Continuing Medical Education Conference: Surgical Treatment of End-Stage Cardiopulmonary Diseases
UPMC and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine will offer a two-day continuing medical education (CME) conference for transplant surgeons, cardiologists, pulmonologists, general surgeons, thoracic surgeons and allied health care professionals. Topics include the technical aspects, risks, benefits and outcomes of heart and lung transplantation, heart failure surgery and the use of ventricular assist devices.
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of UPMC's cardiothoracic transplantation program, a transplant patient recognition event will conclude the conference.
Speakers include:
Course director, Yoshiya Toyoda, M.D., Ph.D., head, Cardiothoracic Transplantation, UPMC; and associate professor of surgery, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Pitt School of Medicine
Course co-director, Robert Kormos, M.D., director, UPMC Artificial Heart Program; co-director, UPMC Heart Transplantation Program; and professor of surgery, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Pitt School of Medicine
Course co-director, James D. Luketich, M.D., founding chair and Henry T. Bahnson Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Pitt School of Medicine; director, UPMC Heart, Lung and Esophageal Surgery Institute; and chief, Division of Thoracic and Foregut Surgery, Pitt School of Medicine
Invited speaker, Margarita T. Camacho, M.D., surgical director, Cardiac Transplant and Mechanical Assist Device Program, Saint Barnabas Heart Center at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center; and chair, Workforce on Surgical Treatment of End-Stage Cardiopulmonary Disease, the Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Invited speaker, Si Mai Pham, M.D., director, Cardiopulmonary Transplantation, and co-director, Artificial Heart Program, Jackson Memorial Hospital; and professor of surgery, University of Miami School of Medicine
When
- CME conference : 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday, Oct. 1; and 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 2
- Course dinner and technology display : 6:30 p.m., Friday, Oct. 1
- 30th anniversary transplant patient recognition event : 6 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 2
WHERE
- CME conference : Starzl Biomedical Science Tower, 215 Lothrop St., Room S-120, Oakland
- Course dinner and technology display : University Club, 123 University Place, Oakland
- 30th anniversary transplant patient recognition event : Westin Convention Center, 1000 Penn Ave., Downtown
WHY: This conference provides physicians with a maximum of 14.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits. Other health care professionals are awarded 1.4 continuing education units equal to 14.5 contact hours.
Registration is $150 for physicians and $75 for residents, nurses and other health care professionals before Sept. 8. Registration is $200 for physicians and $100 for residents, nurses and other health care professionals after Sept. 8. There is no fee for UPMC and Pitt employees.
Registration for the CME conference and course dinner is available online at http://ccehs.upmc.edu. Select online course registration and choose Surgical Treatment of End-Stage Cardio Pulmonary Diseases. Click register and enter the requested information. You will receive an electronic confirmation. If you are unable to register online, or if you are a UPMC or Pitt employee, call (412) 647-4735 for assistance.
For more information, contact Wendy Kalocay at (412) 647-4735 or kalocayw@upmc.edu.
Tickets to the 30th anniversary transplant patient recognition event are available for $50.00 each. To purchase tickets, contact Michelle Houser at (412) 647-4241 or housermk@upmc.edu.