Chair
Montefiore Medical Center
Bronx, NY USA
Ivan Netuka, MD, PhDAcademy Co-Chair
Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine
Prague, Czech Republic
Meredith Brisco, MD, MSCE, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA USA
Jerry Estep, MD, The Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX USA
Igor Gregoric, MD, Center for Advanced Heart Failure, Houston, TX USA
Finn Gustafsson, MD, PhD, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
JoAnn Lindenfeld, MD, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN USA
Bart Meyns, MD, PhD, UZ Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Snehal Patel, MD, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY USA
Mark Slaughter, MD, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY USA