The 2022 Courage and Innovation Symposium is a one-day virtual activity structured as a comprehensive educational symposium striving to educate clinicians, physician trainees, advanced practitioners, nurses, and other healthcare professionals across a wide range of specialties in the application of innovative therapies for cardiovascular disease. The distinguished faculty for this event includes many of the foremost clinicians at the University of Chicago Heart and Vascular Center as well as internationally recognized guest faculty. Through focused didactics, panel discussion, case studies and interactive dialogue, participants will gain both broad perspective and detailed insights into medical and surgical therapies for complex cardiovascular disease.

EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES

Upon completion of this CME activity participants should be able to:

• Identify advanced heart failure and contemporary therapeutic management.
• Identify the current diagnostic and management strategies for the common and uncommon cardiomyopathies, including infiltrative cardiomyopathy.
• Discuss common cardiac conduction abnormalities in heart failure and therapeutics.
• Discuss the latest scientific evidence and guidelines in cardiogenic shock management the role for acute mechanical circulatory support.
• Discuss the latest evidence for contemporary management of pulmonary embolism
• Evaluate the role of molecular monitoring for rejection in cardiac transplantation.
• Identify a basic diagnostic and therapeutic algorithm for pulmonary hypertension.
• State current practice strategies of advanced practice providers in the care of heart failure and heart transplant patients.

TARGETED AUDIENCE

The 2022 Courage and Innovation Symposium has been designed to meet the educational requirements for clinicians, physician trainees, nurses, and other healthcare professionals across a wide range of specialties in the application of innovative therapies for cardiovascular disease.

ACCREDITATION

For the purpose of recertification, the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP), and American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) accepts certificates of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME.
Please contact your certifying organization for clarification on credit eligibility.

For more information please visit the official event page.