Tampa, Florida USA November 30th

Center for Advanced Medical Learning & Simulation (CAMLS)
Tampa, Florida USA November 30th – December 1st, 2012
Friday, November 30th
Main Auditorium
7:00 -8:00am
7:50-8:00am
Breakfast and Registration
Opening Remarks
Juan C. Mejia , Fortaleza , Brazil
8:00-9:30am
Session I : Acute heart failure
Luis Felipe Moreira, MD – SP, Brazil
Benjamin Sun, MD - Maryland, USA
8:00-8:15am
Circulatory support using impella micro-axial assist device
Mark Anderson, MD– New Jersey
8:15-8:30am
Advantages and limitations of ECMO as bridge to decision
Christian Bermudez, MD– UPMC , Pittsburgh, USA
8:30-8:45am
Short term Mechanical Support for Acute Heart Failure in the
community Hospital: What are the best choices: Axial Flow vs. ECMO
Aly El-Banayosy, MD– Pennsylvania, USA
8:45-9:00am
New options on devices
Moazami Nader, MD – Cleveland, USA
9:00-9:15am
Experience using Air Transport for patients on ECMO
Christof Schmid, MD – Regensburg , Germany
9:15-9:30am
9:30-10:00am
Discussion
CONFERENCE: Preoperative patient optimization for Mechanical
Circulatory Support
President: Fabio Jatene, MD – Sao Paulo, Brazil
Speaker: Leslie Miller, MD – Florida, USA
10:00-10:15am
10:15-11:45am
Break
Session II: The right ventricle in VAD candidates
Leslie Miller, MD – Tampa, USA
Cristiano Faber, MD – Tampa, USA
10:15-10:30am
Preoperative Echocardiography evaluation of RV function
Sandra Falcao, MD - Fortaleza, Brazil
10:30-10:45am
The incidence of RV failure. BVAD or LVAD?
Evgenij Potapov, MD – Berlin, Germany
10:45-11:00am
Tricuspid valve regurgitation in LVAD candidates – to repair or not to
repair?
Christopher Salerno, MD – Indianapolis, USA
11:00-11:15am
Total Artificial Heart: from concepts to clinical practice
Jack Copland, MD – California, USA
11:15-11:30am
11:30–12:00pm
Discussion
Conference: The importance of worldwide participation on the ISHLT
Registry Database
President: Joao David de Souza Neto, MD – Fortaleza, Brazil
Speaker: Josef Stehlik, MD – Utah, USA
12:00-12:30pm
12:30 –2:00pm
2:00–3:30pm
Live Transmission: VAD Implantation from Tampa General Hospital
Lunch
Session III: Mechanical Circulatory Support
Alexandre Colafranchesci, MD – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Christopher Salerno – Indianapolis, USA
2:00-2:15pm
Why is pulsatile flow important? Is pulsatility needed?
2:30-2:45pm
Anticoagulation and Management of suspected Pump Thrombosis
Mark Anderson, MD – New Jersey, USA
Christiano Caldeira, MD – Tampa, USA
2:45-3:00pm
Management of MCS Infections
Benjamin Sun, MD - Maryland, USA
3:00-3:15pm
When is it important to address Aortic Valve pathologies during VAD
Implantation
Robert Kormos, MD – Pittsburg, USA
3:15-3:30pm
3:30-4:00pm
Discussion
Conference : Strategies of desensitization of candidates to HTx
President: Maria da Consolação, MD – Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Speaker: Randall C. Starling, MD – Cleveland, USA
4:00–4:15pm
4:15–5:30pm
Break
Session IV: Heart Transplant
Lidia Zytynski Moura, MD – Curitiba, Brazil
Debbie Hoffman, MD – Tampa, USA
4:15-4:30pm
Diagnosis and treatment of transplant related infection
Margarita Cancio, MD – Tampa, USA
4:30-4:45pm
Prevention and Management of Coronary Graft Vasculopathy
Fernando Bacal, MD - São Paulo, Brazil
4:45-5:00pm
Antibody Mediated Rejection – diagnosis and therapy
Mayra Lopez, MD – Tampa, USA
5:00–5:15pm
Future of pulmonary arterial hypertension treatment
Andreas Zuckermann, MD– Vienna , Austria
5:15-5:30pm
Myocardial Protection During Heart Transplantation
TBD
5:30–5:45pm
5:45–7:00pm
Discussion
Companies update on current and new devices
Saturday, December 1st
Concurrent Session Room 1
7:00 -7:30am
7:30-7:45am
Breakfast
Welcome and Opening Remarks: Goals and Format of the Wet Lab
Program
Juan Mejia, MD – Fortaleza, Brazil
7:45–9:45am
Wet Labs (5 stations with animal or simulator)
Hands-on implants in animal hearts or simulators with instructor, illustrated
descriptions, and videos describing various implant techniques.
9:45-10:00am
10:00–12:30pm
Break
Animal Lab
Hands On: Surgical Techniques of VAD implantation - Pig models
Concurrent Session Room 2
8:00-10:00am
Building a VAD Program for: Insights and Infrastructure
Christiano Caldeira, MD – Tampa, USA
Christian Bermudez, MD – Pittsburgh, USA
8:00–8:15am
Overview of Staff and Facility Infrastructure
Angie Korsun, RN – Tampa, USA
8:15–8:30am
Building a Collaborative and Comprehensive Heart Failure Program:
The Role of MCS from the Cardiology Perspective
Simone Nader, MD – Cleveland, USA
8:30–8:45am
Outpatient management of patient with VAD
Debbie Hoffman, MD – Tampa, USA
8:45–9:00am
Responsibilities of VAD coordinator
Lori Anderson, RN – Tampa, USA
9:00–9:15am
Avoiding the pitfalls of a LVAD program: the path to success
Guilherme Oliveira, MD – Cleveland, USA
9:15–9:30am
Share Care Program – managing patient along with the implant
center
Javier Jimenez, MD – Miami, USA
9:30-9:45am
9:45-10:00am
Break
White paper presentation – VAD Coordinator Roles/Survey ICCAC
TBD
10:00-10:15am
Challenges with community education
Susan Dewhurst , RN – Tampa, USA
10:15-10:30am
Patient management in surgical areas/anesthesia
Kelle Logan, RN – Tampa, USA
10:30-10:45am
Drive line management
Pamela Brennan, RN – Tampa, USA
10:45-11:00am
Anticoagulation Management
Lori Anderson, RN – Tampa, USA
11:00-11:15am
Clinical use of TEG
Jessica Bell, RN – Gainesville, USA
11:15-11:30am
Pump thrombosis
Deb Riley, RN – Tampa, USA
11:45-12:00pm
12:00-2:00pm
Break
Advance Therapy for Heart Failure
Leslie Miller, MD – Tampa, USA
Enio Buffalo, MD - São Paulo, Brazil
Noedir Stolf, MD – São Paulo, Brazil
12:00-12:15pm
Stem Cells – Where are we?
Leslie Miller, MD – Tampa, USA
12:15-12:30pm
TransAortic Valve Implantation on patients with severe LV
dysfunction
Goran Olivecrona, MD -
12:30-12:45pm
Cell Therapy for Refractory Angina
Nelson Hossne, MD – São Paulo, Brazil
12:45-1:00pm
Transmyocardium revascularization and stem cell therapy
Noedier Stolf, MD – São Paulo, Brazil
1:00-1:30pm
Discussion