2025 Advanced Heart and Lung Disease Symposia
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The Advanced Heart and Lung Disease Symposia will feature two educational tracks focused on enhancing participants' knowledge and equipping them with practical strategies for the latest advancements in the diagnosis and management of heart and lung diseases.
Target Audience
- Physicians - $285.00
- Physician Assistant - $245.00
- Nurse Practitioner - $245.00
- Nurse - $199.00
- Fellows - $199.00
- Residents - $199.00
- Other - $199.00
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, the attendee should be able to:
- Describe the current therapy of strategies of heart failure as related to obesity, pregnancy and diabetes.
- Compare new treatments and devices for heart failure management
- Consider outcomes of great debates on controversies in heart failure management
- Integrate into practice the clinical pearls and pitfalls of recognition and management of cardiogenic shock
- Evaluate the data regarding new therapeutics in multiple disciplines within pulmonary medicine, including asthma, obstructive lung disease, interstitial lung disease, and pulmonary hypertension
- Review updates in lung transplantation
- Compare the data on conservative management versus advanced therapeutics including ECMO, transplantation, catheter directed lysis.
- Review the current state of lung nodule evaluation and then apply in practice appropriate novel diagnostic modalities available.
- Review updates on the treatment and management of pulmonary embolism.
- Interpret the emerging modalities in the field of interventional pulmonology for the purpose of providing improved patient outcomes.
Advanced Heart Failure Symposium | Time | Pulmonary and Critical Care Symposium |
Session 1 Chronic Heart Failure Management Dr. Tim Gong (Moderator) | Session 1 | |
Registration and Breakfast | 7:00 | Registration, Breakfast and Exhibits |
Welcome and Opening Remarks-Drs. Shelley Hall | 7:50 | Welcome and Opening Remarks |
Size Matters: Obesity in Heart Failure - Dr. Brian Hsi | 8:00 | Airway Disease: Biologic Therapies for Asthma: When and Which To Choose - Dr. Mark Millard |
Cardio-Obstetric Building Blocks - Dr. Jessica Meyer | 8:25 | |
Too Much Water in My Kool-Aid: Management of Hyponatremia in Heart Failure - Dr. Melody Sherwood | 8:50 | |
8:45 | Decoding ILD: Streamlining Diagnosis and Optimizing Management - Dr. Yolanda Mageto | |
Expert Panel Discussion | 9:15 | |
9:30 | ||
Break and Exhibits | 9:45 | Morning Break and Exhibits |
Session 2 New Heart Failure Advances Dr. Melody Sherwood (Moderator) | Session 2 | |
Titration Frustration: Can We Create a Virtual EASY Button for GDMT - Sandra Carey, NP, PhD | 10:15 | Pulmonary Hypertension: Changes in Guidelines and Treatment - Dr. Chetan Naik |
Is There an App for This? Where We are in Remote Heart Failure Monitoring - Dr. Farah AlSaffar | 10:40 | |
11:00 | Lung Transplantation: When to Refer and How Evaluation and Listing Work - Dr. Todd Grazia | |
Diabetic Cardiomyopathy - Don't Sugarcoat It - Dr. Tim Gong | 11:05 | |
Expert Panel Discussion | 11:30 | |
Lunch | 12:00 | Lunch |
Session 3 Device Therapies Dr. Cesar Guerrero (Moderator) | Session 3 | |
The Forgotten Heart Failure Patients: Stage C2D - Dr. Shelley Hall | 1:00 | Lung Nodule Management in the Robotics Era - Dr. Abhishek Kumar |
New Kids on the Block: The Future Pipeline of Heart Failure Devices - Dr. Aasim Afzal | 1:30 | |
"Used" Hearts vs Bionic Hearts - Are Durable LVADs Shifting the Paradigm - Dr. Katherine Fetten | 2:00 | ECMO: When and How - Dr. Katherine Vandervest |
Expert Panel Discussion | 2:20 | |
Break and Exhibits | 2:45 | Break and Exhibits |
Session 4 Cardiogenic Shock Dr. Shelley Hall (Moderator) | Session 4 | |
Early Situational Awareness in Cardiogenic Shock: Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, Can't Lose! - Dr. Jaime Hernandez-Montfort | 3:15 | Advancements and Controversies in ARDS Management in the Post-COVID Era - Dr. Adam Hayek |
Happy Right, Happy life! Strategies to Optimize the Right Ventricle - Dr. Cesar Guerrero Miranda | 3:45 | |
3:55 | ||
4:00 | Pulmonary Embolism Response Team - Why & How We Do It - Dr. Mohammed Mogri | |
Expert Panel Discussion | 4:15 | |
Closing Remarks and Adjourn - Dr. Shelley Hall | 4:45 | Closing Remarks and Adjourn |
ACCREDITATION: The A. Webb Roberts Center for Continuing Medical Education of Baylor Scott & White Health is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
DESIGNATION: The A. Webb Roberts Center for Continuing Medical Education of Baylor Scott & White Health designates this live activity for a maximum of 6.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
NURSING ACCREDITATION: Baylor Scott & White Health is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
Available Credit
- 6.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™The A. Webb Roberts Center for Continuing Medical Education of Baylor Scott & White Health is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
- 6.75 Attendance
The directors and planners for the Advanced Heart and Lung Symposia welcome registration and support for sponsor and exhibitors.
The education is designed to increase the participant’s knowledge of current advances in the diagnosis and management of heart and lung diseases. This continuing education activity is intended for hospitalists, cardiologists, internists, general practitioners, physician assistants, nurse practitioners and nurses with an interest in heart and lung diseases.
Symposia Notes:
- The symposia will be open to all physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses, respiratory therapists, pharmacists, and other interested healthcare providers.
- We anticipate 250 for participant attendance.
- Registration is open to all companies interested in exhibiting at this activity.
- The exhibit space is separate from the area where the education is being delivered.
- Exhibit times are 7:00 am – 4:45.
EXHIBIT REGISTRATION: 2025 Advanced Heart and Lung Disease Symposia