Wednesday, June 24, 2009 |
| 6:30 AM 9:00 AM |
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Pre- meeting Registration |
| 7:30 AM 5:00 PM |
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Pre-meeting Workshop: Heart Failure Disease Management Program
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Thursday, June 25, 2009 |
| 10:00 AM 6:00 PM |
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Registration |
| 11:00 AM 12:30 PM |
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Pre-meeting: Concurrent Industry Sponsored Workshops - Session I
Diagnosis and Treatment of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Lenore Blank, MSN, APN and Robert Berkowitz, MD, PhD, FACC
Sponsored by Gilead
A Multidisciplinary panel discussion of Sleep Apnea and Heart Failure
Sara Paul, RN, MSN, FNP, Barb Feider RRT, RPSGT, and Denise Hartsell RRT, RPSGT
Sponsored by ResMed
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| 12:30 PM 1:30 PM |
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AAHFN First Time Attendee Luncheon |
| 1:30 PM 3:00 PM |
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Pre-meeting: Concurrent Industry Sponsored Workshops - Session II
The Cardiorenal Syndrome: A Review of Our Current Understanding of this
Syndrome and an Update on Potential Future Therapies
TBA
Sponsored by Merck
Realizing the Potential with Mechanical Circulatory Support
Andy Boyle, MD, Lenore Blank, MSN, APN, and Leslie Macho, NP, RNFA
Sponsored by Thoratec
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| 3:50 PM 5:30 PM |
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Opening Session |
| 3:50 PM 4:00 PM |
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Opening Remarks
Sara Paul, RN, MSN, FNP |
| 4:00 PM - 4:45 PM |
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Presidential Address
Sue Wingate, RN, PhD, ANP |
| 4:45 PM - 5:30 PM |
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International Speaker:
Disease Management and Interventional Programs for Heart Failure in Europe
T. Jaarsma, PhD, RN |
| 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM |
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Grand Opening Reception
Exhibits Open |
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Friday, June 26, 2009 |
| 7:00 AM 5:00 PM |
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Registration |
| 7:00 AM 8:00 AM |
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Concurrent Industry Sponsored Breakfast Symposia
Leveraging Implantable Device Diagnostics in the Management of Heart Failure
Lisa Rathman, CRNP, MSN and TBA
Sponsored by Medtronic
TBA
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| 8:10 AM 8:15 AM |
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Welcome Remarks |
| 8:15 AM 9:15 AM |
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Motivational Speaker:
When Chicken Soup Isn't Enough: Standing Up for Heart Failure Nursing
Suzanne Gordon |
| 9:15 AM - 9:30 AM |
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Break |
| 9:30 AM -10:30 AM |
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Concurrent Sessions 1
Cornerstones: Basic Pathophysiology of Heart Failure
Anna Gawlinski, RN, DNSc, FAAN
Advanced: Unusual Causes of Heart Failure: A Case Study Approach
Juanita Reigle, RN, MSN, ACNP
Global: Developing a Hospice/Palliative Care Community-based Program for
End-of-Life Heart Failure
Julie Packer, RN, MSN
Skills Lab I: SimMan
Joan E. King, PhD, ACNP, ANP and Midge Bowers, RN, MSN |
| 10:40 AM - 11:40 PM |
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Concurrent Sessions 2
Cornerstones: Looking Beyond Invasive Hemodynamics in Acute and
Chronic Heart Failure
Nancy M. Albert, PhD, CCNS, CCRN, CNA-BC
Advanced: Heart Failure Pathophysiology Implications for the Immune Systems
Douglas L. Mann, MD
Global: Research Presentations
Skills Lab II: Heart Sounds Workshop
Joan E. King, PhD, ACNP, ANP |
| 11:50 PM - 1:50 PM |
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Lunch/Exhibits/Simulations |
| 1:50 PM 2:50 PM |
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Concurrent Sessions 3
Cornerstones: The 10 Most Important HF Research Advances of 2008
Nancy M. Albert, PhD, CCNS, CCRN, CNA-BC
Advanced: Diastolic Dysfunction: The Other Heart Failure
Douglas L. Mann, MD
Global: Research Presentations
Skills Lab I: SimMan
Joan E. King, PhD, ACNP, ANP, and Midge Bowers, RN, MSN |
| 3:00 PM 4:00 PM |
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Concurrent Sessions 4
Cornerstones: Common Co-morbid Conditions with Heart Failure
Juanita Reigle, RN, MSN, ACNP
Advanced: Fluid Volume Management: From Diuretics to Ultrafiltration
J. Thomas Heywood, MD
Global: Quality of Life in Heart Failure: Lets Talk about Sex
Robin Trupp, PhD, ACNP, CCRN, CCRC
Skills Lab II: Heart Sounds Workshop
Joan E. King PhD, ACNP, ANP |
| 4:00 PM 5:30 PM |
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Poster Reception, Exhibits, and Special Interest Groups |
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| Saturday, June 27, 2009 |
| 7:00 AM 5:00 PM |
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Registration |
| 7:15 AM 8:15 AM |
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Concurrent Industry Sponsored Breakfast Symposia
Angina and Heart Failure: Exploring The Possibilities
Beki Angerstein, RN, MA, MSN, BC, CCRN, CNS, FAHA and Vera Barton-Caro, MSN, C-FNP
Sponsored by Gilead Sciences Medical Affairs
Rest Easy: Sending a Patient for a Sleep Study
Teresa D. Valerio, A.P.N FNP-BC and Jessie Christopherson, RRT
Sponsored by Respironics
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| 8:30 AM 9:30 AM |
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Concurrent Sessions 5
Cornerstones: If I only Had a Heart: Waiting List to Post Transplant Care
Beth Towery Davidson, DNP, ACNP, CCRN and Terri Allison Donaldson, DNP, ACNP
Advanced: Key Points of Echo Interpretation
J. Thomas Heywood, MD
Global: Exercise and Heart Failure: Why, When, Where & How
Linda S. Baas, PhD, RN, ACNP
Skills Lab III: Using Devices to Manage Heart Failure
Moderator: Robin Trupp PhD, ACNP, CCRN, CCRC |
| 9:40 AM - 10:40 AM |
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Concurrent Sessions 6
Cornerstones: Clinical Pearls in the Treatment of HF
Sharon Fabbri BSN
Advanced: Identifying, Differentiating and Treating Pulmonary Arterial and Pulmonary Venous Hypertension
Michele Gilbert RN, MSN, NP-C, CCRN, CNN
Global: Meeting the Needs of Heart Failure Caregivers
Cheryl Westlake Canary. PhD, RN
Skills Lab IV: The Visible Heart Lab
Paul A. Iaizzo, PhD |
| 10:40 AM -10:55 AM |
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Break |
| 10:55 AM 11:55 PM |
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Concurrent Sessions 7
Cornerstones: Creating Ideal Transition Home for Patients with Heart Failure
Michele Gilbert, RN, MSN, NP-C, CCRN, CNN
Advanced: Left Ventricle Reverse Remodeling: Is it Sustained?
Marie Galvao, RN, MSN and Anna Gawlinski, RN, DNSc, FAAN
Global: Genomics in Heart Failure: What are our Genes Really Telling Us - New Guidelines and Case Studies
Ray Hershberger, MD
Skills Lab III: Using Devices to Manage Heart Failure
Moderator: Robin Trupp, PhD, ACNP, CCRN, CCRC |
| 12:00 PM 2:00 PM |
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Lunch/Exhibits/Simulations |
| 2:00 PM 3:00 PM |
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Concurrent Sessions 8
Cornerstones: Lifestyle Changes: What Really Motivates Patients?
Kismet Rasmusson, RN, MS, FNP, BC
Advanced: Panel Discussion - Complex Case Studies in Heart Failure
Barry L. Karon, MD
Panelist: Marie Galvao, MSN, Vera Barton-Caro, RN, MSN, C-FNP
Global: Integrative Medicine & Holistic Therapies
Joan M. Doody, MS, APRN
Skills Lab IV: The Visible Heart Lab |
| 3:10 PM - 3:40 PM |
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AAHFN Business Meeting, Induction of New Officers and Research Awards |
| 3:40 PM 4:40 PM |
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Closing Session:
Improving Outcomes for HF Patients Through Family-focused Interventions
Sandi Dunbar, RN, DSN, FAAN |
| 6:00 PM 10:00 PM |
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Social Event
The Bakken Museum |
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