2008 EP in Aspen Conference

Aspen, Colorado
September 11 - 14, 2008
St. Regis Hotel
Conference Agenda
Thursday, September 11
4:00 - 6:30 pm Pre-conference Lecture - Skolnik Transparency Act (1 COPIC Point)
6:00 - 8:00 pm

Reception and Poster Session

 

Friday, September 12 Arrhythmias and Ablations
7:00 - 7:15 am Introduction
7:15 - 8:00 am Michael Barber, M.D., Ph.D. (Colorado Springs Cardiologists) ~ Autonomic Nervous System and Arrhythmias: The Brain-Heart Connection
8:00 - 8:45 am Will Sauer, M.D. (Univ. of Colorado) ~ Which Arrhythmias Can be Ablated without the need for Drug Trials.
8:45 - 9:30 am Christopher R. Cole, M.D. (Colorado Springs Cardiologists) ~ Why should I refer my AF patients for ablation after the AFFIRM/RACE/HOT-CAFE studies?
9:30 - 9:45 am Break
9:45 - 10:30 am Sunil Nath, M.D. (Heart Center of the Rockies) ~ How can I avoid rhythm problems in my Heart Failure Patients?
10:30 - 11:15 am Bruce Wilkoff, M.D. (The Cleveland Clinic) ~ Integrated Approach to Heart Failure therapy, Images, Drugs and Devices
11:15 - 1:00 pm Working Lunch - Documentation (1 COPIC Point)
1:00 - 2:00 pm

Hands On Session - Electroanatomical Mapping Using the CARTO system

 

Saturday, September 13 Heart Failure and Devices
7:15 - 8:00am David Haines, M.D. (Beaumont) - What does the Cardiologist need to know about Elctrophysiology?
8:00am - 8:45 am Blair Grubb (Univ. of Toledo) ~ Syncope: Cost Effective Evaluation.
8:45 - 9:15 am

Debate ~ Are ICDs for everyone with low EFs really economically practical?

Protagonist - Bruce Wilkoff, M.D.

Antagonist - David Haines, M.D.

9:15 - 10:00 am John Mehill, M.D. (Colorado Springs Cardiothoracic Surgery) - Minimally Invasive Cardiovascular Surgery in 2008.
10:00 - 10:30 am Break
10:30 - 11:15 am Sanjiv Narayan, M.D. (UCSD) - How can we best target ICD Therapy in 2008?
11:15 - 12:00 pm Ivan Casserly, M.D. (University of Colorado) ~ Update in Interventional Cardiology 2008
   
6:30 pm

Conference Dinner - (Included for conference attendees, $75 charge for guests.)

 

Sunday, September 14
Departures during the day.