This intensive 13-day program is designed for the cardiologist, internist, primary care physician, emergency room physician, nurses and other health care providers who mange patients with cardiovascular diseases.

• Arrhythmias
  
• Coronary Artery Disease
• Acute Myocardial Infarction
• Medical Versus Surgical Management of Coronary Artery Disease
• Lipid Disorders
• Congenital and Valvular Hear Disease
• Diabetes and Cardiometabolic Syndrome
• Heart Failure and Hypertension
• New Diagnostic Test in Cardiovascular Disease
• Cardiovascular Emergencies
• Echocardiography
• State of the Art Lectures
• CT and MRI
• Miscellaneous Topics of Interest for the Practicing Physicians

Upon completion of this educational activity, the participant should be able to:

• Describe the pathophysiology of major cardiovascular risk factors and the link of adiposity, adipokines, and inflammation (the hallmark of the metabolic syndrome) to the development of atherosclerosis and diabetes mellitus
  
• Relate the importance of early recognition of major cardiac risk factors, the staging of disease severity, and the use of the current guidelines as a prognostic indicator in the health maintenance of patients
  
• Select appropriate treatment strategies for cardiometabolic syndrome using a case study approach
• Recognize the benefits of early identification and treatment of heart failure designed to reverse or slow progression of left ventricular dysfunction in patient outcomes
  
• Review findings from a current registry of outpatient heart failure patients and understand how current treatment patterns deviate from practice guidelines
  
• Select patients most likely to benefit from ablation therapy for atrial fibrillation in terms of long-term maintenance of sinus rhythm
• Review management strategies (best practices) for common problems that occur in patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators
  
• Evaluate the role of stress testing, left heart catheterization, and coronary revascularization in the risk assessment of patients prior to noncardiac surgery
  
• Describe the role of nuclear imaging in the evaluation of the cardiovascular patient
  
• Review the data relating to the cardiovascular disease epidemic in developing countries
  
• Evaluate the impact of “medical tourism” on the health care system in the United States
  
• Determine the risk/benefit in using lipid-lowering agents in subset populations – women, the elderly, and patients with diabetes, the metabolic syndrome, or chronic kidney disease
• Describe the new data on the prevalence and gender-specific features of angina pectoris in women
  
• Follow the guidelines for discharge planning, antiplatelet and anticoagulant therapies, and long-term preventive interventions in the unstable angina patient and MI patient
  
• Identify age-related issues in the presentation and management of cardiovascular disease
  
• Determine what is meant by National Practitioners Identifier (NPI) and how NPI affects payments to physicians and discuss the latest time tables and effects on individual physician practices and an update on payment effects

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship of the University of South Florida College of Medicine and Cardiovascular Center of Sarasota. The University of South Florida College of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of South Florida College of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 20 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

20 CEU’s are approved by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. Sarasota Memorial Hospital is an accredited provider of Continuing Education and the Board of Nursing under Provider No.FBN 2120.

This activity has been reviewed and is acceptable for up to 20 prescribed credits by the American Academy of Family Physicians. (A.A.F.P.) in cooperation with the CVIS Foundation. American Academy of Family Physicians prescribed credit is accepted by the American Medical Association (A.M.A.) as equivalent to A.M.A. P.R.A. Category 1 for the A.M.A. Physician’s Recognition Award. When applying for the A.M.A.P.R.A. prescribed hours earned must be reported as prescribed hours. Each health care provider should claim only those credits that he/she actually spent in the activity.

7:00-7:45 AM

Jay N. Cohn, M.D., F.A.C.C. Program Co-Director
Professor of Medicine, Director of Rasmussen for CVD Prevention
University of Minnesota Medical School, Cardiovascular Division.
Past President of Heart Failure Society of America. Minneapolis, Minnesota

Anne B. Curtis, M.D., F.H.R.S., F.A.C.C., F.A.H.A.
Professor of Medicine and Chief, Division of Cardiology, University of South Florida
Director and CEO, Cardiovascular Services, University of South Florida
Past President, Heart Rhythm Society

B. Waine Kong, Ph.D, J.D.
C.E.O., Association Black Cardiologists, INC “ABC”
Atlanta, Georgia

Chamberlin Obialo, M.D.
Professor of Nephrology and Chief Nephrology Section
Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA

Malcolm Taylor, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Mississippi, Past President Association
of Black Cardiologists, “ABC”, Past Governor American College of Cardiology for the State
of Mississippi, Jackson, Mississippi

Alexandra Quarles, CFRE
President, CEO and Trustee, Sarasota Memorial Healthcare System Foundation
Sarasota, Florida

Ali Otto,MD,FESC,FACC
Professor of Medicine
Past President Turkish Society of Cardiology
Ankara, Turkey

Sir Magdi H. Yacoub, FRS, FRCS, FRCP(Hon), DSc(Hon),
MCh(Hon), FACC
British Heart Foundation, Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Imperial College of Science,
Technology and Medicine, National Heart & Lung Institute,
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Trust
London UK

The 08 Symposium begins in Venice, Italy where guests stay overnight before cruising to the Greek Isles of Katakolon and Mykonos. Continue onward to Yalta and Odessa (Ukraine), Constanta (Romania) and Istanbul (Turkey) where you dock for the night. Reach your ending destination of Athens after a final crossing of the Mediterranean Sea.

Upgrade 1 Deluxe Stateroom
with Verandah (269 sq.ft)
■ Private veranda
■ Seating area
■ Queen-size bed or 2 twin beds
■ Complimentary soft drinks and bottled water in room
■ Remote color TV & DVD player
■ Data port for laptop computer hook-up
■ Full bath tub/shower combination
■ Refrigerator
■ Security safe

Upgrade 2 Deluxe Midship
Stateroom with Verandah (269 sq.ft.)
■ Private veranda
■ Seating area
■ Queen-size bed or 2 twin beds
■ Complimentary soft drinks and bottled water in room
■ Remote color TV & DVD player
■ Data port for laptop computer hook-up
■ Full bath tub/shower combination
■ Refrigerator
■ Security safe

Please notify the CPD Office, 12901 Bruce B. Downs Blvd., MDC Box 60, Tampa, Florida, 33612 or call (813) 974-4296 a minimum of ten working days in advance of the event if a reasonable accommodation for a disability is needed.

Events, activities and facilities of the University of South Florida are available without regard to race, color, sex, national origin, disability, age, or Vietnam veteran status as provided by law and in accordance with the University's respect for personal dignity.