Presented by: The Guthrie Cardiac and Vascular Center

A special THANK YOU to the Donald Guthrie Foundation for providing funding towards this symposium

Saturday, February 1, 2025
Time: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Location: Tioga Downs Casino Resort, 2384 W. River Rd., Nichols, N.Y. 

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Conference Description

The American Heart Association estimates that 120 million + people in the U.S. are living with cardiovascular diseases; this includes heart disease, stroke, heart failure and hypertension, or high blood pressure. Cardiovascular disease remains the nation’s leading cause of death and disability, a ranking they have held since 1921.

Similar to national rates, the prevalence of cardiovascular disease continues to greatly impact the population Guthrie serves. Due to the burden of cardiovascular disease, Guthrie’s cardiovascular health practitioners have joined forces to provide an update on primary and secondary prevention strategies along with an update on the breakthroughs in the diagnosis and treatment of most frequently encountered cardiovascular disorders.

This event will focus on practice guidelines and breakthroughs that are most relevant to the entire medical community, with emphasis on prevention and appropriate choice of diagnostic and therapeutic means.
We hope to attract the medical community to this “patient-centered” interactive educational experience. 

Intended Audience

This conference is designed to provide an update in the diagnosis and evidence-based management of cardiovascular disease for primary care providers. Emphasis will be placed on building primary care-based skills and recognizing when to treat and when to refer. Others that will find this program valuable include medical specialists, advanced practice providers, registered nurses, cardiovascular fellows, residents, medical and nursing students, and other allied healthcare professionals who would like to increase their knowledge base regarding cardiovascular disease.

Elements of Competence

The CME activity has been designed to change learner competence and focus on the American Board of Medical Specialties areas of patient care, medical knowledge, practice-based learning and improvement, interpersonal and communication skills, professionalism, and systems-based practice.

Educational Methods

  • Live lectures with Q & A sessions will facilitate the dissemination of information.

  • Interactive discussions are included to provider greater in-depth understanding of selected clinical issues

Conference Objectives

At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:

  1. Describe evidence-based strategies for risk assessment, screening, and prevention of cardiovascular disorders.

  2. Identify the most cost-effective interventions for primary and secondary prevention.

  3. Clarify the role of systems-based practice in improving quality of care and outcomes, reduce medical cost, and improve patient experience for individuals and patient populations. 

  4. Discuss strategies to enhance efficacy of care, improve transit of care and facilitate high quality medical information. 

  5. Integrate new advances into practice. 

  6. Identify new novel emerging therapies that should be integrated into the clinical practice to reduce morbidity and mortality from cardiovascular disorders. 

Conference Agenda

  • 7-8:00 a.m. – Registration/Breakfast

  • 8-8:10 a.m. – Opening Remarks 

  • 8:10-9 a.m. – Guest Speaker - POTS: Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Management – Dr. Satish Raj

  • 9-9:30 a.m. - Heart and Pregnancy – Dr. Hao Yang

  • 9:30-10 a.m. - Sports Cardiology – Dr. Michael DePersis

  • 10:10:10 a.m. - Break

  • 10:10-10:40 a.m. - Quality of Cardiovascular Care – Dr. Daniel Sporn

  • 10:40-11:10 a.m. - Cardiac Amyloidosis - What We all Need to Know– Dr. Najeeb Rehman

  • 11:10-11:45 a.m. – Recent and Future Minimally Invasive Techniques Encompassing Cardiac Surgery– Dr. Joseph Cahill and Dr. Chanderdeep Singh

  • 11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m. – Lunch/Giveaway/Poster Session

  • 12:45-1:30 p.m. – Guest Speaker - How Do I Work-up Patient with Syncope - Dr. Satish Raj

  • 1:30-2 p.m. - Current Updates about Anticoagulation – Dr. Edo Kaluski

  • 2-2:30 p.m. - Role of Stress Testing – Dr. Navin Subrayappa

  • 2:30-3 p.m. - Who Should Get a CAC? How Often? How to Use the Results to Assess Risk? – Dr. Sudhakar Sattur

  • 3-3:30 p.m. - Understanding the Role of Lp(a) as a CV Risk Marker to Therapeutic Target in the Prevention of CV Disease – Dr. Saurabh Sharma

  • 3:30-4 p.m. - Treatment of the Entire Aorta: Open, Endovascular and Hybrid – Amber Hussain, DO

  • Debates

  • 4-4:20 p.m. - PVI – All Comers or Select Few

    • Pro: Dr. Bikal Lamichhane

    • Con: Dr. Hitesh Bhatia

  • 4:20-4:40 p.m. - LAAO versus Anticoagulation in Patients with Non-Valvular AF

    • Pro: Dr. Hammad Rahman

    • Con: Dr. Ivana Okor

  • 4:40-5p.m. - GLP1 Agonist versus SGLT2 Inhibitors in HFPEF and Obesity

    • Pro: Dr. Jocelyn McCullough

    • Con: Dr. Kevin Desai

  • 5:00 p.m. - Closing Remarks/Giveaway

Conference Directors

Sudhakar Sattur, MD, MHSAChief, Section of Cardiology; Associate Program Director, Cardiovascular Fellowship Robert Packer Hospital and Guthrie Medical Group, P.C., Sayre, PA

Najeeb Rehman, MD, MHA, FACC, FASE, FASNC
Director, Non-Invasive Cardiology, Guthrie Medical Group, P.C., Sayre, PA

Guest Faculty

Satish Raj, MD, MSCI, FHRS, FRCPCSatish Raj, MD, MSCI, FHRS, FRCPC
Professor, Cardiac Sciences
Service Chief, Arrhythmia Section, Division of Cardiology
Director, Calgary Autonomic Investigation & Management Clinic
Director of Education, Libin Cardiovascular Institute
Former President, American Autonomic Society
University of Calgary, Canada

 

Guthrie Conference Faculty

E. Julius Aitsebaomo, MD, FACC, FASE, FSCMR
Associate, Cardiology 

Joseph Cahill, DO
Associate, Cardiothoracic Surgery

Michael DePersis, DO
Associate, Cardiology

Kevin Desai, MD
2nd Year, Cardiovascular Fellow

Amber Hussain, DO
Associate, Vascular Surgery

Edo Kaluski, MD, FACC, FESC, FSCAI
Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories and Interventional Cardiology

Resha Khanal, MD
1st Year, Cardiovascular Fellow

Bikal Lamichhane, MD
1st Year, Cardiovascular Fellow

Jocelyn McCullough, DO
2nd Year, Cardiovascular Fellow

Ivana Okor, DO
3rd Year, Cardiovascular Fellow

Hammad Rahman, MD
3rd Year, Cardiovascular Fellow

Najeeb Rehman, MD, MHA, FACC, FASE, FASNC
Director, Non-Invasive Cardiology

Sudhakar Sattur, MD, MHSA
Chief, Section of Cardiology
Associate Program Director, Cardiovascular Fellowship

Saurabh Sharma, MD, FACC, FASE, FACP, RPVI
Director, Cardiovascular Prevention and Lipid Clinic
Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program

Chanderdeep Singh, MD, FACS
Associate, Cardiothoracic Surgery

Daniel Sporn, MD, FACC, MHA
Chairman, Cardiovascular Service Line
Program Director, Cardiovascular Fellowship

Hao Yang, MD
Associate, Cardiology

Conference Fees

  • $70 – Providers/Advanced Practice Providers
  • $35 – Nurses/Administrators/Other Health Care Professionals
  • No Cost - Fellows/Residents/Students
    Guthrie Providers: This conference is eligible for reimbursement from your 2025 allocated CME/Meeting fund.

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Cancellation and Refund

The full conference fee is refundable, less $10 processing fee, if your cancellation is received, in writing by Wednesday, January 15, 2025. (The processing fee is nonrefundable regardless of the reason for cancellation). Refunds will not be granted after this time for non-attendance.

The Guthrie Clinic Office of CME reserves the right to cancel an activity due to unforeseen circumstances (i.e., lack of registrations, unexpected events). Any registrants will be notified, and refunds will be processed. In the event the activity has been postponed, the registrant will have the option to receive a full refund, or they can use their registration for the respective conference. In addition, The Guthrie Clinic Office of CME is not responsible for related costs or expenses to participants, including cancellation fees assessed by hotels, airlines, or travel agencies. 

Disclaimers

Minimum and maximum numbers for attendance at this event have been established and we reserve the right to substitute speakers/topics or cancel if necessary. By attending this event, you grant The Guthrie Clinic Office of CME the right to record, film, photograph, or capture your likeness in any media and to distribute, broadcast, use, or otherwise disseminate, in perpetuity, such media without any further approval from or any payment to you. 

The Guthrie Clinic CME Vision

To Enable Health Professionals to Provide and Achieve the Best Preventive and Comprehensive Care… Whole Community, All the Time. 

Accreditation Statement

“The Guthrie Clinic is accredited by the Pennsylvania Medical Society to provide continuing medical education for physicians.” 

Designation Statement

“The Guthrie Clinic designates this live activity for a maximum of (7.75) AMA PRA Category I Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.” 

Faculty Disclosure

The Guthrie Clinic adheres to the ACCME® Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. 

“Faculty and all others who have the ability to control the content of continuing medical education activities sponsored by The Guthrie Clinic are expected to disclose to the audience whether they do or do not have any real or apparent conflict(s) of interest or other relationships related to the content of their presentation(s).” The presenting faculty/planning committee for this educational activity have no relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. 

Have a question? Contact our staff!
Trish Stern, Director, System CME 
E-mail: Trish.Stern@guthrie.org
Phone: 570-887-5762